Interested in learning more about how Traditional Āyurvedic Medicine (TĀM) can help you with your personal health needs?
Āyurveda is a holistic, person centered science that can be used to address a specific health condition or to empower clients to learn what brings them back into a state of equilibrium using diet, self care, & lifestyle shifts.
- Personalized diet and lifestyle recommendations
- Learn about optimal timing for nutrition, exercise, sleep
- Risk factors and your predisposition
- Learn how to assess and measure your ever-changing state of health
- Best habits how, when, and why
- Seasonal, doshic alignment promoting healthy aging
- Increase self awareness and make sustainable healthy habits
- Education, coaching, and personal development in all areas of life
With expert guidance, learn how to assess and measure your ever-changing state of health through observation, awareness, and personal development.
Do you have questions about Āyurvedic medicine and how it can be applied in your modern life? Contact Michelle to learn more about Āyurvedic healthcare so you can decide if it is a good fit for you. This is for new clients to receive information with no commitment or obligation. Please state if you prefer email, phone, or video correspondence.
Read more about Traditional Āyurvedic Medicine (TĀM) below:
Āyurveda is the science or knowledge of life
āyuḥ (life) + veda (science or knowledge)
Āyurveda is a holistic heath care system that prioritizes the individual’s role and responsibility for personal health through proper living and prevention. It includes scientific practices, protocols, and methods to remove, alleviate, and manage acute and chronic health disturbances from their root. It originated in the Indian subcontinent where it continues to be the longest continuously practiced health care system known today. American Āyurveda is the application and practice of Āyurveda in the United States of America. It is based on the scientific foundations of Āyurveda and analyzes current outcomes to research, advance and improve all aspects of practice appropriately for the current time, place, and people.
ĀYU Council, 2019
What is Āyurveda?
It is a complete system of healthcare & medicine that is likely the longest, continuously practiced system of medicine known today. Originating in and around India at least 5,000 years ago, Āyurveda holds several records including the oldest surviving text on surgery which is still in use today (the Suśhruta Saṁhitā, attributed to Suśhruta the founding father of surgery). Āyurveda is science that is adaptable, logical, and practical for any people, place, or time and is currently used in various forms by around 1 billion people today. In many countries it is practiced as a primary health care system and can be practiced in conjunction with other healthcare systems, modalities, and approaches. It is only in the last few centuries that its popularity has begun to increase in the West.
Āyurveda is a medical system with two primary goals:
1. To maintain the health of the healthy
2. To cure the disease of the sick
Cha. Sū. 30/26
Professional Āyurveda Around the World
Not all Āyurveda in the West is the same. It is often misrepresented as “mind-body medicine”, “a diet and lifestyle approach”, “sister science of yoga”, “spa-like experience”, or “a vegetarian diet” among other misnomers. Even though it is a complex science that takes years of full time study, Āyurveda is often limited in its scope when practiced outside of India, not to mention appropriated and commercialized.
If you are using Āyurveda or considering it, choose who you work with carefully. Michelle studies and practices under the guidance of Dr. Jessica Vellela, BAMS. Michelle has completed training on par with standards and requirements in accredited Indian institutions and has earned the title Svastha Āchārya (SA) which can be translated as Āyurvedic Health Coach or Āyurvedic Practitioner.
Defining Health in All Aspects of Āyu
Āyurveda is the study of āyu, or all aspects of life, and how we interact with the world. Each of us has a personal responsibility to take care of our health. Only with health may we live our life to the fullest, perform our life’s work to the best of our ability, and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Through personal observation, awareness, and growth, Āyurveda can help you master your health, purpose, and goals by learning attune to your own personal needs and life cycles. Anyone can gain benefits from Āyurveda if they are ready to address the root cause(s) of dysfunction and work on targeted behavioral changes.
[Āyurveda] has the capacity to clearly identify, describe, and measure all factors which contribute to individual and personalized health, happiness, and longevity, or otherwise.
ESSENTIALS OF PROFESSIONAL ĀYURVEDA, VOL 1
प्रयोजनं चास्य स्वस्थस्य स्वास्थ्यरक्षणमातुरस्य विकारप्रशमनं च||२६||
Prayōjanaṁ chāsya svasthasya svāsthyarakṣaṇamāturasya vikārapraśhamanaṁ cha||26||
The purpose of Āyurveda is to maintain [literally, protect] the health of the healthy and to alleviate the disorders of the sick [literally, those who are suffering]. Cha. Sū. 30/26
The efforts towards gaining and maintaining health are so that the individual may fulfill their duties and obligations, and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Good health is the root of good action and the ability to complete goals. It is intended to be put to good use so individuals can achieve their goals, satisfy their desires and contribute to a healthy community and society.
ESSENTIALS OF PROFESSIONAL ĀYURVEDA, VOL 1
हिताहितं सुखं दुःखमायुस्तस्य हिताहितम्|
मानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते||४१||
hitāhitaṁ sukhaṁ duḥkhamāyustasya hitāhitam|
mānaṁ cha tachchha yatrōktamāyurvēdaḥ sa ucyatē||41||
That which is good or appropriate for an individual, that which is inappropriate for an individual, contentment or discontentment, and all that is appropriate or inappropriate for quality and duration of life can be measured and explained by Āyurveda, so it is told. Cha. Sū. 1/41
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