Ayurvedic Practitioners in Illinois
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Nancy Phillips, M.Ayur. Website: AyurvedicBalance.com
General Directory of Practitioners:
Pamela K. Myers, Ayurveda Consultant, LMT, RYT
Ayurveda Consultations, speaking engagements, Ayur. focus for yoga classes, monthly Ayureda support group.
Anahata Center
929 S. Main Street
Lombard, IL 60148
Tel: 630-495-8988
Email: pamelak9@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.chicagohealers.com
Nancy J. Phillips, M.Ayur., Life in Balance
7528 N. Oakley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60645,
Tel: 773-465-0720 more information
Monica Yearwood
Ayurvedic Spa Therapies, Herbal Treatments, Panchakarma
Ayurvedic Bliss Therapies
Yoga Now
742 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: (312) 929-0999, Web site: www.vedictherapies.com
Email: info@vedictherapies.com
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.