Ayurvedic Practitioners in California
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Los Angeles, CA
Mas Vidal, B.A., Diploma Ayurveda
Email: studio@dancingshiva.com
Web site: www.dancingshiva.com
Santa Monica, CA
James Bailey, LAc, Dipl Acu & CH, Dipl Ayu
Email: james@sevanti.com
Web site: www.sevanti.com
San Francisco, CA
Northern and Southern California, Hawaii
Sarada (Anastasia) Von Sonn, D.Ayur., LMT
Sarada (Anastasia) Von Sonn has studied and practiced Ayurveda in India and the United States since 1991. Certified in Ayurveda by Dr. Vasant Lad and The Ayurvedic Institute, Sarada is also a Licensed Massage Therapist with extensive study and practice in the field of herbs and nutrition, traditional Chinese medicine and bodywork. Sarada has always felt an immense love for the plant kingdom and received certification as a Master Gardener in 1990. She has continued to develop gardens around the world with a keen interest in ethnobotany. Sarada is currently in private practice in California and Hawaii and is a principal of Sarada Ayurvedic Remedies and Sarada’s Remedies.
Email Tel: 510-387-0333
Web site: www.tarikausa.com and www.Sarada-Remedies.com
General Directory of California Ayurvedic practitioners
James Bailey, LAc, Dipl Acu & CH, Dipl Ayu
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Email: james@sevanti.com
Web site: www.sevanti.com
Claudia Brachtl, M.A., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., Dipl. C. H.
The Prana Center
1605 Bath Street #4
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tele and Fax: 805-560-9727
Email: claudia@beyondacupuncture.us
Web site: www.beyondacupuncture.us
Jenny Chisholm, CAS
Urban Ayurveda
San Francisco, CA 94121
Tel: 415-752-1050
Kathy Eisenhart, CAS
Mountain Ayurveda
Boulder Creek, CA
Tel: 831-234-2412 Web site: www.mountainayurveda.com
Sarah Fraser, Practitioner
3476 Sacramento Street, #103, San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415-674-3779 Email: sarahfraser1@yahoo.com
Guy Gabriel
2921 N. Brighton Street, Burbank, CA 91504
Tel: 818-439-4005
Lisa Gallant, CAS, PKS, CMT
Ayurvedic Consultations, Shirodhara, Ayurvedic Massage, Pancha Karma
150 Shoreline Highway, Bld. B, Ste. 20, Mill Valley, CA
1825 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415-513-3195 Web site: www.knowledgeoflife.com
Ellen Garris, CAS, PKS, CMT
Herbalist Consultations, classes, Pancha Karma Specialist
San Francisco and Marin, California
Tel: 415-902-1713, Web site: www.vitalityandbalance.com
Email: ellen@vitalityandbalance.com
Jacob Griscom, CAS, CMT
Peaceful Living Holistic Healthcare Center
200 Providence Mine Rd., Ste. 210, Nevada City, CA 95959
Tel: (530) 478-0729
Web site: www.peacefullivinghhc.com
Email: jacob@peacefullivinghhc.com
Jessie Holland
Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Pancha Karma Specialist, Yoga Instructor
Ayurveda and Yoga in the East Bay
Offering Ayurvedic consultations, body therapies, pancha karma, and individualized yoga instruction
Berkeley/Oakland, CA
Tel: 510-926-0577, Web site: www.jessieholland.com
Eliza Kerr
Offers Ayurvedic Consultations & Yoga
Yosemite National Park
9724 Rocky Rd., El Portal, CA 95318
Tel: 209-379-2781
Email: elizakerr3@msn.com
Web site: www.wildwomenworkshops.org
Dr. Zail Khalsa
Ayurvedic Consultations and Cooking Classes
Robin Sheldon, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner
8909 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tel: 310.652.5599, Email: drzailkhalsa@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.drzail.com
Dr. Usha Khosla, CAS, MD (India)
Ayurveda Healing Center - Ayurvedic & Western Medicine
29261 Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94544
Tel: 510-727-9891, Email: ushakhosla@hotmail.com
Web: www.ayurvedahealingcenter.com
Marisa Laursen, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist
Shanti Yoga & Ayurveda
13751 Roswell Ave., Suite E
Chino, CA 91710
Tel: 909-590-1189, Email: marisa@shantihealth.com
Web: www.shantihealth.com
Patricia Loomis
Clinical Herbalist
44 Redwood Creek Road
Cazadero, CA 95421
Kara Lukowski, CAS, PKS, CMT
Consultations, Herbal Formulas, Nutrition, Massage and Body Therapies
1200 Arguello Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94122
Tel: 415-359-4291
Web site: www.prakriyaayurveda.com
Daisy Ma, D.A.S., Ayurvedic Specialist
7830 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Ste. 287, San Diego, CA 92111
Tel: 858-866-9294, Fax: 309-215-8229
Mary Ann Sanjivani Martel
46 Valley View Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076
Tel: 831-239-9609
Catherine O'Neill (Durga), BA, CAS, PKS, Yoga Acharya
Serving Tahoe/Truckee area
Tel: 530-993-6048, Email: cathy@ayurveda-ww.com
Web site: www.ayurveda-ww.com
Karen Osburn, CAS, CPKS (formerly Karen S. T. Sterner)
Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Pancha Karma Specialist
Westlake Holistic
3180 Willow Lane, Suite 106
West Lake Village, CA 91361
Tel: 805-496-7880, Web site: www.westlakeholistic.com
Candis Cantin Packard - Herbal teacher/consultant - Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Western herbology.
EverGreen Herb Garden/Learning Ctr.
PO Box 1445, Placerville, CA 95667
Tel: 530-626-9288 Email: evrgreen@innercite.com
Pratibha Queen
PO Box 3055, Wanta Cruz, CA 95063
Email: pratibha@pacificcultural .org
Mary-Alice Quinn, CAS
Private Practice, West Hollywood, CA
Custom Ayurvedic dietary, lifestyle & herbal support
E-mail: ayurveda@maryalicequinn.com
Website: www.maryalicequinn.com
Phone: 323.394.7515
Sujata Shah
Specializing in Panchakarma under the guidance of Ayurvedic Physician. Full service Ayurvedic center, offering Ayurvedic Therapies, plus one-on-one yoga and meditation.
The Healing Gardens LLC, 234 E. 17th Street, Suite 102
Costa Mesa CA 92627
Tel: 949-515-4855
Website: www.thehealingardens.com
Manju Sikri, Yoga & Ayurveda at "Yoga Shakti"
1507 Santa Sabina Ct.,
Solana Beach, CA 92075 Tel: 858-259-5409
Dr. Vijendra Singh
229 Bonita Avenue, Ste. A, S. San Francisco, CA 94080
Tel: 408-867-3085, Fax: 650-583-6302
Email: singh_vic@comcast.net Web: www.rkdglobal.com
Vandana Soni, MD, CAS
363 San Miguel Drive Ste. 190, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Email: drsoni@medicalayurveda.com Tel: 949-644-4566
Web: www.medicalayurveda.com
Ala Sudol, M.A., C.A.S., L.M.T.
Ayurvedic Consultations, Treatments, and Panchakarma
Culver City or West Los Angeles
Email: ala@ala-ayurveda.com
Tel: 310-968-4601
Web site: www.ala-ayurveda.com
Rob Talbert, CAS Jivaka Ayurveda
481 Osgood Court, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Tel: 949-497-3134 Web: www.Jivaka.com
Jennifer Taylor
2003 Essex St., Berkeley, CA 94703
Email: koatimundi@yahoo.com
Vandana Tilak
Orange, Los Angeles County
Tel: 714-279-8680 Email: vandana@thetulsifoundation.org
www.TheTulsiFoundation.org
Felicia Tomasko
921 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Tel: 805-957-1571 Email: ftomasko@yahoo.com
Sumita Vasudeva, CAS
Omni Wellness, 5601 Calle Paloma Ct., Granite Bay, CA 95746
Tel & Fax: (916) 652-7792, Email: omniwellness@starstream.net
Mas Vidal, B.A., Diploma -Ayurveda: Ayurvedic Practitioner click here for more info
Director, Dancing Shiva Yoga & Ayurveda
7466 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, Ca 90036
323 934 VEDA (8332)
www.dancingshiva.com
studio@dancingshiva.com
Sarada (Anastasia) Von Sonn click here for more info
Northern and Southern CA practices, and Hawaii
Tel: 877-541-5836
David Wells, Ayurvedic consultations and workshops, Yoga.
1992 N. MarVista
Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001
Tel: 323-687-4478
Web site: www.wellsyoga.com Email: dwellsohm@yahoo.com
Jean Wetzel, Ph.D., CAS
Monarch Grove Ayurveda
Los Osos, CA 93402
Tel: 805-528-7992
Ayurvedic practitioners are educated in a variety of schools and colleges. There is a considerable difference in what a practitioner offers due to the background that a practitioner may have brought with them to the study of Ayurveda. For example, the practitioner may be a medical doctor, naturopathic doctor, chiropractic doctor, nurse, yoga teacher, nutritionist, or massage therapist. If the practitioner already had a health career prior to studying Ayurveda, they will likely utilize their knowledge of Ayurveda within that chosen career.
There may be a focus on Ayurvedic spa therapies including abyhanga (Ayurvedic massage), shirodhara (oil streamed onto the forehead), swedana (herbalized steam), stone therapy massage, pizichil (whole body oiling), facials, herbal wraps, ubtans (massage with herbal body paste), and many other specialized Ayurvedic techniques. Other practitioners may focus on teaching and guiding a client through lifestyle changes.
In general, Ayurvedic consultants work to balance the dosha imbalance (imbalance in the body "humors" or characteristics). They may offer the detoxification program known as pancha karma (five detoxification therapies), as well as nutrition and lifestyle guidance, and recommendations of Ayurvedic natural herbs. Through their knowledge of the science of Ayurveda, they can assist a client in setting up daily routines (dinacharya) and seasonal routines (ritucharya) that can bring about the desired balance to release stress and help to ward off dis-ease.
Tel: (530) 478-0729