Marma is a healing modality from the broader Ayurvedic tradition that uses acupressure points, massage, and bodywork to invite energy and vitality into the self. Our practitioners offer one-on-one Ayurvedic bodywork or Marma therapy sessions for physical-emotional relief and spiritual transformation. Practitioners collaborate with clients to clear blockages and process traumas as well as reach for their healing goals in a safe, supportive space free of judgement.
Ayurvedic Marma Bodywork
1.5-hr Session
$150
Includes yoga physiotherapy, foot marma pressure point treatment, full body akhada oil massage. Please specify which practitioner you prefer when requesting.
2-hr Session
$200
Includes yoga physiotherapy, body walk, full body marma pressure point treatment, full body akhada oil massage and pranic healing. Please specify which practitioner you prefer when requesting.
1.5-hr Tandem
$300
2 practitioners work simultaneously to offer a complete 1.5 hour marma session. Includes yoga physiotherapy, body walk, full body marma pressure point treatment (hand and feet points), full body akhada oil massage and pranic healing.
Prema is a lifelong student of Yoga and Bhakti. He has spent over a decade training in the ancient Vedic wisdom traditions of South Asia at ashrams and studios in India and the US. He is a teacher of yoga philosophy, a Kirtan artist, and an ayurvedic marma therapy practitioner. He draws direct inspiration from the contemporary Vaishnava teacher and author Garuda Das (Graham Schweig). Prema also has a Ph.D. in History and a B.A. in Engineering.
Premananda Vilasa Das
Manjari is a certified yoga teacher and marma practitioner with over 200 hours of training in each. She has been a teacher of Bhakti Yoga in NYC for the last 4 years and has recently moved to DC. She is an artist by profession and has also studied Native American spirituality and the use of medicinal herbs. She enjoys running, meditation, and travel.
Ananda Manjari
Ayurvedic Clinical Care &
Health Counseling
Ayurvedic Clinical Care and Health Counseling is a process that aims to help individuals heal and thrive over time. Our imbalances grew gradually and, as such, healing takes time. Bhakti Yoga DC has partnered with our very own Kirsten Ahern, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, California College of Ayurveda; Certified Marma Therapist, E-RYT 200/RYT-500 and Corporate Wellbeing Consultant. She is the founder of Path Wellbeing - individualized healing through holistic wellbeing - and has been practicing Ayurveda since 2019.
Begin your holistic healing path now! You will learn your constitution and current imbalances and receive targeted treatment and coaching to help guide you on the path to healing and restoring balance in the mind, body, and spirit. Ayurvedic care incorporates nutritional, lifestyle and herbal and detoxification treatments. It is a process that requires ongoing support and adjustment by a trained practitioner. Path Wellbeing offers multi-session discounts to clients to ensure a commitment to appropriate care, build accountability, and save money.
Visit www.path-wellbeing.com to learn more or email Kirsten at hello@path-wellbeing.com.
Ayurveda - “the science of life” - offers a rich and dynamic body of knowledge that provides comprehensive disease management and supports holistic wellbeing on a deep level. With its roots dating back over five thousand years to India, Ayurveda is distinct in that it focuses on harmonizing the unique constitution (“dosha”) of an individual with the natural rhythms of our world. Utilizing nutrition, lifestyle, herbal medicines and time-tested therapies, Ayurveda brings the elements back into balance within the body to create holistic wellbeing. While long practiced in Eastern medicine, Ayurveda is now one of the fastest growing complementary health care practices available in the West. The basic premise of Ayurveda is that we each have a unique constitution that can move out of balance with the flow of life, change of seasons, choices we make, genetic makeup, and many other environmental factors that are beyond our control. Furthermore, each constitution is prone to specific types of imbalances, which can result in disease. Ayurveda gives us the power to know our constitution and — with that knowledge — to restore balance, reduce or eliminate toxins, heal the mind, and grow the spirit.