How I work
Because Ayurveda emphasizes balance in all areas of your life, I don’t only focus on your body, but will take an extensive personal and medical history, including questions about daily diet, lifestyle, profession and working conditions, exercise routines, relationships and your mental health.
Knowing all these aspects helps me to identify the root cause of your problems, the imbalances in your body and accordingly determine a personalized treatment plan best suitable for you.
The human body is quite complex, every function is intricately connected with another. A digestion problem can be related to stress, sleep deprivation or bad elimination or both. The pain in the body might be because of inactivity, obesity or bad posture. The insomnia can be caused by an irregular lifestyle, anxiety, poor diet or depression. So, a single problem might trace back to a different source or sources. In Ayurveda when we treat the source, the symptoms disappear. During a consultation I identify your doshic imbalance and then develop a customized treatment plan that best suits you.
Aside of a very detailed intake, I also make use of tongue and pulse diagnosis.
Using pulse diagnosis, I can determine
- The original mental and physical constitution of the patient and their doshas
- Any imbalance in the doshas and sub- doshas
- The state of Agni (digestive fire, metabolic activity)
- Any abnormal mental or physical activity
Through the use of the tongue diagnosis, I can determine
- Internal organ’s health
- Vata, Pitta or Kapha state or imbalance
- Presence of toxins and needs of detox
- Tension and emotions held in spine and shoulders
- Anemia and cirtulation
- Malabsorption
- Inflammation
- Parasitic infection
Tongue is called a window of the inner system. Ayurveda says, read your tongue and you will know how healthy you are. It is important to check your tongue regularly to recognize the imbalances in your system.
Treatments
Lifestyle
Lifestyle is the way we live our lives. Lifestyle is the work we do, what we eat, the way we exercise, how we behave, how we spend our free time, holidays and how we relate to others. Lifestyle is profoundly related to our needs and to our emotions. This is why lifestyle has a very strong relationship to our sense of happiness and wellbeing.
Research shows that living a healthy lifestyle can help prevent long-term illnesses. Feeling good about yourself and taking care of your physical and mental health is important for your self-esteem. But what is the best lifestyle for us? Where to start?
Ayurveda can help you answer these questions. The best lifestyle for you is linked to your own personal constitution and the rhythms of nature. Maintaining a lifestyle according to your constitution is doing what is right for your body and mind every day and every season.
During an Ayurvedic consultation, you will find out what daily routine or dinacharya is best suitable for you. I will also give you handy tips and tricks to manage your energy every time the seasons change. In Ayurveda, this is called ritucharya. Following your own dinacharya and ritucharya will work wonders in your life.
Abhyanga
Abhyanga is a rhythmic massage that has been practiced for thousands of years. It is done with warm medicinal oil. The oil is applied to the entire body, from the scalp to the soles of your feet.
Several scientific studies have found that a massage has numerous health benefits, especially when done with oil and in a proper, rhythmic manner. Abhyanga encourages the body to increase the production of endorphins – the happiness hormones – that are associated with feeling good.
During Abhyanga the body also increases the production of dopamine, which is produced when we feel satisfied, resulting in feeling happy, and oxytocin which is the love hormone!
Price: 75 euro (1 hour)
Kati Basti
This is a treatment used for lower backache and disorders of lumbosacral region, including slip disc, lumbar spondylosis, sciatica, spinal problems, etc. A generous quantity of medicated oil is retained on the back to heal pain, inflammation, and stiffness. The warm medicated oil gets absorbed into muscles, ligaments, and tendons, relaxing the back and healing any underlying conditions, calming pain and stiffness. The treatment also gives a feeling of comfort and relaxation to the entire body.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Greeva Basti
This is a treatment that retains medicated oil to address acute and chronic neck conditions. In the modern-day, sedentary lifestyle involving sitting hours in front of computer screens can cause neck pain and other conditions. Greeva Basti effectively addresses neck pain and related painful conditions, providing long term benefits.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Janu Basti
This is an effective therapy for people experiencing ailments in the knee. The medicated oil used in the therapy effectively soothes pain, stiffness, and inflammation in the joints. Additionally, toxins are eliminated, and joints are strengthened. The treatment involves pouring warm medicated oil on affected areas to rejuvenate the joints from within.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Nasya
This treatment cleanses, purifies and strengthens the nasal passages, allowing you to breathe fully and easily again. It is a recommended treatment for congestion, allergies, sinusitis, headaches, migraine, cervical spondylosis, hair fall, rhinitis and other nasal infections.
Nasya is beneficial in treating headaches, migraine and cervical spondylosis. Medicinal oils or powders stimulate vital centers of brain that reduce pain perception. It reduces stress, improves sleep and your immunity in general.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Udvarthana
This treatment is a combination of massage therapy and exfoliation. It supports weight loss. It is done with a special mix of herbal power to improve blood circulation massaging the body against the hair follicles. It works effectively reducing subcutaneous fat and exfoliating dead skin cells toning up your skin.
Price: 85 euro (1 hour)
Shirobhyanga
Shiroabhyanha means head massage with medicinal oils and marma points treatment. It focuses on the shoulders, neck, face and head, the area’s most vulnerable to stress and tension. The head massage induces a state of calm, peace and tranquility and promotes high levels of alertness and concentration.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Marma Point Therapy
For centuries, practitioners have been mapping the human body and linking various limbs, organs, immune responses and even emotions to specific energy points.
These points are referred to in Chinese Medicine as Acupuncture or Acupressure points, and in Ayurveda & Yoga as Marma. According to both Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine, energy (prana or chi) can stagnate in these points. Both systems focus on releasing the energy stagnation through acupuncture, acupressure, Ayurvedic massage or even visualization. Marma treatment is very effective for relieving stress, anxiety, stiff muscles boosting circulation.
Price: 85 euro (1 hour)
Akshitarpana
Akshitarpana is an ancient eye care treatment and rejuvenation in Ayurveda. It is an excellent therapy for managing many forms of eye disease, as well as a amazing preventative and wellness treatment that cleanses and rejuvenates the eyes and promotes good vision.
The therapy involves first placing a ring of dough, made from black gram (chickpea) flour, around the eyes. The ring is applied so that it does not leak. Then, with the patient’s eyes closed, the therapist pours warm medicated ghee into the eye cavity covering the eyes entirely. The patient is instructed to do special eye exercises so the therapeutic action can take place. After the therapy is complete, the ghee and dough are removed.
Akshitarpana relieves eye strain and the detrimental effects of prolonged exposure to screens. It strengthens eye tissue, helps to fight dark circles under the eyes, and makes the eyes brighter and clearer.
I combine Akshitarpana with head and face massage.
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Pichu
Pichu is an Ayurvedic method that treats localized stiffness and pain in the body. Thick cotton soaked in hot medicated oil is applied to the painful area and the entire area is massaged. The oil on the cotton is replaced periodically to keep it warm. Pichu is particularly soothing for pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles. Results can often be experienced within one treatment.
Price: 85 euro (1 hour)
Karna Purana
The therapy involves gently filling the ears with warm medicinal herbal oil (usually from 4-10 drops). In other words, the internal ear is given a lubricating herbal bath.
It is an effective therapy for treating all ailments related to the ears, for example, ear infections, earaches, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and poor hearing. It also soothes the nerves, improves the clarity of the mind, and supports eye and nose health (as eyes, ears, and nose are connected).
Price: 75 euro (45 minutes)
Pinda Swedana
Pinda Swedana is the best treatment for all musculoskeletal problems, like pain, stiffness, swelling in the joints, muscular stiffness, spasms and cramps, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical spondylitis, lumbar spondylitis, and fibromyalgia.
The body and its’ aching joints and muscles are massaged rhythmically with warm herbal bags, draining toxins, and giving relief to pain and tension in the affected areas.
Price: 95 euro (1 hour)
Pregnancy / Post-partum Massage
Pregnancy and post-partum are two wonderful events in the life of a woman. During this stage of life, a woman needs a special care and attention. Ayurveda has amazing information and wisdom to have a balanced and happy pregnancy and post-partum periods, from nutrition to lifestyle according to your constitution and special needs.
It focuses not only on the physical aspect of pregnancy but also on the mental, emotional and spiritual growth of the mother and the baby. One of the important rituals during pregnancy and after is making time to have Abhyanga (Ayurvedic Oil Massage).
This massage is done with warm medicinal oils.
Research revealed that massage therapy performed during pregnancy (and after birth) reduces anxiety, decreases symptoms of depression, relieves muscle aches and joint pains, and improves labor outcomes and newborn health. It also addresses many common discomforts associated with the skeletal and circulatory changes brought on by hormone shifts.
Price: 75 euro (1 hour)
Baby Massage
Baby massage is called Sneha. In Sanskrit this means oil and is also means love. This gives a clear image to the nourishing effect that oil massage has on our bodies, minds, and spirits.
Daily oil massage is perhaps the simplest and most loving gift you can give yourself and your child. It has so many benefits:
- Activates important bonding hormones between mama and baby
- Balances the baby’s circulation of the blood and the lymphatic system
- Strengthens the immune system
- Helps with baby’s digestion and bowel movements
- Helps the baby sleep
Price: 50 euro (30 minutes)