The goal of the Ayurvedic physician or educator is to suggests ways for us to maintain or bring our bodies back to balance. The Three Doshas Doshas are the pillars of Ayurvedic medicine. The names of the actual doshas are vata, pitta, and kapha. Each plays a major role in the body. Vata, for example, is related to movement and is connected to the nervous system.
Pitta represents fire and controls metabolic functioning and is also responsible for digestion.
Kapha denotes water and is related to the mucous lining in the body, phlegm, and lymphatics. Although we are affected by all three doshas, we are controlled by either one or two dominant doshas which determine our constitution. The characteristics of each dosha are listed below. Try to determine which category best describes you. At the workshop I discovered that one of my predominate doshas is Vata.