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"The Concept of Wholeness"
The end goal of Ayurveda is a healthy, balanced human being who is in harmony with himself and with his world. The five elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Ether, as well as the three Doshas (or energies), Pitha, Kapha and Vata, are in balance with each other. If this equilibrium is unbalanced, the inner healing processes of the individual will be disturbed.
The unique Prakriti of each person (the body's constitution) is determined at birth, resulting from the interaction of these three energies with one other. For most of the people, Prakriti is a combination of these powers. Vata ('to move oneself'), functions as a regulator of all sequences of movement inside the body. Pitta ('to heat') controls all biological-chemical digestive and metabolic processes running in the body. Kapha symbolises body fluids and the structure of the skeleton.