The Constitutional Read

Before you begin

This assessment is a structured introduction to your prakriti and vikriti. It is not equivalent to clinical prakriti and vikriti analysis, which requires direct observation, tongue and nail examination, family history, and a longitudinal conversation with a trained practitioner. Treat the result here as a working hypothesis, not a diagnosis.

What this measures

Ayurveda is the oldest continuously practiced science of how a human being actually works. The word Ayurveda means « science of life », the study of how body, mind, and consciousness function as a single working system.

Prakriti is your blueprint. The genetic code of your constitution, fixed at conception, expressed across every cell, tissue, behavior of the body, and psychological pattern. It is the unique permutation of three principles (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) in a ratio that belongs only to you. This is your nature. It does not change.

Vikriti is the altered state. As seasons turn, as environment shifts, as diet and sleep and emotion and age move through the body, your prakriti ratio is pushed off its baseline. That deviation is called vikriti, and it is where the root cause of many diseases is read.