Yoga & Ayurveda

Personal Wellness Coaching

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Invest in Self-Care and Positive Change

Personal coaching sessions with experienced mentors sharing everyday Ayurveda and Yoga.  Strengthen your experience of peace, energy, health and immunity with access to our practical wellness library sharing easy tools and strategies.  Begin to learn, grow and heal immediately!

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Choose Your Wellness Coaching Plan

2 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • with 1 Month of unlimited cccess to our Wellness Library.
  • plus direct email hotline to your coach for all your questions.
  • monthly payment options.
HEAL

4 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • with 3 Months of unlimited access to our Wellness Library.
  • plus direct email and text hotlines to your Coach for all your questions.
  • monthly payment options.
SAVE

8 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • with 6 Months of unlimited access to our Wellness Library.
  • plus direct phone, text and email hotlines to your coach.
  • monthly payment options.
  • BONUS: Early bird notice + special discounts for workshops and retreats.
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Choose Your Wellness Coaching Plan

2 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • choose 2 Library Resources,
  • with 1 Month of Unlimited Access,
  • plus direct email hotline to your coach for all your questions.
  • monthly payment options.

4 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • choose 4 Library Resources,
  • with 3 Months of Unlimited Access, 
  • plus direct email and text hotlines to your Coach for all your questions.
  • monthly payment options.

8 COACHING SESSIONS

in person or on zoom

  • all 11 Library Resources.
  • for 6 Months of unlimited Access.
  • plus direct phone, text and email hotlines to your coach.
  • monthly payment options.
  • BONUS: Early bird notice + discounts for workshops and retreats.

Choose Your Wellness Coach

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Strategy Partner
Cheer-Leader
Accountability Buddy
Ayurvedic Educator
Yoga Teacher

Yogesh & Shankari Van Acker
Their depth of understanding and practical experience unfolds through their truth and enthusiasm.

Together they have completed certifications in Yoga, Ayurveda & Meditation. They have travelled the world to study the deeper Vedic Teachings with their Gurus; Dr. David Frawley & Yogini Shambhavi. 

Experienced and Compassionate Mentors

Learn more about Yogesh and Shankari Van Acker

We invite you to choose the coach that best suits your goals.

For over 20 years Shankari and Yogesh have dedicated their lives to the study, practice and sharing of the rich wisdom of Yoga, Ayurveda and Nature in practical and easily accessible ways.

On the foundation of their study of traditional Yoga & Ayurveda, Yogesh and Shankari have each specialized in areas based on their personal nature and passions. 

Yoga & Meditation Therapist, Ayurvedic Wellness Counsellor, Ayurvedic Massage Therapist

Yogesh specializes in Yoga Asana, Ayurvedic Massage and Marma Therapy, Pranayama and Meditation. 

Yogesh can support you with his gifts of compassionate listening, healing, calm, strength and understanding. Guidance with healing, rejuvenation and relaxation are his strengths.

Herbal Wisdom Educator, Ayurvedic Nutritionist, Mantra and Meditation Therapist, Ayurvedic Astrologist

Shankari specializes in Herbal Rejuvenation, Yoga & Ayurveda Psychology, Karmic Healing and Ayurvedic Diet & Lifestyle. 

Shankari can support you with her gifts of compassionate accountability, focus, organization, and motivation. Inspiring change, transformation and renewed enthusiasm are her strengths.

Warm Words

“I feel that Shankari is a great coach because she understands our resistances and challenges and gets us to face them. With her sharp discernment, sense of humour, and no nonsense approach I have no doubt I’ll reach my goals and learn a lot about myself in the process.”

~ Lori Walker, Port Elgin, ON

“What I really like about Yogesh is just how sensitive and how compassionate he is, it was really easy for me to tell him what my issues were.  I wanted to say for all those people out there who are black and brown, Yogesh is absolutely wonderful, race never came up as an issue in terms of the pigment of my skin. 

He was very kind and is very understanding.”

~ Charmaine McCauley, UK

“My name is Charmaine McCauley and I wanted to talk a little bit about my experience with Yogesh.

Well, when I went to him what was really amazing was the way that he took his diagnosis, he takes the diagnosis by the pulse.

One of the things that I really liked about him, of course he is white and I’m black and sometimes when I go to Ayurvedic doctors or other medical doctors who are white I often feel uncomfortable, just because they don’t understand my skin tone or they’re very uncomfortable with black and brown people.

His diagnosis was absolutely spot on, so after the diagnosis then he and I talked together about what the right course of action should be and what kind of herbs that I should take. I have to say that the herbs that he chose for me are absolutely wonderful! He also talked very much of how the herbs would work, what were the first steps and the first signs that I would notice.

The other thing that really helped me was that not only did I do the Ayurvedic medicine, I also did the Ayurvedic massages, which I say really complemented what happened with me because not only did he physically see me he also was able to feel my body through his hands. I think from that that gave it another dimension that made it so that when he gave me the medicines they worked really really well!!

I highly recommend him and one of the things I love is when you walk through his doors and you leave the hustle and bustle of outside. When you walk through the doors there is an element of calm, and he always has incense burning. You also hear the lovely Indian chants in the background, I have to say it is like walking into an Oasis.  It is wonderful!!! He has great hands, has a beautiful heart and more than that he made me feel incredibly welcome.

I want to say thank you to him and for anybody else who’d like to go, he’s gonna be the one for you. Thank you!”

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Explore Our Wellness Library

This program includes access to a library of our most popular Yoga and Ayurveda resources including online courses, talks and workshops sharing Cleanses, Recipes, Cooking Videos and Herbal Lessons along with Yoga Asana, Pranayama and Meditation.

ACCOUNTABILITY, CLARITY AND SUPPORT

Use your personal Coaching Sessions to deepen your healing and ask your questions. 

Your Coach will use the Wellness Library resources you choose as support material to help you meet your health and wellness goals!

Wellness Library

Learn to take the attitude of Meditation and weave it into your day. (value $130)

  • 4 lessons sharing our 15+ years of Meditation experience sharing time-tested, easy and enjoyable practices.
  • Experience the calm, clarity and energy that meditation is proven to provide even if you don’t have the time to stop and sit for meditation.
  • Includes a thoughtfully organized library of experiential journals, motivational handouts and audio/video recordings.
  • Remove the challenges to Meditation.


Learn more about Meditation Moments ➤

This library shares how to cultivate your own Ayurvedic Kitchen to easily make healthy and delicious meals the whole family will love. ($497 value)

  • Learn the art of creative Ayurvedic cooking.
  • Short and sweet inspirational lessons with videos and practice exercises.
  • 20+ Ayurveda recipes – simple, quick and yummy.
  • Cooking demo videos to inspire and motivate.
  • Tips and strategies for an organized pantry and effective grocery shopping.
 

Discover how a simple yoga asana practice, a few moments each day, will help increase energy, alleviate pain and improve sleep. (value $195)

  • Includes 4 lessons with short demonstration videos and instructional handouts
  • Learn how simple gentle movements clear away tension more effectively than too much effort with intense practices.

 

Learn more about How to Strengthen Your Home Yoga Practice ➤

This library includes how to experience an easy and natural at home liver cleanse with ongoing strategies for a happy liver. ($108 value)

  • Lessons, videos, recipes and support material for a one day or one week liver cleanse.
  • Simple and effective Liver Cleanse Instructions sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda.
  • Meditations, mantra, yoga asana and breathing practices to support digestive health.


Learn more about the Ayurvedic Liver Cleanse Library ➤

Learn the deeper teachings of Nadi Shodhana to balance your energy through cleansing the channels of the body, mind and heart. 

  • 5 short lessons and demonstration videos share how and why the energizing and balancing practice of Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing) clears and detoxifies us physically and emotionally.
  • Shares effective tools you can use immediately to overcome strong emotions including anger, frustration, anxiety, lethargy and depression.
  • Balance energy to sleep easier and deeper with less night waking.
  • Strengthen digestion as a good breeze helps enkindle a fire.
  • Bonus lesson from Yogesh on incorporating Mantra into your Nadi Shodhana practice.


Learn more about this library on Alternate Nostril Breathing ➤

Choose from our Most Popular Resources

This library shares how to cultivate your own Ayurvedic Kitchen to easily make healthy and delicious meals the whole family will love. ($497 value)

  • Learn the art of creative Ayurvedic cooking.
  • Short and sweet inspirational lessons with videos and practice exercises.
  • 20+ Ayurveda recipes – simple, quick and yummy.
  • Cooking demo videos to inspire and motivate.
  • Tips and strategies for an organized pantry and effective grocery shopping.
 

Discover how a simple yoga asana practice, a few moments each day, will help increase energy, alleviate pain and improve sleep. (value $195)

  • Includes 4 lessons with short demonstration videos and instructional handouts
  • Learn how simple gentle movements clear away tension more effectively than too much effort with intense practices.

 

Learn more about How to Strengthen Your Home Yoga Practice ➤

This library includes how to experience an easy and natural at home liver cleanse with ongoing strategies for a happy liver. ($108 value)

  • Lessons, videos, recipes and support material for a one day or one week liver cleanse.
  • Simple and effective Liver Cleanse Instructions sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda.
  • Meditations, mantra, yoga asana and breathing practices to support digestive health.


Learn more about the Ayurvedic Liver Cleanse Library ➤

Learn to take the attitude of Meditation and weave it into your day. (value $130)

  • 4 lessons sharing our 15+ years of Meditation experience sharing time-tested, easy and enjoyable practices.
  • Experience the calm, clarity and energy that meditation is proven to provide even if you don’t have the time to stop and sit for meditation.
  • Includes a thoughtfully organized library of experiential journals, motivational handouts and audio/video recordings.
  • Remove the challenges to Meditation.


Learn more about Meditation Moments ➤

Learn why ghee is the most effective and healthy cooking oil to nourish the brain, heart and nervous tissue. ($19 value)

  • Watch Shankari in this video demo how to make ghee, including our best tips and hacks.
  • Includes ingredient list, printable ghee recipe and benefits of ghee handout.
  • Bonus material includes how ghee nourishes and protects your vital tissues.

Learn more about How and Why to Make Ghee ➤

Learn the deeper teachings of Nadi Shodhana to balance your energy through cleansing the channels of the body, mind and heart. 

  • 5 short lessons and demonstration videos share how and why the energizing and balancing practice of Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing) clears and detoxifies us physically and emotionally.
  • Shares effective tools you can use immediately to overcome strong emotions including anger, frustration, anxiety, lethargy and depression.
  • Balance energy to sleep easier and deeper with less night waking.
  • Strengthen digestion as a good breeze helps enkindle a fire.
  • Bonus lesson from Yogesh on incorporating Mantra into your Nadi Shodhana practice.


Learn more about this library on Alternate Nostril Breathing ➤

A beautifully curated library of lessons, recipes and tips for using our 6 favourite common herbs in teas, foods and as medicine. ($220 value)

  • Learn about the Ayurvedic qualities, usages and recipes of each herb.
  • 6 instructional videos with Shankari sharing stories, tips and our favourite interesting and unexpected ways to use each herb.
  • Get creative with herbal colouring pages.


Learn more about The Ayurvedic Herb Club ➤

A useful library sharing the How’s and Why’s of Simple and Effective Breathing Practices. (value $19)

  • Learn effective Pranayama you can use immediately to calm restless energy, soothe an anxious, frustrated and fearful mind and boost energy and vitality to support strength of immunity.
  • Includes 5 different Pranayama practices includes mini-description videos and brief outlines.
  • Understand the intimate connection between breath, mind and body.
  • Strength and stability: explore the subtle everyday causes of fear, anxiety and insecurity.


Learn more about the Pranayama for Energy, Peace and Stability Library ➤

An organized library of vegetarian inspired recipes for an easy gut detox. ($195 value)

  • Video lesson, inspiring tips and principles and doshic considerations for a gentle digestive cleanse.
  • Includes instructions for a one-day, one-week or one-month cleanse.
  • Easy shopping list and effective recipes.
  • Plus best practices and guidelines for how to incorporate the Ayurvedic Cleanse recipes into your regular dietary rotation for seasonal wellness.

 

Learn more about the Ayurvedic Kitcharee Cleanse library ➤

What all women age 35 to 60 need to know to transition with awareness, enthusiasm and wonder. ($44)

  • On demand video and audio workshop from Shankari sharing an Ayurvedic exploration of the profound life transition of Menopause as an opportunity for healing, wisdom and grace to flow deeper within your life.
  • Ayurvedic strategies for a preventative approach through simple lifestyle routines of diet, herbs and exercise to support a symptom free change.
  • Opens yourself to the mystical realms of the Wise Women.
  • Includes printable colouring page meditations.


Learn more about Your Menopause Journey ➤

This library includes the wonders of natural healing through making your own herbal oils. ($30 value)

  • Demonstration video including fun tips and the Ayurvedic wisdom of qualities.
  • Ingredient List and Equipment List to make a Nourishing Rose, Hibiscus and Licorice Face Oil
  • Recipe + creative variations for skin, hair and massage oils.


Learn more about How to Make Your Own Herbal Ayurvedic Oils ➤

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Our Wellness Library includes:

ONLINE WELLNESS COACHING

Whether you are out of town or just wishing to stay home, Zoom is a great option for your Wellness Coaching Sessions.
Save the commute with convenient times to work within your busy schedule.

BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE

Working with Shankari or Yogesh Van Acker to meet your goals can be highly effective to bring a new sense of awareness and clarity to expired patterns and habits. We share easy and practical strategies you can begin to implement immediately for meaningful and lasting results.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP

Online Wellness Coaching

Whether you are out of town or just wishing to stay home, Zoom is a great option for your Wellness Coaching Sessions.

Save the commute with convenient times to work within your busy schedule.

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A Strategy Partner

Over 20 years of mentoring experience has taught us that combining personal coaching sessions with an effective wellness library of self-paced resources is an ideal combination of support and accountability to integrate the learning to meet your wellness goals.

YOUR WELLNESS COACHING PLAN INCLUDES:

EVERYDAY AYURVEDA

Unlimited access to a library of our most popular Ayurveda resources including cleanses, recipes, cooking videos and herbal lessons, for the duration of your plan.

ENERGY & VITALITY

Effective options for personalized diet plans, cleanses and rejuvenation practices, exercise, relationships and mindfulness strategies for your particular mind/body nature.

HEART & MIND INTEGRATION

Unlimited access to a library of our most popular Yoga resources including Asana Pose home strategies, Pranayama practices along with Meditation support for the duration of your plan.

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Create Your Wellness Plan

Connect with us here if you have a question or wish to book your first session.

PAYMENT OPTIONS
We will be in touch to discuss convenient payment options including eTransfer, Paypal and monthly plans.