AYURVEDA BODYWORK TREATMENTS
on Vancouver Island
ancient healing for modern life
Restore balance, vitality, and deep calm through the healing touch of Ayurveda.
Offered in-studio at Aurora Wellness Centre in Nanoose on Vancouver Island, Ayurvedic bodywork therapies support the health of your body, mind, and emotions — the true foundation of a full and vibrant life. These treatments promote systemic harmony, encourage deep tissue repair, and serve as powerful allies on your path to lasting wellness.
The Broad-Spectrum Benefits of Ayurvedic Bodywork | Ayurvedic bodywork offers deeply restorative support for a wide range of needs:
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Healing and Recovery | Whether you’re navigating chronic or acute pain, managing symptoms of illness, recovering from injury or surgery, or moving through emotional challenges, Ayurvedic bodywork can be a powerful addition to your healing path. There is no issue in the mind-body system that cannot be supported with bodywork.
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Resilience and Long-Term Vitality | If you're active — whether through athletics, outdoor adventures, hobbies, or regular movement — bodywork helps keep your body supple, strong, and balanced. Regular treatments support faster recovery, prevent injury, build resilience, and enhance your ability to continue doing what you love. Think of it as health “ensure-ance.”
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Support Through Life’s Transitions | Regular treatments provide grounding and steadiness during times of change. Ayurvedic bodywork is particularly helpful during perimenopause and menopause, supporting hormonal regulation and easing symptoms like sleep disturbances, anxiety, mood swings, and physical tension.
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Graceful Aging and Youthful Longevity | By restoring balance and strengthening mind-body systems, Ayurvedic bodywork helps you age with vitality, confidence, and ease. Early aging need not be a source of fear — these treatments support a vibrant, long-lived experience of health and wellness.
In addition to their unique individual impacts, each treatment balances the doshas (the bioenergetic forces that govern all bodily processes), regulates the nervous system, harmonizes mental and emotional states, supports organ function, restores natural sleep and digestive rhythms, enhance tissue quality, and awaken the body’s innate healing intelligence.
More Than Just Relaxation | While Ayurvedic bodywork offers deep relaxation — often much needed these days — its true power lies in reconnecting you with your natural state of balance and vitality. These therapies are grounding, nourishing, and profoundly healing from the inside out.
I use the wise teachings of Ayurveda, Yoga, and natural, intuitive living to help clients restore balance.
I can help you:
live well
age well
and thrive
ayurveda bodywork offerings
Explore our range of Ayurvedic therapies designed to support your body, mind, and spirit. Some treatments are book anytime - ideal for regular, at-your-leisure sessions to rejuvenate, maintain your balance and promote vitality. Others require a more in-depth consultation to ensure a personalized approach tailored to your unique health needs and specific targeted health aims.
Live a vibrant life at your full potential.
targeted healing: by consultation
This section of treatments includes those which are preceded by either a pre-arranged discussion or full consultation to ensure alignment with your current health state, unique body-mind constitution, and wellness goals.
The treatments listed below can help address a wide range of concerns, including:
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Ringing in the ears, dizziness, headaches, migraines, jaw pain, teeth grinding
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Joint pain, stiffness, mobility issues, swelling, inflammation, and post-injury or post-surgical recovery (e.g., shin splints, knee issues)
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Sleep disturbances, stress, nervous system depletion, and anti-aging support
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Tremors, anxiety, restlessness, blood pressure, facial paralysis, focus and memory challenges
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Mobility issues, musculoskeletal concerns such as sciatica, scoliosis, foot, wrist, and neck pain, and degenerative bone conditions
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Sensory issues involving the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and perception
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Hypersensitive or reactive skin, uneven complexion, patches, itching
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Weight imbalance, cellulite, wrinkling, and stretch marks
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Hormonal concerns including painful or irregular menstruation, fertility challenges, perimenopause, and menopause
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Hair thinning, hair fall, premature greying, and scalp imbalances
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Pre-, during-, and post-pregnancy care
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Emotional wellbeing: grief, depression, anxiety, fear, fatigue, depletion, and difficulty processing life experiences
Abhyanga & Snehan | Abhyanga — the deeply rejuvenating herbal oil massage — is revered in Ayurveda for its ability to detoxify tissues, enhance circulation, regulate the nervous and hormonal systems, and support mental and emotional balance. Over time, it strengthens the skin, softens tension, and builds resilience from within. Snehan, a slower and firmer variation, is often used when deeper nourishment or grounding is needed.
Both therapies use intentional pacing, pressure, and herbal oils selected specifically for your current state of health and healing goals. The therapeutic touch and rhythmic patterns of movement support the flow of energy (prana), nourish the skin, muscles, and joints, regulate sleep rhythms, and balance vitality. As the oil penetrates deeply into the tissues, it delivers potent herbal intelligence to help you heal, slow the signs of aging and support long-term rejuvenation.
60 minutes: $150 | 90 minutes: $225
Shiro, Greeva & Mukha Abhyanga | A focused oil massage for the head (shiro), neck (greeva), and face (mukha), this therapy is ideal for calming the mind, soothing the nervous system, and addressing tension, pain, or stagnation in the upper body. It supports the health of the senses, promotes hair strength and growth, and helps with headaches, eye strain, neck pain, jaw tension, emotional stress, and facial paralysis.
Often used as an opening ritual in other bodywork therapies, this treatment can also stand alone or be added on for deeper, targeted benefits.
60 minutes: $150 | 30-minute add-on: $75
Pada Abhyanga and Lepas | This lower leg and foot (pada) therapy uses warm herbal oils or herbal powder pastes (lepas) to relieve inflammation, arthritis, pain, tissue degeneration, and foot disorders of all kinds. Pada abhyanga also helps to calm the nervous system, improve sleep, reduce heat and irritation in the body, and support eye and hormonal health — especially during transitions like perimenopause and menopause.
60 minutes: $150 | 30-minute add-on: $75
Vastis | Vastis are therapeutic dough dams placed on specific areas of the body to hold warm, medicated oils. This allows deep penetration into the tissues and joints, making them excellent for pain, inflammation, degeneration, and energetic blockage.
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Kati Vasti – low back
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Hrid Vasti – center of the chest (front or back)
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Manya Vasti – neck
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Netra Vasti – eyes
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Janu Vasti – knee
These are especially effective for back and joint pain, tension held in the heart center, visual fatigue, and neck or knee issues.
60 minutes: $175
Bolus Therapy | In this powerful Ayurvedic therapy, warm boluses (bundles filled with rice, herbs, milk, leaves, or sand) are massaged into the body to reduce swelling and stagnation, stimulate circulation, regenerate tissues, and restore depleted or degenerative conditions. Bolus therapy is especially effective for arthritis, muscle stiffness, nerve issues, and chronic pain.
Bolus therapy type and materials are chosen based on your needs and may be used in a series or as part of a broader healing plan.
60 minutes: $175 | 90 minutes: $260
Alternate therapies or personalized combinations may be recommended to best support your healing goals. Each session is tailored to your unique constitution and current needs.
Interested in a healing package, personalized retreat, or Panchakarma — Ayurveda’s profound cleanse and rejuvenation? Inquire to explore customized care, including therapeutic bodywork, on Vancouver Island.
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nourishing journey: book anytime
This section of treatments includes those that are available for anyone to book at any time, designed to provide overall balance, support and relaxation for the body, mind, and spirit.
Ground & Glow
Root your energy. Awaken your radiance.
A soothing Ayurvedic ritual to calm the nervous system and reconnect you with your inner light. It begins with a warm herbal foot soak to ground and detoxify, followed by abhyanga (warm oil massage) and marma therapy (pressure points) on the feet, hands, and face—areas rich in nerve endings and energy points that serve as gateways to full-body healing.
This restorative treatment supports circulation, eases nerve tension, relieves wrist and ankle joint pain, and enhances hormonal and organ function. It softens tension, brightens the senses, and restores your inner glow—leaving you calm, clear, and beautifully rebalanced. Ground & Glow is more than a treatment—it’s a return to self: anchored, luminous, whole.
60 minutes: $150 | 90 minutes: $220
Face of Grace
Mukha Marma Therapy: Where beauty meets deep healing.
A sacred Ayurvedic facial ritual combining facial massage with marma point (vital energy point) activation across the face and head to restore balance to the entire being. With gentle, precise touch, this treatment softens held tension in the face, jaw, and scalp—releasing stress lines, emotional heaviness, and enhancing clarity, sleep, and sensory awareness.
The facial marma points are intimately connected to the brain, hormones, digestion, sinuses, eyes, ears, and nervous system. When awakened with care, they ease headaches and jaw tension, regulate the mind, and revitalize your natural radiance.
Ideal for those seeking natural facial rejuvenation, emotional grounding, sharper perception, relief from insomnia or overwhelm, and support through hormonal, seasonal, or life transitions. Face of Grace can be received on its own or as a beautiful complement to other Ayurvedic treatments. This is the face of true vitality—clear, luminous, and deeply at ease.
60 minutes: $130 | 30-minute add-on to other treatments: $65
Align & Awaken
A sacred return to equilibrium and energy.
A deeply restorative Ayurvedic therapy using gentle, intuitive touch on marma points (vital energy points) across the head, hands, feet, and face. These energetic gateways connect the physical and subtle bodies, guiding you into profound balance and inner stillness.
This treatment recalibrates the flow of prana (life force), nourishes the nervous system, eases physical and emotional tension, and supports the body’s innate healing intelligence. Each point touched opens a pathway to systemic harmony—calming the mind, improving digestion, relieving pain, enhancing sleep, uplifting mood, and regulating hormones and immune function.
Ideal for regular rebalancing or during times of depletion, transition, burnout, or emotional unrest, Align & Awaken offers a deeply nurturing reset—restoring clarity, resilience, and connection to your essential self.
60 minutes: $130 | 90 minutes: $195
Sense Renewal
Awaken your senses. Nourish your perception of life.
A restorative Ayurvedic therapy to rejuvenate and strengthen the five sense organs—our sacred instruments of perception. Through marma (vital energy point) activation, warm oil rituals, and herbal applications, this treatment calms the nervous system, eases sensory strain, and renews your connection to life.
The session begins with a warm herbal foot bath, followed by herbal eyeliner to soothe the eyes and marma therapy to ground and balance. Traditional treatments continue with warm oil poured into the ears, hand and foot abhyanga (oil massage), facial oil with marma activation, eye nourishment, and herbal nasal oil to clear the senses and sharpen awareness.
Ideal for sensory overload, fatigue, eye strain, tension, or anyone seeking to age with clarity and calm. Return to the present moment—clear-eyed, open-hearted, and vibrantly attuned.
60 minutes: $150 | 90 minutes: $220 | 30-minute add on to other treatments: $75
Radiant Reset
Clear stagnation, reclaim vitality.
A revitalizing Ayurvedic body therapy (udvartana) using herbal powders to exfoliate skin, stimulate circulation, clear stagnation, and support healthy weight and metabolism. This dynamic treatment aids weight loss, tones tissues, breaks up cellulite, and gently detoxifies while energizing body and mind.
Radiant Reset dispels heaviness, boosts lymphatic flow, and leaves skin soft, smooth, and glowing. Ideal for natural detoxification, metabolic support, or an energetic refresh. Note: Not recommended during periods of high stress, anxiety, or dryness.
60 minutes: $150
Ready to prioritize your wellness? Opt for a package to consistently nurture your healing, resilience, and vitality | Receive eight 60-minute treatments—pre-scheduled weekly, twice-monthly, or monthly—for $1000. Rotate through the treatments listed above for lasting benefits | Inquire to book your package
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about ayurveda
Ayurveda is the Veda—the sacred knowledge—of ayuhu, or life. Its two core aims are to preserve and protect the health of the healthy, and to restore balance and vitality in those who are unwell, so that we may live with freedom, vibrancy, and the fullness of our true potential.
Client experience...
“I tried Marma therapy for the first time and it was a wonderful experience! Kelsey has such a warm and welcoming presence. The treatment was incredibly relaxing, I felt my tension melt away. Later that evening I had one of the better nights of sleep I've had in a long time. I will definitely be booking again soon with Kelsey.” Emily, Nanaimo | Align & Awaken Treatment
“Thank you so very much for your kindness yesterday! I woke up for the first time in a long time with no headache and no pain in my back and joints. I am so very grateful” - Karin, Nanaimo | Shiro, Greeva, and Mukha Abhyanga Treatment