An Introduction to Ayurveda - The Three Doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha)

Join Justin Robertshaw for an introduction on some of the basic principles of Ayurveda. Justin speaks with a special emphasis on applying what we learn into our daily lives rather than just accumulating mere concepts that we add into our minds.
In this enlightening talk, Justin speaks about how not only are food and body types classified into the three doshas, but also ones innate tendencies, behavior and attitudes. You will learn some basics about the characteristics of each dosha and how to Balance them.
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This is by far one of the best and most comprehensive teachings on the doshas, and how to apply to everyday. Thank you Justin Robertshaw, you are an excellent teacher.

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This is such a beautiful session about aayurveda..I am Hindu..and I know some basics gunas..Ras..yoga..I am vatta pitta predominat dosha person.. but kapha prakrati also in some ways as per astrology (earth sign).. here in India they don't give full information though...You have explained everything in details and examples..My knowledge is increased in more beautiful way...Thank you so much..😀💫🙏

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Vatta pitta myself, with fire and water in astrology… autumn is here and I’ve noticed I’m out of balance. Trying to take steps to increase kapha. Found this video wonderful and informative as well 🔥💜

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As someone who ordered a garden kit, then watched a video on the herbs, and during tulsi research heard “aryuvedic medicine” one time am now on the basic principles forming a rabbit hole- I think I can say I’m pitta mostly

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The way he deliver message is very clear and wonderful. I wish he has make like presentation. He is knowledgeable about it. Thank you for share this video. I play it over and over again.

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I love the comprehensive way Justin explains and provides demonstrations of the three Doshas.

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This is the most informative and extensive dosha information I’ve found! Thank you so much!! This helps me understand things a lot more.

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I am a complete beginner in Ayurveda but his breakdown and explanation really soaked in for me especially after reviewing it a few times. Great work, thank you!

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I finally found a beautiful explanation of Ayurveda. I really didn't understand the doshas until now. Thank you so much. Really clear explained. Much love. xx

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Doshas mean Imbalanced/Ailment in your Body.

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By far the best explanation I've come across, so clear and practical, it finally clicked and made sense

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Can't believe that there could be a explanation as this good. I was just looking at the aspect of mine, like reading autobiography of self in different standards of language. Wow, phenomenal.

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Just listened to this, Studying Ayurveda and applying what I learn. This is super helpful! Namaste 🙏

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What a simple narration.... excellent. All the best. Thank you such and appreciating your efforts on spreading Ayurveda..

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I'm vata dominant, I'm vata/ pita and have a terrible insomnia, watching this at 2:17am, I usually sleep at 4 or 5 am,

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Thank you, it's nice to come back and watch this video again. Sometimes we are too busy we tend to forget the basics.

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I loved, loved, loved the way this was broken down and given the space for further individual research! Much appreciated 🙏🏾

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So well explained! It's the first time I understand this web of information! Thank you!

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Dr. K brought me here indirectly. He talked about the ayurveda constitutions in a handful of videos and that got me interested. I am approaching this from comparing and contrasting it with the BIG5/OCEAN.

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Finally an understandable explanation of Ayurveda 🙏🏻 thank you so much - I now feel like I understand and will remember a lot of what you talked about. Great talk 🕉🙏🏻😊

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I’m so grateful to find this I’ve just learnt something new about myself and others that i can’t learn about 🙏❤🕊️

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WOW! A forever practice. I love this. I can little bit tell that I am out of balance just by what he is saying. Thes stuff really gets me excited, like pitta in my stomach. I feel more grounded than I do talkative. Oh so interesting. Puzzling all this together is so fun.!

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Thank you

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I'm so thankful for such a class!! Gratitude for all this shared knowledge. I've just started looking into this beautiful "science" of life. It makes so much sense. Thank you very much!!

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Wishing you all a very very happy and healthy new year!

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May I ask what music is playing in the introduction of this video? Thank you for such a great video!

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This lecture is amazing!!! I learned a lot!!! Greetings from a Vata-Pitta (50-50) person 😊

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Thanks a lot for all these amazing informations 🙏🏼

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Love this! Super helpful, but would be more helpful if there weren’t ads (unskippable ads which is even worse) that completely interrupt the meditation.

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Fantastic video. Beautifully explained and very informative. Thanks!

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Wow, awesome lecture!! Ive been into Ayurveda for more than 6-7 years and Ive never heard it explained like this!! Finally it makes sense haha... THANK YOU Justin!!!!!!

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Loved this class and just what I needed! Always love your creative sequences. ❤

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This is great to learn from you. Thank you very much!

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Thank you so much 👏🏻 I really enjoyed this video, very engaging & grateful to know more about the doshas!

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Great talk, it puts all of my interests into a field of study and exploration - Ayurveda (life knowledge). Up until now I've been learning about holistic health in a fragmented way, which has been useful and fascinating but to find this ancient body of knowledge that works as a life science really interests me. It adds a new dimension of depth to understanding yoga as well. I can also identify aspects from all the doshas within my temperament, but more predominantly the Pitta and wind based dosha (I've forgotten the name). I think that Aryurveda could be instrumental to understanding the areas of imbalance in my life and ways to bring about more harmony, such as living in more simplicity and relaxing more after work and at night rather then force myself to be doing something. It's a difficult affliction to live with the guilt that comes with this super ego thorn that tells me a should be more this or that "more productive" go and do things and life will be better. How do we recognise when this superego will has an idea that's better for our life or when to say "enough" I just want to meditate and be in silence for the evening or day - whichever is your situation. It happens that I work monday to friday so my mind is both driven and scattered in one time period. Am I just maturing and getting older so it's time to recognise that and learn to relax? I'll stop abruptly now as he did in his talk, and return to some peace and quiet again. Namaste

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Beautifully said. I resonate deeply with your text. If you like some lighthearted, fun content, I would suggest you watch WheezyWaiter's latest video on productivity. It was a good message to hear from within that space of guilt. May you be guided, steadfast, into this journey of Svadhyaya.

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@@Wonderland_Homestead Thank you Alice, I appreciate your reply. I will check out the video you suggested. May your weekend be filled with inspiration, peace and happiness. May the best in me meet the best in you (namaste):)

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you do sound like a pitta-vata-dosha type :D (i`m the same.) Remember that yoga (and life, i believe) is much more about the HOW than the WHAT. And always remember to return to the present moment via your best friend, your deep breath.

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Un clase fantástica verdaderamente. Demandante, muy variada, completa y retadora. Muchas gracias Kassandra. Máster 🙏

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Wow this is the best video explaining Ayurveda I have found thus far on YT!

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fantastic amazing lecture...loved it

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Bravo. Very well explained. Standing ovation.

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It is an enjoyable task to explain consciousness in its vital permutations of tissue, personality and habits etc. Just a suggestion for the purposes of relatability and balance compassionate insight on the doshas: The examples you give of vata early in the talk reflect a very common bias toward the description of traits only in the imbalanced form. You might want to fill it in in a relatable way around what its common felt sense benefits are. These would be: a sincere and steady focus on the spirit of things vs erratic focus. The desire to converse (bring ether into form as communication symbols) in order to express broad understanding of what connects. It is changeable because the subtle energy is often experienced in the head YET is not always intellectual. They tend to interpret their spiritual insights with intellectual term in order to connect with pitta in their impatient or focused intent on outcome, results vs. connections. They are driven by the bio-electric force and are quick to be engaged and quick to be exhausted. The memory is not engaged in the body as much due to a lack of water. They are likely to be deficient in minerals to bind and retain water. They are interested in universal principles first, then they wish to penetrate depths of a topic. They resonate with psyche and do well in the communication arts, are creative for the reasons as mentioned above. They can ground their talents in intuitive roles. They can blur their eyes to the complications to get to the universals then discern what to express from there. They can learn the power of gentleness if they have enough contrast of roughness to prioritize it. There are many challenges that of course begin in the first phase of imbalance; vata but it is helpful to contextualize it in balanced reference to its counterparts particularly when combining into personnaes. For what it is worth, I appreciate the increase of interest and advocacy of this beautiful life wisdom.

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This video has been a lovely discovery to me! Thank you so much, Justin, for sharing all this amazing information in a basic and simple way. I totally loved your way of explaining it! :) Thanks

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Namaste Adriana. Thank you, glad it was informative and of use.

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this is the most sense making thing ever!!! thank you so much !!

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Just what I need to hear and digest in my beginning exploration of Ayurveda.

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Thank you for wonderful lecture! Namaste 🙏🏻

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This was very informative, thank you.. I have much to learn about balancing this Triodoshic life.

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Well, it was a pleasure to listen ! Thank you.

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Brilliant class Justin! Absolutely invaluable information! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us all and making it so easy to understand!

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couldn't have agreed more! always lovely to have such a easy breakdown of ayurveda x

[@justinrobertshaw]

You're very welcome. Glad it was of use

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WOW!! I had very little knowledge of ayurveda and was semi interested in it. Thanks to this talk i am ready to dive in deep!!! LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT.. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

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🙏greatest explanation I had heard about Ayurveda so far

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So beautifully explained. Lovely.

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Now the light is shining and I feel that I have a much better understanding of Ayurveda and the doshas. Thank you. Would love to take a class with you. I have so many health issues that I know comes from how I eat. Gabriele

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thank you so much sir ...... it was an enlightening experience

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Brilliant video, so helpful. It's just so crazy to me, I can relate to EVERYTHING you mentioned regarding vata!!

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i just had the same experience and am definitely relating to vata too !!

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Namaste Naomi. Glad the content was useful. 🙏

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Excellent! Am truly very grateful to you ❤️

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This was an amazing watch, thank you. 💚

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Very interesting. I’ve read about this topic years ago. However your explanation is understandable and life applicable. I’m looking forward to learning more. Thank you.

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Great intro!!! I learned so much. For example: Explaining the tomatoes, raw vs. cooked, and why [cooked in sauce with cooling herbs/spices] makes it less toxic to the 'dry' vata joints (the water) and fire in pitta (cooling herbs) made so much sense! Psychic Edgar Cayce said tomato sauce was more tolerable than raw tomatoes, for one of his patients who had arthritis... and I always wondered why. I don't think Edgar knew either. But now we can rely on Ayurveda for advice on this...

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Great talk! Thank you!

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Nice talk! Done some testing in books and on the internet on doshas before and I have been mostly Vata but through yoga and ayurveda I feel a lot better with psoriasis and joint pain. Whitch is way I started my yogi journey in the first place. Thx again for all videos of 2018 and I really looking forward to 2019 namaste 😊

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Great information , beauty fully expressed . Gracias .

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Tremendously insightful. Thank you for sharing ❤

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Thank you Justin:)) namaste 🙏🏻

[@r.p.8906]

Thank you so much. Having had bilateral pneumonias since a newborn, I assume I am a Kapha person, but later, I got colon pbs and was thinking Vatta person. When I consulted with an Ayrvedic person in California, she thought I was a Kapha person ( judging by hair and tongue). In any event, I recognize myself in both in your video. Thanks.

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Nice & informative video of one of the basic principles of Ayurveda "Dosha".

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👏 great job love all what you said thank you

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Thank you, Justin. It is just what I needed to hear.

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Thank you. Had a horrible headache today.. Found this and feel so much better. Thank you! I

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Brilliant. At last I understand. Many thankx

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Enjoyed this and found it informative and interesting - thank you

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Are you looking at me...wow perfect description.