090 | The Foundations of Ayurveda with DeAnna Batdorff
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This interview has been a long time coming! I’m so excited to introduce you today to DeAnna Batdorff, founder of the Ayurvedic school and center where I teach yoga in my town of Sebastopol, CA. The dhyana Center is a true gem. It opened its doors to its new space in the heart of downtown Sebastopol the same year I moved here and has been a community hub for me ever since. They host yoga classes, kirtan, community events, and have a self-care studio featuring a steam room, different kinds of saunas, clawfoot bathtubs and a cold plunge.
In this conversation DeAnna and I discuss Ayurveda, her first love of herbal medicine, travels to India, and what it took to follow through on her big vision.
In this episode we discussed:
How DeAnna discovered herbal medicine and ayurveda
How we often know what we are here for from a young age
DeAnna’s stories from treating Ayurvedic patients at an ashram in India
Basic Ayurveda principles… what does Vata, Pitta, Kapha mean?
The beginnings of The dhyana Center Ayurvedic school
Stay in Touch with DeAnna:
Website: www.dhyanacenter.com
Instagram: @dyanacenter
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DeAnna Batdorff began her career of service in 1987 and founded the dhyana Center of Therapeutics in 1995. She is a practitioner and educator of Indian and Tibetan Ayurveda, a massage therapist, western herbalist, nutrition counselor and clinical aromatherapist.
Currently, she oversees the dhyana Center in Sebastopol, California. More than 600 students have graduated from her Ayurvedic educational program in the years since its inception and DeAnna enjoys helping her students grow their own practices at the dhyana Center or around the country. DeAnna has been a featured lecturer in self-care summits as well as offered a personalized self-care essentials class to her community. She has instructed medical staff in integrative care best practices in area clinics to bridge the gap between western medicine and holistic health. Whether in a radio show interview or reading a client’s pulse, she is dedicated to spreading her motto that “self-care is the best health care we have.”
DeAnna has supported well over 100,000 clients in her Ayurvedic practice and is ultimately an advocate for preventative health and what it means to stay or become healthy for each individual. As a world-traveler seeking to collect global approaches to the common imbalances all people face, DeAnna has been a leader in providing wellness empowerment to all populations, from high-risk patients to the aging community to the youngest children. She views herself as a clinical practitioner and educator working with all facets of the life journey, from pregnancy and labor support to death and dying with dignity. Auto-Immune Disorders are known to be her specialty, as well as working with high-risk health issues and rehabilitation.
DeAnna is committed to inspiring all people to heal, learn and grow through elemental theory, understanding how the body works and the connection between the mind, body and spirit. She lovingly credits all of her teachers along the way: Michael Tierra, Marcel Lavabre, Dr. Lobsang Rapgay, Swami Niranjananda, Dr. Vasant Lad and Ed Bauman. DeAnna also considers her clients and students to be the best teachers she could ever have.
Offerings:
Pancha Karma
Specialized Care Clinics
Ayurvedic Education
