Ayurvedic Wellness Center

Sai Ayurvedic College's Wellness Center is open to serve you from Monday through Saturday, 10:00am to 7:00pm. All treatments require an appointment to ensure that a practitioner or therapist will be available at your convenience.

Please telephone the Center at (305) 380-0652 for information on service fees or to make an appointment. We look forward to seeing you!

Services include:

Ayurvedic Consultation (1 hour)
A 1 hour constitutional assessment by a trained ayurvedic practitioner is offered to determine your individual constitution type (your “dosha”) and explore its strengths and challenges, understand imbalances that may be causing problems and methods to manage and reverse them.

Pancha Karma Therapy (Multiple sessions)
A thorough body detoxification and cleansing therapy. It is advised that one undergo this therapy yearly during either summer or at the change of seasons. It promotes weight loss in a healthy way through cleansing herbs and a diet rid of harmful, toxin-causing foods and includes an ayurvedic consultation, pre-care and follow-up care (closely supervised and monitored by an ayurvedic practitioner and including nutritional guidance) and (depending on the client’s individual needs) 7 massage treatments (steam included), 2 shirodhara, 2 nasya, 2 netra basti and 2 basti.

Abhayanga (1 hour)
This massage treatment is one of the most effective means of slowing the skin’s aging process and achieving overall softness and luster; Purifies, nourishes and tones on a deep cellular level. Abhayanga stimulates the circulation to remove wastes from the tissues while improving their nutrition by keeping the lymph free moving and pure. It also alleviates the effects of old age and fatigue, and improves the vision and sleep quality while strengthening resistance to stress. (Optional steam available)

Ayurvedic Facial Treatment (1 hour)
A few of the benefits of ayurvedic facial treatment include enhancing the nourishment and cleansing of tissues which provide a glowing complexion, maintaining good tone and elasticity for all skin layers and melting away of facial tension and bodily stress. This treatment helps to strengthen and re-energize the whole body.

Ayurvedic Deep Cleansing Treatment (1 hour)
This specialized treatment reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with natural fruit and vegetables and ends with a light mask

Anti-Aging Treatment for Face(1 hour)
This specialized treatment reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with natural fruit and vegetables and ends with a light mask.

Ayurvedic Facial & Full Body Massage(1 hour and 45 minutes)
This is a special oil massage given according to the circulatory channels and marma points. Oils are chosen according to one’s body type. This treatment is traditionally useful for a wide range of conditions including obesity, detoxification, loss of skin luster, sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety, eczema, and nervousness. This massage focuses on the marma points of the face, neck, shoulders and body which detoxifies and re-invigorates the tissues, tones, and refreshes the senses.

Shirodhara (1 hour)
A soothing stream of warm oils or milk poured over the forehead to produce an unparalleled experience of total relaxation and calm to the nervous system. Stimulates the pineal gland and helps de-stress the body and mind. Shirodhara with medicated milk is especially useful for persons suffering from mental diseases, sleeplessness, burning sensation of the head & body, paralysis, tension, and it gives cooling effect for both head and body.

Netra Basti (45 minutes)
A highly nourishing bath for the eyes. Removes the effects of eyestrain and improves vision. Helps the release of tension througout the body.

Nasya (30 minutes)
Application of medicated oils and powders into the nose, the nearest access and outlet to the organs of the head. Nasya purifies and rejuvenates the tissues and organs of the head and neck and removes toxins from the nose, larynx, pharynx and mouth, perinasal sinuses, eyes and ears. Cleanses the sinuses, prevents migraines and useful for allergies.

Head & Hair Treatment (30 minutes)
When oil is applied to the head it is absorbed deep into the scalp preventing hair loss and premature graying, refreshing both mind and body, eliminating fatigue and relieving tension.

Pinda-swed (30 minutes)
Herbal powders mixed with volatile oils are tied in a cloth heated and then rubbed vigorously over the body, joints and cellulite accumulations to tone and detoxify tissues and remove or reduce cellulite accumulations.

Steam Treatment (15 minutes)
Every part of the body is exposed to herbally-medicated steam (except the head) to detoxify the system by releasing impurities from the blood, skin and lymphatic system through the pores of the skin.

Kati Basta (45 minutes)
Warmed medicated oils are poured into a dough-ring built up on th lower back (lumbo-sacral area) to treat lower backache, muscle spasms, sciatica, herniated disk and other musculo-skeletal problems.

Udwarthanam (1 hour)
Massage with medicated powder. Helps in melting away of excess Kapha and fat. Very useful for fatty persons to get rid of their extra fat. Promotes skin health and complexion and reduces wrinkles due to old age. Cures dryness of skin, itching, diseases caused by accumulation of waste products or imputies.

Pizhichil (1 hour)
Oil bath. Helps in rejuvenating the seven tissues of the body. Slows down aging process. It relieves body pain and muscle spasm, increases the immunity of the body , increases sexual power, digestive power, development of muscles, complexion of skin.

Janu vasti (45 minutes)
Medicated oil over the knee joint. Useful in painful conditions of knee joints, crepitus (cracking sound) of kne joints, looseness, swellings and stiffness of joints.

Greeva vasti (45 minutes)
Medicated oil applied over the cervical spine region. Useful in stiffness of oints, cervical spondylosis, painful neck, paralysis of hand and numbness of the hand.


SCHEDULE OF FEES

• Ayurvedic Consultation: Initial visit, $110; Follow-ups, $55.
• Panchakarma Therapy - $1,200
• Abhayanga - $80
• Ayurvedic Facial Treatment - $60.
• Ayurvedic Deep Cleansing & Anti-aging treatment - $80
• Ayurvedic Hands & Feet Ritual - $50
• Ayurvedic Facial & Full Body Massage - $125
• Shirodhara with oil and Medicated Milk - $90
• Netra Basti - $60
• Nasya - $40
• Head & Hair Treatment - $45
• Pinda -swed $50
• Steam Treatment - $20
• Kati Vasti - $60
• Janu Vasti - $60
• Greeva Vasti - $60
• Udwarthanam - $80
• Pizhichil - $80