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Powerful Pitta is born from the relationship between fire and water. Pitta’s primary functions are transformation and assimilation. Fire takes matter and transforms it into liquid; it’s the most destructive and transformational element in the body.

Sharp, oily, liquid, light, spreading and mobile, Pitta is the only Dosha that exudes heat. Any acidity or inflammation is related to Pitta, as is demonstrated by symptoms like heartburn, loose stools and excessive sweating.

Pitta thrives on challenge, which calls forth its naturally ambitious and competitive nature. Focused, determined, and driven, Pittas are visionary leaders who love to be the boss. They are demanding, visionary, precise, opinionated, highly intelligent, and brilliantly sharp; they exude solar confidence.

When Pitta is in touch with its life purpose and passion, they have a powerful creative spark that must be given a voice.Pittas tend to be medium built, muscular people with bright eyes, oily skin, and athletic tendencies. They are sensitive to heat. Strong digestion and elimination come easy to them.

Summer is Pitta’s season. The Pitta time of day is from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., when the sun is at its highest peak, and 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Have you ever noticed that you get a “second wind” around 10:00 p.m.? That’s the solar energy of Pitta coming to life in the twilight hours. Pitta ambition rules the middle, most active and productive time of life, from puberty to menopause.

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Then balance your Pitta Dosha inside the Check Your Weather: Ayurveda Yoga Intensive!It’s so important for Pitta to connect to its body. Slow, flowing practices are most beneficial for Pitta; they encourage the air and water element to enter Pitta’s world and induce a sense of cool, calm, fluid self-expression.

When a river flowing through a canyon becomes swollen with too much water, the river will erode the canyon walls, creating hard-to-move mud and debris.

Similarly, when too much earth is placed before a river’s current, the water will become boggy and stagnant, as though stopped by a dam.Kapha is the comprised of earth and water. Its qualities are like mud when out of balance, and like a river flowing through a canyon when healthy.

Kapha is the element that helps keep water and earth in proportion and perspective. It’s the only Dosha that’s truly heavy, cool, dense, stable, oily, slow and soft.

Like Ganesh, the beloved Hindu deity who takes form as an elephant and symbolizes good luck and new beginnings, Kapha types are the ones you want to call when times are tough.

Natural nurturers and protectors, Kapha types are laid back, generous people who excel at listening, loving, forgiving, providing and staying even-keeled in the face of stress.

Usually heavy set with good musculature, Kapha is known for wavy, lustrous hair, beautiful smooth skin and large eyes. They are blessed with endurance, stamina, stores of hydration and the ability to sleep long hours undisturbed.

Congestion, edema, fatigue, flatulence and fluid retention prevail when Kapha is too wet, sticky, slimy, cool or dense.

Kapha rules the hours between 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Kapha time of life is from infancy to puberty, the time of greatest growth and endurance.

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Vata types are cold, dry, thin, anxious, indecisive, fast-moving travelers, artists, spiritual seekers and networkers.

Mutable Vata, comprised of air and ether, is always on the move – that’s the nature of its air element.

Air is only contained by the space in which it has to move – that’s the concept of ether, or empty space.

Change and motion are Vata’s primary forces. The qualities of light, cold, dry, subtle and restless are part of Vata’s innate being.

Overwhelm, over-stimulation and instability are a result of Vata’s go-go-go attitude. Their to-do list is long and, although known to be shy, they love excitement. Vata is often the center of attention with its chatty nature and vivacious way of being.

Vata’s energy comes in spurts and they tire easily, making it easy to start several projects while finishing few. Vata increases with age as it represents a lack of elasticity and vital juiciness. The driest time of life begins post-menopause.

It’s common for Vata to experience bouts of cracking joints, insomnia, weak digestion, irregular elimination, poor endurance and sensitivity to pain and loud noises.

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