About What does Narayani mean? See below
Julia 'Narayani' Hutchinson
Ayurveda
Julia has studied and practiced Ayurveda for close to two decades, and is honored to have received education in the Vedanta sciences from Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. David Frawley, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Swami Swaroopananda, and Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati. She graduated in 2003 from the California College of Ayurveda and as a Yoga Siromani (Yoga teacher) from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. From 2004 to 2008, she taught and provided consultations and treatments at the Ayurveda Centers for the Sivananda Yoga Ashrams in NY and the Bahamas. For the over eight years, she provided Pancha Karma treatments at the Ayurvedic Healing Center for Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar. As years before, she continues to teach and given Ayurveda consultations and treatments to private clients.
Massage
Julia has been performing massage, holistic bodywork and energetic healing for over two and a half decades. Her experience in spas and in private practice has honed her skills into a integrated treatment, adapted for each individual. With over 1,400 hours of massage classes, her training encompasses Swedish/Esalen, Deep Tissue, Cranio-Sacral, Lymphatic, Reflexology, Reiki, Aromatherapy, Pre-Natal Massage, Healing Touch, Energy Healing, Chakra Balancing and Emotional Release work. She is also educated in many ayurvedic treatments.
Education
Sharing her knowledge of Ayurveda and massage is one of Julia’s delights and passions. She has taught classes, seminars, retreats and lectures in Ayurveda philosophy and cosmology, Ayurveda bodywork and cleansing techniques, Breath work (pranayama), Yoga asana and Massage. Her best-known massage class is ‘Thumbless Therapy' (see under MASSAGE). From 1994 to present, she has taught at massage schools, nationally and internationally renowned spas, yoga centers, Sivananda ashrams and has taught a class at the Kerala Ayurveda Academy. In 2013, Julia became certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as an instructor for most of the classes she offers.
NARAYANI
This is the spiritual name that was given to Julia by Swami Swaroopananda at the yoga teacher training graduation ceremony.
What Does It Mean?
Narayani (Na-Ra-Ya-Nee), is the primordial, sacred force of the cosmos (Shakti) of the three Goddesses:
Narayani is the Mother Goddess and is the fundamental and independent energy responsible for all that is animate and inanimate.
This is the spiritual name that was given to Julia by Swami Swaroopananda at the yoga teacher training graduation ceremony.
What Does It Mean?
Narayani (Na-Ra-Ya-Nee), is the primordial, sacred force of the cosmos (Shakti) of the three Goddesses:
- Lakshmi – goddess of Wealth, Love, Prosperity (physical & spiritual), Abundance and Beauty
- Durga – goddess of Mother and Warrior, the invincible
- Sarasvati – goddess of Knowledge, Wisdom, Music, Arts and Learning
Narayani is the Mother Goddess and is the fundamental and independent energy responsible for all that is animate and inanimate.