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Heal Yourself with Ayurveda

August 3–7, 2026

Siva Raakhi Mohan with Guest Teachers QVLN & Sunshine Zerda

The body doesn’t need to be forced into healing — it needs the interference removed and the conditions restored. Most of us have been taught to approach health one symptom at a time. But what if there’s a deeper order — a way to work with your body’s systems that cultivates relief and lasting change?

This five-day workshop offers a new framework for your wellness strategy. You’ll be guided through the Mohan Method, a sequential approach that addresses health from the ground up: clearing disruptors, restoring nutrients, repairing digestion, calibrating metabolism, and redesigning the patterns that shape your daily life. Each day explores one phase through self-assessment, natural remedies, somatic practices, and live music and movement led by Sunshine Zerda and QVLN.

During this workshop, you will:

  • Learn body systems thinking that expands beyond conventional symptom management into root-cause awareness.
  • Explore natural remedies and Ayurvedic protocols aligned with each phase — from clearing environmental toxins to supporting hormone balance through lifestyle and herbs.
  • Practice somatic integration and movement to embody each phase, allowing the learning to land in your tissues, not just your mind.
  • Assess your own patterns using simple, accessible tools that reveal where your system may be stuck.
  • Redesign your relationship to health with clarity, agency, and a framework you can return to long after you leave Big Sur.

Walk away with practical knowledge, integrative tools, and a personalized roadmap for your wellness strategy — combining the power of Ayurveda, body systems thinking, and emotional wellness to create sustainable change in how you feel.

Siva Raakhi Mohan

With an MD and background in neuroscience and behavior change, Siva Raakhi Mohan presents a unique East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda. She guides her audience to individualized wellness lifestyles with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and functional medicine.

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Quetzal Guerrero (QVLN) | Guest Musician

Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Quetzal Guerrero, or QVLN, is at the forefront of music genre evolution and exploration. He is a prodigious genre-hopping artist whose trademark electric blue violin reflects his Mexican, Brazilian, and Native American roots.

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Sunshine Zerda | Guest Faculty

Sunshine Zerda holds numerous RYT certifications, and she has created multiple integrative offerings that combine vinyasa, pilates, high-intensity interval training, bodyweight movements, and sound healing practices.  

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