Ashley Meadows

CAS, Herbalist, RYT, and classically trained Chef

Ashley is a faculty member at the California College of Ayurveda. Her passion for food as medicine has guided a lifelong journey of healing, teaching, and community transformation. In addition to practitioner consulting, body therapies and medicine makeing, Ashley has designed and taught seasonal Ayurvedic cooking classes, as well as yoga-based workshops that merge: Doshic theory, breathwork, shamanism and medicine making. She also has a passion for teaching children, developing an Ayurvedic after school program for Montessori and Waldorf. Here children learn by interacting with the elements through play. Her teachings are accessible, joyful, and deeply nourishing. Ashley brings a unique and embodied approach to Ayurveda – One rooted in the kitchen, the garden, and the sacred rhythms of nature. Her mission: To inspire all generations to realize Ayurveda not only as a science, but as a sacred way of living. One that nourishes body, mind, and soul. One breath, one meal, and one season at a time.

Recent Blogs

As a routine of ayurveda gut health practice, a woman smiling as she eats a colorful bowl of grains and greens at a wooden table, with turmeric, ginger, spices and a mortar and pestle beside her.
October 1, 2026

Gut Health Went Mainstream. In Ayurveda, Digestion Was Always the Starting Point.

A meal can look perfectly healthy on paper and still...
An Ayurvedic intern conducting a supervised one-on-one consultation at the California College of Ayurveda
September 30, 2026

From Classroom to Clinic: How CCA Prepares Ayurveda Students for Real-World Careers

Learning Ayurveda is one thing. Sitting across from a real...
Dr. Marc Halpern and Dr. Andrea Deerheart, co-teachers of the Yoga Nidra and Ayurvedic cleanse retreat at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas.
September 29, 2026

Yoga Nidra and Ayurveda in the Bahamas: A Q&A with Dr. Marc Halpern and Dr. Andrea Deerheart

Satsang at 6 a.m. Kitchari at the table. Yoga Nidra...

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