Glandular body typing is a fascinating and highly practical constitutional system that offers insight into how the endocrine system shapes metabolism, energy levels, food preferences, stress patterns, personality traits, and physical structure. In this engaging and informative class, K.P. Khalsa introduces the foundations of glandular body typing and explains how dominant endocrine glands influence the way individuals eat, move, rest, and respond to the world around them.
Drawing from nearly a century of natural health theory and clinical observation, this course explores how pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, and gonadal dominance affect appetite, weight tendencies, sleep rhythms, cravings, emotional patterns, and resilience to stress. Students gain a clearer understanding of why different people thrive on different diets, routines, and lifestyle strategies—and why one-size-fits-all health advice so often fails.
Rather than presenting body typing as a rigid diagnostic system, this class offers glandular typing as a flexible, observational tool that can deepen self-awareness and improve personalization in nutrition, herbalism, and lifestyle planning. It is ideal for practitioners and individuals seeking a practical framework for understanding constitutional diversity and endocrine-driven health patterns.
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Constitutional medicine has long recognized that people respond differently to food, stress, and lifestyle—and glandular body typing offers a modern, physiologically grounded framework for understanding why. In this comprehensive class, K.P. Khalsa explores glandular body typing as a system that integrates endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, personality tendencies, and body structure into a coherent model of human variation.
Students learn how one dominant gland—most commonly the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, or gonadal glands—acts as a central organizing influence on metabolism, appetite, energy regulation, sleep patterns, and stress response. Khalsa explains how these dominant glands shape food cravings, tendencies toward weight gain or leanness, nervous system sensitivity, emotional expression, and behavioral styles. The course also explores how modern life overstimulates or exhausts different glandular types in distinct ways.
The class places glandular body typing in historical and clinical context, drawing from early pioneers in constitutional and metabolic typing while comparing this system with Ayurvedic doshas, traditional Chinese medicine, somatotypes, and modern metabolic models. Students gain practical guidance for recognizing glandular dominance through observable traits and patterns, as well as insights into how this framework can inform dietary choices, daily rhythms, herbal strategies, and lifestyle recommendations.
Rather than prescribing fixed rules, this course emphasizes flexibility, pattern recognition, and compassionate personalization—making glandular body typing a valuable lens for both self-understanding and client-centered care.
What you’ll learn
The principles and history of glandular body typing
How dominant endocrine glands influence metabolism, appetite, and energy
Relationships between glandular dominance, body structure, and cravings
Stress patterns, sleep tendencies, and burnout risk by glandular type
How this system compares to Ayurvedic, TCM, and metabolic typing models
Practical ways to apply glandular insights to diet, lifestyle, and herbal support
This class is ideal for
Herbalists, nutritionists, health coaches, and holistic practitioners
Students of Ayurveda, constitutional medicine, or metabolic typing
Individuals curious about food cravings, energy patterns, and body tendencies
People seeking deeper insight into endocrine-driven health differences
Anyone wanting a practical framework for personalized wellness strategies
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