#Inspirit spa full
#Inspirit spa series

#Inspirit spa series

(I have a toddler, in case you’re wondering why I need this treatment.) It’s available only as a series of seven, and to prepare for it, I filled in a form to determine my dosha and gave a detailed health history to Nisha Saini, a holistic health practitioner and New York Ayurveda’s founder, a few days before I went in.įor the massage, Saini chose dhanwantram oil for me, to help balance the vata and pitta doshas. I picked abhyanga and elakizhi, a massage with warm cloth bundles stuffed with medicinal herbs to relieve musculoskeletal and joint issues and chronic pain. This center offers an array of Ayurvedic therapies, including the panchakarma cleanse, as well as abhyanga and other massages. That move, and the massage in general, made me relaxed yet invigorated at the same time, and I left her studio feeling vibrant and renewed. “Just to give you more lightness in the legs and get the lymph moving,” she explained. Though the strokes were those of a classic abhyanga, she also performed some zigzag movements on my legs that were from a kapha protocol. The massage was one of the better ones I’ve had-not to put too woo-woo a point on it, but I felt Viellard’s grounding energy through the treatment. That’s why vata is easily aggravated in NYC,” she says, explaining her choice of oil. Since vata needs regularity, peace and quiet, and easy-to-digest home-cooked meals, it’s hard to maintain a replenishing routine. “People’s lifestyles in large cities are stressful.

#Inspirit spa full

She accepts clients like me who only want a massage but would prefer to do a consultation so she can really target the individual’s needs during the treatment.īefore my abhyanga, we chatted about my health issues, but in the absence of a full consultation, Viellard had pre-chosen a vata-balancing oil. Viellard specializes in helping women achieve digestive and hormonal balance at different stages of their life through a combination of nutritional consultations, Ayurvedic herbs, and bodywork. “Marie’s treatments helped ground me, were instrumental to my recovery, and gave me the strength to care for myself and my baby,” she said.

Viellard came highly recommended by Divya Viswanathan, the founder of Ayurvedic supplement brand Taza Ayurveda, who consulted Viellard postpartum. After his class, you should feel light in the body, still in the mind, and elevated in spirit.Marie Viellard went from being a lawyer in Paris to a yoga teacher in Mexico to a student of Ayurveda in Nagpur, India, and is now an Ayurvedic practitioner based in New York and Paris. It is up to you to decide which one serves you in this moment. You can expect a balance of these forces in his classes.

It has the healing ability to support and nurture, as well as the discipline to ignite purpose in your life. He believes that yoga always meets you exactly where you are. It does not discriminate based on the physical, mental, or spiritual state that you are in. The practice is truly for anyone that is open to receive its blessings. Greg’s practice is steeped in self-love and compassion for oneself. As his practice deepened, he tapped into the mental and spiritual levels of yoga, which is now at An avid gym goer, he has an affinity for the challenge that the physical posturing can offer. He was left unfulfilled by the material nature of the business world and found surrender in the practice of yoga. Greg is a Queens native who found his way to yoga after stints in entrepreneurship and Corporate America.