THE TRIDOSHAS

The Tridoshas (Tri means 3 & Doshas being the basic physical energies) are the primary and essential factors of the human body, that govern our entire physical structure and function. Derived from the Panchamahabhutas, each dosha – which like the elements cannot be detected with our senses but their qualities can be – is a combination of any two of the five bhutas with the predominance of one, Called Vat, Pitta, Kaph in Sanskrit, these three are responsible for all the physiological and psychological processes within the body and mind – dynamic forces that determine growth and decay.

Each dosha thus shares a quality with another ( although there remain slight differences in the nature of shared quality), the third having just the opposite quality. Also each has an inherent ability to regulate and balance itself , coming from antagonistic qualities that arises from the doshas constituent elements.

When the doshas are in balance i.e. in a state of equilibrium, we remain healthy. It is only when that there is imbalance within the three that disease is caused.

It is equally important to understand that the three doshas within any person keep changing constantly, due to the doshic qualities of specific lifestyle and environment such as time and season.

And that these three are not separate energies but different aspects of the same energy, present together in an infinite variety of combinations, wherein their qualities overlap and interrelate.