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Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life and you want it to be perfectly beautiful. Let Sattva Veda custom-design your wedding day package to complete your unique wedding day look and to help make that special day worry-free. Our expertise will guide you, and your entire wedding party through the scheduling of bridal services. We understand the importance of looking and feeling your best on this most memorable day. It is your special day and being royally radiant is all that matters. Here at Sattva Veda, we aim to assist you in being not only being radiant for a day, but radiant for life. Given the time and set intention, we will guide you in preparation for achieving a flawless complexion while boasting good health will permeate your Being.

In traditional Indian society, elaborate wedding preparations for both the bride and groom are de-rigeur, and commence with the engagement. Young brides-to-be indulge in a wide range of beauty treatments using exotic herbs like saffron, turmeric and sandalwood, accompanied by luxuriant bliss body therapies such as Abyangha, Shirodhara and Swedana to beautify their bodies, skin and hair and also to enhance their sensual mood. These therapies improve blood circulation and increase vitality, giving the skin a radiant and healthy glow.

3 to 6 Months Prior

Abhyanga is a beautiful Ayurvedic massage, devotedly given. This technique nurtures and nourishes the entire body through means of deep oil penetration to the dermis. A one-hour journey of Abhyanga takes you into a state of multi-layered relaxation as it nourishes the skin, promoting cleansing and healing. Organic personalized oils infused with herbs specific to your doshic constitution restores balance and union throughout the body.

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied

Gently given with medicated water decoctions, helps loosen and eliminate accumulated bacteria from the colon walls (where we absorb water and minerals). This is the seat of Vata, which rules our nervous system and allows for stress reduction and induces relaxation.

An invigorating Abhyanga style massage using dry, partially ground herbs to exfoliate the skin and increase circulation combine to support a sluggish lymphatic system and enhances a healthy all over glow.

Karna Purana means the application of oil in the ears. Ears and eyes are strictly connected with the foot sole. The application of oil in the ears produces a cooling effect which eliminates the sensation of burning to the feet. This type of massage can treat various diseases typical of organs, such as headache, blocked jaw, stiff neck and dizziness. It is useful also for tooth and gum diseases, reducing overwhelm and providing a deep sense of well-being.

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied.

Nutritional counseling, Life coaching, and body balancing, returns the body to a state of harmony.

Designed to open up the channels of the body. A guided rigorous yet grounding style of Yoga creating a garland of Asana that is tailored to your individual makeup. All lessons are complemented with the sacred chants of India, the intimacy of a candlelit environment and positive affirmations, making this practice of Yogasana your own.

There are various specific practices of Pranayama, that enable the practitioner to achieve magnificent mental clarity and physical health. Through Pranayama practice, we learn to control the body and mind by controlling the breath. We can strengthen the energy within, as well as, making the energy more peaceful. It is said that "Who controls the breath, controls the mind."

One Month Before Wedding

This 3 hour therapy is a combination of Abhyanga, Shirodhara, and Swedana that takes the Body, Mind, and Spirit on an inner journey of relaxation and mental purification. This alchemy of healing invites and unites the Soul and Spirit to release into deep relaxation and meditation, increasing Prana (energy flow), and cleansing the body and mind on a gross and subtle level. Ayurvedic Bliss Therapy encourages a deep remembering of well-being and peace that supports the healing process and connection to Spirit. This therapy supports all levels of the body in surrendering to the ancient healing methods of Panchakarma, allowing you to return to your True Nature in a renewed state of Bliss.

An invigorating Abhyanga style massage using dry, partially ground herbs to exfoliate the skin and increase circulation combine to support a sluggish lymphatic system.

Wedding Eve

On the eve of the wedding, a fragrant bathing ceremony symbolizing purity, cleanliness and radiance is performed. Legend has it that this ceremony will invite the angels to bring true beauty to the bride on her wedding day. We have deftly adapted this gem for the western bride.

Enrapture


A beautiful Ayurvedic massage, devotedly given. This technique nurtures and nourishes the entire body through means of deep oil penetration to the dermis. A one-hour journey of Abhyanga takes you into a state of multi-layered relaxation as it nourishes the skin, promoting cleansing and healing. Organic personalized oils infused with herbs specific to your doshic constitution restores balance and union throughout the body. A full body herbal steam that follows therapies. Hot steam infused with customized herbs allows the oil to penetrate deep into the dhatus (tissues) as perspiration is released through the dermal layers. This treatment facilitates in the release of deep-seated toxins. Moist steaming towels soaked with dashmool and peppermint assist to further open the pores as the body receives the maximum benefits of the oil, providing deep detoxification and rejuvenation to the tissues.

An invigorating Abhyanga style massage using dry, partially ground herbs, dried rose petals and lavender to exfoliate the skin and increase circulation combine to support a sluggish lymphatic system.

Explore the land of Milk and Honey, leaving your skin subtle, smooth and irresistibly silky soft.

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied.

Your journey commences with prenuptial pampering: purifying, luxurious treatments to enhance femininity and sensuality and are a boon for dry skin! A 30-minute massage that is laced with essential oils of jasmine, rose and sandalwood, precedes a rose-infused, skin-smoothing body scrub; a Honey-Milk-Rose Body Wrap; and a delightfully aromatic steam bath, coupled with a soothing head massage. Body treatment "aroma-tically" concludes with a skin-nourishing treatment of precious jasmine and rose. A revitalizing facial with our stress-relieving Energy Activator combined uses a stimulating yet grounding micro-current technique to enhance physical and mental well-being as it deeply relaxes and soothes away facial tension to enliven the skin for your big day.

Marriage Blessing Ritual

Clad in jewels and a glittery Indian sari, the bride and her party share in a colorful, candle-lit ceremonial marriage blessing ritual. A Padma Abhyanga (traditional footbath) symbolic of good tidings and other traditions for health and happiness are performed. Ceremony concludes with a bindi application to the brow and a henna mehndi on the feet of the bride and her party to the accompaniment of traditional music.
The foot soles are strictly connected with eyes and ears. Massage on the foot sole treats dryness, numbness and dulling, roughness and fatigue, lack of sensitiveness, skimming on foot soles, sciatica, cramps, contractions of ligaments, blood vessels and muscles of lower limbs. Massage on the foot sole helps digestion and sleep.

Western brides who yearn for the pageantry of an exotic Indian wedding can now enjoy this rite of passage. Let us transport you in consummate luxury, on this leg of your journey, to a blissful new life.

bridal party

Abhyanga is a beautiful Ayurvedic massage, devotedly given. This technique nurtures and nourishes the entire body through means of deep oil penetration to the dermis. A one-hour journey of Abhyanga takes you into a state of multi-layered relaxation as it nourishes the skin, promoting cleansing and healing. Organic personalized oils infused with herbs specific to your doshic constitution restores balance and union throughout the body.

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied.

Groom

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied.

An invigorating Abhyanga style massage using dry, partially ground herbs to exfoliate the skin and increase circulation combine to support a sluggish lymphatic system.

A beautiful Ayurvedic face and shoulder massage is followed by a steam treatment using warm packs and hot towels to open the pores of the face. This improves the skin's luster while purifying and clearing the nasal and sinus passages. Doshic specific oils are then applied.

Abhyanga is a beautiful Ayurvedic massage, devotedly given. This technique nurtures and nourishes the entire body through means of deep oil penetration to the dermis. A one-hour journey of Abhyanga takes you into a state of multi-layered relaxation as it nourishes the skin, promoting cleansing and healing. Organic personalized oils infused with herbs specific to your doshic constitution restores balance and union throughout the body.

An invigorating Abhyanga style massage using dry, partially ground herbs and cacao beans to exfoliate the skin and increase circulation combine to support a sluggish lymphatic system.

Other Bridal Packages

Custom tailored packages based on your specific needs, are also available upon request.


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