Consultations

Did you read the part about Prakriti and Vikruti? Then you know by now that you will feel best when your Doshas are in your unique, constitutional ratio. And that, together with proper function of your Agni (digestion), is exactly what we hope to achieve by giving you advices on nutrition, lifestyle and treatments that suit your situation.

For that we will need information about your originally predominant Dosha (Prakriti), the currently dominant Dosha (Vikruti), the state of your Agni and, if applicable, what caused your Doshas and Agni to become imbalanced. In order to find out whether your natural equilibrium got disrupted and how we can restore the original situation. And in case your Vikruti matches your Prakriti, how to keep it that way. Consultations are meant for collecting this information and discussing the advices that result from that.

General course of consultations

During the first appointment an anamnesis will be performed, based on the Ayurvedic 8- and 10-fold examination. During this anamnesis, aimed questions will be asked about history and relevant circumstances, but it also includes aspects like examining your tongue, pulse and more. To gain insight into the qualities (Gunas) that are predominant in your body. It also makes clear whether there are tissues or systems in your body that can no longer perform their task properly due to a long-lasting imbalance.

At the second consult you will get tailor-made advices on nutrition and lifestyle which we will discuss. If applicable we will also set up a treatment plan (herbs, massages etc.) that will support the self-healing capacity of your body. In the situation that you have more serious complaints, the second appointment may be used to ask additional questions to get more information about the current state of your organs, tissues and bodily systems.

Any following consultations will mostly consist of evaluating the achieved results and making adjustments in response to change of season or other circumstances in your life. In this way we can fine-tune and zoom into more subtle, underlying processes and restore the natural equilibrium of the Dosha in a more and more detailed way.

Some practical information

The first consultation will probably take around 90 minutes. We definitely need this time to go through all questions. This can be quite an intensive process, so it is better not to let it last much longer than that. That is why I will, in most of the cases, send you a questionnaire in advance in which you can already elaborate your current diet habits and lifestyle. You will receive this together with an intake form and an agreement to treatment – to clarify to you under which conditions AyurJoya operates. In that way enough time is left to go into other aspects during consultation.

Second and following consultations will usually last 30 or 60 minutes.

Besides consultations there will be appointments for performing the treatments we agreed on. The duration of each of them is either mentioned in the FEES section, or will be indicated when we discuss the treatment plan. If required, they can be combined with a consultation of 30 minutes.

Since oil is used during most treatments, I advise you not to wear your best outfit!

Finally

It can very well be that you cannot directly answer all the questions asked during anamnesis. Do you know for example in which season you experience the most complaints, during what time of the day you feel best, whether you feel energetic or tired after eating a meal?

It is okay if you cannot instantly tell me that. What is more important than giving the right answer straight away, is that certain awareness is activated. That you start giving attention to such signals of the body and go through the day a little less on autopilot. That you begin to feel whether something is doing you well or actually is making you tired, drained or emotional. Your intuition will be enhanced and you’ll learn to make choices that bring you into balance more and more.

For the best result we can achieve with these consultations and treatments is that in time you won’t need me at all anymore. That you intuitively know which food, lifestyle and more support your unique equilibrium!

NOTE: AyurJoya also offers some special packages that may not follow the course as described above – see the FEES section for more information.