Ayurveda Healing With Heart— Love, Vella

Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?

Step into a sacred space where your body, mind, and spirit can truly be heard. In this 90-minute experiential discovery session, we’ll explore the unique rhythms of your being, uncover the healing possibilities that lie ahead, and see if this path is the one for you.

This session is an opportunity to dive into the way I work and experience firsthand the transformative power of Ayurvedic wisdom and sacred bodywork. Together, we’ll uncover how to best support your journey, and you’ll leave with clarity, insights, and a deeper connection to your healing potential.

Let’s begin the journey toward your radiant, balanced self.

Pathways to healing

  • Psychological

    Stress / Anxiety / Depression
    Trauma / Grief & Loss
    Insomnia

  • Physical

    Pain & Fatigue
    Chronic Health Conditions
    Digestive Disorders

  • E-motional

    Childhood Trauma & Emotional Wounds
    Self-Abandonment
    Life Transitions / Relationship Challenges

  • Lifestyle & Preventative Care

    Seasonal Imbalances
    Accumulation of Toxins (Ama)
    Weight Management

  • Mind-Body Connection

    Stagnation in the Nadis (energy channels) Low Prana (Life Force Energy)
    Mental Fatigue & Cognitive Distortion

Sacred Offerings

  • Each path is personalized, unfolding at the ideal pace for deeper exploration. Through the sacred science of Ayurveda, Vella helps you attune to your body, mind, and spirit, bringing them into harmony with nature’s rhythms. This deeply nourishing Ayurvedic therapy uses techniques such as Shirodhara, Marma Chikitsa, Nasya, Abhyanga, Pinda Swedhana, and Udvartana promoting lymphatic drainage to release tension, detoxify the body, and restore balance. Sacred Bodywork can be received as a standalone service or integrated within Panchakarma for enhanced healing.** Half- day retreats are also available upon request, which includes a customized package.

    – Shirodhara: A deeply soothing therapy where warm, herbal oil is poured gently over the forehead, balancing the nervous system and calming the mind. This ancient treatment promotes deep relaxation, relieves stress, and enhances mental clarity, creating a profound sense of peace.

    – Nasya: A purifying nasal therapy where warm, herbal oils are gently introduced into the nostrils, accompanied by the calming presence of incense to soothe the senses. This traditional treatment clears toxins from the sinuses, alleviates headaches, and improves respiratory health, leaving you feeling mentally clear and energetically balanced.

    – Abhyanga: A rejuvenating full-body oil massage using warm, therapeutic oils tailored to your dosha. This therapy stimulates circulation, detoxifies the body, and nourishes the skin, leaving you feeling deeply relaxed and balanced.

    – Marma Chikitsa: A healing practice that targets key energy points in the body, releasing blockages and restoring vitality. By stimulating the marma points, this therapy balances your energy, improves circulation, and supports emotional well-being.

    – Pinda Swedhana: A therapeutic treatment using warm herbal poultices to massage the body. This therapy enhances circulation, relieves muscular tension, and promotes detoxification, offering deep relaxation and rejuvenation for the body and mind.

     – Udvartana: A stimulating herbal powder massage that exfoliates, tones, and invigorates the body. This therapy promotes weight loss, improves circulation, and energizes the body, leaving your skin glowing and your energy renewed.

  • An ancient process of detoxification and rejuvenation, Panchakarma is Ayurveda’s deepest and most profound cleansing and rejuvenation therapy. It is a sacred process of clearing ama (toxins) from the body, mind, and spirit, restoring the body’s innate intelligence to heal and renew itself.

    Unlike modern cleanses that can be harsh or depleting, Panchakarma is both a purification and a restoration. It gently draws out accumulated toxins while deeply nourishing the tissues, energy centers, and subtle body. Sacred Bodywork is woven throughout the journey, offering therapeutic touch, energy healing, and herbal oil therapies to support detoxification and open the pathways for rejuvenation.

    Panchakarma is not just about removing toxins—it is a ceremonial homecoming to balance, vitality, and clarity.Panchakarma employs treatments like oil massages, herbal steam therapy, and cleansing procedures to eliminate toxins, reset the digestive system, and promote overall well-being. It provides deep healing, restored vitality, and long-term balance.

  • A practice of presence, breath, and stillness, these private sessions are designed to help you reconnect with your body as a vessel of wisdom. Through movement, mantra, and meditation, Vella offers Kriya yoga as a sacred ritual for self-healing.

  • Guiding individuals one- to- one to use natural, proven approaches to address many common physical and mental health concerns wholistically from digestion-related issues to sleeplessness to anxiety to stress reduction. By applying the tools and ancient wisdom of a 6,000-year-old spiritual life science, Vella guides individuals at all experience levels on a path towards balance and harmony in resonance with nature. Each path is personalized and designed to take each person on a spiritual, emotional, and physical journey at the ideal pace to go deeper as they are ready. While she uses her many proven modalities to promote sustainable health and wellness, her work helping her clients find self-love has the greatest impact. Healing is not a formula—it is a journey, and each step is taken at the pace the soul is ready for. Through personalized Ayurvedic consultations, Vella guides individuals in addressing digestion, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and stress and with natural, time-honored practices. Each session weaves together ancient wisdom and practical rituals, helping individuals create sustainable healing rooted in self-awareness and deep nourishment.

  • Sacred spaces hold the power to initiate deep healing. Through immersive workshops and gatherings, Vella guides individuals in breathwork, chakra healing, Tantric rituals, and Ayurvedic practices. These experiences invite you into deeper alignment with yourself and the sacred traditions of Ayurveda and Tantra.

  • Ayurvedic Products: A Ritual of Nourishment

    While healing begins within, food and self-care rituals are the threads that sustain it. Love, Vella offers a collection of Ayurvedic foods and handcrafted herbal products to support daily nourishment and self-care. These products are not the focus of the practice but serve as an extension of it—tools to integrate Ayurveda into daily life effortlessly.

        •    Handcrafted Ghee – A signature and deeply sacred offering, our ghee is made with reverence, patience, and intention. This golden elixir has been used for centuries in Ayurveda for its nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. It carries the essence of purification and sustains the agni (digestive fire), supporting deep cellular renewal and vitality.

        •    Khichadi Blend – A healing Ayurvedic meal, our signature khichadi blend offers a simple yet deeply nourishing way to restore balance from within. Warming, grounding, and easy to prepare, it serves as a reset for the body, mind, and spirit.

        •    Sacred Spices, Chai Infusions, Balms & Herbal Oils – Designed to infuse daily rituals with healing, these offerings bring Ayurveda into your kitchen and self-care practices, allowing you to weave ancient wisdom into modern life with ease.

Love, Vella

♡ Ayurveda Healing with heart ♡

Love, Vella ♡ Ayurveda Healing with heart ♡

Meet Vella

Vella Catania is an Ayurvedic & Tantric Practitioner, guide, and mentor devoted to helping others reclaim their innate power. She does not see herself as a healer of others but as a catalyst for remembrance—empowering beings to awaken their own capacity for transformation. We are all alchemists of our healing; sometimes, we just need guidance to find our way back to ourselves.


Her journey into Ayurveda emerged from a profound need for healing. She walked this path through years of fear, anxiety, unresolved trauma, and debilitating chronic pain—searching for answers where conventional medicine fell short. Ayurveda, sacred rituals, and bodywork became the catalysts for her transformation, guiding her into deeper self-awareness and healing. Now, her life’s work is to offer this same depth of healing to others.

Vella is the founder of Love, Vella, a sacred healing space where she merges Ayurveda, Tantra, and intuitive guidance. She is deeply immersed in advanced Ayurvedic studies, working toward Board Certification in Ayurveda with specializations in Ayurvedic Psychology, Panchakarma, and Sacred Bodywork, along with an emphasis on Ayurvedic herbs. As Chair of the Student Sub-Committee with NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association), she is a voice for the future of Ayurveda. Her training spans Yoga Veda Institute for Ayurvedic Medicine, Maharani Academy, Satmya Ayurveda, Psychospiritual Institute, and Sattva Yoga Academy, where she has mastered transformative healing modalities.


Love Notes

  • Love, Vella‘s approach to healing holds depth of wisdom, authenticity and compassion that is seldom found these days. Vella blends together the ancient esoteric knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga in a very accessible and applicable way. With Vella‘s integrous guidance, I can say I have been successful in my healing journey and am beyond grateful.

    Marilyn D.

    Indianapolis, IN

  • I have been blown away by Vella’s extensive Ayurvedic knowledge and wisdom. She helped me find ways to heal a stomach condition when western medicine was no longer working for me. Vella provided specific food guidelines, recipes/shopping lists, meditations/mantras/pranayama/asana, a treatment plan with herbal supplements to heal and restore my gut function and more, all based on my dosha and individual needs. She integrates her deep knowledge and intuition in her practice and has completely changed the way I think about health and wellness. A worthy investment - I am extremely grateful for all her help. Thank you Vella!

    Lindsey S.

    Buffalo, NY

  • I recently had the opportunity to experience Marma Therapy and a Basti treatment focused on the heart and navel, and I can honestly say it was one of the most deeply relaxing and restorative experiences I’ve had in a long time. From the moment the session began, I felt completely at ease. The care, intention, and expertise with which the therapy was performed created a sense of calm and connection that stayed with me long after the session ended.

    The heart and navel Basti treatments brought a surprising sense of emotional release and physical grounding. I left feeling lighter, more centered, and with a renewed sense of balance. It was more than just a treatment—it felt like a genuine act of self-care and healing.

    I highly recommend this to anyone looking to reconnect with themselves, reduce stress, or simply explore the benefits of Ayurvedic therapy in a safe and nurturing environment.

    Jason W.

    Buffalo, NY

  • Vella is the best. Not only did I feel welcome and comfortable, I felt better once I arrived and even better by the time our session ended. Traveling can be stressful on the body and mind. Even though I was in Buffalo for business on a tight schedule, this was an energizing and healing experience. I found time to do a couple guided breath work & yoga sessions. Truly a unique and enjoyable experience. I would recommend it to anyone.

    James M.

    Palm Springs, CA

  • I definitely know that I need your help with healing and working on my body, and I truly feel like we crossed paths for a reason. I feel a strong, almost maternal comfort from you—no one has ever spoken to me so calmly and kindly, especially when I’m unwell. You have a beautiful way of speaking that makes me feel safe, heard, and genuinely cared about. Last night, for the first time, I genuinely knew that someone else on earth cared about me, and that means the world to me.

    Alexa B.

    West Falls, NY

Let's Connect!

Common Questions,

Heartfelt Answers

  • Ayurveda is for anyone seeking balance, healing, and a deeper connection to their body and mind. It offers personalized approaches to wellness based on your unique constitution, helping to address both physical and emotional imbalances. Whether you’re looking to improve your health, manage stress, or deepen your spiritual practice, Ayurveda provides the tools and guidance to support your journey toward optimal well-being.

  • Ayurvedic Sacred Bodywork is an ancient healing art that weaves together therapeutic touch, herbal oils, energy awakening, and sacred intention. Rooted in the wisdom of Ayurveda, it invites the body, mind, and spirit into remembrance—restoring balance, vitality, and peace.

    Each therapy nourishes the physical tissues, clears the subtle energy channels (nadis), and harmonizes the doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha), creating space for deep healing to unfold. This is not simply massage—it is a sacred ceremony of renewal.

  • Ayurvedic Alchemy is a sacred space where ancient wisdom and intuitive healing meet. Below are answers to some common questions about this one-on-one journey, designed to help you step into deeper balance, vitality, and remembrance of your true nature.

    Ayurvedic Alchemy is a sacred one-on-one journey—a weaving of ancient Ayurvedic wisdom, intuitive lifestyle design, and sacred bodywork. It is a personalized path of renewal, where the body, mind, and spirit are gently guided back into balance.

    In these sessions, we explore the full landscape of your life—diet, daily rhythms, emotional patterns, and energy flow—and create a living map for your healing. Sacred Bodywork is woven into the journey, allowing the body to open, release, and receive on a profound level. This is not a quick fix—it is a ceremony of remembrance, a soft return to your natural state of vitality and ease.

  • Each session is uniquely crafted and may include:

        •    Ayurvedic Consultation — A deep dive into your constitution (prakruti) and current imbalances (vikruti), with personalized recommendations for food, herbs, and daily rituals.

        •    Lifestyle and Ritual Design — Restructuring daily habits (dinacharya) and creating sacred practices to align you with the rhythms of nature.

        •    Sacred Bodywork — Healing therapies such as Abhyanga, Marma Chikitsa, Shirodhara, or Heart Basti to nourish both the physical and energetic bodies.

        •    Emotional and Energetic Healing — Safe space to explore emotional blockages, restore energy flow, and awaken inner clarity.

    Every layer of your being is honored—body, mind, heart, and soul.

  • Ayurvedic Alchemy is for those who are ready to move beyond surface solutions and tend to their healing at the root. It is for those who feel called to live with greater radiance, resilience, and alignment. Whether you are seeking relief from chronic symptoms, emotional healing, or deeper self-connection, Ayurvedic Alchemy offers a sacred space for true transformation to unfold.

  • Some of the therapies you may experience include:

        •    Abhyanga — A rhythmic, warm herbal oil massage that grounds the nervous system, detoxifies the body, and nourishes the tissues.

        •    Marma Chikitsa — Activation of sacred energy points (marmas) to clear stagnation, awaken vitality, and support emotional release.

        •    Shirodhara — A continuous, meditative flow of warm oil over the third eye to calm the mind, soothe the senses, and invite deep stillness.

        •    Heart Basti — A healing reservoir of warm oil over the heart chakra to tenderly hold grief, soften emotional armor, and restore openness.

        •    Nabhi Basti — Centering and nourishing the navel chakra to support digestion, core strength, and emotional grounding.

  • Through sacred touch, aromatic oils, and intuitive healing, the body’s natural rhythms are restored. Tension melts, energy flows, and the heart remembers its original state of ease, clarity, and joy. Ayurvedic Sacred Bodywork nourishes not only the body—it awakens the soul.

  • Panchakarma is Ayurveda’s deepest and most profound cleansing and rejuvenation therapy. It is a sacred process of clearing ama (toxins) from the body, mind, and spirit, restoring the body’s innate intelligence to heal and renew itself.

    Unlike modern cleanses that can be harsh or depleting, Panchakarma is both a purification and a restoration. It gently draws out accumulated toxins while deeply nourishing the tissues, energy centers, and subtle body. Sacred Bodywork is woven throughout the journey, offering therapeutic touch, energy healing, and herbal oil therapies to support detoxification and open the pathways for rejuvenation.

    Panchakarma is not just about removing toxins—it is a ceremonial homecoming to balance, vitality, and clarity.

  • Each Panchakarma journey is personalized, but may include:

        •    Initial Ayurvedic Consultation — A complete assessment to design your unique cleanse plan based on your constitution (prakruti), imbalances (vikruti), and current life rhythms.

        •    Dietary and Lifestyle Preparation — Gentle preparatory steps to ready the digestive fire (agni) and mind for the deep work ahead.

        •    Sacred Bodywork — Therapies such as Abhyanga (warm herbal oil massage), Svedana (therapeutic steam), Marma Chikitsa (energy point activation), and Heart Basti to support purification and ease emotional release.

        •    Targeted Cleansing Therapies — Ayurvedic treatments to clear ama from the digestive tract, lymphatic system, and tissues, using time-honored methods appropriate to your needs.

        •    Rejuvenative Therapies (Rasayana) — After clearing, a phase of deep nourishment and rebuilding to restore strength, vitality, and inner radiance.

    Every step is held with sacred intention—to cleanse not just the body, but the deeper currents of the mind, heart, and spirit.

  • Panchakarma clears deep-rooted toxins, strengthens the digestive fire (agni), balances the doshas, and revives the body’s natural healing intelligence. On the emotional and energetic levels, it creates space for clarity, lightness, and a renewed sense of self.

    It is beneficial for:

        •    Chronic digestive issues, fatigue, and inflammation

        •    Hormonal and emotional imbalances

        •    Stress, anxiety, and emotional heaviness

        •    Seasonal or life transition support

        •    Deep rejuvenation and spiritual renewal

    Panchakarma is an offering of love to your whole being—a deep clearing, a sacred reset, and a profound restoration of harmony within.

  • The work I offer is deeply transformative and personalized, and as such, the cost of each session is unique to the individual and their current needs. It is an investment in your healing, your growth, and your well-being—one that meets you where you are, whether you’re seeking a gentle reset or a profound life shift.

    Rather than a one-size-fits-all price, the cost is crafted with you in mind, reflecting the specific therapies, time, and care required for your unique journey. I invite you to reach out, connect, and share where you are on your path. Together, we can discuss the most aligned approach for your healing, and I will ensure the offering resonates with your current needs and intentions.

    The journey to wholeness begins with your first step—let’s explore how we can walk it together.

    Contact Me to Learn More and Connect.

The journey to wholeness begins with your first step—let’s explore how we can walk it together.

Reach out to connect and discuss how we can align your healing path.