having healthy desires that match what you actually need.

Ayurveda always recommends that almonds be skinned before they are eaten; standard advice is to soak a dozen whole almonds in water overnight, then peel and eat them in the morning to balance Vata. Since nuts and seeds are difficult to digest, Vatas need to eat them in small quantities,

When this dosha is out of balance, nervous disorders appear, ranging from anxiety and depression (a hollow kind of depression, with feelings of being depleted, not the heavy depression of Kapha) to clinical mental disorders.

As you can see, rajas poses the question, “How should I act in this situation?” Sattva favors the choice that is evolutionary, tamas the one that is stable.

Vata types are prone to insomnia, chronic constipation, nervous stomach, anxiety and depression, muscle spasms or cramps, PMS (premenstrual syndrome), irritable bowel, chronic pain, high blood pressure, and arthritis.

but particularly the three “great marmas” (Mahamarma) situated in the area of the head, heart, and lower abdomen.

In Sanskrit this quality is called ananda, which is usually translated as “bliss.”

Massage your body with sesame oil in the morning.

When out of balance, the Vata tendency to impulsiveness causes such people to overexert themselves—their