Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Pancha Karma Practitioner, Certified Yoga Instructor, Director: Samya Ayurveda Inc., Director: Ayurveda Association of British Columbia, Core Faculty: Ayurveda College of British Columbia
Shaughn has been studying and practicing Ayurveda and yoga for over two decades. He completed his Certificate of Yoga Education at Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar, India in 2001 and was certified as Panchakarma practitioner at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda in Boulder, Colorado in 2003. From 2003–2006, he continued to receive his Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner Certification at the Ayurvedic Academy in Seattle, including clinical internships in Bangalore and Chennai, India.
In 2005, Shaughn became one of the first Canadians accredited as an Ayurvedic Practitioner by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and he attended annual NAMA conferences from 2005–2008.
From 2006–2009, he completed a residential clinical internship at the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa at the Salt Spring Spa Resort under the guidance of Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran (BAMS, PHD), including advanced Marma Therapy training.
Shaughn has also completed additional training in spa therapies and wellness bodywork modalities.
In 2006, Shaughn established Samya Ayurveda and began developing Ayurvedic spa therapies, practitioner training programs, and wellness products in collaboration with Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran and Radhika Jenson.
From 2002–2014, he designed treatment protocols, spa menus, and practitioner training manuals for Ayurvedic and spa therapies offered at the Salt Spring Spa Resort, where early Ayurvedic spa treatments were introduced in Western Canada.
In 2014, Shaughn was invited to present at the International Congress on Renaissance in Sports Medicine in Tamil Nadu, India. His paper, Revival of Ancient Ayurvedic & Yogic Applications in Modern Sports Medicine & Opportunities for Indian Health Professionals in Canada, was published by the National College of Tamil Nadu.
From 2015–2020, Shaughn and Radhika established and operated the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa and Samya Yoga studio in Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
Shaughn is faculty at the Ayurveda College of British Columbia (ACBC) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ayurveda Association of British Columbia (AABC).
Today, Shaughn offers Ayurvedic consultations, traditional herbal oil and paste treatments, wellness bodywork, and yoga-based practices including pranayama and meditation through Samya Spa and Samya Ayurveda in Victoria, British Columbia.
Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, Diploma in Pancha
Karma, Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Ayurvedic Health Educator., Director:
Samya Ayurveda Inc., Director: Ayurveda Association of British
Columbia, Core Faculty: Ayurveda College of British Columbia
Radhika originates from the South Indian settlements of the Fiji Islands, where Ayurvedic lifestyle traditions were part of daily life. Raised within this environment, she developed an early interest in herbal medicine and traditional wellness practices.
In 2003, Radhika continued her studies in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she completed Thai Massage training. She later completed Ayurvedic Yoga training and received a Diploma as an Ayurvedic Pancha Karma Practitioner at the Ayur Academy of Natural Beauty in New Delhi, India in 2004. In 2006, she was certified as an Ayurvedic Health Educator through the American Institute of Vedic Studies.
Radhika completed a Panchakarma internship at the Art of Living Ashram Pancha Karma Centre in Bangalore, India in 2005. From 2006–2009, she completed a clinical internship at the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa at the Salt Spring Spa Resort under the guidance of Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran (BAMS, PHD).
She has also completed additional training in spa and beauty therapies.
From 2006–2014, at the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa at the Salt Spring Spa Resort, Radhika helped teach, develop, and formulate Ayurvedic spa therapies, practitioner training programs, and a range of organic Ayurvedic wellness and beauty products in collaboration with Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran and Shaughn Jenson.
From 2015–2020, Radhika and Shaughn established and operated the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa and Samya Yoga studio in Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
Radhika is a core faculty member of the Ayurveda College of British Columbia (ACBC) and serves on the Board of Directors and Ethics Committee of the Ayurveda Association of British Columbia (AABC).
Today, Radhika offers Ayurvedic consultations, Ayurvedic beauty therapies, traditional herbal oil and paste treatments, wellness bodywork, and yoga-based practices including pranayama and meditation through Samya Spa in Victoria, British Columbia.
DR. DHARMESH KUBENDIRAN, B.A.M.S., P.H.D. (CONSULTING PHYSICIAN)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coming from a large family with a lineage of Ayurvedic Medicine practitioners, Dr. Dharmesh’s inclination towards health has been with him from a young age. His curiosity about the disease process and natural therapeutic approaches especially towards toxicology and nervous system disorders was inherited from generations of family traditions. This combined with the satisfaction or learning from observing relatives with a variety of patient cases in his youth led him to choose a higher education which combined both the ancient traditions of Ayurveda and the modern advances of allopathic medicine: a Bachelor’s Degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.). In India this is the most common degree for a primary health care physician practicing Ayurvedic Medicine.
Excelling in studies despite much competition in the Indian education system, Dr. Dharmesh was accepted for the multidisciplinary course at the renowned Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Gundy, Chennai. The course led Dr. Dharmesh into many fields involved in the Medical and Pharmaceutical sciences such as Human Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology, Toxicology, ENT, Surgery, Geriatrics, Sexology, Pathology, Gynecology, Marma Chikitsa (Ayurvedic vital point & massage therapy) and more.
Learning techniques of modern medicine in the fields of technology, surgery and pharmaceuticals in combination with traditional Ayurvedic medicines and practices gave a great opportunity to approach and understand the health of the individual from a holistic point of view while making use of new advances in allopathic medicine.
After completing his B.A.M.S. along with a Diploma in Herbal Manufacturing and Management. Dr. Dharmesh began work as a Manufacturing Chemist for Retort Pharmaceuticals in Chennai. He completed years of preparing traditional and new propriety Ayurvedic herbal medicines and performed clinical trials and testing.
Many of Dr. Dharmesh’s products are available in Ayurvedic Pharmacies throughout India. Some examples include: Retosor (oil for skin aliments, psoriasis, itches, rashes and for general skin toning); Arlin Pain Oil (for topical pain relief); Bonneset (supplement which provides natural calcium and helps in natural ossification of fractured bones).
At the Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Women's Health for Infertility, Chennai Dr. Dharmesh associated with scientific director Dr. Jeyant Mehta to conduct research on infertility and sub-fertility while developing and testing Ayurvedic preparations on a variety of patients.
Years later Dr. Dharmesh founded Dhanwanthari Maruthuvam, a multispecialty Ayurvedic and Sports Medicine Clinic near T.Nagar, Chennai.
Always in search of incorporating new, effective and safe treatment methodologies for patients, Dr. Dharmesh’s diagnoses combine the use of Ayurvedic methodologies while taking into account blood and organ tests, X-rays, USG, CT Scans, MRIs and an understanding of herb and drug interactions and side effects. While his general practice addresses all types of patients and disorders, Dr. Dharmesh specializes mainly in Ayurvedic vital point therapy (using kinesiology & biomechanics), Pancha Karma massage therapy & detoxification and herbal medicines. Clinical success and patient recovery has been observed in many cases including spinal disorders, joint injuries, arthritis, eye, ear and respiratory diseases, hormonal imbalances, skin diseases, metabolic syndromes, weight disorders as well as addressing general rejuvenation, beauty care, infertility and virility. Unlike in many Ayurvedic clinics and hospitals which make use of under-qualified therapists for hands on treatments, all patients of Dr. Dharmesh are treated directly by himself.
In 2007, Dr. Dharmesh was sought out by one of Canada’s first Ayurvedic Spa Resorts, the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa at the Salt Springs Spa Resort in Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada. Shaughn Jenson, a Registered Ayurvedic Clinician and director of Samya Ayurveda Inc., completed internship with Dr. Dharmesh before sponsoring him to work in Canada for 3 years.
Dr. Dharmesh worked with over 2000 Canadian clients while learning how to address North American health issues and modifying Ayurvedic techniques to suit Western standards. He helped to develop Clinical and Spa therapy protocols used at the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa and in their Certification Courses. He also taught many Samya Ayurveda courses, workshops and conducted internships with Canadian students.
Dr. Dharmesh assisted in the formulation and preparation of the Samya Ayurveda line of Ayurvedic health, body and beauty products including the original versions of Samya Pain Oil, blending western herbs and essential oils with traditional Ayurvedic herbal formulations.
After returning to India, Dr. Dharmesh completed his Masters and MPhil in Sports Biomechanics and Kinesiology at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University. This has expanded his Ayurvedic practice into the well-respected field of Sports Medicine. He has since contributed greatly in boosting the performance, injury prevention, fitness assessments and recovery periods for sports patients using Ayurvedic methodology combined with the sciences of Biomechanics and Kinesiology.
In addition to the above mentioned, Dr. Dharmesh’s credentials and experience include:
-Visiting Faculty at National College in Department of Physical education Research and Sports Science. (Teaching classes on rehabilitation of Sports injury and biomechanics)
-Level one Anthropometrist from ISAK (International society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry)
-Nuero orthopaedic Institute, Australia (Course in Mobilization of the Nervous system)
-President /Sports injury consultant for CPWD FOOTBALL Club, Chennai.
-Certified Kinesiology Tape Therapist (from IKT Kinesiology Taping India).
Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran is currently residing in Chennai, Tamil Nadu India with his wife and children. While Dr. Dharmesh plans to return to Canada in the future, he currently offers remote Ayurvedic consultancy services in collaboration with the Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioners of Samya Ayurveda Inc. in Victoria, BC, Canada.