Living Elements Wellness
Complementary and Alternative Medicine interventions supporting allopathic medical strategies, embracing and integrating the Ancient Sciences rooted in Ayurveda and Yoga philosophies, modern Western Science and Western Herbalism.
We promote salutogenesis in action ~ an embodied well-being approach that focuses on interventions, experiences and daily habits that support meaning and connection, rather than solely on disease prognosis by emphasizing work to navigate, with equanimity, mindful health and resiliency practices.
Every product, class, and practice is offered with deep respect for the land, the lineages, and the community we serve.
Living Elements Wellness is located on the unceded, ancestral territory of the Maara’yam (Serrano) and Chauilla people.
Amanda B'Hymer
RAYT, RAH, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist
Amanda began her professional work as a facilitator, teacher, and guide in 1995. Since then, she has been engaged in lifelong, experiential, environment-based learning through teaching in public schools, facilitating social service programs, guiding the Montessori method, and leading Community-Centered Health and Wellness classes. She is passionate about sharing Therapeutic Yoga and Ayurvedic Herbalist perspectives as modalities that support a more salutogenic life experience.
She is professionally registered with and certified by:
- Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America, Inc., USA
- Ayurvedic Living School
- International Association of Yoga Therapists
- Optimal State Yoga Therapy Training School
- Yoga Alliance
Her professional scope of practice includes:
- Yoga and Mental Health; Yoga and Physical Health; Yoga and Ayurveda; and Yoga Nidra in the traditions of T. Krishnamacharya, T.K.V. Desikachar, and Amy Wheeler, PhD
- Ayurvedic herbal approaches from the SVA lineage of Vaidya R.K. Mishra and Traci Webb
Amanda is the founder and director of Living Elements, which encompasses Grateful Desert Apothecary, Joshua Tree, California’s health and wellness shop, and Living Elements Wellness, a holistic behavioral health practice working with individuals and groups both online and in person.
Amanda is a faculty member at the Ayurvedic Living School, specializing in Yoga philosophy, asana, pranayama, and meditation, and serves as a mentor to students pursuing professional training toward Ayurvedic Practitioner certification. She is a guest lecturer at San Diego State University, where she presents on Nervous System Regulation and Polyvagal Theory through the lens of Yoga and Ayurveda.
Amanda has completed more than 3,000 hours of Ayurveda Herbalist, Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher Training, and professional development courses, including:
- Ayurveda Women's Wellness, Ayurvedic Living School, Dr. Sarita Shrestha, BAMS, AYUR MD (OB/GYN)
- Ayurveda Herbalist, Ayurvedic Living School, Traci Webb
- Yoga Therapist and Lifestyle Wellness Counselor, Optimal State Yoga Therapy School, Amy Wheeler, PhD
- Yoga Nidra Facilitator, Optimal State Yoga Nidra, Amy Wheeler, PhD
- Yoga Philosophy and Chanting, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram
- Yoga Sutra, Yoga Philosophy and Chanting, Kate Holcombe
- 500 RYT, Anusara Hatha YTT, Yoga Bliss, Jenn Lucene-Smith
- Restorative YTT, Yoga International, Cyndi Lee
University Studies
- Urban Communities and Environment, Antioch University Los Angeles
- American Feminist Literature and History, University of Washington
- AmeriCorps, Education Reform and Service Learning, Western Washington University / Bellingham Public Schools
Amanda has been living and working in Joshua Tree, California, since 2006, alongside a magical menagerie of cats, dogs, birds, lizards, snakes, humans, bunnies, insects, and flora of all kinds.
