Ayurveda teaches us that the five elements arrange themselves into three essential laws of life: movement, metabolism, and structure, and these are the Doshas - defined in Sanskrit as Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. The three types of energy, constitutions or Doshas are present in every one of us as a mixture of the five elements.

Specialists calculate that the human mind processes 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts in a day. This activity in your mind is communicated to each cell in your body and if your thoughts are triggered by excessive stress, the body responds to it as a threat or as Fight or Flight responses, which increases your levels of cortisol and adrenaline.