about
A bit about me…
I first entered the natural health field in 2005. I’d been blessed to grow up exposed to a variety of alternative health and spirituality practices, including my first traditional yoga and Ayurveda immersion at just 12 years old. The more I learnt the more eager I was to keeping learning, and to share!
I’m now a mother of two young teens, have practiced across the healthy industry for nearly 20 years, and founded and ran a successful health store for 10+ years.
Amongst other things, all these learnings and experiences have given me the contents that fill the vessel I have grown to call “Vedic Naturopathy”, and to share it with the world…
So what exactly is a Vedic Naturopath?
Well, in short…
The Vedas are ancient scriptures from which Ayurveda and Hatha Yoga originated. Together these give us wisdom, knowledge and practices to achieve and maintain health of the entire being. Their clinical applications include the use of nutrition, herbs, asanas, pranayama, meditation, astrology, counselling, mantra, kriya, panchakarma, massage & more.
Naturopathy is a holistic system of natural medicine with roots in ancient European civilisation. Its clinical application includes the use of western herbs, nutrition, supplements, pathology testing, lifestyle counselling & more.
Vedic Naturopathy is the term I’ve given to my unique blending of these two very vast bodies of knowledge.
My ultimate mission…
Is to offer truly holistic care and education that honours the traditional wisdom of the Vedas, supported by the understandings of modern science and naturopathy, and is delivered in a practical and accessible way. To inspire and empower individuals to not just prevent or manage dis-ease, but to guide them to experience optimal health across their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being.
Some of the things you can expect to learn from me:
Empowerment through knowledge and practical tools, to take your health back into your own hands
Tips and tricks to read and adapt to the natural rhythms around you
Vedic wisdom delivered in a modern voice
Self-care rituals and practices
Tools to modify your food and lifestyle practices to suit you as a unique individual
“the most important aspect of health is not the absence of disease, it is harmony between the doshas, which reults from dealing with both the physical and emotional factors in our lives”
THE FORMAL STUFF FOR THOSE WITH AN EYE FOR DETAIL…
QUALIFICATIONS
Annabel is a fully qualified Naturopath who completed a bachelor of health science through Endeavour College in Melbourne, Australia.
She completed training to be an Ayurvedic Diet and Lifestyle Consultant via Dr Ajit of the Australasian Institute of Ayurvedic Studies in New Zealand and Australia in 2010.
Annabel completed her Remedial Massage and Beauty Therapy degree in 2006 with the Natural Skincare College, Box Hill.
Additional body work trainings completed include; Reiki Level I & II, Cert IV Traditional Thai massage and Cert IV Aromatherapy.
Annabel did advanced 500hr Yoga Teaching Trainings with Byron Yoga School in 2009, and 200hr training with Power Living Australia in 2016.
Additional Teacher Trainings completed include; Yin Yoga with Jen Crezendo, Tantra Shakti with Rod Stryker, Trauma Aware Yoga with Chris Thompson-Lang, and ongoing trainings with Octavio Salvado at The Practice, Bali.
EXPERIENCE
Ran a mobile health and wellbeing clinic around the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Services offered included individual yoga tuition, massage and beauty therapy treatments, to hundreds of both personal and corporate clients
Worked as an Ayurvedic health coach at a gym in Prahran, offering consultations and advice when members joined the gym, to help tailor workout and eating programs to suit their individual body types and goals
Taught both individual and group yoga classes at a variety of studios and Gyms around Melbourne, and then down in Torquay when she relocated in 2012
Provided therapeutic and relaxation treatments within various day spas and health clinics over the last 17 years including The Adelphi Hotel Melbourne, Calmer Medi Spa Armadale, TCM Clinic Prahran, and Lux Spa Anglesea
Conducted individual acute health consults within Surfcoast Wholefoods Torquay over the last 11 years, including the prescription of supplements, herbs and diet & lifestyle advice