Welcome to our LOW-tech questionnaire (if you feel bad for us and want to send us some money we will hire a smart person to code it for us!)... in the interim, grab yourself a pencil and paper and snuggle up with your favourite blanket and a cup of tea. (The questionnaire takes about 5 minutes for the kiwis out there and about 20 or so for you turnips!)

This is loosely based on Ayurvedic principles (can't underestimate how loosely!!) Have fun with it and who knows you might even gain a little insight.

Questionnaire
[there are 28 questions, choose A B or C and record your choice]

#1.
A   I learn new things easily, but my memory functions better in the short term
B   My memory is efficient
C   Although I tend to learn slowly, I absorb and remember what I learn

#2.
A   I tend to be enthusiastic and vivacious with an active imagination
B   I tend to be somewhat orderly and precise and am easily irritated
C   I am steady, calm and infrequently ruffled

#3.
A   When I am stressed I suffer anxiety attacks and insomnia
B   I can become jealous, hostile, frustrated and easy to anger, under pressure
C   If I am under too much pressure I become depressed, despondent and lethargic

#4.
A   I am upset by windy and cold weather
B   Heat and sun make me irritable
C   When it is cold and damp I feel miserable

#5.
A   My moods fluctuate, often fairly unpredictably
B   I am goal and task driven, my moods are a secondary consideration
C   I am consistently compassionate and caring

#6.
A   I am creative and imaginative, I like to express myself
B   I am a perfectionist who likes to be organized and efficient
C   My thoughts and ideas are well organized and tend to be fairly tranquil

#7.
A   My thoughts are often dreams which I do not need to see through to their conclusion
B   My ideas and thoughts tend to be well-considered and logical
C   I am thorough and good at following through

#8.
A   I choose an unpredictable, exciting lifestyle and hate routine
B   I like my life to be busy but I enjoy the stability of routine
C   I enjoy a relaxed and fairly slow-paced routing lifestyle

#9.
A   I prefer warm weather to cold weather
B   I prefer cool weather
C   I enjoy most climates but prefer warmer weather

#10.
A   My energy level fluctuates and usually comes in bursts
B   My energy levels are stable
C   My energy tends to be fairly steady, but I can be lazy if I don't watch myself

#11.
A   I am active but I lack physical strength
B   I enjoy physical activity and sweat easily
C   I have good endurance, slow strong and steady

#12.
A   I am active and restless, and what I lack in strength I make up for in enthusiasm
B   I have average stamina and good staying power
C   I have very good stamina and physical endurance

#13.
A   I don't require much sleep and am a light sleeper
B   I need a moderate amount of sleep and sleep well
C   I enjoy sleep and sleep deeply

#14.
A   I am talkative and tend to talk quite quickly
B   I have a confident voice and can be an assertive speaker
C   I have a gentle voice and talk speak slowly

#15.
A   My appetite is irregular, I eat what I want when I want it
B   I have a good appetite and tend to eat regularly
C   I eat fairly slowly, enjoy food and have a consistently good appetite

#16.
A   My elimination is irregular and I am prone to constipation
B   My elimination is fairly regular
C   I am rarely constipated

#17.
A   I alternate between dry and loose stools
B   I have soft stools that ten to be loose
C   Food moves through me slowly

#18.
A   I sometimes experience low appetite, lower back pain and muscle spasms
B   I can suffer with hot flashes, acid stomach and heartburn
C   I have trouble with sinus congestion, coughs and colds

#19.
A   I am slim and small-boned with soft muscular definition
B   I am medium boned with decent muscular development
C   I am large boned, and put on weight easily (muscle and fat)

#20.
A   I can eat what I want without having to worry about putting on weight
B   I gain weight if I eat too much, but can lose it without great effort
C   If I put on weight, which I do quite easily, its a real struggle to take it off

#21.
A   My skin is cool, rough and prone to dryness
B   My skin is warm and prone to oiliness
C   My skin is smooth, cool to the touch and hardly ever dry

#22.
A   I have blue undertones to my skin
B   I have red undertones to my skin
C   I have yellow undertones to my skin

#23.
A   My skin is prone to dryness, especially when its cold outside
B   I sometimes suffer from rashes and inflammation and am prone to burning
C   I sometimes get pimples and blackheads

#24.
A   My complexion is marked by fine lines and prominent veins
B   I have some broken capillaries, freckles and moles
C   My skin is supple and soft

#25.
A   My hair is quite dry and rather thin
B   My hair tends towards oiliness and is of fine texture
C   My hair is thick, lustrous and healthy

#26.
A   My eyes are small and pale
B   My eyes are of medium shade and size; lustrous and bright
C   My eyes are large, liquidic and dark

#27.
A   My lips are dry and quite slender
B   I have fairly average soft lips
C   My lips are firm, large and quite plump

#28.
A   My fingernails are quite dry, brittle and are prone to splitting
B   I have flexible fingernails that don't split often
C   My fingernails are thick, smooth and very strong