My Ayurveda Story

When I left home at the age of 17 I took one of my mum’s books with me. I think it was called Ayurvedic beauty, or something like that. I studied each page of it with great vigour as it really did teach me how to care for myself as an adult. 

This is because - so much more than beauty and wellness routines - Ayurveda is a science of life. It encompasses all of life and is far more comprehensive than any other system of healing that I have come across.

I remember waking every morning in my Sydney apartment and systematically going through the dinacharya (daily routine) list; scrape tongue, warm lemon water, abhyanga, yoga asana etc. I remember it bringing a sense of balance and calm to my teenage mind and body. It just made sense. 

Life had many other twists and turns for me, and yet here i find myself again under the generous wing of Ayurveda. It feels so perfectly full circle that I find myself here, all these years later, studying and sharing the incredible system of Ayurveda.

As someone who has spent their entire life in the wellness realm in one way or another (my first ever job at 14 was working at @gaiaretreat), I know so deeply that no matter how much money you spend on elaborate new wellness trends, wellness is about how we look after ourselves moment to moment; aligning with the seasons, the elements, the times of life, the qualities of life, as well as our own unique constitution. 

Wellness cannot be compartmentalised, dissected, and reduced. 

It is not just a matter of body, but also mind and spirit. 

It comes down to our environment, our relationships, the seasons, our food, our water, our sleep, exercise and so much more. 

Ayurveda offers this. And I am so incredibly grateful to have access to this intact system of healing in a world where so many other indigenous systems of healing (including those of my own heritages) have been so deeply fragmented and lost. 

Cat x