April Tsai, certified Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist (200HR with ThaiVedic 2016), Vinyasa and Yin Yoga Instructor (350HR in Sri Lanka 2019), Reiki level 2 (since 2017)
April grew up in a traditional Taiwanese family where she was influenced with traditional Chinese medicines and philosophy. She also started to understand the importance of health as taught by her mother who was a clinical nurse. On her search of purpose of life, she received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in Taiwan and University of New South Wales, Australia and continued with her postgraduate degree of Marketing in the University of St. She returned to Taiwan in 2006 and started her career in Human Resource field. She then moved to Hong Kong in 2008 and worked in several top tier multinational corporations managing projects for HR and Corporate Strategy teams. During her corporate busy life in Hong Kong, she constantly fell sick due to work and personal relationship stress. She began to understand the mental wellness was key to health as she undertook her part time postgraduate of Counselling in Hong Kong University in 2013. After she completed her first academic year in and training in 2014, her mother was unfortunately diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer last stage, which made her pause her study. She began exploring all possible ways to cure her mother, including TCM, alternative medicines, energy healing, Reiki, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, and so on. Her mother made her transition in April, 2016 and 6 months later April collapsed in her work place due to post grief depressions. She was medicated for a month but the medications made her feel numb towards everything in life. She started to search for self-healing and alternative medicines, and that was when she met Ayurveda. In September 2016, she took 3 months sick leave from work to take on an intensive and challenging 200HR Ayurvedic Holistic Therapist training with ThaiVedic School in Bali to heal herself. She was trained with Ayurveda, Ayurveda Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic Thai Bodywork (massage) and Ayurveda life coaching by a joint force of international teachers. With Ayurveda and Yoga, she cured her own depression without medications and stopped her 15-year old smoking habit. She has learnt all the tools to create the safest, the most harmonious and the most intimate healing process for herself. Since Jan 2017, she has started to teach Ayurveda Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic Thai Massage and offer Ayurveda holistic consultation till today. She began with a fund raising project called “Water Lily Yoga Project 2017” in the name of her passing mother to donate all her earnings to Mayaa Nepal for children under poverty. She has offered Ayurveda Yoga Therapy in corporates setting as well as private/ studio classes (Estee Lauder, Unilever, Wheelock with TheDo School, Cancer Fund HK) and was interviewed by SCMP in 2019 on how she overcame her depressions via Ayurveda & Yoga. In parallel to her 12 years+ of Yoga practice experience, she also enjoys her daily meditation after her Vipassana & Plum Village Mindfulness meditation trainings for over 3 years. To answer her heart’s calling, she decided to leave her comfortable corporate life in September 2019 and dedicate her time 100% to serve in healing others by sharing her knowledges and passions. She is decoding Ayurveda in a simple way to help her clients connect with their body and mind to make healing process to happen. Through Ayurveda, she will guide you to your own self discovery journey on finding your ultimate health and joys. South China Morning Post interview 2019 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3025100/how-yoga-helps-overcome-addiction-depression-two-first?fbclid=IwAR0uUWvmPbng6lah38Iswx4aQJgWuKpIvnWgB5okaGgZ2Dd372Mz52zF7yk
Q: What is Ayurveda? A: Ayurveda is a 5,000 years old, Indian and oldest medical system documented in history. It is a pioneer and influencer to TCM and current western medical system. Ayur = preservation of life, and Veda = wisdom. Ayurveda means “The Art of Longevity of Life.” Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra forms a triangle of spiritual, body and mind harmony in true health in old Indian scriptures. Ayurveda is all about coming back to the Mother Earth, and with the knowing that we are all connected with every living. Ayurveda focuses on 5 elements of Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth which leads to 3 life principles of Vata Dosha, Pitta Dosha and Kapha Dosha. These are everything that made of life, outside and inside us. Q:What can I expect in my first Ayurveda personal consultation? A: You will be guided through questions and conversations to go over your current imbalances, routine, diet, body type, digestive system, psychology, internal toxic level and targeted areas to treat. The initial session will last around 90 mins to really deep dive in who you are and how you live to find the most appropriate/ natural way for your treatment according to Ayurveda. You will receive some herbal supplement for immediate digestive issues when needed. You will also receive initial tips on your lifestyle changes (including routine, habits, exercise styles, meditation styles and so on) during the consultation. All the personal data and information will be kept highly confidential. Q:What a follow-up treatment would look like? A: Once you have completed your first consultation, you’ll know what’s the most apparent imbalance dosha* to treat and work on. A treatment will focus on your mind and body: a typical Vata imbalance treatment will include Pranayama (breathing) exercise, guided meditation, Ayurvedic Thai massage in targeted body part, an Ayurveda Yoga Therapy sequence and Reiki. A treatment will be around 60- 75 mins with a mix of modalities involved that’s designed only for you. It’s highly personalised and intent to be sustainable that you can also practice at home. Q: What’s benefits of taking Ayurveda therapy and treatment compared to Western medicine? A: Ayurveda is non-invasive. Ayurveda focuses on treating the root cause not the symptoms. The Ayurveda herbal supplements have very minimal side effects as they are sourced naturally. We provide a holistic way to help clients to live a healthier life. We also promote self-healing and self-empowerment as the herbal supplements will only work the best with a healthy change of lifestyle, habit and attitudes towards life. We empower our client to take over your power of health. Q:What’s an ideal lead time (length) of an Ayurveda treatment to see the effect? A: It depends on individual’s imbalances but ideally we’ll be checking-in once a week in the first start of the treatment for 4-8 week’s time.
