A Taste of Bliss
Location for Services:
West Towers. 1200 Valley West Drive
Suite 404
West Des Moines, Iowa, 50266.
Polk County, USA
A Taste of Bliss Wishes You a Happy and Prosperous Quality of Life -
Love and Gratitude needs to be cultivated daily.
Celebrate Life and your Amazing Body/Mind/Soul with Shirodhara Therapy!
Bliss-Inducing Abhyanga Oil Massage and Shirodhara Space in West Des Moines, IA
"Psychologically, every person is seeking the womb--pure existence, bliss, comfort, security and love. Shirodhara returns one to this state. It releases important neurotransmitters from the pineal gland and brings serenity."
- Dr. Vasant Lad
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," famously attributed to Benjamin Franklin, highlights that stopping problems before they start is far more effective than fixing them later. This classic proverb emphasizes foresight in health, safety, and daily life.
4 Bliss-Inducing
Services Offered
$60.00 / 30 Minute Bliss-Inducing Shirodhara Therapy
In these sessions, the client will receive the therapy in comfortable clothing. Each therapy session includes a rebalancing technique to quiet the mind and relax the body, a foot and scalp massage and tuning forks, to accompany the warm mind melting oil pouring, called Shirodhara. Each session uses 1-2 liters of pure therapeutic oils. The base oil is generally a neutral 100% sunflower oil, infused with brain tonic herbs like Brahmi oil, Amla (good for hair growth and strengthening) and a variety of uplifting therapeutic essential oils. Some favorite essential oils used are Frankincense, Cedarwood, Lavender, Calming Blends with Ylang Ylang, Eucalyptus, etc.
(All Services offer an additional add on, if wanted: $25.00 / 15 minutes of amazing health and happiness tips pertinent to each individual)
$110.00 / 1 Hour Oil Massage & Bliss-Inducing Shirodhara Therapy
We start with the abhyanga style of oil massage, so the therapeutic oils absorb deeply into all the layers of the skin/joints/muscles, during the oil pouring, in Shirodhara Therapy. Each session also includes a rebalancing technique to quiet the mind and relax the body, a scalp massage, tuning forks, etc., to accompany the oil massage and warm mind melting oil pouring, called Shirodhara. Each session uses 1-2 liters of pure therapeutic oils. The base oil is generally a neutral 100% sunflower oil, infused with brain nourishing herbs like Brahmi, Amla (good for hair growth and strengthening) and a variety of uplifting therapeutic essential oils like Frankincense, Cedarwood, Lavender, Calming Blends with Ylang Ylang, Eucalyptus, etc. Castor Oil will be applied to the navel/belly, for an extra whole body nourishing quality to the nervous system.
(All Services offer an additional add on, if wanted: $25.00 / 15 minutes of amazing health and happiness tips pertinent to each individual)
$210.00 / 2 Hour Oil Massage & Bliss-Inducing Shirodhara Therapy
This service gives a longer abhyanga oil massage to the body and a longer oil pour along the forehead. This therapy utilizes hot stones to warm the body, if needed. We start with the abhyanga style of oil massage, so the therapeutic oils absorb deeply into all the layers of the skin/joints/muscles, during the oil pouring, in Shirodhara Therapy. Each session also includes a rebalancing technique to quiet the mind and relax the body, a scalp massage, tuning forks, etc., to accompany the oil massage and warm mind melting oil pouring, called Shirodhara. Each session uses 1-2 liters of pure therapeutic oils. The base oil is generally a neutral 100% sunflower oil, infused with brain nourishing herbs like Brahmi, Amla (good for hair growth and strengthening) and a variety of uplifting therapeutic essential oils like Frankincense, Cedarwood, Lavender, Calming Blends with Ylang Ylang, Eucalyptus, etc. Castor Oil will be applied to the navel/belly, for an extra whole body nourishing quality to the nervous system.
(All Services offer an additional add on, if wanted: $25.00 / 15 minutes of amazing health and happiness tips pertinent to each individual)
$410.00 / Special Weekend Retreat Service
This service offers two days of consecutive treatments, of the 2 Hour Shirodhara Therapy. This can be used during the week, as well as a Saturday and Sunday. This service gives a longer abhyanga oil massage to the body and a longer oil pour along the forehead. This therapy utilizes hot stones to warm the body, if needed. We start with the abhyanga style of oil massage, so the therapeutic oils absorb deeply into all the layers of the skin/joints/muscles, during the oil pouring, in Shirodhara Therapy. Each session also includes a rebalancing technique to quiet the mind and relax the body, a scalp massage, tuning forks, etc., to accompany the oil massage and warm mind melting oil pouring, called Shirodhara. Each session uses 1-2 liters of pure therapeutic oils. The base oil is generally a neutral 100% sunflower oil, infused with brain nourishing herbs like Brahmi, Amla (good for hair growth and strengthening) and a variety of uplifting therapeutic essential oils like Frankincense, Cedarwood, Lavender, Calming Blends with Ylang Ylang, Eucalyptus, etc. Castor Oil will be applied to the navel/belly, for an extra whole body nourishing quality to the nervous system.
(All Services offer an additional add on, if wanted: $25.00 / 15 minutes of amazing health and happiness tips pertinent to each individual)
“Sneha” means both “to oil” and “to love”
In Sanskrit, the word for “to oil” is “sneha” which also means “to love.” During Shirodhara, you are literally being bathed in oil and in love, so keep this in mind as you move through the next few days. Notice when you feel love and notice how you can incorporate more love into your life. You may feel like you are immersed in love and support for days after, so take time to cultivate gratitude.
These Ayurvedic practices are important to help you come back to balance and remember who you are and why you’re here. When you feel love for yourself, you can bring that into the world around you and encourage your friends, family, students, and clients to do the same.
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2 years ago
Katie provides a peaceful and relaxing environment to get the most out of your treatment. She is super calming and I would recommend Shirodhara to anyone who needs a reset!
2 years ago
Katie is amazing! I first started seeing her for energy healing work in 2012 and have continued working with her through the years because her work is so impactful and insightful. Whether in person or remote she does amazing work!
2 years ago
Katie is an extraordinary healer and amazing human being. Her shirodhara therapy session transformed me and brought me deep inner peace. She is a bright shining light in the darkness.
2 years ago
If you have not had a service from Katie then you are missing out. A Shirodhara treatment is a great way to go into a state of peaceful bliss. It’s a treat but it is also a necessity.
2 years ago
Strongly Recommended. Excellent Results.
2 years ago
Katie is amazing!
Her treatments are relaxing as well as enlightening. I have some physical issues that are relieved for months when I go to see Katie. I would go back to her over and over again.
She is an amazing woman who will recommend a modality that is perfect for you. Just let her know what’s going on with you and listen to her advice.
"It is clearly unique in this day and age to find a system of medicine that is thousands of years old and still one of the largest on the planet today. Ayurvedic medicine, although in its infancy here in America, has over 300,000 Indian doctors in the All Indian Ayurvedic Congress, making it the largest medical organizations in the world."
- Dr. John Couillard
Shirodhara is an ancient mind-melting warm oil therapy rooted in Ayurvedic concepts that give rise to elevated consciousness, expanded awareness, blissful sleep and healing for the entire mind-body-soul paradigm. Ayurveda is a time-proven, evidence-based holistic medical system of self-healing. This is potentially one of the most “spiritually awakening” therapies on the planet. It raises consciousness, bliss, peace, removes stress and so much more.
This ancient therapy enlivens the innate intelligence that lives in every cell in our body. It is a mind-melting experience, where it clears away negative thoughts by dispersing the negative electrical impulses that accumulate at our foreheads from overthinking and stress. It is one of the only therapies that assists in raising consciousness, allowing for spiritual and cellular activations within the physiology.
Shirodhara Therapy is offered at many medical wellness clinics, hospitals, and in the most elite beauty spas around the world. Some of the spas call it the Himalayan Treatment and others call it Soothing Forehead Therapy. Many medical spas are adopting this ancient therapy as a means for reversing the aging process and removing stress from the mind and physiology. If this therapy is done on a regular basis, it can transform one’s life on all levels. Ayurvedic and consciousness therapies such as shirodhara, are among the most subtle, yet, most powerful treatments for a plethora of disorders, but in the west, it is used mostly for developing a sense of well-being and restoring the harmony that weaves the body, mind and soul together.
This therapy usually takes about 30-75 minutes and 2 liters of oil, depending on the length and thickness of hair. Receiving Shirodhara Therapy once per week is recommended, initially.
"Shirodhara oil acts as amniotic fluid from the third eye over the scalp. The person can go into intra-uterine life. The trauma that was experienced then comes back to the gastro-intestinal tract. Psychologically, every person is seeking the womb--pure existence, bliss, comfort, security and love. Shirodhara returns one to this state. It releases important neurotransmitters from the pineal gland and brings serenity."
- Dr. Vasant Lad
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," famously attributed to Benjamin Franklin, highlights that stopping problems before they start is far more effective than fixing them later. This classic proverb emphasizes foresight in health, safety, and daily life.