SOMA:
the nectar of immortality, amrit; the temple of the body; a subtle and physical essence that maintains immunity, strength, beauty, and vitality; the nourishment that feeds our cells and consciousness; another name for Chandra, the Moon, the cupholder of bliss that feeds the gods; a mysterious, sacred plant drink said to be the elixir of life
“Life should unfold as a celebration allowing the Soma ‘nectar of grace’ to flow through us at all times. Devotion not only satiates the heart, but transforms our mind and senses into vehicles of spiritual vitality and delight.”
~ Yogini Shambhavi
practitioners
Dr. Ashley W. Marie
Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM), Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.)
Ashley is board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine and licensed by the state of Colorado. She graduated with a Master’s of Science in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, CO, and completed her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at the Pacific College of Health and Science in San Diego, CA. Her interests include longevity practices, movement therapy, cognitive health, sports medicine, sleep & dreams, traumatic brain injury, skincare, and rejuvenation therapies.
Ashley combines acupuncture, osteopathic listening techniques, tuina & shiatsu, moxibustion, and herbal medicine. She has also completed specialty trainings in Japan for gentle and refined acupuncture techniques.
A few of her favorite things: everything wild, walking, swimming, hiking, lifting weights, sleep & dreams, temples, dark sky, hot springs, earth architecture, bicycles, learning, reading, sci-fi, woodworking, NBA basketball, baking bread, raising food, Jyotish, mantra, coffee, human ingenuity, her Wolf Pack, her Mom & sisters, psychedelic plant medicine, curiosity, this beautiful Earth.
Heather K. Marie
Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner & Esthetician
Heather received her certification as an Ayurvedic Practitioner through Alandi Ashram and Gurukula in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Advanced Doctor of Ayurveda certificate from Ayurved Sadhana with Dr. Bharat Vaidya, whose family lineage spans multiple generations of Ayurvedic doctors. She also studied Ayurvedic body therapies at the California College of Ayurveda.
She loves this work.
She is also a licensed esthetician with specialty training in Ayurvedic skincare.
A few of her favorite things: mantra, muscle, ceremony, yoga, hiking, stargazing, maple syrup, milking cows and goats, the desert, tea, cooking, creating, singing with her family, the art of communication, wild places, stories, Rumi, beauty, self-sufficiency, the ocean, handmade everything, being a mom, world travel, Love.