Ayurveda Practitioners
Ananda Ayurveda
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, V0R 1N2
“It is rare that you find a combination of deep compassion, clear insightful mind, and profound intuition in the same individual. Asrael is such a rare being. She offers not only the wisdom of ancient techniques, rather also the council of a women wise beyond her years. She is a gift to all who cross her path.”~ Dr.Paul Dugliss
Namaste, and welcome,
Asrael has always been interested in holistic and alternative ways of healing. Deeply intuitive she finds that true healing surpasses the boundaries of the physical body and embraces the emotional, energetic and most subtle layers of our being.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Asrael always felt connected to a deeper sense of life. There was the innate knowledge that her path would lead her into the world of transformation and conciousness. As a child and teen Asrael grew into her intuition and started her journey into tarot, yoga, and past life work. She also embraced travelling and adventure. After a few years of university, majoring in theatre, the natural world called and she spent time travelling the west coast of the United States, learning about and wildcrafting wild herbs. Her path eventually brought her into British Columbia, Canada where she spent her twenties working in a mix of different fields; a mountain shepherd, tarot card reader, and a herbal soap/bodycare business owner. She always practiced yoga, and worked intuitively through this time.
In her late 20’s the focus turned more to sharing healing practices with the world. In 2006 Asrael completed her 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher- with Katherine Austin at Karma Yoga .
During her yoga training she was introduced to her mentor Dr.Paul Dugliss an Ayurvedic Physician, who healed her chronic health issues through this ancient healing practice
After receiving her diploma, she travelled to India for 15 months, and immersed herself in the spiritual world that exists there, spending time at ashrams, deepening her yoga practice, and beginning her immersion into the practice of Ayurveda
On her return from India, Asrael begin her studies in Ayurveda completing a 3 semester program from New World Ayurveda in 2008
Asrael travelled once more to Thailand and India in 2009-2010 where she deepened her skills through further intensives with a Thai Medicine and Massage Healer, and further studies with Ayurvedic Healers in India
After further intensive study in Pancha Karma, Ayurvedic Body Therapies, Jyotish Astrology, and Consultations she received her full practitioner diploma in 2010
Asrael has also studied over time with different herbalists. She uses her experience and knowledge of Western and Ayurvedic Herbs to grow and make oils, tinctures and teas
In 2012 Asrael completed another diploma in Ayurvedic Counselling, working to heal and transform on deep cellular, and energetic layers
Asrael has been an adjunct teacher with New World Ayurveda since 2012, substitute teaching and leading intensives in Yoga Therapy
She currently has a practice in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, and also teaches hatha yoga classes in person, and Healing Light Yoga Therapy online.
