Your Body Knows How to Heal

SomaVeda® is the authorized Indigenous, traditional, Christ-centered medicine system adopted by the Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC). It draws from Classical Ayurveda, Indigenous Thai Traditional Medicine (ITTM), Native American healing practices, and Christian Monastic Medicine.

Rather than focusing on disease and symptoms, SomaVeda® looks at the whole person and works with natural law: physical, mental, and spiritual. The system holds that spirit, mind, body, and nature cannot be separated. Their functions overlap and depend on each other.

As the Thai Yoga Center teaches: "All yoga can be therapeutic, but not all yoga is yoga therapy." SomaVeda® is that therapy. It works privately, hands-on, with each person's unique body type, history, and needs.

Common question. The NAIC is not a church in the way most people think of one. There are no Sunday services to attend. No sermons. No dress code. No pressure to believe anything specific.

The NAIC is a tribal organization whose mission is to protect and preserve Indigenous medicine. It was established to keep 5,000 years of sacred healing traditions alive. People of any faith, any background, any belief system are welcome to join.

Think of membership the way you'd think of belonging to a credit union instead of a big bank. It's a private association that protects both you and your practitioner, giving you access to healing modalities that aren't available to the general public.

The "church" designation is what provides legal protection under the First Amendment and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. It is the reason this medicine can be practiced freely in all 50 states, the way it was always meant to be practiced.

NAIC membership opens a private domain of traditional care:

• Access to Indigenous healing modalities not available to the general public
• Religious therapeutic services protected under the First Amendment
• Practitioner–member privacy within a private association
• Christian Science Practitioner services, HSA authorized (see IRS Publication 502)
• Community connection with a UN WHO DESA recognized Indigenous organization
• 50% discount on all services for veterans and first responders
• Your family can join with you

Membership is $15 per year, renewed annually, less than a single copay. The fee may be waived by the church at their discretion. Enrollment is simple and is handled during your initial consultation.

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Wear comfortable, loose-fitting, or stretchy clothing that allows a full range of motion: yoga pants, athletic wear, or anything you can move freely in. Unlike Western massage, you remain fully clothed throughout your session. Avoid jeans, belts, heavy zippers, or anything restrictive. The bodywork involves deep stretching, so you need to be able to move.

• Don't eat heavy meals right before your session. The bodywork involves deep compression, stretching, and abdominal work. A light meal 1–2 hours beforehand is ideal.
• Hydrate well with water before and especially after your session. Deep bodywork is physical work, and water helps you feel good afterward.
• Turn your phone off or leave it in your car if possible. This work is deeply meditative for both practitioner and receiver. Distractions diminish the therapeutic effect. You'll get more out of the session when your mind is fully present.
• Come with an open mind. The session may include prayer, mindfulness, and energy work alongside the physical bodywork. Being receptive to the process, even if it's new to you, is part of the work.

Your session time is reserved exclusively for you. When you don't show, no one else can fill that spot. No-shows and late cancellations (under 24 hours) will be charged the full session fee.

If you are in an active protocol (such as a multi-day therapeutic series), missed sessions must be repurchased. Protocol days are sequenced for a reason: each session builds on the previous one. Skipping disrupts your healing timeline and compromises results.

Genuine emergencies are handled on a case-by-case basis. We understand life happens. Just communicate with us.

A SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day is not a single treatment. It is a structured protocol of up to seven unique sessions, each with a different focus: Supine, Side Lying, Prone, Abdomen, and Seated positions. The practitioner uses hands, feet, knees, and elbows to apply rhythmic compression, deep stretching, and therapeutic yoga postures along the body's Sen (energy) lines.

Your first visit begins with a thorough intake assessment: case history, Ayurvedic constitutional (Tri-Dosha) evaluation, and clinical screening, all used to tailor the protocol to you. Curious about your constitution? Take the free dosha quiz.

Each session builds on the previous one. People often walk in tight and guarded and leave looser and moving easier. No magic. A precisely sequenced system refined over thousands of years.

People come to feel better in their body: everyday muscle tension and stiffness, nagging back and neck tightness, stress, poor sleep, limited range of motion, sports recovery, and the general wear of a hard-working life.

Published clinical research on traditional Thai massage reports reduced musculoskeletal pain, greater flexibility and range of motion, and lower perceived muscle tension (systematic review, 2015).

These services are traditional bodywork and wellness practices, not medical care, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary. Consult your physician for medical concerns.

Athletes come in for recovery. Executives come in to stay sharp under load. Plenty of people come in because they're tired of feeling worn down. Book a session and see for yourself.

Each technology is chosen during your assessment to fit your session plan:

Our services are religious therapeutic practices under the NAIC, not conventional medical treatments, so they are not billed through standard health insurance. However, NAIC Christian Science Practitioner services are HSA-authorized (see IRS Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses).

Because these are wellness and religious therapeutic services, not conventional medical treatment, they're paid out of pocket rather than billed to health insurance. Keep any care and medications your physician has prescribed. This work sits alongside them, not in place of them.

The Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC) is a federally registered, UN WHO DESA recognized Native American tribal organization. It was established to provide community service, education, spiritual fellowship, sacred medicine, and healing.

The NAIC exists because Indigenous medicine was under threat. For centuries, powerful systems tried to eliminate these healing traditions. The NAIC's mission is to protect, promote, and preserve 5,000 years of sacred healing knowledge and make it legally accessible to everyone who needs it.

Your practitioner's NAIC authorization means they are trained and certified under the lineage of Ajahn Dr. Anthony James, grandmaster of SomaVeda® Thai Yoga therapy. It is the spiritual and legal foundation that allows Indigenous medicine to be practiced as it was intended: in all 50 states, without interference.

Yes. Natural Wellness Solutions offers 50% discounts on all services for veterans, active-duty military, police, firefighters, and first responders. These are the people who put their bodies on the line for others. The least we can do is help them heal. Contact us for details.

That depends on you: your body, your history, and your goals. Some people feel a big difference after a single Therapeutic Day. Others with long-standing tension do better with a multi-day protocol.

Your initial assessment will give us a clear picture. We'll lay out a recommended plan and you'll know exactly what to expect before committing. We don't upsell. We tell you what the body needs and let the results speak for themselves.

Everything we do is 100% non-invasive. No drugs. No surgery. No needles. The SomaVeda® system specifically avoids techniques and substances that interfere with the natural order. That's built into the tradition itself.

All services begin with a professional assessment to determine the right approach for your specific situation. Your practitioner is NAIC authorized, trained in clinical evaluation, and understands contraindications. The work is as safe for the practitioner as it is for the receiver. That's how it was designed.