Ayurvedic Health Counseling

Lifestyle & Nutrition Medicine

Ayurveda recognizes that each person is unique, with specific needs for achieving balance in mind, body, and spirit. Our goal is to create personalized treatment plans that cater to your individual constitution and lifepath.

What Are the Doshas?

In Ayurveda, three vital energies—or doshas—guide our physical, mental, and emotional health: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Each person has a unique combination of these doshas. When in balance, they support vitality and resilience; when out of balance, they can contribute to illness.

• Vata (Air + Ether) governs movement, breath, and the nervous system.
  Imbalances may show up as anxiety, dryness, constipation, or joint discomfort.

• Pitta (Fire + Water) governs digestion, metabolism, and transformation.
  Imbalances may manifest as inflammation, heartburn, irritability, or skin issues.

• Kapha (Earth + Water) governs stability, lubrication, and immunity.
  Imbalances may lead to sluggishness, weight gain, congestion, or depression.

By understanding your unique doshic constitution and where imbalances exist, we can create a targeted wellness plan to help you feel your best.

Initial Consultation

During your Initial Ayurvedic Health Consultation, we will review your Ayurvedic Intake Forms to determine your constitution and identify your imbalances. This session, conducted in-person or via Zoom, will provide insights into your current lifestyle and nutritional practices, guiding us towards a plan for improved wellness.

Preparation

Once you schedule your consultation, Maria will send you the necessary intake paperwork. You’ll need to complete and return this along with four photos (face, full body, palm of hand, and tongue). If you’re meeting in person, Maria will take the photos for you. If the consultation is virtual, you can email the photos.

Consultation Details

Locations:
Lifepath Yoga Center (Springville, NY), Lotus Chiropractic & Acupuncture (Holland, NY), or via Zoom.

Duration:
1.5 hours

Report of Findings:
A 1–1.5 hr. follow-up meeting within a week to 10 days of your initial consultation. During this session, we’ll explore the fundamentals of Ayurveda, discuss your constitution and imbalances, and provide your first set of lifestyle and nutritional recommendations.

Initial Ayurvedic Consultation + Report of Findings Meeting: $200

Ayurvedic Health Counseling Program

Includes five sessions over two to three months:

• Initial Ayurvedic Consultation (1.5 hours)

• Report of Findings (1–1.5 hours)

• Three Follow-Up Visits (1 hour each)

During follow-ups, we will refine your plan and offer continued support for gradual lifestyle and nutritional changes. You’ll learn how to apply Ayurvedic principles to your life with personalized advice and written follow-up instructions after each appointment.

Ayurveda recognizes that each person is unique, with specific needs for achieving balance in mind, body, and spirit. Our goal is to create personalized treatment plans that cater to your individual constitution and lifepath.

Pricing

• Ayurvedic Health Counseling Program (5 sessions): $350

For more information or to start your Ayurvedic Health Counseling journey, please contact Maria at lifepathyogacenter@gmail.com.

Payment through Health Savings Account accepted/credit/check: payable prior to or at Initial Consultation.

Maria, Certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor, is continuing her education in the Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner Program at the California College of Ayurveda.

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world’s oldest medical systems and remains one of India’s traditional health care systems, but it is not merely a system of medicine, it is a way of life.

Ayurveda aims at determining an individual’s personal constitution (dosha), which is based on the unique combination of elements in your body. Your dosha will influence how you live in the world through your physical make up, the way you think, the way you move, talk, express yourself, and all components that make you, You. Through the study of food, spices, herbs, daily and seasonal rhythms, lifestyle & yogic practices, Ayurveda supports your whole being in returning to balance. The practices are aimed at improving digestion, nourishing the tissues, and understanding imbalance in the body and mind before it manifests in or further progresses into disease.

Ayurveda looks deep into the quality of a specific food to understand how it will process in your unique body. The qualities of food are based on how the specific food will heat or cool the body as well as the taste (or rasa). The 6 rasas: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent, and pungent will positively or adversely effect an individual’s health based on their constitution (dosha). When we eat for our constitution we create the most fuel efficient system which nourishes all of the tissues and reduces and prevents the build- up of toxins (ama) in the body.

Ayurvedic lifestyle and yogic practices based on an individual’s unique constitution (dosha) further create a life of balance.

Tangible benefits of an Ayurvedic lifestyle include:

Perceptively reduced stress level; improved sleep; improved digestion; better immunity;

weight loss & maintenance; healthy glowing skin & hair; reduced inflammation; lower blood pressure;

prevention of disease; longevity;

greater mental clarity; enthusiasm; cheerfulness; enhanced creativity

Integrating the Vedic Science of Ayurveda into your life fosters balance, harmony, self-awareness, vibrancy, inner transformation and health.

By integrating the principles of Ayurveda into your day, you will be living a life that is resonant with Nature and her intelligence.

Your Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Yoga Teacher, Maria, has 30+ years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist evaluating individual’s health needs and addressing their wellness goals; as well as has 13+ years of experience instructing individuals in the mindful science & practice of Yoga & Meditation.

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