Ayruveda – Vata
The main characteristic of Vata is Creativity slide 1
Vata is the most difficult to treat.
Woody Allen is the archetypical Vata.
- Small thin
- Weasley
- Creative Genius
- Big Ideas
- Total control of creative freedom in his films
- Unconventional lifestyle, family, marriage
- All about doing things in their own personal way
 Vata Constitution (slide 5)
- Weakest of the 3 doshas
- Frail – most likely to die in a harsh event
- Variable -Â unstable metabolism, energy level, sleep cycle,
- Cold (hypometabolic) -Â speed at which their body can burn energy. Â Slow metabolism, dry.
- Slender – very tall or short
- Fatigued easily, so they put on weight later in life.
- Real energetic when they are young
- Long slender hands and fingers
- Often disproportionate body
Michael Pollan – writer
- Talk a lot
- Move a lot
- Worry a lot
- Creative
Vata Characteristics (slide 32) Julia Roberts decided to switch to Hinduism while on the set of Eat Pray Love
- Fluctuate
- Moody
- Euphoria
- Curious
- Natural meditators
- Highly changeable
- Restless – easily bored
- Wide area of interests
- Love to spend money, but don’t like to balance the checkbook
- Moving from one idea to another
- low libido
- more in their head than in their body
- wild kinky ideas, but low ability
- easily distracted
- lots of short friendships and romances
- unstable pregnancy tend to be pre-mature births
- not on time
Careers
- Entertainment
- Anything with the mind
- Fantasy land is where they love to live
Famous Vata People
- Woody Allen & Diane Keaton – not a good match because they are both Vata
- Julia Roberts
- Michael Pollen