Shankara Ayurveda Wellness Treatments & Consultations

Ayurveda is the oldest, natural, healthcare system on the planet. Its purpose is to heal and maintain the quality and longevity of life. Our therapists work with your body to encourage stress relief, growth, and healing—bringing you into an open, blissful, and restored state. Browse our treatments below.

Please note We highly recommend booking your treatments at least four weeks in advance of your arrival date to ensure availability by calling 828.264.8382 during Shankara business hours.

Shankara Ayurveda Wellness Hours

Wednesday 11:00 am–8:00 pm
Thursday–Saturday 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am–2:00 pm

AYURVEDA CONSULTATIONS

Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation

An experienced Ayurvedic practitioner conducts an in-depth doshic evaluation to determine what your natural state of being is, identify any imbalances, explore concerns, and set health and wellness goals together. Ayurveda emphasizes self-care techniques that can bring you into balance, through diet, lifestyle (including exercise), stress management, and if needed, herbs and seasonal cleansing. 

Video or in-person consultation $175; 60 minutes

Follow-Up Lifestyle Consultation

Schedule a follow-up three weeks after your initial Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation to discuss and review results from the recommended lifestyle and diet changes. At this time, we’ll change, or suggest new, treatment protocols if necessary to help further healing.

Video or in-person consultation $74 $90; 30 minutes

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Pulse Assessment with an Ayurvedic Vaidya

Pulse assessment is one of the key diagnostic tools of Ayurveda. The Ayurvedic practitioner feels for the strength of vata, pitta, and kapha in the pulse to determine one’s constitution, or dosha, and current state of imbalance. They look for the overall qualities of the pulse gain information about the physical constitution and health of their patient. This information is used to form the basis for a sensitive and personalized therapy in accordance with Ayurvedic principles of treatment. 
$108; 30 minutes

Spiritual Guidance with Vedic Astrology

We are all here to live life to its fullest potential. Spiritual Guidance with Vedic Astrology is a type of counseling that uses Jyotish—an ancient Indian system of divination based on the Vedas—to provide practical and spiritual insights into the best choices to experience your full potential. Jyotish means the light that illuminates and focuses on how planetary patterns at birth can help you better understand your life’s journey. Discover invaluable insights and clarity during times of change or transition, as well as gain guidance on making positive changes, deepening your relationships, and navigating life’s obstacles confidently.

Your first reading includes an astrological profile, an assessment of the main themes in your life, and what is most likely manifesting for you at this moment in time. We will discuss what weighs most on your mind now, and explore possibilities to create growth and change. And, you’ll learn specific practices rooted in Ayurveda, yoga, and Jyotish to enable these changes.

Throughout your session, we’ll share practical guidance that empowers you to move forward easily and gracefully. New perspectives create opportunities to make heart-based decisions, encouraging you to live life to its fullest potential and connect to a deeper understanding of your true nature. Follow-up sessions are available as needed.

Initial Consultation $250.00; 60 minutes | Follow up $150; 30 minutes.

AYURVEDIC TREATMENTS

Shankara Signature Massage

Shankara Signature Massage

Using blended oils, our talented therapists will customize the massage to relieve your body, relax your mind, and uplift your spirit.  $150; 60 minutes/$195; 90 minutes

Signature Ayurveda Facial

Shankara Signature Ayurveda Facial

Through the fusion of Western science and the ageless wisdom of traditional Ayurveda, Shankara products blend pure formulations to dynamically repair and regenerate the skin. This customized facial treatment nourishes your skin and brings harmony to the doshas, supporting and encouraging your innate beauty.  $150; 60 minutes

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Abhyanga: Detoxifying Warm-Oil Massage

Abhyanga is one of the most popular and recommended therapies in Ayurveda. This Ayurvedic therapy incorporates warm, aromatic oils, rhythmically massaged into your body, which loosen toxins, relax the nervous system, and provide rest, nourishment, and rejuvenation.  $150; 60 minutes

Ayurveda Shirodhara Treatment

Shirodhara: Relaxation Therapy

Because of the profound effect it has upon the consciousness, it has often been called “Bliss Therapy.” Shirodhara is a continuous pouring of warm oil in a slow steady stream on the forehead that helps to pacify the subtle aspects of the doshas: nourishing the nervous system, promoting relaxation and tranquility, and improving mental clarity and comprehension.  $175; 60 minutes

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Royal Treatment: Signature Service

The Royal Treatment combines both the detoxifying warm oil massage and the shirodhara relaxation therapy for an ideal experience of rejuvenation.  Coupling these two treatments together, the warm oil massage awakens and prepares your body for the restful tranquility that follows with Shirodhara.  $320; 120 minutes

exfoliation treatment

Udvartana: Herbal Exfoliation Treatment

Udvartana is a deeply penetrating lymphatic massage with herbal scrub. This invigorating full body treatment increases circulation, revitalizes the skin, supports overall detoxification and promotes weight loss.  $175; 60 minutes

marma treatment

Marma: Replenishing Energy Treatment

One of the most restorative treatments for the body and mind, Marma stimulates specific energy points that rejuvenate the vital organs of the body, settle the nervous system, and pacify the Doshas. You may be fully clothed during this treatment, which focuses on energy centers, rather than muscle or tissue.  $150; 60 minutes

Thai Massage

Thai Massage

Thai Massage combines acupressure, Ayurvedic principles, and assisted yoga postures to enhance flexibility, relieve muscle tension, and balance the body’s energy.

Traditionally performed on a firm mat on the floor, you are fully clothed in loose, comfortable clothing. Gentle rocking, stretching, compressions, reflexology, and energy work release tension, stretch muscles, and tone organs.
$150; 60 minutes/$225; 90 minutes/$325; 120 minutes

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Color Chakra Balancing

Using Spectro-Chrome color filters, this Color Chakra Balancing session takes you on a journey through your chakra system bringing to light anything that you are ready to experience, process, and release at this time. You’re guided through your session with as little or as much information as you need for your chakra connecting and balancing. If you have a particular thought about what you want to clear or strengthen, you can set that intention out loud or hold that goal privately. $175; 60 minutes

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CranioSacral Therapy

CranioSacral (CST) Therapy gives your body’s natural and innate healing process the freedom to readjust to your balanced state. Using gentle, hand placements on the skull, sacrum, and torso, your therapist evaluates and enhances your craniosacral system, including the brain, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, and the surrounding structures. Sessions are conducted fully clothed. $175; 60 minutes

AYURVEDIC THERAPIES

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Netra Tarpana: Eye Bathing

Eyes are the window to the soul. Many eyesight problems result from mental stress because the eye is closely related to the mind. This rejuvenating treatment relieves tired, achy, sore eyes and improves vision. Warmed ghee is gently poured on the eyes while you are led through relaxing, simple eye exercises. It is an enjoyable, relaxing, and effective treatment. Eyes may be sensitive to brightness and computer screens after this treatment. Plan to rest and relax. Balances pitta dosha. $150; 45 minutes

Nasya: Clear Breath Support

The nose is the door to consciousness. Nasal Therapy helps to clear and lubricate the sinus passageways, relieving acute and chronic sinus problems such as allergies, mucous congestion, dry nasal passages, and snoring. The process of administering herb-infused oils into the nasal cavity also helps to relieve headaches, migraines, reduces anxiety, clears and strengthens the mind, and stimulates the nervous system. This treatment is best done by itself or at the end of a treatment series. Balances kapha dosha.  $150; 45 minutes

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Karna Purna: Settling The Nervous System

Warm oil is gently, slowly poured into the ears, lubricating the ear canal, calming the mind, and soothing the nervous system. When the ears are bathed in oil, the mind and body automatically calms, creating a state of deep relaxation. Balances vata dosha.  $150; 45 minutes

Basti Treatment

Basti: Joint Rejuvenation

Stiff joints are bathed in warm medicated oil. This treatment also includes a massage to the affected area.
Katti Basti: for the lower back.
Greeva Basti: for the neck and shoulders.
Janu Basti: for the knees. 

$150; 45 minutes

AYURVEDIC SPA EXPERIENCES

Sundarya—Lavishing Treatment

A total body experience that is comforting, nurturing, and enticing to the senses. Tension melts from the face, neck, shoulders, and head with the combination
of a soothing scalp and facial Massage.

We begin with a soothing massage with  captivating Sundarya body oil. A luxurious full-body exfoliation follows using Shankara’s Sundarya Salt Scrub to awaken, refine, and purify the skin.

$225; 90 minutes

Avarna Spa Body Wrap

These dosha-specific treatments use stimulating movements, followed by the warmth and enveloping nature of the wrap, which creates space for deep
relaxation and meditation.

Rejuvenation for nourishment and hydration
Detoxification deeply purifies
Reduction smooths and tightens

$225; 90 minutes

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Enhancements

These can be added to certain treatments.

  • Hot Stones Therapeutic Stones $50
  • Pado Abhyanga Oil Foot Massage $45
  • Shiro Abhyanga Oil Scalp Massage $45
  • Facial (30 minutes) $95
  • Massage (30 minutes) $95

NOTE For your convenience an 18 percent service charge will be added to all services for your service provider. This can be adjusted up or down based on your satisfaction. Thank you for choosing Shankara Ayurveda Wellness.

Not sure which treatment is right for you?

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Weekend of Creativity Wellness Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING

  • Plan your special day over a delicious whole-foods breakfast.
  • Walk our beautiful labyrinth or hike one of our scenic nature trails and reconnect with your inner self.
  • Express your creativity and have some fun playing with and shaping clay in your pottery class.

AFTERNOON

  • Mingle with like-minded visitors over lunch in the Dining Hall.
  • Cook up something new together in our Ayurveda cooking class or get clever on the canvas in a painting class.
  • Unwind with a relaxing spa treatment. Choose from a warm oil massage, energizing facial, or rejuvenating Netra Tarpana treatment and let our professional therapists pamper you. (Additional spa treatments available here.)
  • Recharge in the steam room.

EVENING

  • Browse our shop for crystals, jewelry, scarves, and more.
  • Nourish your body with a healthy dinner.
  • Take in the spectacular sunset or join the fireside concert.

Discover Ayurveda Solo Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING

  • Energize your mind, body, and spirit with morning yoga or meditation class.
  • Savor a delicious and nutritious breakfast.
  • Self-reflect as you leisurely walk our beautiful labyrinth.
  • Rest, replenish and rejuvenate with Abhyanga therapy—a detoxifying warm oil Ayurveda massage that incorporates warm, aromatic oils, rhythmically massaged into your body, cleansing, relaxing, and re-energizing the body and mind.

AFTERNOON

  • Grab some delicious chai and relax in our cafe or take in the majestic views on our deck.
  • Plan your afternoon over a nourishing lunch.
  • Connect with nature while hiking or walking one of our many breathtaking mountain trails.
  • Return to the spa for a Basti session to rejuvenate your joints! Stiff joints are bathed in warm medicated oil and massaged to deepen the therapeutic effects that increase lubrication and promote smooth flexibility and mobility.

EVENING

  • Get creative and have fun in our painting studio or kitchen.
  • Refuel your body with a tasty and healthy dinner.

Rejuvenating Bliss Solo Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING

  • Gaze at the sunrise while filling your lungs with fresh mountain air and feel the warmth of the sun on your skin.
  • Sow a new level of calm and balance into your life with a Yoga or meditation class.
  • Enjoy a delicious whole-foods breakfast.
  • Cleanse your soul with a leisurely walk on one of our beautiful nature trails.

AFTERNOON

  • Nourish your body with a healthy and nutritious lunch.
  • Make a new memory with a cooking, painting, or pottery* class (*additional cost).
  • Choose from the widest selection of Ayurvedic therapies in the US for whole-body nourishment and renewal and let our professional therapists do all the work while you relax and rejuvenate.
  • Unwind in the steam room.

EVENING

  • Stop by our bookstore and explore our collection of new and classic self-care and spiritual resources.
  • Grab a fresh, calming herbal tea and curl up with a good book in your cozy room.

Mother-Daughter Wellness Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING

  • Plan your special day over a delicious whole-foods breakfast.
  • Retreat into relaxation with a mother-daughter spa treatment. Choose from a warm oil massage, energizing facial, or rejuvenating Netra Tarpana treatment and let our professional therapists pamper you. (Additional spa treatments available here.)
  • Recharge in the steam room.

AFTERNOON

  • Enjoy a decadent Mexican hot chocolate and reminisce in our cozy cafe.
  • Browse our shop for crystals, jewelry, scarves, and more.
  • Mingle with like-minded visitors over lunch in the Dining Hall.
  • Explore our captivating campus or head out on one of our guided mountain trail hikes.
  • Cook up something new together in our Ayurveda cooking class.
  • Self-reflect as you leisurely walk our beautiful labyrinth.

EVENING

  • Feed your body with a healthy dinner.
  • Take in the spectacular sunset or join the fireside concert.

Girlfriends Wellness Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING
  • Energize your mind, body, and spirit together with morning yoga or meditation class.
  • Catch up over a delicious and nutritious breakfast.
  • Connect with nature and reminisce while hiking one of our many mountain trails.
AFTERNOON
  • Plan your afternoon over a nourishing lunch.
  • De-stress with a girlfriends spa treatment, like our relaxing signature massage, hydrating facial, or energizing Marma session, and let our therapists work their magic. (Additional spa treatments available here.)
  • Get creative and have fun in our painting studio or Ayurveda food kitchen.
  • Grab some delicious chai and relax in our cafe or take in the majestic views on our deck.
EVENING
  • Plenty of time for bonding during a dinner.
  • Visit our shop and grab some souvenirs, rejuvenating herbal supplements, and restorative health products from Shankara’s all-natural beauty line.
  • Dance and sing at Kirtan.

Couples Wellness Escape

(Sample Schedule)

MORNING

  • Gaze at the sunrise while filling your lungs with fresh mountain air and reminisce on the moments that connected you.
  • Bring a new level of calm and balance to your relationship with a Yoga or Meditation class.
  • Enjoy a delicious whole-foods breakfast together.
  • Walk or hike one of our beautiful nature trails and reconnect with each other, nature, and oneself.

AFTERNOON

  • Share a healthy and nutritious lunch.
  • Make a new memory by taking a workshop or educational class, or create a new experience together with a pottery*, watercolor painting, or cooking class (*additional cost).
  • Reduce tension and stress with a couple’s or individual Ayurveda spa treatment. Choose from the widest selection of Ayurvedic therapies in the US for whole-body nourishment and renewal.
  • Unwind in the steam room together.

EVENING

  • Stop by our bookstore and explore our collection of self-care and spiritual resources or spend time reading in the cafe.