About Blue Lotus Ayurveda - Ayurveda and Panchakarma Clinic & Day Spa

Our goal is to help spread the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda through our services, lectures and workshops. One of the aspects that makes Ayurveda unique is that it is rooted in the spiritual traditions of India and emerged from the insight of illuminated sages who perceived universal truths in all of nature. We believe that true healing comes from within, and that as we heal ourselves, we heal the world...


We are a family-owned Ayurveda and Panchakarma Clinic & Day Spa located in the beautiful city of Asheville, and surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. We maintain a close relationship with our clients and offer individualized Ayurvedic health care, Ayurvedic therapies, and Panchakarma, with great attention to personal customer service. Your health is our commitment!

Vishnu Dass (NTS, LMT, CAyu) started studying Ayurveda in 1992 under the guidance of Dr. Vasant Lad, world renowned Ayurvedic physician and teacher (on the picture at left, visiting our clinic in May 2009).

He was one of the first students to successfully graduate from both the Advanced Studies and the Clinical Program at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. He was also trained and worked at the Panchakarma Department of the Institute under Dr. Lad's supervision.

Vishnu is a graduate of the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics in Albuquerque, MN. He had previously studied with herbalist Michael Tierra at the American School of Herbalism in Santa Cruz, CA. He is a former Board Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and was granted a Lifetime Professional Membership for his service to that Board.

He has been in clinical practice for over 12 years treating people of all ages. He is a highly skilled herbalist who specializes in both the treatment and prevention of disease, including digestive disorders, skin diseases, allergies, arthritis, auto immune diseases, liver disorders, diabetes, hypertension, and many other chronic and severe conditions.

His holistic approach enables him to create individualized programs, specifically tailored to your particular needs, integrating into your Ayurvedic consultation nutritional and lifestyle counseling, herbal nutrition, and marma therapy, as well as other Ayurvedic therapies and weight management programs, depending on your specific situation, goals, and needs. He is clinically trained to offer full Panchakarma detox programs and Panchakarma therapies, and personally guides and supervises your process throughout your treatments.

Vishnu also offers lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and yoga philosophy for various herb schools and yoga centers throughout the South East, and has published several articles on Ayurveda and yoga, both on local and national publications, including Light on Ayurveda Journal, New Life Journal, and Integrative Health and Healing, amongst others. You can enjoy some of his writing at Vishnu's Blog: Ayurvedic Herbs, East & West.

He learned hatha yoga, yogic practices, and yoga philosophy while living at Mount Madonna Center for the Arts, in Watsonville, CA, under the guidance of Baba Hari Dass, renowned yoga master, and also while living in India with the Vairagi monks. He has taught classical hatha yoga, pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation since 1992 at various yoga centers and retreats in the US, and is able to blend his knowledge of Ayurveda and yoga to set you up with an individualized Ayurvedic yoga program to meet your constitutional needs.


Yol Swan is our administrator, webmaster, editor, store manager, graphic designer, and former teacher for some of our workshops. She also takes care of our newsletter and marketing campaigns.
She has a background in music and voice studies, English literature, homeopathy, and visual and graphic arts.

She creates all the graphic work and advertising for our clinic and also does free-lance design and marketing for other businesses. She makes 3D spiritual collages, artisan silver and gemstone jewelry designs, as well as spiritual and ethnic designs on t-shirts and gifts. You can see some of her collages and jewelry designs at the clinic, and more of her work by visiting her web site at: Sacred Jewelry & Yoga Designs.

Yol worked for the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, transcribing and editing Dr. Lad's lectures, as well as editing the first version of his Textbook of Ayurveda, all of which helped her acquire a well rounded basic understanding of this ancient science. Yol also has extensive experience with many yogic, healing, and therapeutic practices she has learned and practiced for many years. Her spiritual lineage comes from the traditions of Theravada Buddhism and Kundalini Maha Yoga. She has a deep understanding of yogic psychology and is able to convey the meaning of true health from a holistic and spiritual perspective. Yol is happy to answer your email questions and inquiries.


Our Team of Massage Therapists and Ayurvedic Assistants includes some of the best massage therapists in Asheville who work with us doing therapeutic massage or assisting with Ayurvedic Therapies and Panchakarma.

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