Know Thyself

The Project

Know Thyself is a multimodal body constitution assessment tool that translates physiological individuality into experiential understanding. Drawing on Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Korean Sasang medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, and biochemical individuality, the system gathers data through visual cues — tongue, tongue and fingernails, body tension mapping, emotional landscape, voice analysis, and self-reported inputs. An AI model interprets these signals across multiple health frameworks simultaneously, generating a personalised constitutional profile expressed as Body, Mind and Spirit guidance.

The Frameworks

• Ayurveda — Vata / Pitta / Kapha

• Traditional Chinese Medicine — Five Elements

• Korean Sasang Medicine — Four Constitutions

• Walsh Institute — Biochemical Individuality

• Psychoneuroimmunology — Mind Body Connection

• Ray Peat — Metabolic Physiology

• Ba Zi — Chinese Four Pillars

The Designer

Leon Hapka is a designer and researcher with a background in Medical Biotechnology (MSc) and clinical research experience at the University of Oxford. He holds a BA in Design for Interaction and Moving Image from London College of Communication and is completing an MA in Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art, London. Know Thyself is his final MA project, developed through independent research spanning health, healing, ancient wisdom traditions, and interaction design. This project is supported by the Pokémon Scholarship at the Royal College of Art.

Know Thyself is an original research project by Leon Hapka. All frameworks, synthesis methodology, and interaction design are the intellectual property of the author. © 2026 Leon Hapka. All rights reserved.