Menu of Services

• Personal Consultation, with Pulse Diagnosis, Ayurvedic Diet, Herb and Lifestyle Analysis

  about 80 minutes.

  Ayurveda is a science that honors the individual's prabhava, or unique character, and provides health to the whole person, as opposed to combating symptoms of dis-ease.

  To provide you "health empowerment," an all-natural program is developed based on the pulse, tongue and palpation analysis, questionnaire, and in-depth personal interview. Completely tailored to suit the client's realities of health and habits, abilities and resources. Health empowerment may draw from diet, herbs, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, bodywork, or remedies that may shock you by their simplicity. You are not "told" to do anything-your own intention is the key to your health.

• Abhyanga Massage and Marma Treatment

  40, 60 or 80 minutes

  Relaxing is not a crime! Complete, systemic relaxation is essential to responsible health management.

  Heated, organic herbalized oil is poured across your body, gently and systematically massaged into your skin during this wonderfully nurturing treatment. The oil has been imbued with raw Ayurvedic herbs specifically selected for you, and the therapeutics of the herbs penetrate and unwind stressed body tissues, and attached emotions. Appropriate marmas, or energy points, are activated to clear blockages of prana. Physical and energetic toxins are loosened, enhancing your body's own ability to naturally clear them out. Get off the table with a renewed calm and radiance.

• Usma Swedana Herbalized Steam

  about 30 minutes

  Melt away while a luxurious blanket of steam beckons open your body's subtle channels of movement, from your pores and sweat glands to your capillaries and nadhis, or channels of prana. Eucalyptus or camphor added into the steam relax contracted channels while the uplifting aroma opens your lungs and unbinds the mind. Your head is kept cool, while a special canopy brings the steam bath down to the rest of your body as you lie smilingly on the table. Actual length of treatment varies by individual.

• Shirodhara Streaming Oil Treatment

  30 minutes

  40 minutes

  More than any other treatment, the profound experience of Shirodhara eludes description. In Ayurvedic terms, Shirodhara brings the soothing, grounding-Kaphic-quality of oil to a mind which may be manifesting the air and ether qualities of Vata-like constant activity, analyzing, chattering or even anxiety. In English-while comfortably lying face-up, warm herbalized oil streams onto your forehead, flowing back across the "mohawk line" and some of the body's most subtle energy points, or marmas. The mind is nurtured and calmed. As goes the mind, so goes the body.

  A word to the wise: a foot massage goes a whole lot farther when your mind is preoccupied with peace and harmony.

• Foot Marma Reflexive Massage

  30 or 60 minutes

  How can two little feet make a person feel so good? A blissful 30 minutes leaves you feeling grounded and energized. Sixty minutes takes you somewhere beyond those adjectives. Activated with herbalized oil, attention is given to the various marmas around the foot, ankle and lower leg. Organs are stimulated, energetic channels are opened, and the mind becomes more alert and aware, even if you fall asleep.

• Head, Neck and Face massage

  30 minutes

  The vata control center is subjected to a complete work-over with a skilled, marma stimulating treatment that will open the sinuses, lymphatics, channels of mental and emotional awareness. Unravel stored and unwanted tensions throughout the shoulders, face and the "fixed" joints of the skull. Herbalized oil promotes additional balance and nourishment.

• Prabhava Signature Package

  • Panchakarma Empowered Health Package

    The core panchakarma program includes:

    Consultation, Abhyanga, Usma Swedena, and Shirodhara.

    Depending on your individual needs and circumstances, any of the menu items may be added into the program. This traditional method of application is strongly recommended for the maximum benefit of these treatments, and is therefore offered at substantial discount to the itemized rates.

    * Three- and five-day Panchakarma detox packages are also available.

    ** Tandem (two-practitioner) panchakarma treatments are also available, upon request.

• Additional Treatments

  • Pindha Swedana, Rice and Herb Bolus Treatment

    30 minutes

    Hot boluses are hand-made by enclosing a rice and herb gruel within a soft cotton pouch, and dipped in oil. In brisk movements two boluses traverse across your body to redefine the word soothing. The body's channels open, aiding in the elimination of toxins, and the absorption of herbal essences. Excellent treatment for sufferers of joint or muscle pain, and anxiety-prone individuals.

  • Nasya Medicated Sinus Treatment

    50 minutes (includes face massage)

    An herbalized steam is inhaled to soften the tissues and open the subtle channels of the sinuses. The head, face and neck are then treated to a divine and meticulous marma massage to enhance the movement of prana and mucous throughout the area. Each nostril is treated with herbalized oil drops, which directly penetrate the tissues, while a pleasant, therapeutic effect can be felt almost immediately, and typically for days afterward. This treatment is ideal for those who suffer from aching or congestion around the sinuses or eyes, headaches or mental cloudiness.

  • Basti Dough Ring, Marma Oil Treatment

    25 minutes

    A special dough ring is applied to surround an area of stress or blockage, and filled with a pool of oil medicated with Ayurvedic herbs specifically selected. The affected area is saturated by the oil, and the therapeutics of the herbs take action. Treatment area and effects depend upon the circumstances of the individual. This is an effective therapy for releasing tension, or enhancing the circulation of blood, lymph and fluids.

  • Udvartana Kapha-reducing Massage

    30 minutes

    An exfoliating herbal past e is applied to the body in swift, energizing movements. Tissues, blood and lymph are stimulated for an overall effect of increased tone and diminished appearance of cellulite.

  • Lepa Herbal Mud Application

    30 minutes

    A blend of herbs that has been specifically formulated for the individual are cooked in a suitable oil to create a therapeutically potent paste, or "mud." The mud is spread over an area of stress, tension or blockage on the body, blanketed with hot towels, and compressed with hot stones. The skin drinks in the herbal essences, and the stressed area is imbued with the therapeutic qualities of the herbs.

    * ALL HERBS AND BASE OILS USED ARE CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

    ** WHILE TRADITIONAL METHODS INDICATE OILS BE ALLOWED TO PENETRATE FOR SOME TIME FOLLOWING A TREATMENT, MOST CLIENTS ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRIVATE SHOWER AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.