Ayurveda is at the heart of the holistic philosophy of holistic.ly. Ancient yet timeless, it offers an array of tools to attain and maintain optimal health and well being.
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 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, 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.
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Holisticly offers traditional massage and ayurvedic treatments as a primary means of supporting optimal health.
Annalise graduated from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in 2002 with an Associate’s of Occupational Studies (AOS) degree in massage therapy and has worked in the Denver/Boulder area for more than 13 years. She began studying Ayurveda and Pancha Karma therapy in 2006, received the ayurvedic Pancha Karma and Yogic Shat Kriya certificate from the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda (RMIYA) in 2006 and graduated from the Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula in 2010 as Ayurved Vaidya Visharad (ayurvedic practitioner) and PK therapist. She is currently an RMT in the state of Colorado, certified member of the Associated Massage and Bodywork Professionals (ABMP) organization, professional member of NAMA (National Ayurveidc Medical Association) and member of Colorama (Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association). She also serves as Pancha Karma Director and practitioner for Alandi Ashram’s ayurveda clinic and teaches Pancha Karma related classes for the Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula.