bodhi marma
Bodhi Marma is Dr. Matt's signature approach to Marma Chikitsa - hands-on Ayurvedic acupressure therapy. For thousands of years, Marma points have been used in the care and treatment of those seeking Ayurvedic medical support. Bringing Marma into the modern day, the Bodhi Marma system blends together key principles of Dr. Matt's extensive training in Ayurveda, Counterstrain, and Thai Massage to deliver consistent results, and even more importantly, to get you feeling better.
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I began developing the Bodhi Marma system entirely by accident during my medical school career. At the time, I was studying Ayurvedic pulse reading, practicing Thai massage, and teaching yoga asana, and some key related pieces came together one day while I was caring for a client.
Development had to take backseat to my residency training and for the years that I worked in conventional office-based medicine. But in the first year after I opened The Buddha's Medicine, I was doing some more basic marma work for a patient, and everything I had been working on years prior came flooding back. I began to weave in some osteopathic diagnostic elements, developed some charts with a graphic designer, and we were off to the races!
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Bodhi Marma takes Ayurvedic Marma Chikitsa (marma therapy) into the realm of the super-personalized in practice at The Buddha's Medicine, which is how and why we utilize it! We've found it very effective for all kinds of health concerns (including acute health issues); it compliments and integrates our broader practice approach seamlessly.
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Over the years I've studied Ayurveda (since 2009), I have personally found what marma education there is out there uninspiring, incomplete, and lackluster. That's not a knock on anyone in particular; to me, it seems to be the global state of affairs. Of course, the start of Bodhi Marma was kind of a happy accident anyway, so it's not like I intended this to come into being - it just kind of happened!
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The scope of Bodhi Marma doesn't really know any bounds - I have found it helpful for every person and case I've used it with so far!
"I came to Matt when I was really feeling out of balance and anxious. Matt not only heard me, but he taught me how to heal myself. I was able to get personalized recommendations that really changed my relationship with my body and my health."
— J.S., patient of The Buddha’s Medicine
Feel better today.
