Ayurvedic Health Counseling
Lifestyle & Nutrition Medicine
Ayurveda recognizes that each person is unique, with specific needs for achieving balance in mind, body, and spirit. Our goal is to create personalized treatment plans that cater to your individual constitution and lifepath.
Initial Consultation During your Initial Ayurvedic Health Consultation, we will review your Ayurvedic Intake Forms to determine your unique constitution and identify any imbalances. This session, conducted in-person or via Zoom, will provide insights into your current lifestyle and nutritional practices, guiding us towards a plan for improved wellness.
Preparation Once you schedule your consultation, Maria will send you the necessary intake paperwork. You’ll need to complete and return this along with four photos (face, full body, palm of hand, and tongue). If you’re meeting in person, Maria will take the photos for you. If the consultation is virtual, you can email the photos.
Consultation Details
Locations: Lifepath Yoga Center (Springville, NY), Lotus Chiropractic & Acupuncture (Holland, NY), or via Zoom.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Report of Findings: A 1-1.5hr. Report of Findings meeting within a week of your initial consultation, where we’ll learn about Ayurveda, discuss your constitution, imbalances, and provide initial lifestyle and nutritional recommendations.
Program Structure The Ayurvedic Health Counseling Program includes five sessions over two-three months:
Initial Ayurvedic Consultation (1.5 hours)
Report of Findings (1-1.5 hours)
Three Follow-Up Visits (1-hr. each)
During follow-ups, we will refine your plan, offering additional recommendations to support gradual lifestyle and nutritional changes.
Pricing
Full Program (5 sessions): $350
Initial Ayurvedic Consultation and Report of Findings: $200
Single Follow-Up Visit: $75
You’ll learn how to apply Ayurvedic principles to your life, with personalized advice and written follow-up instructions provided at each appointment.
For more information or to start your Ayurvedic Health Counseling journey, please contact Maria at lifepathyogacenter@gmail.com.
Payment through Health Savings Account accepted/credit/check: payable prior to or at Initial Consultation.
Maria, Ayurvedic Health Counselor, is continuing her education in the Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner Program at the California College of Ayurveda.
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world’s oldest medical systems and remains one of India’s traditional health care systems, but it is not merely a system of medicine, it is a way of life.
Ayurveda aims at determining an individual’s personal constitution (dosha), which is based on the unique combination of elements in your body. Your dosha will influence how you live in the world through your physical make up, the way you think, the way you move, talk, express yourself, and all components that make you, You. Through the study of food, spices, herbs, daily and seasonal rhythms, lifestyle & yogic practices, Ayurveda supports your whole being in returning to balance. The practices are aimed at improving digestion, nourishing the tissues, and understanding imbalance in the body and mind before it manifests in or further progresses into disease.
Ayurveda looks deep into the quality of a specific food to understand how it will process in your unique body. The qualities of food are based on how the specific food will heat or cool the body as well as the taste (or rasa). The 5 rasas: sweet, salty, bitter, astringent, and pungent will positively or adversely effect an individual’s health based on their constitution (dosha). When we eat for our constitution we create the most fuel efficient system which nourishes all of the tissues and reduces and prevents the build- up of toxins (ama) in the body.
Ayurvedic lifestyle and yogic practices based on an individual’s unique constitution (dosha) further create a life of balance.
Tangible benefits of an Ayurvedic lifestyle include:
Perceptively reduced stress level; improved sleep; improved digestion; better immunity;
weight loss & maintenance; healthy glowing skin & hair; reduced inflammation; lower blood pressure;
prevention of disease; longevity;
greater mental clarity; enthusiasm; cheerfulness; enhanced creativity
Integrating the Vedic Science of Ayurveda into your life fosters balance, harmony, self-awareness, vibrancy, inner transformation and health.
By integrating the principles of Ayurveda into your day, you will be living a life that is resonant with Nature and her intelligence.
Your Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Yoga Teacher, Maria, has 30+ years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist evaluating individual’s health needs and addressing their wellness goals; as well as has 12+ years of experience instructing individuals in the mindful science & practice of Yoga & Meditation.
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