Contact

Email: joanna@ayurvedicyogi.com

Telephone: 0117 923 2812

Bristol Ayurveda Clinic

Bristol Ayurveda Clinic, 7 Richmond Avenue, Bristol BS6 5ET. Telephone: 0117 923 2812

The Clinic is situated 5 minutes walk from Montpelier Station and about 10 minutes in a taxi from bristol Temple Meads (approx £8 fare). Richmond Avenue is a small avenue at the top of Richmond Road. There is free local parking.


Clinic Times for Consultations and Treatments:
  • Wednesday: 2pm- 8pm (last appointment 7pm)
  • Thursday: 10am- 8pm (last appointment 7pm)
  • Saturday mornings: Treatments and consultations available on request

Ayurveda treats each person as unique. Health problems are treated with a combination of  diet/ lifestyle/ treatments and herbal formulations.  This approach helps rebalance the body’s vital energies or doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha) and restores physical, mental and spiritual balance. It treats the whole person, not just individual symptoms. An analogy is to view disease as unwanted weeds. Modern medicines are like herbicides, largely treating symptoms but not often the causes, and may have unwanted side effects.  Ayurveda helps maintain the soil so that weeds are unable to grow. It can  help with the following:

  • Women’s health issues including menopause and and pregnancy care
  • Digestive complaints eg: Chron’s disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBS
  • Childhood illness
  • Respiratory problems, hayfever and allergies
  • Skin disorders
  • Hypertension, stress, anxiety, insomnia and depression
  • ME/ CFS, Fibromyalgia and cancer recovery
  • Joint problems
  • Weight gain/ loss and thyroid imbalance
  • Headaches and migraines

“A treatment is not ideal, if it cures one disease and causes the increase of another disease at one and the same time.” Astanga Samgraha of Vagbhata (Su. 21:29)

  • Initial consultation (up to 90 minutes): Discussion of  your  medical history, current state of health and Ayurvedic psychosomatic constitution (dosha). Ayurveda places great importance on even the smallest signs of things ‘not being quite right’. The pulse and tongue are assessed to help read symptoms of imbalance.  You are sent a list of recommendations aimed at removing the root causes of imbalance, as well as treating current symptoms.  If you are unable to make it to Bristol, telephone consultations are also available with Webcam/ Skype.
  • Follow up Consultation (45 minutes): After 2-4 weeks of following your recommendations, this session focuses on any changes made and effects on symptoms (preferably done in person or by telephone). Additional herbs and treatments may be prescribed according to your response. It is very common for the first 2 weeks of treatment to be spend detoxing the body of undigested matter with digestive herbs, before more nourishing tonic herbs and treatments can be prescribed.

This cycle continues until you feel you have the tools to bring yourself back into balance. If your symptoms are chronic (over 1 year) it’s likely you will need to take herbs for at least 3-6 months and stick to diet and lifestyle changes to see good results. Your practitioner is here to support you, must you do the healing work!

Costs:

  • Consultation (90 minutes):  £60
  • Follow up (45-60 minutes): £30
  • Ayurvedic herbs: £15 a month approx.
  • Concessions available for those with a genuine need.
  • Payment by cash or cheque please (Cards not accepted).

Client feedback:

“I really enjoyed this [first consultation], a very warm welcome, a sense of being able to talk in a non judgemental, confidential atmosphere. I left inspired and clutching some great advice. I am one stone lighter now then when I had my first consultation, I’d like to have seen this weight reduction be significantly more, but I think it is an appropriate reflection of the effort I’ve been able to put in so far…This has been a very enriching and beneficial experience so far.”

“I have been dipping in and out of the new way of eating and daily routine. I ordered and have read the Ayurveda teach yourself guide. This was very good and it doesn’t feel so complicated now. It took quite a few attempts at getting the Mung bean soup right and I didn’t much care for it for breakfast. But now I love it. Excellent for taking to work, even when I am stressed during the shift, this really helps and I don’t feel I need to binge eat when I get home. This is an amazing change for me. Its great having it in a flask ready to eat, so cheap to make etc.  I purchased a pot of ghee and have enjoyed the new way of cooking vegetables, milky drinks. Yesterday I made my first batch of ghee and I am very proud of my 2 jars! It tastes lovely and was very therapeutic whilst making it.Thank you for sharing in this wisdom. This is what I have been searching for and it feels right”.

“Just making really simple lifestyle changes has been really beneficial, by simply raising my awareness of my needs and habits I have already been able to effect change”.

“I felt some positive change following the initial consultation and massage – calmer, more grounded and much less tense and stressed.  Also more positive and inspired to help myself to feel better”.

“Thanks so much for the consultation – it was really helpful – especially to understand which bits of me are governed by which dosha type – that has really helped me work out a few things – and the most helpful was using my mind and pitta qualities as a strategy for helping my body be healthier and working to minimise kapha/vata (sounds so obvious I know but something has really clicked with this).  I think the fact that it supports my yoga also really helps as it is a coherent life strategy for me” (Catriona).

“Thanks so much for the consultation. As much as anything, it reaffirms my belief that balance and healing begin with our own choice to nurture ourselves and the relationships that support us. “ (Willow)