ABOUT SATTVA SANGHA
Service Through Loving Community
We are a collaboration of practitioners who connected through the love of Ayurvedic medicine. Sattva Sangha was formed during our studies at the Ayurvedic Institute under Dr. Vasant Lad. We formed a deep bond as classmates, and now as colleagues with a shared vision of bringing Ayurveda to our communities and beyond.
In Sanskrit, "Sattva" can be translated as truth, peacefulness or bliss, and "Sangha" can be translated as community. This is essentially the aim of our project, to invoke connection and peace within communities through supporting individuals towards a life of health and balance.
AYURVEDA
The very word Ayurveda can be translated to "life knowledge" or "science of life."
Ayurvedic wisdom evokes Self knowing and provides guidance for individuals to live an empowered life. Every being is a unique expression of pure consciousness. Each one of us is born with a genetic blueprint, called "prakruti," which refers to our creative individual nature. As we move through life and are phased with different obstacles, relationships, lifestyle and dietary changes, we tend to drift away from our original state of being. This shift, or imbalance, away from prakruti is called "vikruti."
Our practitioners' studies have included Ayurvedic principles and therapeutics, herbal medicine, Sanskrit, yoga, pranayama, psychology, nutrition, meditation, dinacharya, Vedic astrology, marma therapy, pulse examination, Eastern philosophy, pathophysiology, pharmacology allopathic medical labs and anatomy. All of these methods can be applied to support clients along their journey of inner understanding.
Who We Are
Tanmayi (Delsa) Toglia
Ayurvedic Practitioner
RYT-200, AyurYoga
Tanmayi began her journey in the realms of health when she was a teenager, curious about how her body digested both food and emotions. She followed this curiosity through studies of massage therapy, meditation, plant medicine and ceremony to discover that health spans all realms from physical to the mental, emotional, spiritual and beyond. Tanmayi finished the ASP1 and ASP2 Ayurvedic Practitioner training programs under Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute. She is furthering her studies in the Ayurvedic Doctor program currently.
Tanmayi spent 5 of the last 7 years living and working in an intentional co-op community stewarding hot springs in 150 acres surrounded by national forest. There she served as an event coordinator and HR assistant, prepared vegetarian meals and guided movement classes.
Dawn Gibson
Ayurvedic Practitioner
RYT-200, AyurYoga
RYT-200 Hatha
Dawn's roots stem from a small village in Saskatchewan, where she grew up immersed in the natural world. She is an Ayurvedic practitioner and certified 200-Hour yoga teacher. Dawn completed ASP1and ASP2 Ayurvedic Practitioner studies under Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute, and is currently enrolled in the Ayurvedic Doctor program.
Alongside Ayurveda, Dawn's educational background includes studies in Western herbal medicine at the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, as well as a diploma in photojournalism. She has a rich experience with expressing herself creatively and currently writes for The Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine. Dawn's path also led her to work at a drop-in center for youth, where she gained experience with counseling and harm reduction. In this role, she was reminded that medicine can be found in every moment through presence and compassion.