Mental Profile |
Category
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Vata
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Pitta
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Kapha
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Mental Activity
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Quick mind, restless
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Sharp intellect, aggressive
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Calm, steady, stable
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Memory
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Short-term best
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Good general memory
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Long-term best
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Thoughts
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Constantly changing
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Fairly steady
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Steady, stable, fixed
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Concentration
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Short-term focus best
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Better than average mental concentration
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Good ability for long-term focus
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Ability to learn
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Quick grasp of learning
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Medium to moderate grasp
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Slow to learn new things
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Dreams
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Fearful, flying, running, jumping
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Angry, fiery, violent, adventurous
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Include water, clouds, relationships, romance
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Sleep
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Interrupted, light
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Sound, medium
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Sound, heavy, long
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Speech
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Fast, sometimes missing words
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Fast, sharp, clear-cut
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Slow, clear, sweet
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Voice
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High pitch
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Medium pitch
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Low pitch
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Behavioral Profile |
Category
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Vata
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Pitta
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Kapha
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Eating speed
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Quick
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Medium
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Slow
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Hunger level
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Irregular
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Sharp, needs food when hungry
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Can easily miss meals
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Food and drink
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Prefers warm
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Prefers cold
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Prefers dry and warm
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Achieving goals
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Easily distracted
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Focused and driven
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Slow and steady
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Giving/donations
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Gives small amounts
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Gives nothing or large amounts infrequently
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Gives regularly and generously
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Relationships
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Many casual
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Intense
|
Long and deep
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Sex drive
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Variable or low
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Moderate
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Strong
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Works best
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While supervised
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Alone
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In groups
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Weather preference
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Aversion to cold
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Aversion to heat
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Aversion to damp, cool
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Reaction to stress
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Excites quickly
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Medium
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Slow to get excited
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Financial
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Doesn't save, spends quickly
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Saves, but big spender
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Saves regularly, accumates wealth
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Friendships
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Tends toward short-term friendships, makes friends quickly
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Tends to be a loner, friends related to occupation
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Tends to form long-lasting friendships
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Emotional Profile |
Category
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Vata
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Pitta
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Kapha
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Moods
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Change quickly
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Change slowly
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Steady, unchanging
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Reacts to stress with
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Fear
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Anger
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Indifference
|
More sensitive to
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Own feelings
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Not sensitive
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Others' feelings
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When threatened, tends to
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Run
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Fight
|
Make peace
|
Relations with spouse/partner
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Clingy
|
Jealous
|
Secure
|
Expresses affection
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With words
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With gifts
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With touch
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When feeling hurt
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Cries
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Argues
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Withdraws
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Emotional trauma causes
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Anxiety
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Denial
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Depression
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Confidence level
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Timid
|
Outwardly self-confident
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Inner confidence
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Physical Profile |
Category
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Vata
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Pitta
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Kapha
|
Amount of hair
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Average
|
Thinning
|
Thick
|
Hair type
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Dry
|
Normal
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Oily
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Hair color
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Light browne, blonde
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Red, auburn
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Dark brown, black
|
Skin
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Dry, rough, or both
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Soft, normal to oily
|
Oily, moist, cool
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Skin temperature
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Cold hands/feet
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Warm
|
Cool
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Complexion
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Darker
|
Pink-red
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Pale-white
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Eyes
|
Small
|
Medium
|
Large
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Whites of eyes
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Glossy white
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Yellow or red
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Blue/brown
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Size of teeth
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Very large or very small
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Small-medium
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medium-large
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Weight
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Thin, hard to gain
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Medium
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Heavy, gains easily
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Elimination
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Dry, hard, thin, easily constipated
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Many during day, soft to normal
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Heavy, slow, thick, regular
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Resting pulse
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70-90 (men), 80-100 (women)
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60-70 (men), 70-80 (women)
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50-60 (men), 60-70 (women)
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Veins and tendons
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Very prominent
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Fairly prominent
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Well covered
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Vata
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Pitta
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Kapha
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