What's your dosha?

Think of your lifelong tendency, not this year alone.

• a) Thin, light or wiry; I gain weight with difficulty
• b) Medium and well-proportioned, weight stays fairly steady
• c) Solid, sturdy or rounded; I gain weight easily

• a) Warm, easily flushed; prone to redness or irritation
• b) Thick, smooth, cool and moist; naturally soft
• c) Dry, cool, thin; prone to roughness and cracking

• a) Thick, abundant and lustrous
• b) Dry, fine or frizzy
• c) Fine, often fair or early-thinning, oily at the roots

• a) Irregular, ravenous one day, forgetting meals the next; prone to gas and bloating
• b) Steady but mild, I can skip meals calmly; digestion is slow and heavy
• c) Strong, I grow irritable if a meal is late; sometimes acid or burning

• a) Sound and efficient, I sleep well and wake alert
• b) Light and restless, I wake easily, with busy dreams
• c) Deep and long, I love sleep and can wake groggy

• a) With steady endurance, slow to start, hard to stop
• b) In strong, focused drives; I aim and go
• c) In bursts, quick to start, quick to tire

• a) Quickly and vividly, and forgets almost as fast, with many ideas at once
• b) Sharply, I analyse, organise and remember clearly
• c) Slowly and methodically, but once learned, never forgotten

• a) Intensify, impatience, irritation, sharp words
• b) Withdraw, go quiet and carry it for a long time
• c) Scatter, worry, leap between tasks, sleep poorly

• a) Damp and cold, I flourish in warmth and dryness
• b) Cold and wind, I flourish in warmth and stillness
• c) Heat and blazing sun, I flourish in coolness

• a) Fast and talkative, I leap between topics
• b) Precise and purposeful, I get to the point
• c) Slow and measured, I choose my words

• a) Steady and graceful, unhurried
• b) Brisk and purposeful
• c) Quick and light, sometimes erratic

• a) Decide deliberately and keep a plan, saving comes naturally
• b) Decide slowly and keep things as they are, I hold and keep
• c) Decide quickly and change your mind, money slips through the fingers