Burnout doesn’t usually arrive all at once. More often, it builds quietly — through long days, constant pressure, and the feeling that you’re doing everything you’re supposed to, yet still feel depleted.
For me, that depletion showed up early. A few years ago, I was juggling two jobs while working toward my master’s degree in Ayurvedic Integrative Medicine. My days were long, my nervous system was fried, and my body was constantly asking for something I didn’t yet know how to give it. I wasn’t lazy or unmotivated — I was exhausted, anxious, and disconnected from myself.
That experience is what ultimately led me to create The Modern Ayurveda Wellness Practice.
When Life Feels Like Survival
In my twenties, I was living in Long Beach, working on film sets in Hollywood during the day and bartending at a wine bar at night. My days started around 4 a.m. and didn’t end until well past sunset. At the time, I didn’t have language for burnout. I just knew my body ached, my mind felt foggy, and anxiety and panic attacks were becoming part of my daily reality.
I tried to push through it — classic Pitta energy — striving, overachieving, and holding myself to impossible standards. But underneath all of that effort, I was barely holding things together.
I sought help in the ways many women do: therapy, doctor visits, medication. Each offered pieces of support, but nothing addressed the full picture. I was functioning, but I wasn’t well. I was surviving, not living.
The Moment Everything Shifted
One evening during a long shift at the wine bar, a coworker casually asked me if I had ever heard of Ayurveda. That simple question planted a seed. I started experimenting with small practices — self-massage, gentle breathwork — and for the first time in a long while, I felt moments of relief.
Years later, after meeting my transcendental meditation teacher, that curiosity deepened into a calling. I enrolled in a university focused on consciousness-based education and began my formal training in Ayurveda.
Ironically, even while studying this 5,000-year-old science of life, I struggled to apply it consistently. The practices felt overwhelming. I believed that “doing Ayurveda right” meant giving up coffee, social life, spontaneity — everything that made life feel enjoyable. And if I felt that way as a student of Ayurveda, I knew others would too. Even my classmates and I would joke that the very system meant to bring balance was adding stress to our already full lives.
Seeing the Gap
That tension became my turning point.
Ayurveda is deeply intelligent, nuanced, and profoundly healing — but too often, it’s taught in a way that doesn’t translate to modern life. I had incredible teachers and tools, yet little guidance on how to integrate them sustainably. I could feel how powerful Ayurveda was for my anxiety, energy, and overall sense of self, but I was navigating it largely on my own.
I realized there was a gap between ancient wisdom and the way women actually live today.
The Modern Ayurveda Wellness Practice was created to bridge that gap — to offer an approach that honors tradition without asking you to step away from your real life. This practice isn’t about perfection, restriction, or rigid rules. It’s about support, adaptability, and creating change that actually lasts.
My Vision for This Work
I created this practice because I believe women deserve to feel steady, energized, and confident without sacrificing joy. My own health journey throughout my teens and twenties was shaped by both mental and physical challenges, and initially, I turned to Ayurveda for practical reasons: I wanted relief that didn’t cost me my quality of life.
What I discovered was far more than symptom management.
When you work with me, the focus isn’t on one-off consultations or generic plans. I offer longer-term support through structured packages that allow us to work together weekly over one, two, or three months. This gives us the space to gently integrate what I call transformation principles — realistic meal swaps, lifestyle rhythms, and self-care practices tailored to your unique constitution, imbalances, and goals.
The work is slow on purpose. Sustainable change happens when practices fit into your life, not when life is forced to bend around them.
Honoring the Ebb and Flow
Healing isn’t linear. There will be days when things feel easy and others when stress or doubt resurfaces. That’s part of being human.
Ayurveda teaches us to work with these natural rhythms rather than fight them. Over time, we build a toolkit — supportive meals, grounding rituals, breathwork, and awareness — that’s always available when life feels heavy. The goal isn’t constant bliss. It’s resilience, clarity, and a sense of steadiness that carries you through whatever season you’re in.
Why This Practice Is Personal
I’m not here to promote perfection. I’m driven, passionate, and admittedly a bit fiery — but I’ve learned that balance doesn’t require giving up coffee, laughter, or late nights with friends. It requires awareness, intention, and compassion.
Ayurveda changed my life, but it was only when I allowed it to meet me where I was that I truly felt free. The Modern Ayurveda Wellness Practice exists to offer that same experience — a way to reconnect with your body, restore trust in yourself, and build a life that feels both grounded and alive.
