Ayurvedic Treatments & Therapies
Many of our treatments have add-on options and some are offered in combination. Feel free to customize your treatments to meet your specific needs. Book your treatment here now!
Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments
Shirodhara
Shirodhara is the application of a warm medicated oil streamed continuously over the Third-Eye or Ajna (6th) Chakra. The technique of Shirodhara, which means flow over the head, soothes, nourishes, and calms the senses especially the mind. It is recommended for all stress, especially mental stress, including an overactive mind, insomnia, anxiety, nervousness, chronic headaches, and PTSD. It's very supportive for those who have difficulty slowing down.
Shirodhara is an effective treatment for relaxation, improving memory, and nourishing the hair and scalp. It assists in providing sound sleep and calms the body and mind. It’s wonderful for reducing stress and nervous tension and is a deeply healing treatment. Here at Vibrance Ayurveda, we use the ShiroBliss system. This process enables you to drop into a deep altered state where your mind and body can relax and reorganize itself. The treatment begins with a head, neck, and face massage, including the application of Marma Therapy, with the flow of oil streaming for about 20 minutes, and ends with a grounding foot massage.
As with any deeply sedating therapy or practice, we recommend you refrain from any and all unnecessary media after the treatment and engage only in life-affirming activities; in other words, if you can, please take the rest of the day off and relax!
1 hour - $165*
*If oil can be reused for next appointment, 10% discount is given.
Netra Basti - Eye Treatment
A gift for your tired eyes. We bathe your eyes in warm ghee to promote the relaxation of the muscles and to improve clarity of vision. It sounds odd, but it feels incredible! We invite you to try this treatment, especially if you spend hours on a computer or have tired or strained eyes.
1 hour - $165
Kati Basti - Low Back Treatment
Your lower back never had it so good! Kati Basti is a unique treatment for pain in the lower lumbar region. It’s also excellent for reducing the Vata dosha. Warm, medicated oils designed to reduce inflammation and pain and promote circulation are bathed over the affected area and held in place by a dough dam. During the treatment, Marma points (energy centers) are stimulated to support total back healing. Afterward, a full back massage is done, and a warm towel is applied to bring warmth and support for the oils to go even deeper.
1 hour - $165
Nabhi Basti - Navel Treatment/Supports Belly & Digestion
This fantastic healing treatment nurtures the belly and Nabhi, the central Marma point (subtle energy point), where all of the body's pathways, called Nadi’s, converge. This is a significant center point, being the center of us, and resides between our 2nd and 3rd chakras. Warm medicated oils are held in a dough dam, which helps strengthen digestion and absorption and supports the release of deep-seated emotions stored in this area. It helps relieve digestive disturbances such as IBS, flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, and anorexia (low appetite).
1 hour - $165
Hrid Basti - Heart Chakra Treatment
This nurturing treatment supports healing the physical and emotional/energetic heart. A warm medicated milk bathes the center of your chest, around the heart and heart chakra, and releases deep-seated emotions and trauma. Because of this, I usually recommend working with me first so I can assess the right timing to receive this subtle yet potent treatment.
1 hour - $165
Nasya Treatment - Sinus/Nasal Passage Treatment
This treatment clears and nourishes the sinuses and can help reverse deep and chronic congestion that is the root of many respiratory, central nervous system, and allergic conditions. This treatment is recommended for anyone suffering from allergies, snoring, sinusitis, tinnitus, sleep apnea, headaches, and earaches. It can also relieve tension in the head, neck, and shoulders and bring calm, clarity, and focus to the mind.
1 hour - $155
Karna Purana - Ear Oiling + Ear Candling
Ear oiling is an ancient Ayurvedic practice of applying warm oil to the ear canal, often medicated with herbs. It's a very soothing experience and excellent for our modern times with the use of mobile phones and those exposed to loud noises or consistent noise pollution in their daily life. Oiling the ears can reduce dryness and itching, tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and has been shown to support the reduction of cognitive decline as we age. It also supports the loosening and reduction of built-up earwax. If ear wax build-up is a reason for seeking this treatment, we recommend two candles per ear for the most benefit. Ear candling has supported the healing of vertigo.
45 min. - $95 for Ear Oiling + Candling; $35/additional candle
Pinda Swedana - Warm Oil Applied to Body & Joints Using a Poultice
Pinda Swedana is a unique therapy where a poultice is soaked in medicated oil and used for fomentation (heat therapy). This improves circulation and helps relieve pain, swelling, and stiffness. It also helps relieve musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain, strengthens immunity, and increases blood circulation. Benefits include strengthening the back and spine, reducing pain and swelling, reducing stiffness and inflammation, increasing circulation, and thus improving the functioning of the joints. It’s also highly beneficial for arthritis, paralysis, body pain and numbness, degenerative diseases, and Neuromuscular diseases.
1 hour - $165
Head, Neck, Hand & Foot Massage - Total Relaxation
Discover the ultimate relaxation experience! Stress and tension can take a toll on your body and mind. Treat yourself to the blissful tranquility of our Head, Neck, Hand, and Foot Massage, designed to rejuvenate your senses and leave you feeling utterly relaxed and refreshed.
75 minutes - $185
All treatments below are for clients who've completed an Initial Consultation.
Traditional Ayurvedic Body Therapies
Abhyanga
It's ALL about the Oil... ahhhh. In Sanskrit, the word for oiling the body is Snehana, which means "To Love, To Be Nurtured."
This is a far cry from your typical body therapy! It focuses on applying warm, herbal medicated oils to the body with long strokes, which creates deep relaxation. It also encourages lymphatic drainage, improves circulation, stimulates the immune system, and eliminates toxins. It’s grounding and pacifying to the nervous system, moisturizing and nurturing, not just the skin, but All tissues in the body.
Lipid soluble oils are used so the body can take them in through the skin like a nutritious meal. While the muscles get some yummy relaxation, the focus of this massage is to integrate the whole body/mind, move the lymph, and relax the nervous system.
We have chosen to offer a 2-hour version only as we've found it to be the most beneficial for deep relaxation, which is what this treatment is all about!
Single Therapist: 2 hours $290
Note: Abhyanga was often traditionally performed with two therapists for the greatest benefit, however, it's not always possible to provide this version of the service. The single therapist version is quite lovely and makes it practical for our clients to receive it regularly. When available, we do offer the traditional 4-handed service.
Ushma Swedana - Herbal Steam**
This service is a special herbal fomentation, or steam canopy therapy, which can be applied following an Abhyanga, as an add-on service, to aid in the absorption and assimilation of the medicated oils as well as the elimination of toxins through sweat.
Traditional Ayurvedic texts suggest that steam therapy should be performed with the patient lying down comfortably, with the head and neck exposed, rather than in the tent. This prevents overheating and allows for thorough detoxification and absorption.
Herbs and aromatherapy oils are selected per the client's needs. This treatment leaves you smelling and feeling great!
**Contraindicated for pregnant and menstruating women and people with high heat conditions**
Add on to Abhyanga or Abhyanga/Shirodhara combination (not available as a stand-alone treatment).
Add-on treatment with Abhyanga only.
Ayurvedic Body Therapy Combos (two or more therapies combined)
Abhy-Shiro Combo
This service is a classic single therapist Abhyanga (warm Ayurvedic oil body therapy) with herbal oils specific to you, followed by a blissful 30-minute Shirodhara (warm oil streamed on the forehead), designed to ease your tension and headaches, help you sleep and relieve your anxiety.
2-hour Abhyanga + Shiro (2.5 hrs. total) - $380
Abhy-Herbal Steam Combo
This service is a classic single therapist Abhyanga (warm Ayurvedic oil body therapy) with herbal oils specific to you, followed by an herbal 30-minute Steam to aid in the absorption and assimilation of the medicated oils and elimination of toxins through sweat.
2-hour Abhyanga + Herbal Steam (2.5 hrs. total) - $340
Ayurvedic Bliss Therapy
This is the famous Ayurvedic trifecta of Abhyanga, Shirodhara, and Swedana. These therapies are recommended to calm your nerves, clear your head, and remove harmful toxins from your body gently and blissfully. This is not your average “spa” treatment. You don’t just leave relaxed; you leave more balanced! The treatment time is 3 hours.
Single Therapist Abhyanga (2 hours) + Shirodhara and Herbal Steam (3 hrs. total) $425
Note: 4-handed Treatments cannot be booked online. Please call the center to book at 503-788-3038. Steam treatment is not appropriate for pregnant or menstruating women. If you are booked and think you will be on your cycle, please call to reschedule or change to an Abhy-Shiro-only treatment.
Cleansing Programs & Panchakarma
Detox Cleansing Programs
Each year we provide two group cleanses, one in the Spring and another in the Fall.
Our Transitional Spring Cleanse is an intermediate cleanse designed to go deeper into the cleansing experience, releasing the heaviness accumulated during the winter season.
Our Gentle Fall Cleanse is a moderate cleanse, supporting a reset in a nurturing, less stressful process, releasing the heat of the summer and preparing for the winter season.
UPCOMING CLEANSE: Fall 2024: September 23rd - October 13th (21 days)
For more information, please email VibranceAyurveda@gmail.com.
Panchakarma Cleansing Program
Panchakarma is the pinnacle of an Ayurvedic cleansing experience. The process is designed for the whole self, body, mind, and emotions; it goes deep into removing toxins and provides a profound re-nourishment, a vital aspect of Panchakarma.
You are led through your program by an experienced practitioner, doing some of the work at home through diet and herbs and some at the center with consultations and prescribed body therapies. The heart of the Pancha Karma lasts for two weeks; the deep cleansing process can last for 3, 5, or 7 days, followed by the re-nourishment process for 3 to 5 days.
This is not your average detox but a process for a whole body, mind, and spirit reset. It's recommended for deep, stubborn, chronic ailments, conception support (generally or when difficult), and preparing for the later years of aging. Prices are custom.
Please call to customize your treatment and for pricing options.
**If you pre-purchase any service, it remains on credit indefinitely, however, refunds must be requested in writing within 90 days of purchase. If pre-purchase of a service is made and not used within 60 days of the original booking, new pricing, if changed, will apply.