The beginning of my journey~

This trip began along time ago, my desire to come to India to study with an Ayurvedic doctor has been in my heart for many years. Although I learned of Ayurveda over 21 years ago and was surrounded by people who studied with Dr. Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute, I didn’t have the desire to do so until 2002. At that time my son, Pascal, was young and there was no way I could take this kind of time out to come to India, much less find sufficient time or focus to study on my own at home.

In 2007, I was trained in Ayurvedic bodywork by Lalita Devi at the Sivananda Ashram and I continued to piece my education together and finally found a good online practitioner training with New World Ayurveda. This was a good foundation but I quickly realized that people were coming in with complicated health issues. The lifestyle counseling I learned is very important and I see how powerful it really is when we take our health seriously and alter our habits for the better. For the most part, we really do have the power to heal ourselves and the way we live our daily life has everything to do with it. 

It is important to have a mentor and I have been looking for someone I resonated with. I had heard about Dr. Sunil Joshi’s training many years ago in Albuquerque and with a reminder I looked into his program.  I have waited patiently and with a strong aspiration that I want to be a grow my skills as an Ayurvedic practitioner and gain good clinical experience.

The timing was right- the stars aligned and I made all the efforts to get here to Nagpur-- and here I am! It feels so wonderful to be fulfilling a dream. My entire family has supported me in doing this and even my father who lives on in my heart and soul. I feel his support even though he has departed.

The days up to my trip were actually calm, I planned ahead and worked at the small details for a couple weeks prior to departure. This was so beneficial in order not to be in a frenzy right before traveling. It took some forethought but it made a great difference to feel calm and excited instead of stressed!

 The trip to the airport was sweet with Charles & Pascal, who is now having his first exposure to NYC. I love my guys!