AYURVEDA BODYWORK TREATMENTS
on Vancouver Island
ancient healing for modern life
restore balance, vitality, and deep calm through ayurveda bodywork
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 navigating chronic or acute pain, managing illness, recovering from injury or surgery, or living with emotional stress, Ayurvedic bodywork is 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 | If you're active — through athletics, outdoor adventures, hobbies, or regular daily 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. Bodywork is particularly helpful during perimenopause and menopause, pre- and post- pregnancy and birth, supporting hormonal regulation and easing symptoms like sleep disturbances, anxiety, mood swings, and physical tension.
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Long-Term Vitality | Regular treatments help to balance the doshas (bioenergetics that govern all body processes), regulate the nervous system, harmonize the mind, support organ function, restore natural sleep and digestive rhythms, enhance tissue quality, stabilize the impacts of travel, and awaken the body’s innate healing intelligence.
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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.
More Than Just Relaxation | The true power of Ayurvedic bodywork 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 — Ayurveda's deeply rejuvenating herbal oil massage — detoxifies, enhances circulation, regulates the nervous and hormonal systems, and supports the mind and emotions. It strengthens and nourishes the skin, muscles, and joints, softens deeply held tension, and builds resilience from within. Snehan, a slower and firmer variation, is often used when more grounding is needed.
Through intentional pacing and pressure, the treatments encourage absorption of oil through the skin to deliver potent herbal intelligence into your deeper tissues. They balance the flow of prana (vital life energy) to help you heal, regulate sleep rhythms, slow the signs of aging, and support long-term rejuvenation.
60 minutes: $150 | 90 minutes: $225
Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange)
Existing clients - email to schedule
Shiro, Greeva & Mukha Abhyanga | A focused oil massage for the head (shiro), neck (greeva), and face (mukha), this therapy calms the mind, soothes the nervous system, and addresses tension, pain, or stagnation in the upper body. It promotes sensory health, enhances hair strength and growth, addresses imbalances in the hair and scalp, 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 to your bookings.
60 minutes: $150 | 30-minute add-on: $75
Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange)
Existing clients - email to schedule
Pada Abhyanga and Lepas | Lower leg and foot (pada) therapy using 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
Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange)
Existing clients - email to schedule
Vastis | Therapeutic dough dams placed on areas of the body to hold warm, medicated oils. This allows deep penetration into the tissues and joints, making them excellent for addressing pain, inflammation, degeneration, and energetic blockage
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Kati Vasti – low back back | back pain, chronic constipation, reproductive issues
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Hrid Vasti – center of the chest (front or back) | grief, tension in the heart center
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Manya Vasti – neck | pain relief and tissue regeneration
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Netra Vasti – eyes | visual fatigue, eye issues
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Janu Vasti – knee | pain relief and tissue regeneration
60 minutes: $175
Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange)
Existing clients - email to schedule
Bolus Therapy | Warm boluses (bundles filled with rice, herbs, milk, leaves, or sand) dabbed or massaged into the body to reduce swelling and stagnation, stimulate circulation, regenerate tissues, and restore depleted or degenerative conditions. Especially effective for arthritis, muscle stiffness, nerve issues, and chronic pain. Type and materials are decided based on individual needs.
60 minutes: $175 | 90 minutes: $260
Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange)
Existing clients - email to schedule
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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Requires initial consultation (book online session here or in-person session here), or brief pre-arranged discussion (email to arrange).
If you are an existing client who has had an initial consultation or pre-arranged consultation in the past, please email to schedule.
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.
Warm foot soak to ground and detoxify, followed by abhyanga (herbal oil massage) and marma therapy (pressure point activation) on the feet, hands, and face—areas rich in nerve endings and 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.
60 minutes: $150 (Schedule here) | 90 minutes: $220 (Schedule here)
Face of Grace | Mukha Marma Therapy: Where beauty meets deep healing.
Facial massage with marma point (vital energy point) activation across the face and head to soften tension in the face, jaw, and scalp—releasing stress lines, emotional heaviness, and enhancing clarity, sleep, and sensory awareness. The facial points are intimately connected to the brain, hormones, digestion, sinuses, eyes, ears, and nervous system.
Ideal for those seeking natural facial rejuvenation, emotional grounding, mental calm, sharper perception, relief from chronic headaches, insomnia or overwhelm, and support through hormonal, seasonal, or life transitions. It revitalizes your natural radiance—leaving you clear, luminous, and deeply at ease.
60 minutes: $130 (Schedule here) | 30-minute add-on to other treatments: $65
Align & Awaken | A sacred return to equilibrium and energy.
Marma point (vital energy point) activation across the head, hands, feet, and face to recalibrates the flow of prana (life force), soothe the nervous system, ease physical and emotional tension, and support the body’s innate healing intelligence. Each point 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. A deeply nurturing reset—restoring clarity, resilience, and connection to your essential self.
60 minutes: $130 (Schedule here) | 90 minutes: $195 (Schedule here)
Sense Renewal | Awaken your senses. Nourish your perception of life.
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.
Includes herbal foot soak, anjana (herbal eyeliner), karnapurna (warm oil ear soak), hand and foot abhyanga (oil massage), facial oil with marma activation, and nasya (nasal drops) to clear the senses and sharpen awareness. Ideal for sensory overload, fatigue, eye strain, tension, and to age with clarity and calm. Return to the present moment—clear-eyed, open-hearted, and vibrantly attuned.
60 minutes: $150 (Schedule here) | 90 minutes: $220 (Schedule here) | 30-minute add on to other treatments: $75
Radiant Reset | Clear stagnation, reclaim vitality.
A revitalizing full 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 (Schedule here)
Book individual appointments or opt for a package to consistently nurture your healing, resilience, and vitality | Package of eight 60-minute treatments—pre-scheduled weekly, twice-monthly, or monthly—for $1000. Rotate through the treatments listed above for lasting benefits.
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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.
“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