I like to think of a doshic imbalance as a transit reading in astrology. This is a reading of where the Grahas (moon, sun, and planets) are in the sky right now, and how they might be influencing how you feel.
Similarly, a doshic imbalance describes where there is an excess of a specific dosha(s) in your life based on your current experiences. This is not expressed as a percentage or pie chart, but rather can be thought of as more of a bar chart.
Using the example above, this same client can be 56% Vata, 28% Kapha, and 16% Pitta by nature. However, their doshic imbalance could be an excess of Pitta.
This person could be working a job that requires long hours, harbor anger at their parents for encouraging them to pursue a role that isn’t in line with their dharmic path, and be drawn to foods and lifestyle activities that are fiery by nature. These are some of many influences that could increase the amount of fire within the individual, resulting in an excess of Pitta.
The role of the counselor is to assist the client in pacifying the Pitta, so that their natural doshic constituion can be restored.
Unlike constitution, doshic imbalances are always changing. Everything that can be experienced in this lifetime has an energy behind it that can impact the mind, body, and soul. Foods, seasons, lifestyle, partnerships, work, travel, climate, and environment all impact the doshas.
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