SUCCESS STORIES
Working with Andrea was a dream.
She not only helped us to introduce Ayurvedic recipes and cooking techniques into our diet, but opened the door to our better understanding the Ayurvedic approach to overall body-mind-spirit health. Her initial health analysis was beyond comprehensive and along every step of our work with Andrea she delivered this same above-and-beyond service and attention to detail. We are now more aware of what we're eating and how we're feeling throughout the day. As a result of working with Andrea we've shifted some bad habits, made some easy and welcome substitutions to our diet, and re-committed to our health goals. We feel we're on our way to a longer, more vibrant life!
The inclusion of lifestyle changes is dramatic to understanding the impact of food and mood.
The Happy Eaters course is so much more than cooking. Cooking has been my passion for my life. I started to learn about digestion 10 years ago due to extreme food allergies. The inclusion of lifestyle changes is dramatic to understanding the impact of food and mood. Incorporating timing of meal prep, meals, mindset, balancing for dosha type with diet and movement, was made simple and occasionally eye-opening by Andrea.
Kathy O'Brien
Happy Eater Student Spring 2022
I am forever changed!
I already love to cook and eat healthily, but Happy Eater put a new spin on my food mindset and 'level up' what I want to put into my body. There is magic in Ayurvedic cooking that I believe everyone should consider trying. Why? It is so balanced, so nourishing, and kind of easy once you 'get the hang of it'. In just a few short weeks of incorporating 2-3 Ayurvedic suppers each week, I have lost weight, improved my digestion, and I feel happier! The energy of the food and combinations of spices are making my doshas happy and balanced! I wake up easier in the morning, have less aches and pains, and my body just feels good. Ayurvedic nutrition and cooking will get you back in touch with your body and with food. This connection is so powerful and healing, that I will enroll in future programs... anything Andrea is teaching!
I find myself in a new chapter of my life.
I’m down to the weight I was in 2005. I am where I want to be. Each step you take is a new beginning, and there are a lot of things I’ve kept that will be new habits. Your cooking classes are great. Very easy to follow. I love the way you teach us how to use spices with the ghee, and now I am very creative and confident in my cooking—both with, and without—recipes.
Wendy Morris
Happy Eater Student Fall 2021
I’m a Happier Eater!
The cooking classes were so helpful. Especially for me, because I don’t normally cook. Andrea provided the recipes and instructions ahead of time so we could shop for and prepare the ingredients and make sure we had the kitchen equipment needed. It was so helpful to be led step-by-step through the entire cooking process. And Andrea has weaned me off from using the microwave! I have a newfound joy in cooking, my digestion has improved, and I've lost a couple of pounds!
It has been wonderful to feel like myself almost all the time now.
I think about where I was then, and where I am now. How much you have helped me. This has been so helpful and life-changing to be honest with you. It has given me my life back. You helped me every step along the way. And it has been wonderful to feel like myself almost all the time now.
Judith Mitello
Beautiful person
I especially enjoyed learning about the importance of spices that enhance the food’s flavors and health benefits.
As a health coach, I was so happy to discover Andrea Hayley-Sankaran, and join her course, “Nourishment for Visionaries,” as I have learned so much more about the Ayurvedic approach to cooking food as medicine for our health! It was great to cook with everyone, and to have such beautiful and tasty meals that my family really appreciated as well. I especially enjoyed learning about the importance of spices that enhance the food’s flavors and health benefits thanks to Andrea’s knowledgeable and inspiring approach in the kitchen.
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Sarah Pinösch
Health Coach
You have given me a new life filled with more energy to continue the work that I love.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for your work. You are an Extraordinarily gifted teacher. I don’t want to be dramatic, but you have given me a new outlook on life, and helped me to save my business. Life was so hard being tired all the time.
I am 76, and I have had problems with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 40 years. I have gone to doctor after doctor asking for help with energy, and they all say they can’t help. You are the first person who gave me hope, and with your fine teaching, I am feeling more energetic. I want more and more energy, and I believe I will get it continuing my studying under you.
I also love your cooking classes. Although I have been a health nut for decades, I learned I was making a lot of mistakes with my food. The depth of your knowledge is amazing. Also, I love your wonderful, tasty recipes, and am so grateful to have them. I am eating veggies I never thought I liked, and with your seasoning suggestions, I now enjoy them so much.
Dottie Arehart
Dottie Trainings
They flipped over these dishes.
I had my pilates teacher and her husband over for dinner last night. They are superb cooks, so it can be a little intimidating cooking for them. They are both plant-based, and they spend a lot of time in the kitchen, just like you. I made the Thai Carrot Soup and added orange juice, and the Buckwheat Soba Salad, and they flipped over these dishes. He kept sniffing the sauce. He wanted to savor all the senses.
Working with Andrea during the Nutrition for Visionaries Program was eye-opening.
I am a health coach with a background in nutrition so I know a lot about food. Until taking Andrea’s course though, I didn’t truly appreciate the concept of eating for better digestion. Most people focus on eating better to lose weight, which never actually works. By focusing more on your personal dosha, digestion, and food pairing, you eat the way your body works. Amazingly, weight loss occurred without counting calories or going on a diet, and my tummy issues, though mild, have been nonexistent.
Andrea is an excellent teacher: patient, understanding, and calm. Her teaching style is interactive as she asks questions to help her gauge where each of her students is in their journey and whether they are “digesting” the material.
If you are considering a diet changes or a new diet, talk to Andrea first, and take Nutrition for Visionaries. It will change your life!
Awareness was the biggest benefit
You sprinkle in enough Ayurvedic life coaching into the cooking … I came into the class thinking I was learning a cooking style, but I learned that it is not a cooking style … it’s digestion, so my mindset switched to digestion, and from ‘lets plan meals to satisfy hunger, to lets plan meals that are digestible!’ It helped me to embrace our food sensitivities because I realized it is not an allergy; it’s not that you are going to die from it; but the problem is that your body can’t digest those foods. Just like the doctor said: this is my DNA.
Stephanie Jeffcoat Guadette
Happy Eater Student - Fall 2021
I think I am down 5 pounds. Yaaaaahoooo!!
A little bit of mindfulness goes a long way! And I’ve noticed I don’t need to buy as much at the grocery store. It feels like I am coming more into balance. I was not expecting THAT!
Heather Schade
Bnb Life
You engaged me, and inspired me …
to do the shopping, cooking, and the followup. It was very engaging. During the cooking class I was able to follow. I was so proud. I said to my mom, “I cooked today.”
Dilyana Meliva
Yoga Teacher
'I have brought mindfulness to the way I cook.'
Cooking in the way that you taught me is not the same as my typical utilitarian approach to food. I feel calm and peace, because I know I am doing something incredible for my body.
Sophia Marsh-Ochsner
Life Coach
I highly recommend Andrea as a teacher and Ayurveda health counselor
Her course reminded me of the deep connection that the tastes of food have to the stomach, and how they affect our digestion. I learned how to make a simple condiment that I use daily in my food. It was a game-changer in my digestion, and it's delicious.
Usha Leason
Ayurvedic practitioner
Wonderful course that I would highly recommend!
The ideas, the recipes, the teaching style, and the new flavor combinations all resulted in a fantastic experience, a shift in daily eating, and accidental weight loss without even trying.
Kate Hellmers
Your10Keys