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Welcome to Ayurveda with Melanie!

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What is Ayurveda?

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AYURVEDA--a word that is new to many, but it is an ancient science of life that is the foundation of modern medicine. There is more attention being brought to this medicine particularly as people find the wellness they seek through the practices of ayurveda. There are daily life hacks for health that people are getting exposed to through social media, and many of those practices have their root in ayurveda (oil pulling, dry skin brushing, and more).

 

Ayurveda (eye-your-vay-dah) means science or knowledge of life. It originated in India 5,000+ years ago. It's a system of healing that utilizes nutrition, herbal medicine, daily practices, seasonal living, yoga poses and breathing, meditation, and bodywork therapies to bring one into their ultimate healthy state of being. It's a system that heals from the root cause of illness. 

 

Ayurveda influenced modern medicine. It's an ancient science that came well before other medical systems and influenced Egyptian, Greek and Roman medicine and so influenced most modern day practices as we know them today.

 

Three particular great ayurvedic texts influenced modern medicine: Charaka Samhita (contains poetic prose of internal medicine), Sushruta Samhita (ayurvedic surgery), and Ashtanga Hridayam (physiology of the body and treatments). From surgery procedures to marma (acupresure) therapy, there is an ayurveda history. Marma are pressure points and marma therapy is an ayurvedic bodywork threrapy. It spread to other parts of Asia. From there, it became what we know as acupuncture today. Chinese medicine and Ayurveda medicine were influenced by the culture that they came from. There is relevance and opportunity for deep healing within their practices.

 

Ayurveda has been called Yoga’s sister science. But it is an umbrella modality that has within it other healing practices. Yoga is a practice within ayurveda used to bring healthy body patterns, ease of joints and muscles, a calm mind and stress free body to allow someone to live in a peaceful way. As for breath-work therapy, color, aroma, sound therapy, and body therapies as I mentioned, they all may be incorporated at some point in an ayurvedic program as needed for certain diseases.

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In recent years, people may have taken yoga practices out of the greater context or purpose that it was meant. I practice ayurveda and its practices in the original way that it was meant to be shared.

 

But, it is with food as medicine and grounding into proper foods for one's body or time of year that takes the forefront of Ayurveda's healing potential. The way we eat, what we eat and what herbal formulations we take can all help us make the leap toward our best self, our most well self, to live a harmonious life.

 

Ayurveda is a holistic system that addresses the whole person. In this way a person’s state of body and mind are assessed and from there we journey on the road to your optimal wellness.

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What's your dosha (body constitution)?

What foods and practices are you drawn to?

What would have you feeling amazing?

How can you live your best life? 

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Email me to set up your appointment: ayurvedamelanie@gmail.com

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What to expect:

An initial intake will assess past and current tendencies/habits, tongue and pulse diagnosis, and create a plan to address imbalances and disease. We are looking at the whole picture. We aren't just treating symptoms. We are creating a plan to remedy the root cause of illness and doing so begets long term health.

  1.  Initial Intake to collect your history.

  2. 7 days later report of findings and treatment plan visit

  3. Weekly to bi-weekly visits for the first month

  4. As you start feeling better we spread these out to 1x a month (or further apart, depending)

  5. Eventually you have the foundation for balance and feel so good that we just meet seasonally or maybe once a year if that. 

Why do people seek out ayurveda?

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Ayurveda helps both those who are seeking the best health and also to heal ailments and diseases.

 

To name a few:

  • Digestive challenges and disease: constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, acid reflux, ulcers, malabsorption, vitamin or mineral deficiency, Celiac Disease, Chron's Disease, IBS, Diverticulitis or Diverticulosis, Hemorrhoids, low appetite, high appetite, to build weight, to loose weight, and so much more.

  • Sinus challenges: seasonal allergies, chronic sinusitis and more...

  • Respiratory health: overall wellness, and also asthma, post cough or cold wellness, and viral protection....

  • Cancer: to bring the back to wellness, both through complementary suppport of existing treatments and also herbal medicine and practices to heal the body of cancer.

  • Autoimmune Conditions

  • Emotional balance: anxiety, worry, overwhelm, anger, rage, depression both chronic and acute, ADHD, Aspergers, and more....

  • Hormonal Balance: addressing PMS, peri-menopause, menopause, prenatal care, postnatal care, and fertility.

  • Pediatric Care

  • Geriatric Care

  • Dermatology: blemished skin, acne, ring worm, fungal infections, winkles, and more...

  • Parasite Cleansing

  • Seasonal Cleansing

  • Weight Loss

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Digestion. Why is it important?

 

Part of healing the root cause of illness is to go to the roots. What's the state of your gut microbiome?

Regardless of what ails you, we will determine the state of your digestion.

 

If you have faulty digestion, you aren't digesting your food and you aren't metabolizing the nutrients that you need in order to build healthy body systems. If you are digesting well, you can feel your best because you could be assimilating nutrients from foods or herbal formulas, and live your life to the fullest. 

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Ayurveda is: 

  • an individualized program

  • a system of healing that will address all of the systems of the body

  • a way to feel clear and calm in the mind

  • a way to be strong, well and energetic in the body

  • a way to get in sync with the cycles of nature 

  • able to reset and balance circadian rhythms 

  • able to reset your biorhythms

  • a program that will education you and takes some commitment to want to be healthy 

  • able to bring you into your ultimate place of health 

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Ayurveda is not:

  • a quick fix

  • a fad diet

  • a fancy new trend on your social media feed

  • short lived

  • a plan to just think about​

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Make an appointment by emailing me at ayurvedamelanie@gmail.com

God Bless You.

YOGA
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