Like is Drawn to Like

By now you should know your Ayurvedic Dosha. If not, you can still Take the Quiz and find out.

How do you keep yourself balanced - or bring yourself back to balance if your dosha has become "deranged"? If you were to visit an Ayurvedic expert/physician they could give you specific daily rituals, such as abhyanga and tips to get you back to equanimity. What he would prescribe would be dependant on your dosha.

Whatevery your primary dosha, you are naturally drawn toward things with those same qualities. Vata people are drawn to light cool things - dry cool air (snowy mountain weather), tons of activity (partying perhaps), sky diving... Pitta people are drawn to hot fiery things - spicy food, the desert... Kapha people are drawn to more moist soft laidback things - comfort food, Seattle, quiet slow activites (scrabble)...

This being the case - just know that Like increases Like - so to be a pitta individual indulging in pitta things - you're increasing the levels of pitta in your body. This will eventually lead to too much pitta and you being out of balance if you're not careful. Therefore, to bring balance you would need to focus on more vata and kapha items to cool off and quiet some of the fire you're building. Maybe eat more salad and practice meditation to ease your fiery moods.

If your vata is gaining too much momentum - you need to focus on calm grounding things - kapha things. Warm foods, slower activity (again meditation or restorative yoga), a warm soggy climate. If excess Kapha is bringing you down - focus on more Vata qualities to give you a lift. Take up power yoga and move to Boulder, CO.

Like increases like, but opposites can keep you in check, so if you start feeling "off" then maybe this is something you could try.