Links we like

Links to some of our favourite and most useful websites. (All links open in new window.) Scroll down for some recommended reading on Ayurveda and for practitioners in other areas.

Pukka Herbs
Ayurvedic herbs, herbal formulas, massage oils, teas, nutritional supplements and more. We use their products in our treatments. Note: please get advice from an Ayurvedic therapist before you buy herbs and oils. It's important that the herbs will have the correct effect on your individual doshas, tissues and bodily systems.

Ayurveda Pura
Ayurvedic massage oils and beauty products made in accordance with the principles of Ayurvedic science, using high quality natural ingredients and complying with Western cosmetic standards. Recommended:face and body productsChyawanprash (a nourishing and cleansing nutritional supplement), and organic ghee.

Ayurvedic herbal formulas
Exclusive Ayurvedic formulas, available only after a diagnosis from your Ayurveda Today therapist.

Maharishi Ayurveda
Recommended for: 
organic aloe vera gel and organic split mung dal

Health clinic in Clapham SW4
The Awareness Centre is where Ayurveda Today practises in Clapham. The clinic offers a wide range of complementary therapies (including several types of massage) alongside psychotherapy and counselling, GP services, an osteopathy clinic, addiction recovery programmes, beauty treatments and more.

Bamboo clothing
BAM is a small, friendly and ethical company selling T-shirts, socks and yogawear made from bamboo. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world, 100% sustainable, improves soil quality in eroded areas of land, and thrives without pesticides or fertilizers.

Peopletree
Ethical fashion. Uses ecologically sound production methods and made by garment workers in marginalised communities to help alleviate poverty. A lot of their cotton is organic.

Detox retreats in the UK
Personalised Ayurvedic and yoga detox retreats in Staffordshire. Includes massage, Ayurvedic advice, yoga and meditation. More intensive cleansing retreats are also available.

Satsanga yoga retreat in Goa
Satsanga is a beautiful, clean and relaxed yoga retreat in Goa with a large and inspiring yoga room, comfortable light bedrooms, and the beautiful Mani cooking quite possibly the best Ayurvedic and vegetarian food in India! Owners Jodi and Olaf have created a quiet, laid-back place, a true retreat. You can relax around the pool between yoga classes and barely need to leave.  

Retreats in France
Ayurveda and yoga holidays, gîtes and residential stays, in the beautiful and green Cévennes mountains in France. Ayurvedic consultations, massage and more.

Recommended Ayurvedic practitioners 

Greenwich
Dr Deepa Apte is a very experienced practitioner in Greenwich offering full consultations, Ayurvedic treatments, and training courses in Ayurveda.

Twickenham
Anne Razvi is an Ayurvedic therapist near Twickenham in Middlesex, who also has many years experience as a clinical nutritionist.

West London
Loretta Heywood is located in Notting Hill, W11. She combines Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle advice with her many years experience of massage therapy, including relaxing, deep tissue or detoxifying, depending on the individual client's health needs. She specialises in a unique and effective detox and massage package.

Recommended reading

Prakriti by Dr Robert Svoboda
Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Dr Vasant Lad
Ayurvedic Cooking for Westeners by Amadea Morningstar
 
Eat Taste Heal by Yarema, Rhoda and Brannigan from
www.eattasteheal.com