Who Are We?

Growing up in Nepal, Manish was exposed to Ayurveda from an early age, creating a foundation for his deep connection to this time tested medical system. He combines the traditional system of Ayurveda with modern biological system’s approach to health and healing.

Manish is a board certified Ayurvedic Doctor by National Ayurvedic Medical Association, USA after earning a masters degree from Mount Madonna Institute, College of Ayurveda in 2012. Besides the clinical practice, he has been teaching Ayurvedic classes and has served as a guest lecturer at UCSC and Five Branches University. He is a former faculty for Sanskrit (classical language of Yoga and Ayurveda) at Mount Madonna Institute and a former faculty for Ayurveda at East West School of Planetary Herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine Institute.

His signature evidence-based Gut Healing Protocol, which is intended to heal the community one gut at a time, integrates yoga, meditation, and pranayama (yogic breathing exercise) based on his dedicated studentship of Yoga and Ayurveda for a holistic result.

Luisa studies linguistics at UCSC and enjoys learning about Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Sanskrit. Luisa worked and lived at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute founded by Baba Hari Dass in 2019, where she was introduced to Ayurveda, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and the practice of centering peace as the focus of her goals and desires.

She incorporates Ayurveda and Yoga into her daily life and maintains a devoted practice of meditation. She is excited about the intersection of allopathic and holistic medicine and their codevelopment in supporting global health and healing. Luisa writes articles, produces social media contents, and manages appointments, and communicates with our clients and patients.