Loro

(Eden Lorraine Tosch) 

MSc., Registered Ayurveda Clinician (AAPNA)

I was drawn to the study of Ayurveda in 2011 by my lifelong interests in natural wellness, a frustrated vision of human potential & a love of unifying systems of thought. Sitting at the feet of a senior teacher years ago in my first Ayurveda class I realized that I had found something that I could spend the rest of my life working with. Ayurveda’s breadth of understanding, concepts of inter-relatedness, efficacy, adaptability & demand for accountability continue to inspire me. The elegant balance of focus on the individual with collective good & classical thought with unorthodox practices & mundane practices with sublime intentions challenge me daily as I seek to inspire others in this endlessly interesting modality.

Then in 2021 my experiences with Ayurveda started to feel like they had taken me as far as I could in one direction. As America struggled with her health, I began to acknowledge my frustration practicing a pure form of Ayurveda. I was not seeing the results I wanted with as broad a group of clients as I knew I could help. I cast about looking for what else was out there, what would resonate with my ayurvedic mindset & principles. I took a trip through somatic trauma healing practices; they offered something that I felt was missing in practicing Ayurveda with modern American, non-Hindus. I now incorporate some level of somatic awareness into my practice as I believe it is essential to unlocking healing. When I came across Mineral Balancing it really struck a chord. Based as it is in a now generations-deep, organic development of Western -minded alternative medicine practices; many of which I had grown up with. I immediately sensed that many of the things that had appealed to me about Ayurveda (holistic, systemic, principal-based) were giving (re)birth to a living Western Holistic Medicine System (that will endlessly be a work in progress as we learn and expand our skills). There are so many things that are similar between Ayurveda & the healing potential of HTMA & Functional Nutrition that I felt immediately at home. Now, the two live happily side by side in my practice, supporting & infusing each other.

My formal training in Ayurveda & Mineral Balancing has defined & refined the healing instincts I gained from growing up on a farm & inherited from my mother & grandmothers. The Back To The Land Movement that I grew up in surrounded me with healing practices as wide ranging & woo-woo as hands-on-healing, fruititarianism, iridology & as simple as raising your own herbs, meat & veggies. Microbiotic diets were de rigueur, as was a general, but educated, suspicion of authority & tradition.

Recent studies in Mineral Balancing brings my perspective full circle as I reconnect with modern science-based functional practices that promise to evolve a holistic wisdom of wellness prioritizing lived experience, nourishment, relationships & energy.

Years working as a massage therapist taught me that the 5 (+) senses provide more information about well-being than statistics & theories. I have practiced yoga for over 20 years & my current practice is inspired by Iyengar, Scaravelli, Shadow, & Kundalini schools of thought. Travels through Europe, the Middle East & India fed my interest in cultural food-ways & regional concepts of culinary balance.

My way of practice is informed by undergraduate & graduate studies in Cultural Studies & Social Psychology & an abiding interest in spirituality, healing & social justice. But just as much so I am influenced by contemporary thinkers like Connor Habib, Rupert Sheldrake, Pilar Lesko, Daniel Schmachtenberger (gasp!), Dr. Stephen Porges, My socialist grandfather James Begley & many others. These are just top of mind as I write this.

I believe that all healing is emancipatory, cultivating physical nourishment through self-awareness, inter-connectedness & spiritual advancement.

Significant Education:

• Master your Minerals with Amanda Montalvo; 2024

• Instant HTMA Professional Course, 2024

• California Certified Phlebotomy Technician, CalRegional, Fremont, CA 2023

• Smart Body, Smart Mind training, 12 week nervous system regulation training 2022

• Kerala Ayurveda Academy, Foster City, CA: 500 hrs Ayurveda Wellness Councilor

• Shubham Ayurveda, Fremont, CA: 1000+ hrs Theoretical, and Advanced Clinical Training and Internship in Ayurveda

• Punarvasu Ayurveda Prabodhini, Pune, India: 120 hrs Body Therapies and Panchakarma

• University of Sussex, Brighton, UK: MSc, Social Psychology

• JFK University, East Bay: BA, Cultural Studies

• San Francisco School of Massage: 300 hrs Shiatsu, Insight & Traditional massage