Training and Background

Ayurveda

Five and a half years.
Two countries. Two hospitals.

My first encounter with Ayurveda was during yoga teacher training with Saul David Raye in Venice, California, in 2009. What began as an introduction became, over the following years of annual visits to India as a patient, something more compelling. I witnessed Panchakarma treatments reversing early-stage chronic disease in clinical settings, often combined with yoga and meditation. No description of the tradition had prepared me for the directness of that clinical reality.

Formal study began in 2016. What followed was five and a half years of sustained training across two institutions and two countries, concluding with a postgraduate diploma and clinical internships in India.

Training timeline

2009

First exposure to Ayurveda

Saul David Raye Yoga Teacher Training · Venice, California

Yoga Teacher Training (YTT200) with Saul David Raye. Introduction to Ayurvedic principles as part of a comprehensive yoga education. The beginning of many years of study and practice.

2016–2018

Foundation training

Swiss Ayurvedic Medical Academy · Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam (AVP) · Coimbatore, India

Training programmes conducted by resident doctors at Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam and Research Institute (AVP), a 120-bed hospital offering classical Ayurveda treatments in Coimbatore. One of India's foremost centres for classical Ayurvedic medicine. Comprehensive exposure to clinical and manual treatment techniques.

2018–2022

Postgraduate Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine

The College of Ayurveda UK · Milton Keynes

Full-time postgraduate diploma programme under the direction of Dr Athique, supported by the Ministry of AYUSH, India. Dissertation: A Systematic Review of Nine Rasayana Drugs as Evidenced in Clinical Studies. Rasayana, the branch of Ayurveda concerned with rejuvenation and preventative medicine, has been a particular focus of subsequent practice.

In parallel, completed all levels of the European Institute of Vedic Studies.

2022

Clinical internship

SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital · Hassan, India

Clinical studies at SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital in Hassan, one of India's leading Ayurvedic teaching hospitals. Supervised clinical practice alongside qualified Ayurvedic physicians in an active hospital environment.

Membership

Member of the Ayurvedic Professionals Association (APA), the principal professional body for Ayurveda practitioners in the United Kingdom. APA members hold professional indemnity insurance and abide by the APA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

Before Ayurveda

Thirty years behind the lens.

Portrait photography for more than thirty years, working across Europe and the United States. Early years as apprentice at Irving Penn Studio (1987) and studio assistant at Richard Avedon Studio (1988–1990) in New York. Published author of two monographs. The practice was always about the same thing: creating the conditions for something true in another person to become visible.

This practice of sustained, patient attention shaped everything that followed.

Five and a half years.
Two countries. Two hospitals.

Thirty years behind the lens.

Begin with a conversation

Training and background

Five and a half years.Two countries. Two hospitals.

Thirty years behind the lens.

Begin with a conversation

Five and a half years.
Two countries. Two hospitals.