UPCOMING EVENTS
January 12th
1:30pm -4:30pm
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Sheila Govindarajan returns for her fourth year as a featured contributor to the Integrative Medicine & Cultural Healing Week at the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. This year’s program invites medical students to explore diverse approaches to care and healing beyond the conventional biomedical model. The day begins on January 12th with a reflective discussion of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, led by Dr. Deepu Gowda, examining culture, ethics, and the challenges of cross-cultural medicine.
The discussion will be followed by a multidisciplinary panel introducing students to traditional and integrative healing modalities in contemporary practice. Panelists include Neelam Pathikonda (Integrative Medicine), Sheila Govindarajan (Ayurvedic Medicine), and Vignette Ching (Chinese Medicine). Together, they will share how their respective systems understand illness, wellness, prevention, and the human experience of healing, encouraging students to consider how cultural knowledge and ancestral lineages of medicine can coexist alongside clinical care in support of whole-person health.
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98 S. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
Sunday, December 21st
6pm
Tastemakers: Ram Dass
In celebration of the winter solstice, join us for a sacred evening of reflection, nourishment, and multisensory communion inspired by Cook Book for a Sacred Life by Ram Dass. The evening will include a live meditative soundscape featuring Soft Future and Sheila Govindarajan , an experimental ensemble blending generative and environmental sound.
This event is part of the Getty Research Institute’s Tastemakers series, featuring communal gatherings inspired by cookbooks from the Getty Library. Presented in partnership with Del Vaz Projects.
This event is SOLD OUT.
Getty Center
Cover of Cook Book For a Sacred Life (detail) by Ram Dass (Lama Foundation, 1970). Getty Research Institute, 2657-751
Saturday, November 15
11:00am – 3:00pm
Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Address Shared Upon Signup
*Limited Spots Available
Ayurvedic Cooking Class
Limited spots available
We’ll gather in a warm, welcoming kitchen to cook together and fill the space with spices, stories, and seasonal nourishment. Along the way, I’ll share simple tools and techniques to help you cook more confidently — and make everyday meals taste better, brighter, and more nourishing.
Together we’ll make:
Golden Mung & Lime Nourishing Soup
Kitchari
Sprouted Mung with Swiss Chard
Japanese Sweet Potato + Bok Choy + Jujube Subgzi
Ayurvedic Tonic
Your registration includes:
A custom zine with all of the day’s recipes
A Rasa Veda Discovery Set
An Ayurvedic Starter Spice Set
A shared sit-down meal to enjoy everything we create
Registration: $249
*P.S. We’ll be cooking a vegetarian meal with organic ghee and farm-to-table produce sourced from local farmers markets to keep every dish fresh, clean, and vibrant.
Previous Rasa Veda Events & Experiences
Saturday, July 19th
Monk Estate
Point Reyes Station CA
Rasa Veda makes its way to Point Reyes for a midsummer pop‑up, nestled in the wild coastal beauty of Northern California.
We’ll be offering:
– Complimentary Ayurvedic consultations
– Seasonal Adaptogenic spritzers to sip
– A full summer apothecary—hand‑poured, small-batch, and crafted in rhythm with the lunar calendar
This gathering is an open invitation to arrive with curiosity and explore how RASA VEDA might serve as a source of nourishment, grounding, and renewal in the season of high sun.
Let’s take a moment to pause, sip slowly, and reconnect with the senses.
Let the pulse of summer meet your body with care.
Saturday, June 21 –
Sunday, June 22
Move Sanctuary
Ojai, CA
Step into the golden light of the Summer Solstice—one of the most powerful portals of the year –– a radiant threshold and turning point in nature’s cycle. Golden Threshold is a two-day Ayurvedic immersion that honors this seasonal shift while offering timeless tools to align with nature’s rhythms all year long.
Rooted in the ancient science of Ritucharya (Ayurveda’s seasonal lifestyle wisdom), this immersion invites you into a deeper understanding of how the five elements—earth, water, fire, air, and ether—manifest in both the environment and within you. Together, we’ll explore how to care for the body, mind, and spirit through Ayurvedic teachings, seasonal rituals, and sensorial practices designed to restore balance and attune you to the natural world. Plus, you’ll tune in and connect with Ayurvedic herbs to craft your own seasonal Urdhwartana dry scrub.
Whether you are new to Ayurveda or returning to it as a remembrance, this gathering offers a place to learn, craft, move, and root into presence. We’ll weave practical wisdom with hands-on creation, collective ritual with individual integration—anchoring ourselves in both the fire of summer and the greater cycles that guide our lives.
Saturday, May 31 –
Sunday, June 1
Tea at Shiloh
Los Angeles, CA
In a world that moves fast, pulls hard, and often leaves us scattered, we offer a moment to pause—to listen, to return to what’s essential—so that you can move through life with more balance, more energy, and greater ease.
Join us for a two-day immersion at Tea at Shiloh that explores the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda through the five elements — Air, Ether, Fire, Water, Earth.
Return to your ancient, innate rhythm.
Remember the sacredness in your daily life.
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