WELCOME TO AYURVEDIC WELLNESS
With Cathrine Louise
MEET CATHRINE
My name is Cathrine Louise. I am a 500 hr certified yoga teacher as well as an ayurvedic and holistic nutritionist. I have always had a passion for health and wellness, I love baking and developing new recipes in the kitchen. During my yoga journey, I found the science of ayurveda and started to implement ayurvedic practices into my daily routine. These practices allowed me to find balance, gain energy and enhance overall well-being in my daily life.
It is my goal to help individuals regain energy, establish balanced nutritional habits and cultivate that inner glow that helps us be the best version of ourselves on a daily basis. Through a modern approach to ayurvedic nutrition, I guide clients through their unique nutritional needs based on their dosha. It is important to me to help clients see that subtle changes to their diet and lifestyle can have a great impact on their health and wellness. Through consultations, mealplans, recipes and e-books, I strive to create an open space that can help you on your wellness journey
As a holistic and Ayurvedic nutritionist, my focus is on the emotional, physical and spiritual body of your healing journey.
AYURVEDIC WELLNESS
NUTRITION CONSULTATIONS
As a holistic and Ayurvedic nutritionist, my focus is on the emotional, physical and spiritual body on your healing journey.
When assessing your overall health, we will look at all forms of prana (energy) in your life, including eating for your dosha to find balance, balance is achieved by balancing the elemental chemical compounds within one's constitution. This in turn, will promote optimal nutrient absorption, as well as a state of homeostasis in your body. By approaching nutrition through the tridoshic system, your body will find its natural rhythm and which will result in
- clearer skin
- balanced weight
- optimal digestion
- energy
- better memory
- increased ability to concentrate
- improved immunity
- peace
- bodily and mental strength
I work closely with clients to develop a program based on their unique constitution. Together, we will develop meal plans based on your daily needs including personal recipes and simple food combining principles. I will also help you in the process of establishing healthy, disease preventative routines in your daily life.
Book a free 30 minute initial consultation here.
AYURVEDA
An ancient science, ayurveda is one of the oldest comprehensive systems of medicine in the world and flourished from around 7000 BCE to 1900 BCE. Ayurveda is often thought of as the sister science to yoga and it is referred to as "the mother of all healing", it is a system of healing from India that uses food, spices, herbal therapies, bodywork, and lifestyle changes to create the conditions of optimal health.
Ayurveda teaches us that the earth relates to the five elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether. It also teaches us that there are 20 qualitites or gunas used to describe all matter;
Heavy - Light
Slow (Dull) - Sharp (Penetrating)
Cold - Hot
Oily - Dry
Smooth - Rough
Dense - Liquid
Soft - Hard
Stable - Mobile
Gross - Subtle
Cloudy (Sticky) - Clear
In ayurveda, like increases like while opposites balance. Balance, or sattva is key to ayurvedic healing.
There are the three doshas (bodily constitutions, our prakriti): vata, pitta, and kapha. The doshas, or some combination of them, can be identified in various seasons, climates, landscapes, activities, plants, and human beings. Each of them embodies a combination of elements and qualities. All three doshas are present in everyone, but the ratio between them varies between individuals. Largely everyone fits under a single dosha or a dual dosha and ayurveda encourages us to adapt our daily routines and nutritional intake based on our constitution. When working with clients, I do of thorough assessment to identify their prakriti, however, you can also take a quick quiz here to see which dosha you fall under. When our dosha is out of balance, we may experience disease or bodily/mental irritations. An ayurvedic lifestyle prevents disease from manifesting in our bodies, it nourishes us from within by balancing nutritional needs and by combining certain foods for optimal nutrient absorption.
