Founder/CEO – SELF Health Wellness
SELF Health Wellness is an online education practice combining the principles of Ayurveda and preventive medicine to help individuals take control of their own wellness in their own way. SELF Health focuses on general nutrition and supplementation, lifestyle and energy management and healing marma meditations. A believer in epigenetics and the power of the individual to manage one’s genetic expression, Karen works closely with both Eastern and Western medical practitioners to help improve patient outcomes.
Karen is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Ayurvedic Body Therapist certified by the California College of Ayurveda. She has trained in several healing modalities, including Abhyanga massage, Shirodhara, Marma Therapy, Dough Basti and Pancha Karma. She is also a certified facilitator of PSYCH-K, a technique that uses muscle testing and right brain/left brain integration to help change beliefs for profound transformation.
A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, Karen spent 25 years managing trade shows and conferences throughout the U.S. Constant travel, deadlines and stress, along with several personal transitions, made her realize that change was in order if she wanted to live a long and healthy life. That’s when she discovered Ayurveda and a new way of thinking about wellness.
She says, “Now every day is a journey into deeper SELF-understanding and the magic of seeing it unfold. I credit Ayurveda with saving my sanity and guiding me to my purpose (dharma). I feel privileged and honored to guide my patients on a similar journey into SELF-discovery and health.”