For the past 18 years, I’ve been studying or practicing as an acupuncturist in Taoist healing arts. Last year, after exhausting all “alternative” health options like acupuncture, chiropractor, energy work, massage, physical therapy, and some ayurvedic treatment (not with Martha), I was left with surgery as my only option.  Since the surgery, my back improved, but remained a chronic condition I had to attend to.  
 
Over the past couple years in my life, there’s also been a sense of loss – loss of energy, will, digestive ability, and even joy.  We found Surya Spa online and were excited it was close enough to allow for treatments without travel. 
 
After completing a five-day prep and a seven-day treatment with Martha, I feel my sense of health is reclaimed within me – inside and out.  I also have restored faith in the alternative health community to provide creative, person-appropriate services, with compassion, love, and wisdom.
 
Ayurveda’s diagnostics are a beautiful witness to the depth of what health means at all levels and Martha’s approach puts her at the top of my list of health care practitioners I’ve been exposed to.  Her treatment course facilitated my healing of various physical and emotional ailments.  Most notably, her treatment style has a heart that gently recalibrates one’s self to its true nature.  I’ve appreciated her knowledge and her dynamic approach to treatment that allowed me to address all major and minor ailments.
 
In my treatment with Martha, I’ve been able to attend to the depth of my back pain and injury, digestive problems, joint inflammation, eye strain, and older ailments I’d even forgotten about!  I’m grateful to have found her and look forward to incorporating her treatments throughout my life on a regular basis.
 
Gabrielle Hammond