Our mission
To awaken the inner healer by remembering the ancient wisdom alive in all of us.
Caitlin McIntosh
Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner
In 2021, Caitlin made the leap to transition her career, as a creative director, to study Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc. After receiving her health counseling certification with Dr. Lad, she moved to Boulder, CO to deepen her studies. Caitlin completed four-year doctorate of Ayurveda program at Alandi Gurukula with over 5,000 hours of clinical and classroom hours.
Alongside of her Ayurvedic studies, she is also engaged in two specialized trainings.
INNATE Postpartum Care, a 18-month training with midwife Rachelle Garcia Seliga, CPM, to learn the physiological design of postpartum.
Biodynamic Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy, a three-year training in gentle hands-on work that listens to the unique pulsation of the client, supports the nervous system, and honors the body's own self-healing process — including working with babies.
Caitlin’s focus in her studies and clinical practice is to embody the ancient rhythms of macrocosm as mirrored in the microcosm. Her goal is to empower her clients to know themselves through their outer and inner world, and to connect them back to their wholeness and inner guidance.
Specialities
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Understanding Menstrual Cycle
Menstrual disorders
Menopause support
Menarche education and ceremony
Rites of passage celebrations
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How to nourish your unique divine body
Meal planning
How to grocery shop
Eating seasonally
Easy home cooking techniques
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Rebuild low, sluggish digestion and appetite
Support proper digestion, absorption and assimilation of food
Help ease digestive symptoms like gas, bloating, tiredness after meals
Support daily health bowel movements
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Daily, nightly or seasonal routines & practices
Elemental healing practices and mediations (option for in nature experiences)
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Postpartum education for mother and family (before birth)
Customized support for mother in postpartum
Closing of the Bones Ceremony (received teachings from Rachelle Garcia Seliga who received from her Mother-in-law, Clara Alfaro Peña)
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Meditation retreat support
Meditation instruction
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Personalized pranayama education and support
Develop daily practice
Let’s work together.
As a guide into your own inner healer, I will share Ayurvedic principles, help establish daily routines and direct you to the wisdom inside Yourself. Through living in natural rhythms of life, we can come into our birth right of vitality and joy.
We will begin by defining what is well-being for you. In a co-creating field of wellness, we will explore your original elemental state of being (prakrti) and determine your current imbalance (vikrti) and health concerns. With this understanding of your whole being, physical, mental and emotional, I will create with you a customized treatment plan and systems of support.
Honoring the Lineage
I honor my teachers, who shared their hearts and ancient wisdom with me, enabling me to share it with you.
I honor the five great elements, embodiments of the divine, revealing the truth of living in harmony.
I honor the flame of wisdom and compassion that lives in me and in you.
Education and Trainings
I am a continual student of the earth and five-elemental healing traditions. It is my devotion to my teachers to embody these precious teachings through daily practice, contemplation, meditation and applied in clinical experience.
Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner Four-Year Program (4,312 hours) / Alandi Ayurveda GuruKula / Alakananda Ma / 2022 - 2026
Ayurvedic Health Counselor: ASP Level 1 (861 hours) / The Ayurvedic Institute / Dr. Lad / 2021 - 2022
INNATE Postpartum Care / Rachelle Garcia Seliga / 2023 - 2025
Biodynamic Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy (700 hours) / The Colorado School of Energy Studies / Anna Chitty / 2024 - Present
Working with Babies: Skills for Working with Babies & Families / The Colorado School of Energy Studies / Kate White, RCST / July 2026
Panchakarma Body Therapies / Alandi Ayurveda GuruKula / May 2026
Intentional Touch / Ancient Healing Arts / Maestra Paula Leeper, LMT
Healing Touch of Marma Therapy / The Ayurvedic Institute / Dr. Lad
Marma Points In Practice: Physical & Subtle / Yog Sadhana / Indu Arora
Home and Family Herbcraft / Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine / Nicole Telkes
Herbalism Semester Course / Albuquerque Herbalism / Dara Saville
Sanskrit Studies Method: Level 1 Year-Long Immersion / Manorama
iRest Yoga Nidra: Level One Training / Richard Miller
Meditation Teacher Training (300 hours) / Kelly Lindsey
Yoga Teacher Training (200 hours) / Black Swan Yoga / Hillary Flora, Ben Heath