ABOUT NIIKA QUISTGARD

A certified Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Niika has 13 years of experience practicing, teaching and writing on Ayurveda–yoga’s sister-science of healing, happiness and living in harmony with one’s own true nature, and with Mother Nature.

“I’ve been fascinated with Eastern wisdom since childhood, and first lived in India at age 19. I continue to explore the treasures of Ayurveda, Siddha Vaidya and Yoga, and never cease to be amazed to find that the very clear concepts and natural technologies for living and healing–spelled out thousands of years ago by wise sages, healers and teachers–are so practically valuable for women today.”

Niika is a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal Magazine. Her writings have also appeared in UTNE Reader, Natural Health Magazine and other publications.

Often consulted as an expert on Ayurveda, Niika’s quotes have appeared in Natural Health Magazine, Mother & Baby India Magazine and on numerous websites such as on iVillage.com, LiveStrong.com and Mothering.com.

She has been featured on television and radio, and was recently interviewed on MedicineCrow – the Grassroots Healthcare Network.

Niika is a passionate, entertaining and practical presenter. Her multi-sensory and thought-provoking lectures, workshops, retreats and yoga teacher-training segments bring India’s ancient wisdom to life in places like Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rheinbeck, NY, and Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre for Women, in Kerala, India. She’s enjoyed presenting to groups as diverse as the Holistic Moms Network, New Jersey prep school teachers, Danish animation students, Northern California Pacific Gas & Electric linesmen, elementary school students, as well as yoga students, and women of all backgrounds in conferences and other gatherings.

In 2007, with the participation of her adopted Malayalee brother and business partner, Sanjeev ‘Sanju’ Kumar, Niika founded Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre for Women, realizing her vision of a traditional residential Ayurvedic clinic that would offer women from all over the world a place dedicated to reconnection with self, Nature and the traditional technologies of sensory nourishment.

Niika is also founder of The Muthashi Project, an outreach program designed to inspire younger Malayalee women to continue the age-old practice of recognizing and using native plants as medicine.

Niika often returns in the U.S. to teach Ayurveda to Western women who want to enjoy the practical benefits ancient Ayurveda offers us all for living well in these times.

Niika is a member of NAMA – the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.

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