Exploring Wellness for Body, Mind and Self: Discover Your Dosha - Take the Test
From Anne Meneghetti, MD, 3/10/2010 8:06:20 AM
According to Ayurveda, the ancient healing system of India, your mind-body energy signature is unique. There are several ways to gain insight into your own energetic nature. The best way is a formal physical assessment that includes a careful analysis of your pulse. However, there are several brief online quizzes that can give you an idea about your nature, including versions from Deepak Chopra or John Drouillard. For a more in-depth investigation, my friend and integrative health consultant, Cheryl Sullivan, recommends a method that guides you to explore your personal blueprint for health and examine how far you may have drifted from your essential nature. Here are the steps to that approach, using a longer double questionnaire by Ayurveda expert Vasant Lad:
1. Preparation. Print out these 2 questionnaires: constitution and present state.
2. Reflection. Think back to the healthiest time of your life that you can remember. Even if your health was not perfect then, determine when you were at your personal best state of health. Maybe that time was last month, maybe it was decades ago.
3. On the constitution copy: Answer the questions as best you can about your state when you were at your personal best state of health.
4. On the present state copy: Answer the questions according to your current state of health, considering the past few weeks.
5. Tally the constitution. The total scores from your personal best state of health are likely to come close to reflecting your energetic nature – your personal profile for mind-body health. Most people will have one of the three energy forces more dominant, with perhaps a close second. This individual energetic signature reflects your personal ideal.
6. Tally the present state. Your scores on this copy reflect your current state.
7. Compare. Examine the tallies from both copies to reveal how your current state differs from your ideal energetic nature. If one of the three forces in your current state is several points higher than your personal ideal state, that force is currently excessive compared to your nature. Scores that are higher than your ideal are more important than any that are lower than your ideal. In which area are you most different from your ideal energetic profile?
If you find that one or more of your energetic forces is in excess, know that there are lifestyle changes that can support you in returning to a state that is aligned and balanced with your essential nature.
Here’s to your personal best health,
Dr. Anne
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