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Therapeutic Yoga & Ayurveda
Body-mind medicine has its foundations in Ayurveda, the “science of life,” and Yoga—two of the world’s oldest documented systems of health. Both are based on the principle that physiological and psychological balance is maintained through alignment with nature and its rhythms and individualized lifestyle practices.
Ayurveda emphasizes preventive care through nutrition, botanical support, circadian routine, and digestive health. Yoga complements this framework with therapeutic movement, breathing practices, and meditation practices shown to support nervous system regulation, stress reduction, improved sleep, and emotional resilience.
Yoga, meaning “union,” extends beyond physical postures. In a therapeutic context, it offers structured tools to modulate the stress response, enhance vagal tone, reduce anxiety, and support integration between body and mind. Together, Yoga and Ayurveda provide a comprehensive, evidence-informed approach to restoring balance, health and supporting long-term vitality.
For over a decade I have integrated diet, yoga, breathing practices, meditation, bodywork, and mindfulness practices into my Massage Therapy practice offering a holistic approach to chronic pain, stress, and anxiety— methods that modern science now support for whole-body healing and nervous system regulation.
We are whole beings—body, mind, senses, and soul continuously influencing one another. Yet in daily life, different parts of us can feel scattered, overwhelmed, or out of sync. The work of healing is not about becoming someone new, but gently integrating these parts so we can realign, moment by moment, with our true nature: vibrant, joyful, content.
Physical and mental health are deeply interconnected—something modern research continues to confirm and something the ancient sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda have taught for thousands of years. These sister traditions guide us toward balance of the whole self: body, mind, senses, and emotions, and help us restore that balance through practices through many of which is now backed by science, such as healthy eating, mindfulness meditation, mindful breathing practices, yoga, somatic therapies, creative art, and guided imagery.
At Heart Lotus Health, ancient wisdom is woven into a modern holistic approach—through therapeutic sessions and bodywork—to support every aspect of your wellbeing. Each offering meets you where you are, helping you cultivate emotional clarity and a resilient body, build sustainable habits, and create meaningful, lasting change.
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Therapeutic Yoga & Ayurveda Services
Holistic Health Counselling
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. — B. K. S. Iyengar
Personalized sessions designed to restore body-mind balance, reduce tension, and build sustainable health habits through evidence-informed practices. Sessions may include dietary guidance, herbal support, meditation, breath regulation, yoga therapy, guided somatic practices and creative arts.
Your initial consultation (in person only) begins with a health history intake and an Ayurvedic pulse assessment to identify underlying patterns of imbalance. From there, a tailored therapeutic plan is developed to support nervous system regulation, reduce chronic tension, strengthen resilience, and promote long-term well-being.
Follow-up sessions (in person or online) provide continued guidance, refinement of recommendations, and support in integrating self-care routines at a pace that feels steady and sustainable.
1 hour Initial Consultation | $140
30 minute Follow-up | $100
Holistic Nutrition Consultation
"Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." —Hippocrates
This one-on-one consultation begins with a comprehensive assessment of your health history, current diet, and daily habits, guided by the Ayurvedic principle of hetu—addressing the root causes of imbalance rather than only symptoms.
You will receive personalized dietary and lifestyle recommendations designed to restore digestive strength, support metabolic balance, and enhance overall vitality and well-being.
Available in person or online.
1 hour Initial Consultation | $140
30 minute Follow-up | $100
Ayurvedic Oil Massage and Marma Therapy
Experience the therapeutic effects of this combined treatment, integrating traditional Ayurvedic oil massage (abhyanga) with marma therapy.
Your session begins with an Ayurvedic pulse assessment to identify dosha imbalances. This is followed by a warm, rhythmic oil massage and focused marma therapy, with the option of applying an Ayurvedic *herbal creams to specific marma points.
Marma refers to vital energy points in the body that connect the nadis (subtle energy channels), chakras (energy centers), and the organs and physiological systems. Gentle stimulation of these points supports circulation, nervous system regulation, and overall energetic balance.
This is one of the most sought-after treatments I offer.
90 minutes | $180 - Ayurvedic Oil Massage & Marma Therapy
60 minutes | $140 - Marma Therapy (no oil massage)
Ayurvedic Head Massage
This focused treatment addresses areas most prone to holding tension- the scalp, face, jaw, neck, and shoulders. Using traditional Ayurvedic techniques with warm oil, the massage relieves muscular tightness, eases jaw and facial tension, and supports circulation to the head and neck.
Particularly beneficial for stress, mental fatigue, headaches, and disrupted sleep, this treatment helps regulate the nervous system and quiet an overactive mind. By calming the sensory organs and releasing accumulated tension in the head and neck, it promotes deep relaxation and a clearer, more grounded state of awareness.
Although localized to the upper body, Ayurvedic head massage has a systemic effect, supporting energetic balance and overall well-being.
30 minutes | $100
SVA Samadhi Marma and Eye Treatment
Designed for the demands of screen-based living, this focused treatment addresses eye strain, facial tension, and mental fatigue. Rooted in the SVAyuveda lineage, Ayurvedic *herbal creams are applied to specific marma points of the eyes, face, and head.
Gentle marma stimulation helps regulate the nervous system, improve circulation to the ocular and cranial regions, and reduce overstimulation from prolonged digital exposure. Clients commonly report relief from heavy, tired eyes, improved mental clarity, and a deeply relaxed state—often described as “more relaxing than massage.”
Marma points are vital energy sites that connect the nadis (subtle channels), chakras (energy centers), and the body’s organs and systems.
30 minutes | $100
Signature Somatic Treatment with Marma
This deeply therapeutic session begins with an Ayurvedic pulse assessment to identify dosha imbalances, followed by somatic techniques and marma therapy to release accumulated stress, unwind chronic tension, and regulate the nervous system.
Somatic work gently supports awareness of held patterns in the body, allowing protective tension to soften and stored stress to resolve. Marma therapy complements this process through the subtle stimulation of vital energy points. During treatment, specific marmas are lightly touched to enhance the reception, flow, and distribution of prana throughout the body.
Together, these approaches support improved circulation, nervous system balance, emotional integration, and a renewed sense of grounded vitality.
Ayurvedic *herbal creams may be applied to selected marma points to further support therapeutic effect.
60 minutes | $140
30 minutes | $100
Abhyanga - Warm Oil Massage
Your session begins with an Ayurvedic pulse assessment to identify dosha imbalances, followed by a full-body massage using warm, herb-infused oils selected to support your constitution.
Abhyanga is traditionally used to stimulate the lymphatic and circulatory systems, support detoxification through the body’s natural elimination pathways, and promote healthy skin. The rhythmic application of warm oil promotes relaxation- reducing sympathetic nervous system activity, encouraging parasympathetic regulation.
This treatment eases muscle stiffness, supports joint mobility, calms the mind, and leaves the body feeling nourished and rejuvenated.
1 hour | $140
*Herbal creams used in all transdermal marma treatments are creations of renowned Ayurvedic doctor,
formulator and researcher Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra.
“These treatments have been full of care, which I have found to be nurturing and rejuvenating. While in her care, she ensures that you feel the full physical and mental benefit of her professional attention. ”
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Yoga & Mindful Movement
Therapeutic Yoga
Individual sessions tailored to your needs. With mindful movement, breathing techniques and mindfulness based practices therapeutic yoga sessions offer an opportunity to address not only physical health, but offer mental calm and stability.
1 hour | $140
30 minutes | $100
“Like a flower bud, human life has the potential to blossom fully. Blossoming of human potential to fullness is yoga.”
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About Ayurveda
Living Harmoniously through Ayurveda and Yoga
In Ayurveda, health is not just the absence of disease—it's a state of vibrant balance, rooted in harmony with the rhythms of nature. When we align our diet, routine and life choices with the changing seasons and embrace the foundational principles of Ayurveda and Yoga we create the conditions for long lasting health. As balance is restored, symptoms and discomfort begin to fade, making space for vitality, clarity, and inner joy to naturally arise.
Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest holistic health systems, dating back over 5,000 years. It shares a deep and inseparable connection with Yoga— together, they offer timeless guidance for living in balance, preventing disease, nurturing long-term health, and supporting spiritual growth. Ayu means life, and veda means knowledge—so Ayurveda is, quite literally, the science of life. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word, yuj, meaning to yoke, to unite.
At the heart of Ayurveda is the understanding that each individual is unique. Our physical, mental, emotional makeup is shaped by a distinct balance of the three doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha which by their vary nature go out of balance by what we do, think, eat, and drink. Doshas act as a barometer to our vitality and immunity (ojas). Each dosha governs different aspects of all bodily functions:
Vata governs timing, movement and distribution of everything in the body, and governs the intelligence of the body, including blood circulation, hormone regulation, when to sleep and rise, etc.
Pitta oversees transformation, digestion, and metabolism of food, thoughts and emotions.
Kapha provides structure, stability, and lubrication of the body.
Doshas are associated with five fundamental elements of nature (panchmahabhuttas)—space, air, fire, water, and earth. Vata is governed by space and air, pitta by fire and water and kapha by water and earth.
Furthermore, each dosha has 5 locations in the body, totalling 15 sub-doshas that regulate specific bodily systems and functions.
My Ayurveda and Yoga offerings are rooted in this deep wisdom. I pay close attention to the seasons, your unique constitution (prakriti) current imbalances (vikruti), quality of digestion and the health of your 7 bodily tissues (dhatus)—focusing on tailored approaches through food, herbs and spices, teas, lifestyle rituals, and energy practices. Emphasis is also placed on prana—the subtle life force—and identifying blockages in both the physical and subtle energy channels through which food, breath, and awareness travel.
This work is not about quick fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions. It’s a gentle, clear process guided by the intelligence of your body and the rhythms of nature—empowering you to live with balance, vitality, and joy from the inside out.
How does knowing my Dosha help me with my health?
The Ayurvedic doshas: vata, pitta, kapha are a gateway to deeply valuing one’s health. We all have vata, pitta, kapha qualities, with varying degrees of each. By knowing the doshas and their energetic qualities you can acquire a deeper insight on the cause and effect principle of food, environment and behaviour on your health. For example, when you go to bed late, or skip a meal, your vata and pitta energy goes high. With these repeated behaviours, high pitta can manifest symptoms like feeling overly emotional, quick to react or anger; high pitta can also lead to acid stomach or skin problems. High vata can disturb circulation and can lead to increased anxiety, dizziness, headaches or blood pressure issues. By curbing imbalances, we protect our body from developing more serious health problems later on. Disease does not happen overnight. Ayurveda recognizes various stages of disease starting with accumulation, which lead to imbalances. Imbalances left unattended can further develop and manifest as chronic conditions or disease.
How does something as old as Ayurveda help me today?
Though the principles of Ayurveda go back thousands of years, they are still relevant today. The knowledge of Ayurveda is timeless, understood by ancient rishis who were in deep meditation, abiding by the laws of nature and eternal truths. They developed principles on how to live and sustain a healthy life, by living in harmony with nature. For example, these “ancient doctors” we can call them understood that most diseases can be traced back to poor digestion. They also knew that raw, uncooked grains, legumes, vegetables, when eaten raw is difficult to digest therefore need to be cooked. With modern science we know these substances are phytates, lectins, and oxalates which can create digestive and other potential health problems. Even though these ancient sages could not understand this on a microscopic level, they understood these facts nonetheless and were aligned with health-promoting ways of living.
What is the significance of yoga, beyond the postures?
There is more to Yoga than postures. Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means to yoke, or unite. Yoga can mean different things to people, yet it is very practical. There is known to be six paths to Yoga: Hatha, Raja, Karma, Bhakti, Gyana and Tantra - all leading to self realization.
Yoga existed long, long ago at a time when knowledge was orally passed down, before the time of Patanjali. Maharishi Patanjali, known as the “father of yoga”,organized the knowledge of yoga. Yoga comes from the word yuj which means union. The study of Yoga, as written in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali outlines the methods and the practices to liberate the mind from distractions, creating a path to uniting with your loving, peaceful self— your true nature. So we can think of Yoga as a very useful manual on how to feel whole, united with our inner peace.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali or EightLimbs of Yoga contains 195 aphorisms of how to purify the mind, providing details to an eight-limb path (ashtanga yoga) of self-actualization and inner peace (samadhi). There has been a growing number of research on the physical and mental health benefits of physical postures in Yoga (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), and mindfulness and meditation. Maharishi Patanjali lived around the 2 BC and his sutras are commonly cited all over the world to this day.
Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga
1. Ethical morals- Yama
2. Self-discipline- Niyama
3. Postures- Asana
4. Control of the breath- Pranayama
5. Drawing in the senses- Pratyahara
6. Concentration- Dharana
7. Contemplation and meditation- Dhyana
8. Union with self- Samhadi
“I am loving the virtual Yoga classes with Evangeline and look forward to Wednesday as my weekly routine. I have never taken yoga classes before and I am finding it is benefitting me, in mind, body and spirit.”
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