Ayurveda Center Oak Ridge TN -

The Ayurveda Center offers health services and educational experiences oriented toward helping to restore the bodies' natural intelligence in a holistic way. Our fully licensed or certified healthcare professionals utilize the best of both ancient and modern Western approaches to bring balance and healing.

A Winter Message

'Tis the season to be Jolly!" Happy holidays everyone. We all have a busy time coming up. I usually give a few words of wisdom because our tendancy as a culture is to overindulge at holiday times. We tend to think of these overindulgences as spending and eating. But in Ayurveda, activity of the body and mind can also be an overindulgence. These actions, in turn, affect our quality of life. Winter solstice is the time when the nights are longest. It is a time when most of nature quiets down. So, to keep that holiday vitality and cheer, practice moderation. In light of that, I am going to quiet down to reflect upon what offerings I will have next year in terms of classes on Monday evenings or Saturday afternoons. Suggestions have been cooking classes, Sanskrit chanting, meditation, pranayama, a monthly Ayurvedic support for those who want to implement healthy diet and lifestyle changes into their lives. Let me know what you think! Have a great holiday, Mary Vaishnavi Roberson, Ph.D.

I thought I'd let you know what is happening at the Ayurveda Center. First, we hope you will think of us when it comes to gift giving time. Although massage therapy is our big seller, we offer gift certificates for all services and products. We have two specials on until 12/13/2011.

Holiday Special: $20 off any three massages 60-minutes or more. You can purchase one for three people, or three for one person -- or keep them all yourself. (Not good with other offers.) Just mention our Holiday Special.

New Client Special: In case you are a first timer at the Ayurveda Center -- or your recipient is a first timer. On massages 60 minutes or more, Paula Keefe, LMT, is offering $10 off and Patti Winter, LMT, is offering 15 extra minutes. Just mention our New Client Special.

For more information on purchasing a gift certificate from the Ayurveda Center this holiday season, see Holiday Gift Certificate Information and Guidance. This includes when we will be available and how you can purchase gift certificates. Also you can also see our services pages for massage and bodywork and for Ayurvedic services. For more information on our staff, see Staff Page.

Many Holiday Blessings,

Mary Vaishnavi Roberson, Ph.D.

Holiday Gift Certificate Information and Guidance

Following are information on the holiday specials, holiday staff availability, staff specialties, and tips for choosing your gift.

Holiday Special

When We Are Open and Available to Help You

In general we will be available to help between 10 and 5 on business days and Saturdays, December 16. I can also be here before and after those times by advance agreement. Jennifer Waller has volunteered to help us from December 16-22, so you can count on someone to help you from 10AM to 5 PM. Through December 15, the rest of the staff and I will be available at lunch and between appointments. Accordingly, it is probably best if you call before you come to make sure you come at a time when someone is here to serve you. We can also take your order and payment over the phone (482-0981) and make the actual certificate available to you by mail or for easy pickup in an agreed upon place at the Center. Or we can just e-mail you something that you can print out. We will be in the office through at least 2:00 PM on Friday, December 23. We plan to close on Christmas Eve.

Gift Certificates

Give the Gift of Massage
(for more information, see Services page)

Coming Soon:

Ayurvedic Treament Udvartana

We are in the process of working out a new Ayurvedic services for pitta and kapha types, especially those that have some excess weight. It is called udvartana. It involves two people conducting a massage with a very warm paste made of herbs and powders. It is a powerful way to clear the channels of the body of obstruction, as well as a great treatment for the skin (e.g., exfoliation).