I first came across Ayurveda during a difficult time in my life. I was being told that there was something wrong with me, and I started looking for another way to understand myself and what I was experiencing.

That’s when I found Ayurveda and the Mind by Dr. David Frawley.

I didn’t know it at the time, but Ayurveda had found me.

That book opened up a completely different way of looking at the relationship between the body, the mind, and everyday life. I wanted to learn more, and that curiosity eventually led me to seek out formal study.

My path took a few turns before I found Hale Pule. I discovered their podcasts first, and the more I listened, the more I wanted to learn. Eventually, I enrolled in their Ayurvedic Health Counselor program.

I’m still learning, still questioning, and still discovering what Ayurveda means in my own life. And that’s really what this journey is about.

Once I found Ayurveda, I started looking at my life a little differently.

I began experimenting with food, daily routines, yoga, sleep, and the way I cared for myself. Some changes felt surprisingly natural. Others took time—or didn’t work for me at all.

What surprised me most was that Ayurveda wasn’t asking me to become someone else. It was teaching me to pay attention to who I am.

And the more I learned, the more I wanted to know.

The more I learned, the more I wanted to know.

Ayurveda opened up questions I hadn’t thought to ask before—about how I live, how I eat, how I move through the world, and how all of those things affect how I experience my life.

I chose to approach those questions through curiosity and experience. I tried things, paid attention to what I noticed, and kept asking questions. And, surprisingly, I found things that actually worked for me.

The more I explored, the more connections I began to see. And learning about Ayurveda became more than something I was studying. It became something I was living.