What is your prakruti

Your prakruti is your innate/unchanging nature. Choose the most appropriate responses for your life as a whole.

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Facial features

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

Long, thin face, smaller eyes

More angular face, with deep set, medium sized eyes

Round face

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Body features

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

Thin bone structure and difficulty gaining muscle and/or weight

Naturally muscular/toned body and moderately bone structure, generally stable weight

Larger bone structure, can easily gain muscle, strong, tendency towards being overweight

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Hair

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

Thin hair, dry

Finer hair, lighter in colour, perhaps with a tendency towards oiliness, premature greying or baldness

Thick, abundant, shiny/polished look and perhaps curly

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Thirst

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

You are sometimes thirsty

You are always thirsty

You are rarely thirsty

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Appetite and digestion

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

Variable appetite, digestion

Good digestion, strong appetite, tendency to become 'hangry' (hungry and angry)

Slow digestion, may feel heavy after eating, predictable appetite, but not necessarily big

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Skin

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Dry skin

Slightly oily skin, sensitive, prone to redness

Moist skin, often referred to as beautiful and people may ask if they can touch it

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Elimination

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Long term tendency towards gas/constipation

Tend towards looser stools when digestion is off

Tendency towards large and bulky stools, perhaps accompanied by mucus

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Mind

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Creative mind, prone to changes, super quick learner, tendency to multitask

Sharp, focussed mind

Slow learner but good at retaining knowledge

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Emotions

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Tendency towards anxiety, nervousness or fear

Tendency towards anger, intensity or irritation, highly critical of self and others

Tendency towards anger, intensity or irritation, highly critical of self and others

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Body temperature

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You generally feel the cold more than other people

You generally feel hotter than other people

Cool but not cold body temperature

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Menstrual cycle

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Irregular menstrual cycle with scanty flow

Regular menstrual cycle with moderate flow

Regular period with an average to heavy flow

Not applicable

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Sleep

Choose the most appropriate from the options below

Light sleeper, prone to morning insomnia

Fairly normal sleep

Heavy sleep

Vata

Someone with a vata prakruti tends to have a small bone structure, may have other small features and tend towards anxiety

Pitta

Someone with a pitta prakruti tends to have a medium bone structure, may have other medium sized feeatures and tend towards irritibility or anger

Kapha

Someone with a kapha prakruti tends to have a large bone structure, may have other larger sized features and tends towards calmness and lethargy