Ayurveda Practitioners
Shanti Ayurveda and Yoga
Shanti Yoga and Ayurvada is a Yoga community that was created to offer a welcoming, safe and supportive environment for students to embark on and sustain a Yoga journey. We offer Yoga classes and Ayurvedic Healing practices with an emphasis on traditional teaching. We treat our classes as sacred space, providing the proper environment for education in asana alignment, yoga philosophy, chanting, pranayama, and meditation. We whole-heartedly believe that every student begins their practice exactly where they need to be in order to step into their own Yoga destiny. Yoga has the possibility for health and healing, as well as deep personal transformation beyond the body. It is with that belief in mind that we offer many class options including: Vinyasa Yoga for all levels; Vinyasa Yoga for beginners, Prenatal Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Yoga for cancer patients, Ayurvedic Yoga and Yin Yoga.
Ayurveda . “the science of life”, is the traditional natural medicine of India dating back over 5000 years. It is the medical or healing branch of Yoga, helping to prepare our bodies for long term health . It is a science, or way of knowledge about life, it’s powers and its resources. It is a science by which life in its totality is understood. It is a medical science of our entire nature, not a mere physical or chemical form of medicine . In addition to the physical body Ayurveda refers to the subtle body, mind, soul and charkas.
Ayurveda is an art that weaves natural forces to create harmony and transformation and self-healing from the causes of disease in contrast to treating disease with drugs . The basis of Ayurveda is discovering and maintaining the natural balance of elements in our body which will help keep us free from disease. Ayurvedic diagnosis is made through a combination of a complete and detailed history including pulse diagnosis, tongue, eyes, skin, hair, stomach disorders, sleep and diet patterns that will help to reveal underlying factors in the disease process. It is a comprehensive system that includes herbal medicine, diet, body therapies, yoga asana, massage, meditation, pranayama, psychology, spirituality, rejuvenation and revitalization .
