A Word Chronoprakriti is a combination of two roots, viz chronotype and Prakriti type. We all know what is Prakriti but very few us are aware about what is chronotype.
So let us first understand what us chronotype and then we discuss its correlation with Prakriti.
Man is evolved on the revolving planet Earth just like any
other creature and is bound to the natural laws alike. Major geophysical cycles
such as day/night or ebb/tide are repeating with known periodicities has
conditioned all living entities to evolve a mechanism called biological clock
to adapt the environmental changes. Physical clock helps us to follow the
social schedule whereas the biological clock prepares our body by anticipating
the changes in the external and internal environment.
Individual variation in functioning of biological clock is exhibited in the form chronotype. It refers to the idea that there are individual differences in the time of day in which people perform at their peak. In the common vernacular, terms such as "morning person" or "early bird" versus "night person" or "night owl" are reflections of the extreme ends of chronotype. In biological terms, chronotype refers to the individual difference in preferred timing of sleep and wakeful activity. Both genetic variations and environmental factors influence the distribution of chronotypes in a given population. You may find out your own chronotype with the help of our chronotype questionnaire. There are various other options available to find out your chronotype such as sleep analysis or clock gene analysis.
Research has linked chronotype to performance on
cognitive tasks in academic and workplace settings. Studies consistently find
that those asked to perform tasks at times that are misaligned with their
chronotype show poorer performance than those who perform tasks at more optimal
times of the day. Chronotype analysis will help in various fields such as
sports or education or specific professions such as round the clock service
industry for performance optimization. More our society will lead to 24x7
lifestyle more will be relevance of chronotype based physical or mental
activity in profession or education.
The science studying the mechanism of biological clock is
called Chronobiology. Chronobiological research is focused on studying the
mechanism of biological clock. As per the latest understanding, biological
clock is regulated by natural light, physical activity and time of food intake.
Unfortunately, all the three parameters are completely disturbed in course of
urbanization.
Ayurved
believes that everything in nature including humans are made up of five basic
elements. Hence there is similarity at many levels between nature and man which
is called ‘Loka-Purush Samya Siddhanta’ Ayurved recommends daily as well as
seasonal variations based on the changes in the surrounding nature which are
called ‘Dinacharya’ and ‘Rutucharya’ respectively.
Prakriti
is one of the basic concepts in Ayurved. As individual Prakriti is unique, the
same Ayurvedic formulation is not recommended to all. Ayurvedic medication not meant
to supress the disease but to act at the root cause considering the
psychosomatic aspect. Hence there are more dos and don’ts as compared to modern
medicine.
As
we are aware about Vata dominant, Pitta dominant, Kapha dominant or their
combinations of Prakriti types, Chrono type are divided into three types viz.
Morning, Intermediate and Evening type or their combinations. Due to our
round-the-clock urban lifestyle, a morning person has to work in the evening
which leads to misalignment inside the body. Though we cannot change our
professional assignments suddenly, at least awareness about the mechanism of
biological clock will help us to monitor the daily schedule and make step by
step changes in the right direction.
