Is Ayurveda Better Than Other Holistic Methods? Here’s the Breakdown

If you’ve ever bounced between acupuncture appointments, naturopaths, functional medicine practitioners, or the latest trending health gimmick, trying to finally feel better… I see you.

It’s exhausting. The supplements. The labs. The “detox teas.” The elimination diets. The $300 magnesium blend.

There’s a reason you’re still searching—and a reason Ayurveda might just be the last stop you ever need to make.

Let’s talk about what makes Ayurveda so different from the rest of the wellness world. Spoiler: it’s not about perfection, prescriptions, or putting out fires. It’s about understanding you—the whole, brilliant, layered person—and healing from the root.

1. Ayurveda Sees Digestion as the Root of All Health 🫚

Ayurveda doesn't ask “What’s wrong with your [insert organ]?” It asks, “What’s going on in your entire system?”

While most approaches zoom in on isolated symptoms (gut, hormones, skin, etc.), Ayurveda zooms out. Because everything is connected.

And it all starts with digestion.

When your digestion is strong, everything else gets stronger: your energy, mood, sleep, immunity, mental clarity—even how you handle stress. This is the first principle in my practice because without a well-functioning digestive system, everything else is just expensive guesswork. No matter what a client books a package with me for, we always end up talking about digestion. 

Ayurveda would say you are only as old as your digestion and You are only as healthy as your digestion.

P.S. Digestive enzymes are not a cure-all. You don’t need another pill—you need to support your agni (your digestive fire) so your body can actually do what it was designed to do.

2. Ayurveda Doesn’t Require $1,000 in Supplements 💊

Let’s just call it: the supplement industrial complex is out of hand.

When I hear clients tell me they were put on 12 different pills by a previous practitioner (none of which made them feel any better), I cringe.

Why? Because Ayurveda teaches that if you can’t digest it, it doesn’t matter how “good” it is.

Supplements made from isolated nutrients or lab-extracted compounds aren’t what your body evolved to process. Ayurveda supports natural, bioavailable nutrition from whole foods and herbs—things your body actually recognizes, digests, and absorbs.

Save your money. Heal your digestion instead.

3. Ayurveda Isn’t a Never-Ending Elimination Diet 🚫

Gone gluten-free, dairy-free, nightshade-free, sugar-free… and joy-free?

Strict elimination diets may offer short-term relief, but they often come at the cost of your mental and emotional wellbeing. And they rarely address the root issue.

Ayurveda asks: instead of avoiding more and more foods, what if we healed your digestion so you could enjoy food again—without fear, confusion, or digestive backlash? Wouldn’t you rather have a strong digestive capacity that can digest well, so food no longer becomes the enemy? Instead of having to revolve your life around what foods you can and can’t eat?

Sound better? Yeah. Thought so.

4. Ayurveda Is Deeply Individualized ❄️

Two people walk in with a headache. One is dealing with fiery pitta energy surging to the head. The other? Scattered vata energy causing tension and lightheadedness.

Same symptom. Totally different causes. Totally different solutions.

This is where Ayurveda shines. It's not a "one-size-fits-all" plan—it’s a personalized approach based on your unique constitution (prakriti) and imbalances (vikriti). What’s healing for you might be aggravating for someone else. And vice versa.

You’re not a generic case. Ayurveda treats you like a complex, beautiful, whole human. Other systems that have generic “protocols” to treat certain ailments are missing a key component- your individual nature. Ayurveda says that what can be poison for one person can be medicine for another and vice versa. I’d much rather a system that uniquely adjusted to me rather than a blanket approach. 

5. Ayurveda Doesn’t Slap a Band-Aid on Your Symptoms 🩹

Western medicine: “Oh, you have a headache? Here’s a Tylenol.” Ayurveda: “Let’s relieve the headache now and prevent it from happening again.”

This is what root-cause healing looks like. We don’t just hush the symptoms—we understand why they’re there in the first place, and we restore balance so they stop coming back.

And when you get to that place? You stop living in symptom management mode. You start living. I get asked a lot if I use herbs in my Ayurveda practice, and while I do in certain situations, I don’t solely rely on them. Because I think it can end up being western medicine regurgitated, “Oh I have [fill in the blank] symptom, let me take [this herb instead of a pharmaceutical] to fix it.

Final Thoughts: Ayurveda Is Different on Purpose You don’t need more rules, pills, or protocols. You don’t need a stricter diet or a more intense cleanse.

You need a system that sees your whole self. That works with your body instead of against it. That helps you trust your inner wisdom again.

That’s Ayurveda.

Where we ditch the fads and start building real, sustainable health from the inside out. Curious to learn more? Check out my FREE introduction to Ayurveda Workshop (limited time offer that this will be totally free- so grab it now!)