ishti ayurveda

An Ayurvedic Health Counselor is a professional trained to focus on preventive healthcare as well as heath promotion with a specific focus on diet and lifestyle through traditional Ayurvedic medical science principles and practices.

Ayurvedic Consultation- Intake

90 minutes ($200)
Discover your unique mind-body-spirit constitution. In this 90 minute session we will cover your health history, current imbalances and goals for a healthy, vibrant life. You will come away with an Ayurvedic lifestyle plan designed specifically for you including recommendations for a daily routine, diet, herbs, yoga asana, meditation and bodywork. 

Ayurvedic Consultation- Follow Up

60 minutes ($150)
Health is an ongoing pursuit. Follow up consultations are available after an initial intake consultation. In this 60 minute session we will cover any changes to your health and make adjustments to your initial recommendations accordingly. If all is going well, this is a great time to dive into the deeper aspects of Ayurveda like ritucharya (seasonal routine), rasayana (rejuvenation therapies) and/or establishing a regular sadhana (spiritual or mindfulness) practice.

Ayurvedic Consultation- Pregnancy and Postpartum

90 minutes ($200)
Ayurveda offers clear guidance for women before, during and after pregnancy. In this 90 minute session we will cover your goals related to fertility, pregnancy and/or postpartum recovery. You will come away with recommendations for diet, lifestyle, herbs, yoga asana, meditation, bodywork and other treatments to support mom and baby.

Ayurvedic Postpartum Cooking and Food Delivery

The days and weeks following birth are a sacred time for mother and baby. Postpartum foods should be warm, soft, easy to digest and provide deep nourishment to the mother as she recovers from birth. Leading up to birth, we will determine a menu of Ayurvedic healing foods that takes into account your unique constitution and postpartum needs. Daily or weekly options available. Contact for more details.  ​

Follow Up Packages

60 minutes per session
3 visits - $400 ($50 discount)
Ayurveda is lifestyle medicine. The best way to successfully implement new patterns to support your wellbeing is to make it an ongoing practice. In package appointments, we meet regularly for one hour per session, at intervals determined by you. Sessions can be weekly, bi-weekly, monthly.

Teaching

Workshops | Classes | Academic Institutions

Ayurveda has the power to transform lives. Part of my mission with Ishti Ayurveda is to educate health professionals and others to use Ayurveda to support individual and community wellbeing. I offer workshops, ongoing classes and am available to teach at academic institutions.

Classes:

• Integrate traditional Ayurvedic knowledge with modern health science

• Preserve, protect, promote and practice classical Ayurveda

• Develop authentic and useful resources for education and research in the field of Ayurveda

• Hands on experience of Ayurveda practices for wellbeing

Contact for more information, haley.tompsett(at)gmail.com.

Ayurveda: “ayu”= life “veda”= knowledge

Ayurveda is the five thousand year old Vedic “science of life” and traditional natural healing system of India. According to Ayurveda: A healthy person is “one who is established in Self, who has balanced constitution and well functioning bodily processes, and whose mind, soul, and senses are full of bliss.” 

The goal of Ayurveda is to understand your unique mind-body constitution and use diet and lifestyle modification to maintain balance and correct imbalance due to internal or external causes. Ayurveda is a wise and useful system to live a balanced, healthy life in our modern, chaotic, fast-paced world.​

My favorite explanation of Ayurveda's power is also one of the oldest:

"It is called Ayurveda because it tells us which substances, qualities and actions are life enhancing, and which are not." from the Caraka Samhita c. 150-100 CE

I was introduced to the healing power of Ayurveda during a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Sarita Shrestha— the “Mother of Ayurveda” in the West in 2014. Dr. Shrestha is renowned as Nepal’s first Ayurvedic OB/GYN and founder-director of Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Sidapole, Nepal. Dr. Shrestha’s insight into my Prakruti (nature, constitution), Vikruti (imbalances) and her Ayurvedic lifestyle plan turned around persistent health issues I had suffered from for years, and showed me the truth of the mind-body-spirit connection. Through Ayurveda, I returned to my natural state of clarity, balance, and physical health. I spent 14 months living at the Mount Madonna Center— healing, studying yoga and Ayurveda, and apprenticing at Ayurveda World Herbs. I later went on to study formally at the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, The University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center and the Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda, where I graduated as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor in 2020 and Ayurvedic Practitioner in 2023. I believe health is our natural state and health issues are obstacles that can be removed with awareness and action. My goal as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor is to embody the vast and deep wisdom of Ayurveda while sharing the knowledge with others to find their own version of health and human flourishing.