About DEBORAH GARLAND, CAP, AD in progress, PKT, MA, RYT

Welcome. I'm happy you’re here!
My life's passion is helping people feel, look and truly become vibrantly healthy, happy and eternally radiant. I have spent a lifetime gaining the knowledge, practice and skills to help people make manageable changes in their lives to create vibrant health, vitality and happiness. We all live in a world where external circumstances can seem overwhelming at times.

We all have innate, inner wisdom that has the potential to guide our actions and keep us vibrant, balanced and healthy… But sometimes we need help understanding how to tune in and listen to our inner guidance, our highest self-wisdom required to achieve balance and optimal health in all areas of our life.

From time to time we are faced with physical issues, emotional ups and downs, stress in job or interpersonal relationships, financial hardships and many types of life circumstances that cause imbalance or disharmony. Ayurveda provides a magnificent road map for traveling through the ups, downs, twists and turns of life.

I have learned to navigate life’s challenges by following Ayurvedic guidelines and keeping a healthy balance of food, deep rest and external activity to stay vibrant, calm and radiant.

I love the way Ayurveda helps you live a healthy and fulfilling life in all areas… physical, intellectual and spiritual. If I can do it, so can you. You will be surprised at how easy it is to make small adjustments to your daily and seasonal routine, that yield remarkable benefits!

I have studied and practiced Ayurveda for over 25 years in concert with yoga and pranayama. My path in Ayurveda, herbalism and wellness has led me to seek out  and learn from many contemporary, internationally known Master Teachers. I am eternally grateful to Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), Dr. Svoboda, Swami Shankardev Saraswati, and Shiva Rea. I feel honored and blessed to have attended years and years of practicums, intensives, workshops and forums with them, and continue to do so whenever possible.

I specialize in Clinical Ayurveda and Vedic Counseling. I received formal training from Kerala Ayurveda Academy and California College of Ayurveda. I am forever a student, and presently continuing my formal education as an Ayurvedic Doctor under the expert guidance of Vaidyas (revered doctors) Dr. Jayarajan Kodikannath and Dr. Karthik Krishnan in advanced Ayurvedic Diagnostics, Protocols and Classical Ayurvedic Herbal Formulations.

I am proud to be a certified Vedic Counselor through the American Institute of Vedic Studies under the stewardship of Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva). I am the Co-Founder and Vice President of the Ayurveda Professionals of Arizona. I’m a practicing herbalist and member of the American Herbalists Guild. I’m a born teacher and have a Master’s Degree in Education. I am a Board Certified Ayurvedic Practioner, certified by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association Certification Board.

I love helping people realize that our bodies are designed to thrive. With the right alignment of thoughts, conscious awareness,diet, lifestyle choices and a little help from our plant allies, anyone can achieve vibrant, radiant health and longevity!

My specialty is assessing your current state of doshic imbalance and helping you make small, easy to manage adjustments to make very positive shifts in physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.

Everyone is special. We all have different needs, wants and desires that change and evolve over the course of our lifetime. I take the time and care to truly listen to you. I place great importance on understanding the unique and diverse circumstances - past and present, that brought you to this specific point in time.

We explore the wonderful qualities that make you the dynamic person you are today. We consider all of them - body, mind, emotions and consciousness as I help you harmonize all areas of your life and help you evolve toward becoming the best, healthiest, happiest and most fulfilled you have ever been in your life!

Together, we develop an easy to follow plan that will include Ayurvedic wellness principles such as diet, daily and seasonal routine, breathing, best physical exercise which may include yoga, perhaps herbal teas and formulas, and universal wellness principles that make common sense.

I take a great deal of time and care to design a unique program specifically for each and every Rogi (revered client) which may include seasonal panchakarma to release deeply-held physical and emotional build-up.

Whether I'm helping you work through a difficult physical, emotional or spiritual challenge, designing and implementing a thorough protocol for you, teaching you yoga or breathing, formulating your custom herbal preparation, my focus is the same: helping you look better, feel better, and live better.

I’ve discovered that when people are new to Ayurveda, it may seem a bit challenging to let go of some habits and develop new patterns. Sometimes this means choosing different foods, changing routine, and adopting a spiritual practice to balance certain areas of life.

I am an educator, and when we work together, you are sure to learn volumes about Ayurveda, herbs, healing foods, healthy lifestyle, spiritual practice, and living a radiant life… in your own expression. I’ve written two books on Pranayama, Supreme Breath: Yogi Breathing to Access Higher Life Force Energy, and 365 Ways To Breathe. Both are available on Amazon. I’m very excited to release my third book, The Eternal Radiance of Ayurveda: How to Live a Beautifully Vibrant Life, on Amazon this April 2024..
 
When I am not working with clients, writing or teaching, I enjoy my two college-age children and our Golden Retriever/Great Pyrenees super dog, cultivate medicinal Ayurvedic plants, grow southwest herbs, formulate my own essential oils, make Ayurvedic oils, tinctures and medicines, create wood-fired ceramics, travel, cook, sew, and simply breathe! 

Thanks for being here! I'm looking forward to helping you look and feel vibrantly healthy, happy and ETERNALLY RADIANT!