Melanie McHugh Barclay
Ayurveda Health Practitioner
Yoga/Meditation Instructor RYT 500
Vedic Astrologer
(808) 829-1940
Life Force Offerings
I believe my role as a practitioner is to guide my clients along their unique path to re-discover optimal health, well-being and self-awareness.
Simple, daily practices such as walking, yoga and creative movement, meditation, and preparing nourishing foods are some of the ways we can find better health but there are so many distractions it is easy to get lost in today's world. We are barraged with so many "newer and better" fads and techniques we are overwhelmed and may find it too challenging to take the initial steps we need to begin a change.
My life experiences have brought a lot of suffering and yet a lot of growth over time. I would love to make the path simpler for my clients.
I have been an athlete all of my life and have experienced the pressures to have an "ideal body" for particular sports or to make myself feel accepted by others. I have known first-hand the ways in which internal and external pressures warp our perceptions of self-care. (For example, we may eat or restrict ourselves to obtain some "ideal" while the body suffers). Patterning developed through external pressures (societal, family, peer) and/or self-will result in imbalances that separate our physical bodies from our innate capacity to discern what is naturally healthy for us. Over time this disconnect results in disruptive patterns and systemic imbalances and disease. Many health issues result such as anxiety, depression, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and the list goes on…
Ayurveda and its sister sciences yoga, meditation and Vedic astrology provide us with the tools to listen to our intuition and live according to our true nature.
We can create a greater sense of wholeness, vitality and peace with proper guidance and loving support over time.
Incorporating Ayurvedic principles into my life and practicing yoga over the last 25 years transformed my understanding of health and wellness and inspired me to become an Ayurveda Health Practitioner, Spiritual Mentor, and Vedic Astrologer. I feel confident that through the lens of these profound and ancient teachings we can all learn how to cherish, nurture and celebrate ourselves and others.