Prakriti and Vikriti

In Ayurveda, humans are considered an individual unity of body, soul, and spirit. The universe and all life are composed of the five elements: water, earth, fire, air, and ether (space)—and so are humans. Ayurveda categorizes these five elements into the functional principles (doshas) of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.

• The Vata The operating principle is formed from space and air.
• The Pitta The operating principle is the combination of fire and water.
• The Kapha The operating principle arises from water and earth.

The Doshas are forces that control all biological and psychological processes of our body, mind, and consciousness.

Every person is born with a basic constitution (“Prakriti“) born. Prakriti is the combination of the doshas for the individual person. Every person always has all three doshas within them. One or two doshas are usually dominant/predominant – this is then referred to as a specific dosha type, or – if two doshas predominate – a mixed type. Very rarely, there are people with the tri- or sama-dosha constitution, who have a very high degree of balance of all three bioenergies in body and mind from birth. Prakriti is therefore our foundation. It is as unique as a fingerprint.

In addition, there is a “bioenergetic snapshot"In every human being. This is Ayurvedic."Vikriti"– the current state – the ratio of bioenergies. This can be completely different from the basic constitution and also consists of all three doshas."

One of the most beautiful and important concepts in Ayurvedic therapy is “svastha"The healthy state. This word means "abiding in oneself".

The aim of Ayurvedic therapy is therefore to determine whether a person is... in the true self, in one's innermost nature and – if not – to balance the bioenergetic imbalance. From an Ayurvedic perspective, this is disease prevention. However, the imbalance doesn't refer, as one might think, to the "best case" of 1/3 Vata, 1/3 Pitta, and 1/3 Kapha, but rather our current constitution should always correspond as closely as possible to our natural constitution! When the bioenergies are balanced (Prakriti and Vikriti differ as little as possible), they maintain a person's health and even strengthen the immune system.

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