Living Ayurveda
With Cynthia Lapp, Dawn Gibson and Tanmayi Toglia
November 13 - 16, 2025
This is an opportunity for those looking to understand and relate with themselves, others and the world around with greater depth and meaning. Ayurveda provides a foundation, a system of medicine that is truly holistic – all aspects of existence from the most subtle to substantial are included and revered with deep respect.
We will explore Ayurvedic principles through embodied practices of yoga, meditation, and pranayama (breathing exercises), informed by the classical roots of Ayurveda. The curriculum will include experiential classes on elements, doshas, gunas, agni, daily and seasonal routines, as well as subtle anatomy. Information will be grounded and embodied through Ayuryoga (yoga based on ayurvedic principles appropriate to the season and individual), meditations, chanting, marma (acupressure therapy), and partner/small group work.
This workshop is designed to be transformative internally and provide participants with an Ayurvedic foundation to return home and gently weave Ayurvedic principles into their lives for daily well being. It is open to everyone, from those who are new to those who have experience with Ayurveda and/or yoga.
About the Leaders

Cynthia Lapp
A passion for human and environmental ecology brought Cynthia to Ayurveda. She completed Ayurvedic Doctor training with Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, along with a 500 hour Yoga Teacher certification specializing in Ayuryoga, the therapeutic combination of Ayurvedic principles with yoga postures, meditation, mantra, and mudra. Cynthia bloomed into […]
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Dawn Gibson
Dawn is a high-spirited and compassionate practitioner specializing in Ayurvedic medicine and yoga. She graduated from the Ayurvedic Doctor program at the Ayurvedic Institute in Asheville, NC, with comprehensive training in Ayurvedic principles and therapeutics, herbal medicine, nutrition, yoga therapy, pulse examination, and clinical application. Dawn holds 700 hours of yoga teacher training certification with […]
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Tanmayi Toglia
Tanmayi is a recent Ayurvedic Doctor graduate from the Ayurvedic Institute, with over 4,000 hrs of classroom and clinical practice, trained under Dr. Lad. She completed an Ayuryoga 500hr YTT and for the last 2+ years, as an ayurvedic practitioner and yoga teacher supports clients to come home to their deepest selves through lifestyle, herbs, […]
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