Ayurveda Practitioners
Vishnu Dass, AD, is recognized at the Ayurvedic Doctor level of Professional Membership by the NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) and has 17 years of full-time clinical experience. He started studying Ayurveda in 1992 under the guidance of Dr. Vasant Lad, renowned Ayurvedic physician and teacher (on the picture below, visiting our clinic in May 2009). He was one of the first students to successfully graduate from the Advanced Studies and the Clinical Training Program at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. He was also trained and worked at the Ayurvedic Institute Panchakarma Department under Dr. Lad’s supervision.He is a highly skilled clinical herbalist who specializes in both the treatment and prevention of disease, and has experience treating digestive disorders, skin diseases, allergies, arthritis, auto-immune diseases, hypertension, diabetes, women’s health issues, anxiety, depression, insomnia, musculoskeletal disorders and many other ailments. His holistic approach enables him to create individualized programs, specifically tailored to your particular needs, integrating into your Ayurvedic consultation nutritional and lifestyle counseling, herbal treatments, and pressure point (marma therapy), as well as other Ayurvedic therapies, depending on your specific situation, goals, and needs. He is clinically trained to offer authentic Panchakarma detox programs, and personally guides and supervises your process throughout your treatments.
Vishnu Dass is also a graduate of the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics in Albuquerque, NM. He had previously studied with herbalist Michael Tierra at the American School of Herbalism in Santa Cruz, CA. He is a former Board Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and was granted a Lifetime Professional Membership for his service on that Board.Vishnu Dass also offers lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and yoga philosophy for various clinical herb schools and yoga centers and has published several articles on Ayurveda and yoga, both on local and national publications, including Light on Ayurveda Journal, New Life Journal, and Integrative Health and Healing, amongst others. His book on Ayurvedic Herbology East & West ~ A practical guide to Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine is published through Lotus Press.
