The mixture of these elements in our body is
also altered when we move to a different place
and experience different weather. It also
changes through all emotions we feel and all
possible activities we engage in during the
day.
The closer is the current proportion of the
basic elements to the ratio we received at
birth, the healthier we are. For this reason,
Ayurveda prescribes specific diets and yoga
asanas to eliminate the imbalances and go
back as much as possible to our original
proportion.
Our dominant elements tend to gain more
power over time, pushing us out of balance.
For example, fiery people usually love spicy
food. Consuming too much of it, they may get
too much fire inside and start acting
aggressively. Or, think of earth-watery people,
they don’t like to be physically active. Avoiding
sports, they become even more stagnant.
From an intellectual point of view, it makes a
perfect sense to offer a more calming and
cooling practice to a fiery nature, a more
stimulating exercise to an earthy-watery
person, and more relaxing and quieting