Personal Wellness – The Initial Assessment

This is the starting point for your path to health. A wellness assessment begins with a review of your current lifestyle; diet, exercise, employment, family – all major aspects of your life. We perform a physical assessment, review the medical history of both you and your family and conclude with a pulse evaluation. The pulse reveals your natural constitution and the areas where your health has deviated from this natural balance. The pulse also indicates the doshic health of your organs and the body’s functional systems such as the digestive, skeletal, muscles, nerves, etc. Often we use Applied Kinesiology to confirm our findings and provide more detail. Giving consideration to these findings and your activities of daily living, we design a lifestyle program specific to your goals, needs and health. Along with specific dietary suggestions, menus and nutritional support are exercise, massage, meditation and stress reduction techniques to create maximum health and harmony.

Below are therapies that may be part program depending upon your specific needs and wishes. Your consistency and commitment create your success.

We provide a wonderful and powerful form of Ayurvedic massage. Organic herbalized oils selected to bring harmony to your physical, mental and emotional balance are formulated with botanicals to enhance and potentate their effects. We make all of our oils in-house to insure quality, purity and to insure that you have the perfect oil for your condition. The oils are warmed and applied to the body according to Ayurvedic discipline. Our treatments combine massage with marma energy point stimulation to enhance the cleansing effects. We also have over 50 essential oils that we use to incorporate aroma therapies. This Ayurvedic therapy can be provided by two therapists working in choreographed unison to bring balance and integration to both sides of the body. It feels absolutely incredible!

A herbal decoction balanced for your constitution and applied as a steam treatment to either your entire body or local areas as best suits. Specially blended oils are applied to the body prior to steam. The steam opens the body channels allowing the herbs and oil to deeply penetrate along with their healing properties. The sweating purifies the body by removing deep seated toxins. This treatment has classically been used for arthritis as well as areas of chronic pain and leaves one feeling wonderfully relaxed.

A luxurious and deeply calming experience of having a fine stream of warm oil poured continuously on the forehead. This stimulates the release of neurotransmitters which deeply relaxes the body, melting tensions and alleviates discomfort in the head, neck and shoulder areas as well as engendering profound feelings of pleasure, inner balance and mental clarity.

A facial treatment using especially formulated oils combined with gentle heat. Specific marma energy points are stimulated and herbal drops are applied to the nasal passages. This technique banishes those dark circles under the eyes and alleviates intractable neck tension. It brings a fullness and freshness to the face and eyes and can relieve sinus and insomnia.

Ayurveda uses the concept of the three doshas to describe the level of health and balance. The Personalized Lifestyle Program is designed to guide one to their natural state of balance. Sometimes it is necessary and desirable to give the body an additional boost in that direction. Dosha Pacification is typically a 2 to 3 hour session where multiple therapies including snehana, swedana, nasya and shirodhara are provided. Other therapies are incorporated as appropriate. This is a restful, invigorating, relaxing and truly rejuvenating treatment , and of course tailor-made for you.

This unique part of Ayurveda strengthens and rebuilds the body. The body and mind must have sufficient vitality before cleansing can begin, otherwise the debilitated body is only additionally weakened. Rasayana provides this boost to healing. Programs can be one to several days of spa-like treatments. Nurturing and support are the key elements of rasayana.

This is a wonderful eye care. While lying on the back, a “dough nut” ring made of specific flours and water is placed around the eye. A herbalized ghee is then poured into the “dough nut” and forms a pool of ghee over the eye. The technique eases and relaxes eye tension and irritation. It strengthens the eye muscles and produces clarity in vision.

Udvartana – The Ultimate Body Scrub

This technique is classically used for excess physical and emotional kapha conditions that may have symptoms  similar to lethargy, depression and congestion. The technique begins with Snehana (oil) and Swedana (steam). A rough cut herb paste is placed on the skin and rubbed with great vigor, pressure and speed. The application is adjusted for each individual’s particular condition. It leaves the body and mind feeling invigorated, refreshed, alive and clear.

Lepana – Topical pastes and wraps

This technique is classically used for sprains, sore joints and stiff and aching muscles. Snehana (oil) and Swedana (steam) are first applies to the effected area. An herbal paste specific to your condition is applied. Then hot compresses steamed in an herbal decoction are laid over the paste. Fresh hot compresses are continually applied to move the herbs to the problem area.

This is a unique service offered only at Living Ayurveda. This program specifically addresses long term debilitating conditions. A minimum of two weeks and up to six weeks in duration, daily Ayurvedic therapies are provided to interrupt and reverse the downward spiral loss of energy and vitality. All meals are provided to insure optimal nutrition. Counseling and education are a significant part of this Intensive Care Program. We have seen impressive results and great strengthening from this program.

Applied Kinesiology
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a scientific systemized method used to gain information about the level of functionality of the body’s organs, the integrity of the body’s skeletal and muscular system and body’s response to a host of biological factors including allergies, heavy metals, pathogens, nutrition and energetic influences. We use AK diagnostically to fine tune your treatment protocol. Using herbs as an example, often several herbs may be appropriate for a particular condition, based on traditional use and application. By using AK, your body can tell us exactly which herb is best suited for you. AK evolved initially in the Chiropractic field which allows us to incorporate muscular and skeletal balancing as part of Panchakarma. The energetic influences of old mental and emotional traumas often have a big impact to health. AK is an amazingly effective tool in identifying and clearing these old issues. Again, these are services and expertise offered only at Living Ayurveda.

A sister science and complimentary companion of Ayurveda, Jyotish provides amazing insight into all areas of one’s life. Challenging aspects in your physical, emotional, and mental being are often revealed as well as details, including the timing, of career, relationships and family.

We offer a complete apothecary to support your path to healing. We select only the finest products from growers and suppliers we personally know, organically grown always being our first choice. We prepare many products in-house, this insures quality and potency and guarantees you receive the optimum support for your unique constitution.