Prakriti is interesting for sure — we do have different constitutions, and what you eat plays into it more than people give it credit for. Doesn’t matter if it stays in the book though, put it into practice or don’t bother. lol
I’m Vata-Pitta, and the quiz agrees: Vata 12, Pitta 9, Kapha 3. High energy, short bursts, but the mountains regenerate me the way a weekly massage would if I actually let myself have one. Not eating too much — yeah, that’s me. Sugar makes sense too, for what it’s worth.
Addiction is trying to get satisfaction from outside your own life. Westerners wear gods on their wrist instead.
Sun salutes are basically yoga, and I should actually do those in the morning — sets you up for whatever the day throws.
Decalage between body and mind, from fatigue. View the mind as digestion, and digestion as the key to everything else: we digest mentally too, don’t overload it or you accumulate ama same as with food. Rice and beans, one day fasts, keep it simple.
Sex gets real respect in this book — good for women especially, to be taken seriously, tied to unity and fire, just not overdone.
Good to have at hand. Habits, self-knowledge, food, even sex — the basis of yourself, from one book. Connects to Daily realization and to Diet. This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnNiR71vEsM) covers the same ground from a Chinese medicine angle, if the habits are all you’re after.
Live longer, colder, eat less.