Ayurveda, ancient yet timeless, gives you the means of attaining and maintaining your own optimal health and well-being. The benefits of Ayurvedic medicine have been proven over centuries of use, and its methodologies are as applicable today in the West as they were thousands of years ago in India.
Vata
Composed of air and space, vata is dry, light, cold, rough, subtle/pervasive, mobile, and clear. As such, vata regulates the principle of movement. Any bodily motion—chewing, swallowing, nerve impulses, breathing, muscle movements, thinking, peristalsis, bowel movements, urination, menstruation—requires balanced vata. When vata is out of balance, any number of these movements may be deleteriously affected.
Pitta
Pitta brings forth the qualities of fire and water. It is sharp, penetrating, hot, light, liquid, mobile, and oily. Pitta’s domain is the principal of transformation. Just as fire transforms anything it touches, pitta is in play any time the body converts or processes something. So pitta oversees digestion, metabolism, temperature maintenance, sensory perception, and comprehension. Imbalanced pitta can lead to sharpness and inflammation in these areas in particular.
Kapha
Kapha, composed of earth and water, is heavy, cold, dull, oily, smooth, dense, soft, static, liquid, cloudy, hard, and gross (in the sense of dense or thick). As kapha governs stability and structure, it forms the substance of the human body, from the skeleton to various organs to the fatty molecules (lipids) that support the body. An excess of kapha leads to an overabundance of density, heaviness, and excess in the body.
Teacher: Annie Lindberg
When: December 11th @ 11:30am - 1:30pm
Cost: $25
About Anne:
Hi! My name is Anne Lindberg. Most people call me Annie. I am an acupuncturist, Chinese medicine herbalist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and yoga teacher.
My goal is to help patients uncover their innate healing ability. I incorporate Chinese and Japanese acupuncture, internal and external Chinese and Ayurvedic herbal medicine, cupping therapy, moxibustion, Tuina massage, yogic exercises, and nutritional and lifestyle counseling to address the root cause of symptoms and promote healing. I treat the whole person and recognize the interconnection between health of mind, body, and spirit. I'm passionate about providing attentive, compassionate, personalized health care to help you recover from injury and illness and foster wellness.
I value collaboration with other health care professionals and modalities, and I look forward to coordinating care with your Primary Care Provider as appropriate.
My areas of special interest include digestive concerns, women’s health issues, musculoskeletal pain and injury, emotional concerns, and autoimmune disorders. I also enjoy working with patients who are focused on preventing disease and on promoting longevity, health, and wholeness.
I look forward to meeting and working with you.
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