1. What is your physical constitution like?
a) Thin and lean, often underweight, with small, protruding bones.
b) Average, with harmonious bone structure and balanced, constant weight.
c) Strong and solid bone structure, with a tendency to be overweight.
2. What is your skin like?
a) Cold, with a tendency to dryness, thin and tanned, with cold hands and feet.
b) Well hydrated, warm, smooth, moisturised and rosy, fair with freckles and easily irritated.
c) Soft, cool, moist, moist, often pale
3. How much do you sweat?
a) Hardly at all
b) Abundantly
c) Moderately and constantly
4. How is your hair?
a) Tends to be dry, thin, dark, curly, brittle, knotty, split ends
b) Thick or normal, straight, blonde/red/blonde/gray or bald.
c) Thick, glossy, full-bodied, wavy and brown.
5. Which description best fits your facial features?
a) Thin, with a pointed nose and thin, often dry lips.
b) Regular features, with defined jaw line, pink, soft, moisturised lips.
c) Wide face, prominent nose with large nostrils, full lips.
6. How would you describe your body?
a) Small build, narrow hips; flat, scanty abdomen; slender legs with protruding knees.
b) medium build, broad shoulders, firm and often muscular abdomen.
c) Heavy build, wide hips; broad, full and soft abdomen; strong legs.
7. How are your hands?
a) Long, slender fingers, always cold.
b) Normal hands, warm and soft
c) Large hands, moist and very soft
8. Your digestion is..
a) Irregular. You often feel bloated, gassy or constipated. When you are away from home you always suffer from constipation.
B) Regular like clockwork. You have a fast metabolism, you have a bowel movement every day but you may suffer from heartburn and often feel the need to drink something cool.
c) Difficult and Indolent. You have a slow metabolism and suffer from lazy bowel.
9. Your appetite is:
a) Variable. You like to munch all day and nibble whenever you want.
b) Regular. You like to eat at specific times, but when you are hungry your appetite is intense and you can’t concentrate until you eat.
c) Constant. You like to relax while eating and take time for your meals.
10. Your thirst is:
a) Variable. You generally prefer hot drinks
b) Regular. You are often thirsty and generally prefer cold drinks.
c) Scarce. Rarely thirsty.
11. Which of these disorders are part of your life?
a) Insomnia, anxiety, difficulty to sit still.
b) Inflammations, rashes, shingles, eczema
C) Nasal congestion, sore throat, tightness of the throat
12. Weight
a) You can’t put on weight even if you eat a lot
b) Weight is within the norm with no big fluctuations
c) You put on weight even if you don’t eat
13. Temperature you can’t stand
a) Cold
b) Hot
c) Humid
14. How is your energy?
a) You may be full of energy, but you tend to run out of energy and run on empty.
b) Regular, you know how to dose it better.
c) Slow, you need to get going, but then you hang in there for a long time.
Your results
Now calculate the number of “a”, “b” and “c” you have added up. If your answers are predominantly “a”, vata predominates in you; “b” corresponds to pitta; “c” indicates kapha.
You may find that you are a combination of each of the three doshas, but one is likely to be dominant. If a particular dosha predominates in you, follow the advice and choose the corresponding massage ritual.