Ayurveda

Known as the “Science of Life,” Ayurveda touches upon several features of how to live a healthy, happy, satisfying life. It lays out a very specific definition of health (svastha): integrating the body, the mind, and the spirit to bring about a truly wholistic approach to living. The framework for this approach lies in aligning our Lifestyle practices with Nature’s rhythms as a way to tap in to our own physical, mental, and spiritual healing power.

Ayurveda encourages you to be an active participant in your own journey toward healing. This involves a deep connection to Self, through daily practices and therapies, food, movement, and breath.

Explore Ayurveda with Ileana Gonzalez, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Lifestyle Educator, right here at Beloved Yoga! Please book with her directly by calling (703) 667-0465, or email ileana@belovedyoga.com

Click below to download this FREE resource, a PDF guide on the science and practice of Ayurveda.

  • Marma Therapy: Energy Healing for Mind & Body

    "Marma" points, considered “doorways” or “entry points” into our body’s inner pathways – energy channels that allow Prana to flow through the spine, thereby nourishing the body and mind. When activated through gentle touch, the flow of Prana that travels from these points through the body, can have a profound healing effect. Marma therapy can offer an intuitive layer to spiritual practice, allowing the practitioner to connect on a deeper level through gentle, light self-touch. Touching a marma point changes the body’s biochemistry and has the potential to unfold healing on the subtlest levels of the body and mind.

    Marma can actually alter consciousness, and change one’s awareness. From that place a person can move forward with self care, creativity, and renewed energy. This therapy is unique to Ayurveda, and can grant you a deeper connection with your whole self (body, mind, spirit). It also offers you an opportunity to release excess energy in your body.

    Please note, this is NOT an oil massage, but each session does include hand, feet, and face massage using a specially blended oil.

    45 minute Marma session, $108

  • Ayurveda & Yoga Lifestyle Mentoring

    Take a deep dive into the Yogi lifestyle using the comprehensive, holistic approach of Ayurveda and Yoga. I work with clients who need lifestyle changes to restore health and wellbeing on ALL levels – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Lifestyle mentoring can help you prioritize your lifestyle practices to meet your individual needs, and optimize your own inner healing wisdom.

    These sessions will provide a supportive, inclusive, non-judgemental space to allow you to make breakthroughs in your self-care routines that you have not been able to make up until now. You will come away with a structured plan to achieve your goals of working towards harmony, and feel better prepared to continue on your wellness journey.

    1 hour mentoring session, $108

  • Ayurvedic Yoga

    Your constitution, or true nature, is important when it comes to designing a Yoga practice. Everything you do on the mat affects how your body and mind respond off the mat, and so our practices should help cultivate sattva so that we can remain resilient in the face of challenges. With ayurvedic yoga, the practices are individualized to meet you wherever you are on your particular journey, and help support you in a way that you build clarity, vitality, and harmony.

    1 hour session, $65

 About Ileana

Ileana Gonzalez, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and 500 hr-YT is the Founder of Apurva Wellness LLC. Her love for Ayurveda began in 2009 while travelling in India, where she met internationally renowned ayurvedic teachers including Dr. Vasant Lad in Pune, and Sri Vasudevan at Arsha Vidya Peetam Trust in Coimbatore.

Ileana has been a yoga practitioner for over a decade, and her formal yoga training was done under Neva Ingalls (Inner Domain), completing the 200 hour "5 Elements Ayurveda & Yoga Fusion" Teacher Training in May 2020 and 300 hour Yoga Therapy training with Ganesh Mohan (Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda) in May 2021. 

As an experienced Ayurveda and Yoga lifestyle educator, Ileana offers numerous educational programs, lifestyle mentoring, yoga classes, and other experiences to support her student’s self-discovery journey. Ileana believes in the long term rewards of a healthy lifestyle, and is very much committed to empowering her clients and students spark their inner Divine wisdom with the wholistic tools of Ayurveda and Yoga.