Ayurveda is an ancient system of holistic medicine that has been practiced since around 5,000 B.C. It literally translates to “The Science of Life,” and it is considered a complete approach to wellness by incorporating the balance of mind, body, and soul. Through Ayurvedic consultation, you can expect recommendations of appropriate foods, lifestyle, yoga (Ayurveda’s sister science), breath work, and herbal medicine that will be specific to you as an individual during this particular moment in time. While there are many benefits of adopting an Ayurvedic lifestyle, you, the client, are making the informed decision to be liable of any possible risks of said diet, lifestyle, physical activity, and herbal ingestion.
In the United States, Ayurveda is considered an alternative or complementary medicine, and therefore, it is not licensed by the state of North Carolina. I, Catherine Warner, am a certified Ayurvedic Wellness Educator and Practitioner, and therefore, I am not a doctor. I am here to educate and merely guide individuals using the traditional principles and practices of Ayurvedic lifestyle, so that they can begin their journey towards self-healing.
An Ayurvedic Practitioner’s scope of practice emphasizes prevention of imbalance and the promotion of wellness on all levels of being, using Ayurvedic life-enhancing modalities and philosophies. Approaches include appropriate dietary, lifestyle, yoga, and herbal recommendations for health-promotion. Tools of assessment enable determination of an individual’s body constitution (pakruti), and the balanced and unbalanced (vikruti) states of natural biological energy (doshas), digestive fire (agni), tissues (dhatus), and waste products of the body (malas).
I, the Client, understand that I have the following rights:
Right to know Client Rights
Right to participate in care decisions
Right to informed consent
Right to ask questions
Right to have special needs addressed
Right to access medical records (to view and/or obtain copies of records)
Right to timely response to care needs
Right to know the caregivers
By signing below, I, the patient, indicate that I understand the above statements. I also feel that the Ayurvedic practitioner has provided me with the information needed to exercise my competent self-decision, thereby giving my consent for Ayurvedic treatment and therapies.
