Deborah King Author Speaker Blog
Déjà vu or Past Life?
Have you ever walked into a restaurant that you know you’ve never set foot in before, and felt an intense sensation of familiarity? Have you ever met someone for the first time, yet felt like you two go way back? Have you ever been in a fresh conversation with someone and felt like you already experienced this exact conversation before? Have you ever felt moments in your life that you dismissed as “coincidence”? Can’t shake that nagging suspicion of “been there, done that”? Well, maybe your familiar hunches are more than just feelings — maybe you have actually been there and done that! What if your feelings of déjà vu and coincidence were genuine memories from a distant past, perhaps even from a previous life you experienced?
The term “déjà vu” was coined by French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac. The literal translation of the French phrase means “already seen.” Some refer to the expression as experiencing the past in the present. Common among both children and adults, it is reported that 60-70% of people have experienced this uncanny feeling that they have already experienced something that is being experienced for the first time. Déjà vu can be triggered through any of your five senses, it is not necessarily just something you physically “see” – it can be a familiar smell, taste, sound (pitch of voice, background noises), or feel/touch of something that triggers a past memory. Perhaps you are recalling a familiar smell from your childhood that comes rushing back to you, or maybe the sight or mannerisms of someone you are speaking with reminds you very clearly of someone you once knew and cherished. While déjà vu has been documented in studies as early as the 1800s, it remains today a paranormal mystery that has not yet been solved.
One theory worth exploring is that this phenomenon is a message from your higher self. What if your cosmic self is recalling a memory from a previous life? This moment can be a powerful, miraculous glimpse into your own soul if you are aware enough to notice it. This experience can help you in your current emotional healing if you are mindful enough to recognize it. Your soul on the subconscious level may be sending messages to your conscious mind. These messages may be the very same déjà vu moments you are experiencing.
Too often, we dismiss these signs as ‘coincidences’ and miss their underlying significance. Yet perhaps their significance is their very synchronicity and feeling of familiarity, which is letting you know that you are exactly where you should be, when you should be, and with whom you should be. These moments are signs that are telling you that you are on the right ‘path’ for your soul.
At the same time, know that you do not need to act on your past-life déjà vu moments every time you notice them. You are not obligated to form a bond with someone in this life simply because you may have had a connection in a previous life. If you are aware enough to notice the connection, then you are already acknowledging your path and can view the knowledge as another window to a higher self.
Each time you notice this paranormal phenomenon, you are thereby increasing your ability to tap into this higher self and higher consciousness. You will be connecting with your soul on a deeper level. This heightened state of cognizance can help you see your current life more clearly and can help you make the right decisions and changes you need to unblock the challenges that lie in your path.
These moments of déjà vu may very well be your soul sending you clues on how to handle the challenges taking place in your current life. There is much we can learn from our past, so why not use these glimpses of your past – even past lives perhaps – to increase your understanding, heighten your awareness and learn how to better handle your current challenges? Pay attention to the signs on the map with which your soul is guiding you!
You may just find a much smoother, more harmonious life in the present, all thanks to these glimpses of déjà vu from your past!
Sticks and Stones: Words DO hurt.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
We have all heard this expression as kids. While this may have seemed like a great tactic to use on the playground in self-defense, words actually CAN and DO hurt. And the pain caused from them often lingers long past the healing time of any cut or broken bone. Some words can cause pain that may never go away, or create an “invisible” scar that one carries around their entire life. The memory of painful words can lead to a lifetime of anxiety, stress, anger, resentment, and fear, among other feelings.
In today’s modern, western society of free thinking and free speech – both wonderful rights which we are blessed to have – we now have the tools to use our words to make an even deeper impact and reach an even broader audience. On the bright side, we can spread a message of peace, love and tranquility to the world. We can put kind posts on Facebook walls and support each other from afar. We can use our words in a supportive, nurturing manner to make someone feel good about themselves. We have the power to use our words to make others happy.
At the opposite spectrum, we can hurt each other on an even deeper level than ever before, with just our words. Sadly, many kids today don’t just use mean names on the playground as a form of bullying. They now use the power of the Internet to post terrible, hateful words they may not have ever even dared to utter in person – words so hurtful and cruel that several kids with bright futures have turned to suicide to escape from them. The tragedy of cyberbullying has become so widespread that there is now new legislation being drafted to combat it.
Your words can cause harm.
Too often, we may say something without thought. We may believe what we are saying is right and believe are words will help. In fact, we can still cause damage with our words.
We may be challenging a person’s way of thinking or actions. While we may all be speaking the same language, words can be misinterpreted or misread. Sometimes clarification or further questioning is needed to understand the meaning behind the words. Despite our best intentions, we can still cause pain with our words.
Do you keep track of how many times you say something that can hurt someone else? Who doesn’t repeat a little bit of gossip here and there? Whether it’s true or false, we can still cause harm with our words.
Watch what you say, say what you mean, and mean what you say.
We are all inevitably prone to hurting someone with our words, even when it is unintentional. No one can live their life walking on eggshells every single day – that is just not realistic. But one choice we can all make is to be aware of what we are saying and its impact on others. After all, words have started and ended wars.
We can think before we speak and choose words that we actually truly mean to use. Think about how your words will sound and be interpreted by the recipient.
Silence can be golden.
Ask yourself, do I really mean to say what I am saying, or am I too rushed or careless right now for the right words? Sometimes it’s best to say nothing at all! And ask yourself, are the words you want to speak necessary for someone to hear, or are you suppressing emotions of your own and looking for an outlet to let them out? Are you healing emotional hurt of your own and seeking a place to take it out on someone else?
Think before you speak and know that you do not always have to fill the silence.
Choose words for kindness.
Be the better person, connect to your higher self and make a point to use your words to make others feel good, not bad.
As Blaise Pascal wrote, “Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.”
Choose to be one who makes a beautiful image.
Which Healing System Will Work for You?
Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported doctors are tracking a patient’s mood, social life, and lifestyle to better manage their illness. They are trying to define health not just in the degree of mobility a knee or shoulder may offer, but whether the knee or shoulder is limiting their patient in participating in what makes their life full and meaningful. From regular monitoring, the doctors say they will be able to determine how extreme their patient’s treatment should be and what alternative medicine therapies to recommend.
It’s important to understand the mind-body connection as it relates to health. It is becoming more well understood that recurring cases of emotional stress can manifest a real mind-body connection issue that can present themselves in many physical problems—and can even impact someone’s own healing system mechanisms. So we are broadening our view of health and wellness and understanding one healing system is rarely enough.
Praying, meditating, journaling and chakra healing are all forms of healing systems. They allow conventional medical treatments to work more effectively; they allow us to explore the depth of our emotional pain—no matter what it is attributed to—without the fear of losing control and losing ourselves. Use these healing systems and see which one works best for you.
Every ancient culture on Earth, from the Mayan and the Aztec to the East Indian and Chinese, had healing systems that worked. The key is to learn which one will work for you.
Learning Telepathy
Have you ever been telepathic? I bet you have, but chances are you dismissed it as a fluke. Have you ever known who was going to be on the other end of the phone when it rang (and not because you saw the caller ID)? Or maybe you thought of someone you hadn’t talked to in a while, and they got in touch with you later that day or the next? Those are just two common examples of being telepathic that happen all the time. So-called twin telepathy is another example—one identical twin often knows what the other is thinking or feeling.
Whether you realize it or not, we all have the capacity to communicate with other people on other levels that have nothing to do with our five senses or the physical plane. That ability is just something we were all born with. Every once in a while, scientists will try to see if they can get any closer to understanding how telepathy works, but it’s still a mystery. Some parapsychologists believe the information is transmitted through extremely low-frequency electromagnetic waves, but not surprisingly, no one has been able to prove or disprove that idea. All we know for sure is that it does exist, and it seems to happen more often with some people than others.
So how can you tap into your telepathy and cultivate it to make that ability available for more useful things? Here are five tips to get you started:
1) Stay as centered as possible. If your mind is always racing and you’re up for the multi-tasker of the year award, chances are you won’t be able to recognize subtle thoughts and impressions. Those little telepathic whispers won’t even be a blip on your radar screen. So build some quiet time into your day, whether you meditate, go for a walk by yourself (without electronic attachments), or even just push back from your desk and daydream. This sets up a fertile atmosphere for all kinds of energetic communication, including telepathy.
2) Practice with your friends. Start with something easy—numbers or colors. Pick something were there are only a handful of options. Have your friend think of a number or a color and see if you can sense what it is. Remember, this isn’t a guessing game. You’re trying to intuit the information. Be sure to keep this exercise light-hearted. Make it fun.
3) Practice on your own. Sit in a public place like a café, a library, or a store and choose a person in the room. Imagine an energetic connection between the two of you, and try to sense it. Without staring at the person or otherwise trying to attract any attention, see if you can make a great enough connection with the person they change what they’re doing even momentarily. What you’re looking for can be as subtle as a glance in your direction—not a full-blown conversation with a stranger.
4) Don’t beat yourself up. Chances are, you won’t get a ton of hits right away. And that’s OK. As the saying goes, where attention goes, energy flows. So the more you try to tune in to your telepathy, the more you will be able to recognize it. But if you get frustrated and think you’re a failure at it, you will be chasing it away. That isn’t a punishment, by the way, it’s just one of those universal laws. Negativity closes down your channels. So if you start feeling frustrated with your attempts, just put the idea aside for the time being. You can come back to it later when you’re feeling more positive.
5) Use it only for good. Never use telepathy or any other psychic or paranormal ability to try to control others or change their behavior in a manipulative way. It’s one thing to try an exercise to see if you can get someone to glance your way, but it’s another to attempt to intrude into their private thoughts or try to get them to change their will about something—especially if it isn’t in their best interest.
So try out these tips, and remember to have fun with the process. Maybe even keep a record of your successes so you’ll be encouraged to keep trying. As you grow and mature on a spiritual level, you will have access to more and more abilities like telepathy. The more such abilities you stay open to, the more will come your way. Go to my Facebook page and let me know how you’re doing!
The Price We Pay
Have you ever wondered whether small, constant headaches are the price we pay for living in a hyper-charged, over stimulated society? For me, tension headaches were a daily companion as I went through college and law school. I thought they were par for the course and was a little surprised when I found out that others did not routinely suffer from them.
Women are more likely to develop tension headaches than men quite possibly because we are trained from birth to suppress our feelings. Society rewards us for handling career, family, household, and community responsibilities without missing a beat or feeling exhausted. But for many of us, it can be a burden—feeling so disconnected between our inner emotional struggles and the outward calm we present to the world. When we hide from the truth, we don’t allow our energy to flow freely in our bodies resulting in ill health in the form of tension headaches.
Here are three things that you can do to find relief from the pain because our fast-paced society is not going to change…only we can:
- Identify when and how you feel when you experience them. Determining if they are primary headaches (such as migraines) or secondary headaches (caused by other illnesses or triggers) will help you treat them.
- Honestly, assess the rhythm of your day and determine if stress, food or sleep patterns may be triggering your tension headaches.
- Mix alternative medicine techniques with any conventional medical treatments that you may be receiving. Our clients have received headache relief from journaling, more regular exercise, yoga, meditation, prayer, massage, and balancing their chakras through energy healing.
Be a Snoozer, Not a Loser
Chasing the sandman? You’re not alone. Sleep disorders are a big problem for Americans today, and the consequences are much worse than getting caught stifling a yawn during the big meeting at work. Research shows that missing sleep can leave you at greater risk for obesity, not to mention heart disease and heart attack (among other health problems). And more people than ever are driving drowsy, which is just as dangerous as driving drunk.
The answer? Certainly not popping more pills (or trying to get your hands on a little “Jackson juice”). Whether you suffer from trouble falling asleep or trouble staying asleep, you can improve your chances of catching more z’s by learning to get in synch with your body’s natural rhythms. As you might suspect, that’s going to entail slipping between the sheets at a reasonable hour instead of burning the midnight oil (including late-night texting or checking your Facebook feed). But believe me, the benefits are worth missing a You Tube link or two or even skipping another bad zombie movie.
Creating Your Oasis
My life can be insanely busy. Sometimes, I am going in so many different directions at once that I need a few air traffic controllers just to handle the logistics. But I am able to not only survive but actually thrive in the midst of what might seem like chaos to everyone else. Want to know my secret? I have an oasis of calm at my very core that I draw from all the time. I can help you find that space too.
Otherwise, the pace of modern life and the onslaught you face each day from more than six billion people on the planet and the ever-present sound and fury of the media are enough to leave you constantly gritting your teeth (if you’re not already grinding them at night—mouth guard, anyone?). And that’s just the static that comes from the outside world. You also have emotional issues and physical stresses that have collected over the course of a lifetime that add to the energetic din in your head (thanks to those old fear-based tapes that keep playing in your mind). It’s no wonder so many are popping anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs like candy these days.
You may at first think this doesn’t apply to you. But think again. Is your phone or your iPod always in your ear? Is your TV blaring in the background 24/7? How many e-mails or tweets did you send just yesterday? So many never have a moment of peace and quiet to check in with themselves internally. So the first step to creating an inner oasis of calm is to actively create habits like meditating and journaling, both of which help clear the backlog in your mind so you can see not just the forest, but also the trees. Both of these tools will go a long way in helping you keep your sanity.
If you’re afraid that you’ll be wasting your time, know that these things are practices, and the more you give to any practice, the more you will get out of it. In fact, I can just about guarantee you that before long, you’ll be absolutely amazed at what comes up for you.
Meditation helps because it works at a deep level of consciousness to give you access to whatever information you need to restore your life to harmony. Tons of studies have shown the benefits of meditation, including the way it improves a host of physical conditions and fosters peace of mind. There are four levels of awareness: waking, sleeping, dreaming, and the meditative state, which is a much more expansive type of awareness. In the spaciousness of meditation, you slip into the gap that exists between thoughts—the entrance to the infinite universe, called by many names: Spirit, Source, God, Universal Energy Field, or simply the Unified Field.
In this vastness, we are One, connected to each other and All That Is, with access to pure unlimited energy. Here, anything and everything can be accomplished. The noise of daily life abates and our minds and hearts and bodies can come into balance. Think of meditation as a giant broom for sweeping away any stagnant or blocked energy that you may have buried deep in your body. You are cleansed at a deep level, and now can allow an effervescent stream of creative energy to bring beauty and innovation to your life and to the world. And you don’t have to do it for hours a day. Even just 20 minutes of meditation will refresh you as much as several hours of sleep.
While meditating connects you to the universe, journaling connects you to your very core. So often, when life gets too difficult or a situation threatens us, we get scared and stuff our emotions. We may not think we have a right to be angry, for example, so we don’t express it. But that doesn’t mean that our anger goes away. We can’t wish away reality any more than we can wish away gravity. Journaling helps you uncover emotions you’ve been pushing down so you can deal with them in a healthy way by processing them. Beneath almost any problem is truth waiting to be acknowledged and set free. You may have heard me say this a time or two, but I’ll say it again anyway: truth heals. But it can’t heal you unless you uncover it and confront it. And journaling is one of the simplest and safest tools I know for doing that.
So give both meditation and journaling a try. Then share your experience with me on Facebook. I can’t wait to hear your stories!
Facebook Chakra Quiz Game
I’m incredibly excited to announce a fabulous new tool on my Facebook page—a really fun chakra quiz that will let you know which of your chakras are balanced and which, if any, are out of whack, and entertain you at the same time. It’s an easy spin through the world of energy healing!
As you’ve probably heard me say many times before, chakras are the body’s energy centers. Knowing which are in great shape and which need some work is vitally important because chakras balancing is the key to a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
Here’s why: Each of the body’s seven major chakras (which start at the base of the spine and run to the top of the head) both receives energy from the outside world (to send to every cell in your body) and sends energy from your body out into the world. When the energy going out is balanced with the energy coming in, your chakras are balanced, as well. So keeping your chakras balanced keeps you healthy and makes you your own chakra healer.
That’s why I created this quiz game—I wanted to give you a really fun way to see where you’re doing great and where you may be a bit out of kilter so you can begin making powerful changes that will improve your health and your life.
When you open the quiz on my Facebook page, you’ll see that it starts with the root chakra—the very foundation of your physical existence, located at the base of your spine—and takes you right up your spine to your crown chakra—the seat of your connection to spirit, at the top of your head. So, buckle your seatbelt and get ready to take the quiz. You can also brag (or confess) to your friends with the results of each chakra. It’s that simple!
Get ready to have fun with this quiz because I had a really good time coming up with the questions. But what’s even more exciting to me is that with very little effort, you’ll be able to pinpoint areas in your life that need a little boost—and you’ll have the information you need to do the fine tuning now!
And a little fine-tuning can go a long way toward making you happy and healthy. That’s because each of your chakras not only corresponds to a different part of your body, but each also heavily influences a different aspect of your life. For example, the health of your heart chakra affects the health of your heart, breasts, lungs and your cardiovascular system, as well as your ability to give and receive love. So when you have that chakra in balance, you not only are more likely to have better health in that area of your body, but you will find that you will also have an easier time opening your heart to others and also feeling their love in return. The solar plexus chakra, on the other hand, manages the health of your stomach, kidneys, gall bladder, liver, and a few other major organs and systems in that region of the body. It also governs your self-esteem and your sense of will and purpose. So when that chakra is balanced and healthy, not only are you less likely to have digestive issues, diabetes or ulcers, for example, but you’re also more likely to sense your own worth and have a healthy self esteem. See how it works? I find the chakra system incredibly fascinating, and I know you will, too.
It’s easy to get one or more of your chakras out of balance. All it takes is an argument with your mother, getting a parking ticket, or even holding your tongue when you would rather have expressed how you really felt. Of course, big things like being in a car accident, having surgery, or having a close relative die can send your chakras even more out of whack.
No one can keep their chakras perfectly balanced all the time. The goal is simply to come as close as you can. But when you are lucky enough to hit the jackpot and get them all in great shape, you’ll not only be in super physical health but you’ll also feel more like you’re in the flow of life—things will happen more effortlessly and you’ll seem to be in the right place at the right time more often. Who wouldn’t want that?
So go play the chakra quiz game and be sure to send it to your friends. And feel free to return to the quiz in the future so you can check up on how you’re doing later. Every time you take it, you’ll learn something new about yourself. And you’ll find it easier to get balanced and stay balanced. See you on Facebook!
Seven Steps to Finding Love
You have to love yourself before you can get into a healthy relationship with another. Feeling good about yourself and who you are is a vital part of finding the right person for you.
Let’s look at how the process of love works in order to understand why loving yourself, or at least liking yourself, is important. When you initially meet someone, you want them to be enamored with you. You want them to think about you at least as much as you think about them; you want to feel desired. That feeling, however, will fade over time, usually much faster than you would like to believe. At most, initial infatuation lasts six months. The next thing we want from our partner is to be seen for who we are. It’s no good having someone fall in love with something we’re not; this dooms the relationship to failure. We want our partners to understand and accept us for exactly who we are. How, though, are they going to love you if you aren’t being you?
Say you are a woman, and you meet a guy you like. You suddenly become a shadow of your real self in his presence, either stronger or weaker than you really are. The time will come, eventually, when he will discover that you are not exactly what you made yourself out to be. He will become disillusioned and may want to end the relationship.
This is one reason that men often have an easier time finding and keeping dates than women do. Thanks to their genetic makeup, men are much more likely to like themselves for who they are. They behave around a woman exactly as they would when they were alone, allowing women to see who they truly are with no illusions or any change of attitude.
Women are also pressured to look a certain way. In 2010, of the 21.7 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures that were performed in the United States, over 90% were done on women – breast augmentations, liposuction and Botox leading the way. And plastic surgery is on the rise.
If you want to find the ideal partner, it is vital that you like yourself for who you are. Try these seven steps to feel better about who you are, making it easier to reveal your true self to someone you meet.
- Respect yourself. This is actually difficult for many people. We are living in a society where we are taught to give respect to others but are not generally encouraged to give ourselves respect. It is vital to learn to respect yourself and to know that you are worthy of respect from someone else based on your qualities as a human being, not on your worldly success or your appearance.
- Set goals. Setting goals is a great way to help you to feel better about who you are and to learn to respect yourself. You should have two lists: one for short-term goals and one for long-term goals. As you work on these goals and complete them, cross them off of your list. You will feel proud of your accomplishments and see that you are worthy of respect.
- Let go of fear. Fear is what keeps us from doing the things we enjoy. Fear is behind every attempt to cover up our real selves. We are afraid someone won’t like us if they see who we really are. Letting go of fear is a process that is accelerated as we release our emotional wounds; that’s one of the things I help people do at workshops.
- Clear the energy from past relationships. If we don’t clear the energy from our past relationships out of our personal energy field, the one that surrounds your body, that old relationship can slow you down or make you feel confused, unfocused, unhappy, lethargic, or even make you sick and toxic. I can teach you shamanic exercises to help you clear that old energy.
- Stop criticizing yourself! Self-criticism never helps anything. Make a pact that you will no longer put yourself down. This will not only relax you but will also help you to look and feel better.
- Love the body you are in. The pressure that society and the media put on everyone can make it difficult to feel comfortable in your own skin. Most of us worry about some part of our body being not right—our nose, our hair, our height, and especially our weight. In fact, as long as you are eating a healthy diet and getting enough exercise to allow your body to work properly, you should stop trying to be something you are not and learn to enjoy your body.
- Develop your inner strength. Have you ever seen a young birch tree in a heavy wind? It bends. While harder trees crack and break, a birch tree sways and is still standing when the wind is done. This is because there is an inner core of flexible strength in the willow, which is what you should work on cultivating for yourself. Find that inner strength so that you can bend and sway with the changes in your life without breaking. We find our strength by uncovering and releasing the difficult emotions we have suppressed throughout our lives and seeing that living in our personal truth is the source of our true strength.
Once you like yourself, then you are able to enjoy a healthy relationship with another. Like all good things, it takes time to be able to truly like who you are, but once you do you will find that everything will change, even your relationships!
Determining Your Ayurvedic Dosha
Determining Your Dosha
To get started on a deeper exploration of Ayurveda and the wisdom it holds for your health and well-being, take the following quiz to find out which doshas are most prominent in you.
Instructions: For the 20 statements listed below each dosha, mark from 1 to 3 how accurately the statement fits you.
1 = Doesn’t fit me
2 = Fits me partially or part of the time
3 = Fits me very accurately or most of the time
At the end of each dosha section, tally your total score for that dosha by adding up the individual scores within that dosha. Then when you get to the end of the quiz, compare your scores for the three doshas.
VATA
- _____ I have a tall, thin or small-boned build; I don’t gain weight very easily.
- _____ I have a tendency toward anxiety or worry.
- _____ My least favorite kind of weather is cold weather.
- _____ I develop gas or become constipated easily.
- _____ Left to my own devices, my eating & sleeping habits are often irregular.
- _____ My hands and feet tend to be cold.
- _____ I typically walk more lightly and quickly than others.
- _____ I like to be active; sometimes it’s hard for me to sit still.
- _____ My hair tends to be dry.
- _____ My tendency is to eat quickly, and I have a delicate digestion.
- _____ My sleep is light and interrupted; I may even suffer from insomnia.
- _____ I learn things quickly but tend to forget them quickly as well.
- _____ I am easily excited.
- _____ My moods change quickly.
- _____ Decision-making tends to be difficult for me.
- _____ My nature is to be enthusiastic and vivacious.
- _____ My mind is very active, sometimes restless, but also very imaginative.
- _____ My speech pattern is quick and people say that I’m talkative.
- _____ I tend to have dry, rough skin, particularly in winter.
- _____ My energy comes in bursts and I get worn out easily.
VATA SCORE ___________
PITTA
- _____ I am a perfectionist by nature.
- _____ I tend to perform activities with a high level of precision and order.
- _____ Hot weather makes me especially uncomfortable or causes me to quickly become fatigued.
- _____ I really enjoy cold foods, like ice cream, as well as cold drinks.
- _____ When conflicts arise, I tend to become intense, impatient, and irritable.
- _____ Skipping or delaying meals makes me very uncomfortable.
- _____ Whether I show it or not, I am easily annoyed and quick to anger.
- _____ My hair is fine, thin, and reddish or blonde and prematurely grayor balding.
- _____ I don’t tolerate spicy foods well.
- _____ I tend to be quick to perspire.
- _____ I tend to be stubborn.
- _____ I am fairly strong and can handle many physical activities.
- _____ My bowel movements are regular; I am more likely to have loose stools than constipation.
- _____ I am more likely to feel that a room is too hot than too cold.
- _____ I thrive on challenges and am determined to achieve my goals.
- _____ My hands tend to be warm.
- _____ Under stress, I can be quick to anger and am often critical of both myself and others.
- _____ My appetite is strong, and I can eat pretty much anything I want to without problem.
- _____ I tend to maintain my weight without much effort.
- _____ I tend to gather many facts before forming an opinion.
PITTA SCORE ___________
KAPHA
- _____ My physique is large and solid.
- _____ I sleep deeply and for long periods of time.
- _____ I gain weight very easily, sometimes it seems just by looking at food.
- _____ Skipping meals is easy and not typically uncomfortable.
- _____ I need a full 8 hours of sleep in order to function well the following day.
- _____ I am typically groggy in the morning and slow to get my day started.
- _____ I frequently suffer from sinus problems, asthma, chronic congestion, excess mucus or phlegm.
- _____ I tend to be sensitive and affectionate, sweet and forgiving.
- _____ I have smooth, oily, moist skin.
- _____ Cold, damp weather affects me adversely.
- _____ It’s my nature to be calm and slow to anger.
- _____ My weight tends to be above average for my build.
- _____ I tend to do things slowly and methodically, in a relaxed and leisurelymanner.
- _____ I learn slowly but my retention and memory are good.
- _____ My general disposition is easy-going—it takes a lot to fluster me orstress me out.
- _____ I eat and digest slowly.
- _____ I have dark, thick, wavy hair.
- _____ My stamina and endurance are strong, and I enjoy a steady energylevel.
- _____ The gait of my walk is generally slow, steady, and leisurely.
- _____ My reaction to conflict is to get lazy or depressed.
KAPHA SCORE ___________
FINAL SCORE
Vata ________ Pitta ________ Kapha ________
Understanding your results: If your primary dosha is extremely prominent, with a score as much as twice as high as your second dosha (for example, Vata–55, Pitta–21, Kapha–19), you are a single-dosha type. If no dosha is extremely dominant (for example, Vata–34, Pitta-55, Kapha–29), you are a two-dosha type, with the leading dosha coming first in your body-type name. If all three doshas are nearly equal (for example, Vata–43, Pitta–38, Kapha–46), you are the rare three-dosha type.
Have fun!