My Approach
I’m passionate about perpetuating and sustaining our local food systems and constantly strive to do so by either farming food myself or by supporting local farmers in my community.
Aloha
My name is Allison and welcome to Bare Hands Ayurveda. An idea birthed out years of frustration found in Western diet culture, a love of farming and a passion for cooking meals from scratch that make me feel at home in my body.
Like many of you, I have spent years trying out new fads with the hopes of feeling my best energetically and physically. It wasn’t until I came upon Ayurveda that everything clicked, inspiring me to try a lifestyle of trusting my intuition.
Ayurveda is the “science of life” and works for us as individuals so that we may align mind, body, and spirit connection. Ayurveda provides us with the vocabulary to diagnose our own imbalances.
I began studying Ayurveda in 2017. Since then I have completed an Ayurvedic Internship with Banyan Botanicals and am currently studying with Myra Lewin of Hale Pule to become an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. I have my 200hr RYT and have worked back of house in cafes and restaurants for around 6 years. I have farmed in Hawaii and Oregon for around 4 years and have utilized my Masters in Teaching English as Second Language for around 5 years.
Through Bare Hands I strive to marry my skills and passion of farming, cooking, and teaching by providing home-cooked meals and recipes for clients as well as online and in personal consultations and workshops to assist you in reaching your most comfortable physical and mental state.
Aloha
The food
All produce used in my meals is Organic, local, and selected fresh. Every week I shop at my local farmers market to fill each bowl with the highest quality ingredients.
All animal products are locally farmed, pasture raised and grass-fed.
Only high quality, sustainable and organic fats and oils are used in my meals.
Everything is made with intention and only what I would choose to feed myself.
the farms
Here’s a list of some of the farms I support on a weekly basis:
Ahiki Acres
Ho Farms
Go Farm Hawaii
Ma’o Organic Farms
Wailua Growers
Kahumana Organic Farms
Small Kine Farm
Na’alae Beef Company
Farm Link Hawaii