Lifebalance

Lifebalance


The Ayurvedic Art of Living Well?

Lifebalance is a therapeutic journey rooted in the wisdom of Ayurveda and enriched by modern insights into health and psychology. It offers a gentle yet profound way to restore balance—physically, emotionally, and mentally—through personalised guidance, nourishing herbal oil treatments, and mindful exploration.

At its heart, Lifebalance is about cultivating vitality, resilience, and equanimity—so that you can live not only longer, but more fully, with clarity, joy, and contentment.

What Is Lifebalance?

Lifebalance is a structured series of 12 treatments over 12 months, designed to support sustainable and lasting wellbeing.

Each session begins with a personal consultation. Together, we explore your current life situation and identify practical ways to bring greater balance into your daily routines, habits, and mindset. From this conversation, a clear intention for the session is formed.

The treatment itself consists of a deeply relaxing, gentle herbal oil application to the front of the body. Drawing from Ayurvedic principles, this therapeutic touch supports:

  • Regulation of the nervous system

  • Potentises and reinforces intentions and goals

  • Release of stored tension

  • Improved circulation and metabolism

  • Deep rest and restoration

Over time, the combination of reflection, intention, and treatment allows deeper patterns to surface—creating space for meaningful and lasting change.

The Goal of Lifebalance

The central goal of Lifebalance is simple and profound:

More balance. More equanimity. More happiness.

In Ayurveda, true health is not merely the absence of disease. It is a dynamic state of harmony between body, mind, and spirit. Prevention and health promotion are at the core of this philosophy.

Our sense of happiness and life satisfaction is strongly influenced by:

  • The daily choices we make

  • The habits we cultivate

  • The way we relate to ourselves and others

  • Early-life conditioning and learned behavioural patterns

Many of these patterns were formed unconsciously in childhood and continue to shape our thoughts, decisions, and wellbeing today.

The encouraging news is that, through gentle awareness and guided reflection within the Lifebalance process, these patterns can be recognised and consciously reshaped.

In Ayurvedic understanding, this brings us closer to our original constitution—our Prakruti—the innate balance we were born with. As we reconnect with this authentic state, greater clarity, stability, and life satisfaction naturally emerge.

Who Is Lifebalance For?

Lifebalance is for anyone who wishes to:

  • Improve their mental, physical, and emotional health

  • Promote longevity and healthy ageing

  • Experience more contentment and inner calm

  • Strengthen self-awareness and self-confidence

  • Develop greater self-determination

  • Update outdated behavioural patterns

  • Improve their understanding of health, nutrition and relationships

  • Create sustainable lifestyle change

A Long-Term Investment in Your Health

How we live directly influences our health and even the expression of our genetics. Modern research increasingly supports what Ayurveda has taught for thousands of years: lifestyle, stress regulation, nourishment, and relationships profoundly affect our long-term vitality.

Health is not only determined by genetics—it is shaped by how we live, regulate stress, nourish ourselves, and relate to our inner world. Lifebalance offers a structured, supportive space to consciously shape your way of living—so that you can experience improved physical, mental, and emotional health now and in the future. It is a gentle return to balance.

These and many other examples are good reasons to choose Lifebalance - talk to us to find out how we can help. 

We offer Lifebalance at our clinics in Norfolk and central London.

Clinics:

  • Topcroft, Norfolk NR35 2BP
  • Kailash Centre, St. John's Wood, London NW8 7AA

Fees:

  • £80 Norfolk NR35 2BP
  • £95  London NW8 7AA

Booking:

For more information or if you would like to book a session contact Andrew Shakeshaft at andy@essentialayurveda.co.uk or call on 07851 411660.