The Yoga Diet is influenced by Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India. According to Ayurveda (meaning ‘the science of life’) both people and food have more or less Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These qualities are called ‘doshas’, and you were born with a combination of them that gives you your particular body type or constitution. There is nothing intrinsically right or wrong about any of them. What matters is that you moderate the dominating influence rather than exacerbate it, and that your diet works with, not against, your particular constitution.

Use this questionnaire to work out your body type. Don’t answer if none applies, tick more than one if you like.