Ayur-Veda uses the language of everyday experience so that understanding your little quirks and all of your aches and pains and odd sensations can guide you in the direction of balance. Even children can grasp the simple concepts of the three doshas. Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are the basic organizing principles of creation. Vata comes from the elements of air and space. It is quick, dry, rough, light and cold.
Pitta comes primarily from the element of fire and is hot, sharp, slightly oily.
Kapha comes from the elements of water and earth and is solid, slow, strong, cold, viscous, and moist. Vata governs movement. Pitta governs digestion, metabolism and transformation. Kapha governs structure and fluid balance. We are born with a certain combination of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha which is just right for us.