Lose the weight.
And the shame.
Feel sexy and powerful again —

In the boardroom,
in front of the mirror,
and in your partner's hands.

The Journey

Ayurveda has guided women back to their bodies for thousands of years.

Your Journey is completely personalized to you.

A woman pausing in a creek — listening to what her body is asking for
if this sounds like you…

You’ve tried everythingand still don’t feel like yourself.


You eat well. You move your body. You've seen the doctors, tried the supplements, maybe even overhauled your diet more than once.

And yet.

Stubborn weight that won't budge no matter what you do.

Inflammation.

Pain.

Fatigue that sleep can't touch.

And the shame you feel has become its own kind of weight.

It's keeping you from feeling sexy, powerful, and at home in your own body.

And you've started to wonder if you're the problem.

You are not the problem.

Your body is simply speaking a language no one has taught you.

My job is to translate it - and teach it to you, so you never feel lost in your own body again.

What your body is actually saying


These aren’t signs that something is wrong with you.

They're signs your body is asking for something different.

In Ayurveda, your symptoms aren't random - they're information. Every person has a unique constitutional blueprint, and when life pulls you out of alignment, your body speaks up.

The puffiness. The inflammation. The stubborn weight. The numbers that keep creeping in the wrong direction.

These are your body saying: this isn't working for me.

Ayurveda has been reading these signals for thousands of years.

The answer isn't another protocol designed for someone else's body.

It's learning what your body actually needs - and giving it that.

imagine feeling at home in your body again...

a version of you that's been waiting

This is what life looks like on the other side.


The weight you’ve been carrying for years. The physical and emotional. Finally gone.

You get dressed and go clothes shopping with excitement.

You get up off the floor without thinking twice.

Your energy easily carries you through the day.

You are light and clear in body and mind.

Your digestion quietly hums in the background, the way it was always meant to.

Even when life gets busy.

Not because you're perfectly doing all the "right" things.

But because your body is deeply nourished at the cellular level.

It shows in your skin.

And in the quality of your presence.

Everyone around you can feel it.

You are alive in every cell of your being.

You feel free.

You feel like yourself again.

Working with Alex has been absolutely life‑changing. Through her Ayurvedic guidance, I've gained a clear understanding of what my body truly needs — something I struggled with for years. I thought I'd never be able to overcome the effects of hypothyroidism and menopause, but Alex helped me reconnect with my body and my spirit. I feel lighter and healthier than I have in years — I've lost 10 pounds of fat, but even more importantly I've regained my energy, clarity, and peace. I can't recommend her enough — she's truly gifted and deeply compassionate.
Kate Herrera Jenkins
Journey Client
how the process unfolds

The Journey, in four phases.


Each person's program is adapted to meet their unique needs.

Women often come to me having tried everything. They leave having lost stubborn weight, reduced inflammation, and reclaimed the kind of energy they thought was just gone.

They also leave knowing what their body is trying to communicate and how to respond, for the rest of their life.

The goal isn't perfect control or endless restriction. It's learning how to care for yourself deeply - and live fully, in a body that finally feels like yours.

01

Discover & Understand

We begin with a thorough Ayurvedic consultation so I can understand the full picture of you - where you've been, where you are now, and where you'd like to go.

We'll look at your diet, digestion, sleep, energy, movement, hormones, stress, emotions, daily habits, medications, and supplements - and anything else that's part of your story.

I also use traditional Ayurvedic assessment tools - observing the tongue, face, nails, and ears - which offer meaningful clues about what's happening beneath the surface.

Together, we'll clarify what success looks like for you.

Though many clients arrive hoping for one thing and leave most moved by what they didn't know they needed.


02

Cleanse & Transform

From there, I create a cleanse designed specifically for you. Not a generic plan. Not a one-size-fits-all reset. A personalized process built around your body, your history, your current needs, and your capacity.

This includes individualized food guidance, herbal education, lifestyle practices, nervous system support, and labwork-informed nutrition.

This stage is often where the deeper shifts begin. The body starts letting go of ama - what has accumulated and no longer serves. As the channels open, body, mind, and spirit move with greater ease. Agni (metabolism) strengthens. You feel lighter, clearer, and more embodied.

Sometimes this phase can feel intense. Healing asks something of us.

“Half an inch behind your pain is bliss.”

a teaching from my beloved teacher

Just beyond the discomfort is the change you so deeply desire.


03

Heal & Integrate

Once we've cleared away what no longer serves, we focus on what we want to flourish in your being - nourishing and rejuvenating (rasayana).

This is where we feed the tissues, bolster the nervous system, and restore your energy. It's also where we bridge the gap between the intensive bubble of a cleanse and the realities of day-to-day living.

Your schedule. Your family. Your preferences. Life happening.

Because the goal is not to live the rest of your life in a perfectly controlled environment.

The goal is for you to learn how to care for yourself - and to live your life.


04

Thrive & Sustain

Thriving doesn't mean perfect health or never struggling again. It means having more energy, more clarity, more resilience - and a deeper relationship with your Self and your body.

It means knowing how to care for yourself when life gets full. It means feeling empowered instead of confused.

Some people move into this phase quickly. Others cycle through cleanse, integrate, and thrive more than once. All of us oscillate between integration and thriving on some level. That is completely normal.

Healing and being healthy are never linear. We are always learning, adjusting, becoming.

My role is to help you experience more thrive in your real life - and give you the tools to return to it again and again.

“I have never done a cleanse so complete and thoughtful. I upleveled in my body, mind, and spirit. I have not felt so good in years.”

a Līlānanda client

Alex Rice balancing joyfully on creek stones — what thriving looks like after an Ayurvedic cleanse
Alex has a phenomenal understanding of Ayurveda and knows how to personalize the education for my particular needs. She completely tunes into the situation, is patient and incredibly understanding. She encourages me to have more awareness of how my body is reacting and feeling. Overall, I feel more in control of my health.
Nicola Carreras
Lilananda Client
A bowl of fresh citrus on the kitchen counter — personalized Ayurvedic nutrition in everyday life with Alex Rice, Ayurvedic Practitioner.
what's included

Your journey, shaped around you.


Every journey is built to fit the person walking it. Some women begin with three months, others with six. We'll find the right fit together on your call.

every journey includes
  • An initial 60-minute Ayurvedic consultation
  • A nutrition and lifestyle plan built for your constitution
  • Herbal education for your system in this season
  • 8 hours of 1:1 Zoom consults scheduled to support your process
  • Email and messaging support between sessions
  • A cleanse designed exactly for you

We'll talk through fit, structure, and investment
on your free Reclaim Your Body Call.

Reclaim Your Body Call
common questions

What people ask before saying yes.

Do I have to do an intense cleanse?

A cleanse is part of every Journey — but a cleanse doesn't have to mean hard, restrictive, or austere. It has to meet you exactly where you are.

For one person, a cleanse might be as light as a technology cleanse — stepping back from screens and constant input. For another, it might be as deep as a traditional mono-diet with internal oleation.

The shape it takes depends on you: your goals, your constitution, your stage of life, the season of the year, and what will best support the whole of you right now.

We find that shape together.

What if I have a chronic condition or specific medical issue?

Many people who come to me are interested in Ayurvedic education while navigating real health complexity — chronic digestive issues, hormonal shifts, fatigue, inflammation, sleep struggles, stubborn weight, and more. Ayurveda offers a way of understanding and caring for the whole person, and the educational support I provide can be a meaningful complement to the medical care you're already receiving.

An important note: my work is educational, not medical. I don't diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any health condition, and the information I share isn't a substitute for the advice or care of your physician or other licensed providers. If you're navigating a chronic or active medical condition, please continue working closely with them — and consult them before making any changes to your current regimen based on what you learn through our work together.

On our call, we'll talk through your situation and whether what I offer is a good fit for you right now.

How is this different from working with a nutritionist?

Both nutrition and Ayurveda care deeply about how food shapes your health. What Ayurveda adds is another layer of questions on top.

Beyond “is this food healthy?”, Ayurveda asks: is it healthy for you, right now? Every food has qualities — heating or cooling, heavy or light, building or scraping, moist or drying — and those qualities interact with your unique constitution, your current state of imbalance, the season, your digestive fire, your stress, your sleep. A bowl of raw vegetables might be the perfect meal for one person and exactly the wrong one for another, even on the same day.

So we work with food, yes — but also with rhythm, herbs, breath, daily practice, and the deeper question of what's keeping your body out of alignment in the first place. Most clients describe it as nutrition-plus-everything-around-it.

How will I know if this is right for me?

That's exactly what your Reclaim Your Body Call is for. It's free, it's about 30 minutes, and you'll leave with a clearer sense of whether this work is a fit — even if the answer is “not right now.” I'd rather you know with confidence either way than guess.

Alex Rice, Ayurvedic Practitioner near Asheville, NC — schedule your Reclaim Your Body Call if this is calling to you

Let's talk.

This is just a 30-minute conversation where we get to know each other, better understand what you've been carrying, and figure out together whether working together is the right next step.

There's no pressure. Just the two of us, talking honestly about what your body's been asking for.

If it's a fit, we'll begin.
If not, you'll leave with something useful regardless.

Reclaim Your Body Call

Or email me at alex@lilanandayurveda.com with any questions before we talk.