A trip across Europe changed everything. What began as a search for something missing turned into an immersion in ancient healing traditions, plant medicine, energy work, and practices that felt strangely familiar.

That familiarity had a name: Ayurveda, a science that brings together energy, plants, touch (Marma), breath, and meditation (Pranayama) into a single, coherent system for understanding health.

I trained at Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda, where I studied under some of the pioneering figures of Ayurveda in the United States, including Dr. Vasant Lad.

I later earned my certification from the Chopra Center as a Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher, and I'm a member of NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association).

Along the way, I saw firsthand how powerful these remedies could be, not in a textbook, but in my own home, with my own children. That's when it stopped being theory and became something I trust completely.

• Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda, California
• Student of Dr. Vasant Lad, one of Ayurveda's foremost experts in the U.S.
• Chopra Center certified Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher
• NAMA member, National Ayurvedic Medical Association
• Certified in Panchakarma Therapy, a specialized and transformative treatment
• 4,000+ hours of academic and clinical training, including pathophysiology, disease management, and herbology

I still attend seminars, workshops, and conferences every year. Ayurveda is a science, and like any science, it keeps teaching you something new if you stay a student of it.

In 2018, I opened AyurVida Wellness in Mission Hills, San Diego, built on one belief: skincare, massage, and Ayurvedic practice shouldn't live on separate menus. They're part of one philosophy, treating the whole person, not just the surface.

That philosophy shows up in every service AyurVida offers, from Ayurvedic consultations and Abhyanga massage to Shirodhara, Panchakarma, and Marma therapy, all guided by the same idea that brought me here in the first place, and the same idea I trusted enough to use with my own children: real wellness starts with understanding the whole person, not treating a symptom in isolation.