I'm your Ayurveda educator, advisor and therapist

My journey into the holistic field began in my native country India when I was still in my high school years. I was always drawn to the aesthetics and the healing modalities of Ayurvedic body therapies, lifestyle, daily rituals, herbs and Ayurveda’s tremendous capacity to bring our mind and body back to balance while restoring the spiritual connection between the soul and the divine. Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India and is based on the five great elements- Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. 

While I was in graduate school to earn my Masters in English Literature at the University of Agra in India and later during my 2nd Masters in Creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University in NJ, I came to realize that literature is filled with stories of mental and physical dilemmas, leading to various disturbances in our physiology and psyche. The question during research and writing would often come to me about how we can reduce these dilemmas, disorders, diseases that the majority of us live with? I began to search for more answers to understand the causes of miseries, helplessness and the path/s to wellness as nature had intended.

As a result, I decided to study Ayurveda in-depth and its related body therapies such as Reflexology and the Head Massage modalities. Besides being a wellness consultant, a coach and a therapist, I am also an accomplished Ayurvedic vegetarian cook. I can say with confidence that Ayurvedic lifestyle has made a profound impact on my own health including my friends & family members as well as my clients. ​I believe that there’s always plenty of time to learn and turn things around. If the will power is there you can really TRANSFORM your lifestyle tomorrow starting today! 

Some of you may wonder why I chose the name Green Tulip Health & Wellness for my holistic business. My decision for this particular name was spontaneous as I was looking for a name that everyone could connect to as a part of their own self realization. Green is the color of our planet, growth and new beginnings. Most of us are seeking Mother Nature's guidance to be the primary force for healing our mind, body & spirit. In the yogic tradition, it's also the color of the heart chakra known as Anahata which is the door of our inner temple, an infinite part of our selves as it helps us to look within. It's where transformation begins. 

At the core, Ayurveda is a functional medicine approach based on a simple classification system. This system matches diet, lifestyle, and herbs to the individual to improve health & wellness.

The basis of Ayurvedic philosophy is the belief that the intelligence of the natural world is within each of us. The five basic elements of the universe – ether, air, fire, water and earth – combine in the body into three characteristic humors (doshas): Vata (ether and air), Pitta (fire and water) and Kapha (water and earth).

Ayurveda’s fundamental approach to well- being is by balancing our constitutional principles: , known as doshas VATA, PITTA, and KAPHA which are the center of the Ayurvedic concept.

Vata is the wind & space energy

Pitta is the fire & water energy

Kapha is the water & earth energy

Doshas are energies. On the whole, the Ayurvedic tradition can help us to improve our health and vitality by balancing our natural rhythms by eating the right foods as the 1st step.