I offer ayurvedic wellness consultations. Learn how to incorporate your food choices and routine into an ayurvedic lifestyle. If you love yoga, you will LOVE ayurveda! Why Ayurveda? Ayurveda takes an individualistic approach to health and well-being first by maintaining the existing health, then healing any imbalances that could lead to disease. One person’s medicine is another one’s poison – meaning there is nothing innately good or bad, just good or bad for each individual, depending on what qualities that person may have. Connecting us back to the rhythms of nature, Ayurveda focuses on prevention and healing using foods & cooking, herbs, daily & seasonal routines, and regular practices to bring balance to the mind and body. There are never harmful side effects…only side benefits! When imbalance occurs, ayurveda doesn’t just treat the symptoms. The first step in healing is to isolate the cause of the imbalance, so that it may be curtailed in order to prevent the disease from returning. Healing is generally done by balancing the doshas – reducing an aggravated dosha or possibly building a depleted dosha. For more chronic imbalances, a full cleanse (panchakarma) may be used. What is Health? Ayurveda says that health is balanced functional energies (vata, pitta, kapha), balanced metabolic fires (agni), balanced bodily tissues (dhatus), timely removal of waste products (malas), a pleasant soul, sharp senses, and a peaceful mind. That’s pretty robust compared to western medicine that describes health as absense of disease! Ayurveda not only aims for health, but it strives for vitality, strength, brilliance, longevity, vibrance, happiness, and a true love for life.