Work with a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner

Ayurveda can help support you through any kind of disease or imbalance, from asthma to ulcerative colitis and everything in-between. It is right for you if you are looking to treat the root cause of your imbalance and not just your symptoms. It might not be the right fit if you are looking for a quick fix. Disclaimer: I am not an MD or trained in Western medical diagnosis. I happily work alongside your doctor as part of a team, if that is what is best. OK, disclaimer over.

Your Initial Consultation is two hours long and we discuss everything on your intake paperwork and more. The paperwork covers everything from your ir/regular schedule to your elimination patterns to what you like to eat and how nourished you feel in your relationships. Because Ayurveda is a holistic science and everything is connected, I look at the whole pie, not just slices.

In Followup Visits, we check in to see how the recommendations are going. I offer you creative, non-judgmental support to help you achieve your goals. And we assess how your symptoms presented over the past week. What we want to see, of course, over time, is that your symptoms decrease regularly.

Recommendations are completely personalized, so no two individuals will experience Ayurveda the same way. Your "homework" may include:

• Follow a regular meal schedule, eating at specific times each day

• Transform food choices to a doshic specific diet

• Begin to create a morning routine, or dinacharya, to cleanse your five senses

• Take custom made herbal capsules with and/or between meals

• Practice yoga nidra, or a guided relaxation body scan, daily for two weeks

• Perform a basti (Ayurvedic enema) at home every other day for two weeks.

• Incorporate a series of customized yoga postures into your daily exercise routine.

• Complete this personalized 14-day detoxification program at home.

Our time together concludes when you have reached your goals and our work together feels complete. Depending on what you are looking for this can take anywhere from one to six months. In some cases, it can take longer; it all depends. My priority is that the work is effective and efficient and also respects your individual pace of change. There is no need to linger or rush and results typically unfold in stages, congruent with your compliance and consciousness.

Ayurveda is for everyone. Whether you want the whole kit ‘n caboodle, or just the tip of the iceberg, Ayurveda has something to offer every single person. I have seen it transform so many different kinds of people and it is the thrill of this lifetime for me to bear witness to that evolution. That is my favorite thing about Ayurveda. Oh, and tongue scraping. Tongue scraping is the best.