Ayurveda, the healthcare system of ancient India, is a complex and nuanced science, with lifetimes’ worth of knowledge to pursue. The core concepts are beautifully expressed in the elegant, elemental theory of doshas, or constitutional body types. These basics of Ayurvedic theory are intuitive and refreshingly functional, offering profound health effects when applied to daily life. Under the guidance of a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner, you can expect to feel empowered in affecting the state of your own health and to receive instrumental support for living fully and well.

There are two simple goals at the center of Ayurvedic healthcare: the first being to preserve the health of the healthy, and the second being to restore health and vitality when it has been lost. Healing is natural and spontaneous. Knowingly or unknowingly, one’s lifestyle may be supporting the imbalance or disease-process and impeding the body’s natural ability to heal. We can facilitate our own well-being and healing by infusing our awareness, compassion, and intelligence with the invaluable knowledge Ayurveda has to offer.

In Ayurveda, the emphasis is not on diagnosing a disease, but on working to balance the individual’s bodily constitution. The herbs, treatments, and advice given are custom-tailored to the specific needs of the specific person. This means that there are no standard protocols to be given for any specific imbalance (“this for that” treatment style). 

While there are classical formulas, treatments, and tools, everything given is dependent on one’s unique constitutional nature, age, environment, season, current state of balance or imbalance, strength, digestive capacity, lifestyle, ability to follow, etc. After careful assessment, the Ayurvedic practitioner offers the most essential and practical ways to help create an ideal environment for the body and mind to heal.