Ayurveda

Question 1

What are the three doshas?

Answer 1

Vata
Pitta
Kapha

Question 2

What does Vata mean?

Answer 2

Air

Question 3

What does Pitta mean?

Answer 3

Fire

Question 4

What does Kapha mean?

Answer 4

Earth

Question 5

What are the characteristics of Vata?

Answer 5

Imaginative, restless, lacks energy

Question 6

What are the characteristics of Pitta?

Answer 6

Intelligent, fiery, intense

Question 7

What are the characteristics of Kapha?

Answer 7

Positive, calm, strong, lazy

Question 8

What is Ayurveda?

Answer 8

A science that recognises that the body and mind has the capacity for self-healing and promotes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing

Question 9

What does the word ‘Ojas’ mean?

Answer 9

Vigour

Question 10

What is Ojas?

Answer 10

A subtle form of water, the essential energy of the body which can be equated with the “fluid of life”.

Question 11

What does the word ‘Tejas’ mean?

Answer 11

Radiance

Question 12

What is Tejas?

Answer 12

A subtle form of the fire energy that contributes to how we digest life, thoughts, matter and visual impressions

Question 13

What does the word ‘Prana’ mean?

Answer 13

Life force

Question 14

What is Prana?

Answer 14

Prana is the life force that is found in all beings and is the subtle energy that fuels all functions of the mind and body and is responsible for respiration, the five senses and the mind.

Question 15

What does the word ‘Agni’ mean?

Answer 15

Fire

Question 16

What is Agni?

Answer 16

The energy that aids physical digestion, and how

Yogi’s digest life, our experiences, our relationships, our memories, etc.