Learn to heal with your hands — the way it was done before medicine forgot how.
The Marma Method is a seven-day, in-person initiation into Marma Therapy — the ancient science of the body's 108 vital points, passed down through warriors, yogis, and Ayurvedic physicians for over five millennia. You'll leave able to give this work to anyone who walks into your life.
One training. Once a year. This cohort will fill, as it does every year — after which enrollment closes until 2027.
Watch the full breakdown of the training
A straight walkthrough from Yamuna — what the seven days actually look like, day by day, before you commit to anything.
Positive healing touch used to belong
to every culture on earth.
Somewhere along the way, that sacred value was lost. The world needs it back — and it needs people willing to carry it. This training isn't for everyone. It's for the ones who already sense they're meant to.
You hope to leave the world better than you found it.
People confide in you, without you ever asking them to.
You're ready for real growth — the kind that asks something of you.
You're curious, inquisitive, and unwilling to settle for a life that isn't fully lived.
You've been quietly questioning your current path.
"Where warriors once armored their vital points, healers now open them."
Marma — the body's "vital" points — have been known to Ayurvedic physicians, yogis, and ancient warriors for thousands of years. Warriors trained to strengthen these points for protection in battle; out of that knowledge came the science of armor. Physicians, in turn, learned to use the very same points to heal.
Each marma connects to the subtle nerves and energetic centers of the body, acting as a switch through which life force can flow and restore the body's own intelligence. It's at these sites that toxins, stress, and unprocessed emotion tend to lodge — sometimes for years — eventually surfacing as physical or mental dis-ease.
Marma Therapy works directly with these points to restore the conversation between body, subtle body, and spirit. When that conversation is flowing again, something in a person changes — not just symptomatically, but at the root.
Gain a working mastery of the world's most ancient bodywork science.
This isn't a weekend certificate. It's an immersive, hands-on apprenticeship — daily practice giving and receiving treatment in a small, intimate group, until the method lives in your hands.
Vedic Warrior Practice
Mantra, pranayama, and therapeutic asana drawn from the same lineage that once trained warriors — building the strength and presence a practitioner's hands require.
Yoga Physiotherapy & The Body Walk
The origin practice behind Thai Yoga massage, paired with Body Walk therapy for deep fascial release — moving stagnant tissue back into flow.
Marma Point Acupressure
Precise, felt work with the 108 marma vital points across the hands, feet, and body — where memory and emotion are held, and where release begins.
Akhara Oil Massage & Nasya
Traditional rejuvenative oil massage to harmonize the system, plus advanced nasya treatment for the sinuses and nervous system.
Marma Somatic Therapy
Learning to hold deep space for another person's process — the soft skills of presence, deep listening, and intuitive touch that no technique alone can teach.
Building Your Practice
Leave with the confidence to facilitate a full Marma Method session — and the foundation to bring this work to your own community.
A day inside the training
Rough schedule, subject to change — but the shape of every day stays the same: practice, learn, receive, integrate.
Morning practices & class — mantra, pranayama, and asana to open the body and mind for the day.
Breakfast
Workshops & bodywork practicum — technique, theory, and hands-on practice with your cohort.
Lunch Break
Workshops & bodywork practicum continued — deepening the day's focus through guided practice.
Two decades of lineage, distilled into seven days.
Yamuna Bihari
Co-Founder · Ayurvedic Practitioner & Marma TherapistYamuna is an Ayurvedic practitioner, Marma therapist, educator, and holistic business mentor. After founding Jivanam Wellness, he turned his focus to mentoring healers in deepening their impact and scaling their practices. He has spent thousands of hours studying the sciences of the Vedas — in formal certification and in traditional guru-disciple settings around the world — weaving those ancient principles into a modern, practical approach. His mission: a healer in every home, thriving both internally and financially.
Vira Tansey
Co-Founder · Marma, Ayurveda & Conscious LivingVira has trained with masters of Marma, Ayurveda, Yoga, and Conscious Living throughout his life. He founded Veda Wellness in 2009, later directing two spirituality and wellness centers that have collectively served 18,000+ people worldwide. He co-founded the Marma Method with Yamuna in 2024, after 15 years integrating Leadership, Transformative Coaching, Psychosomatic Therapy, and Marma Therapy — helping people find wholeness through self-discovery and their life's purpose.
We guarantee this training will exponentially increase your ability to transform yourself and others — or you don't pay.
Experiences of our Marma Method Alumni
Real words from real Marma Method Training graduates — no actors, no stock quotes.
"In just one week, I not only learned the foundational techniques of marma therapy, but I also traversed some of my own internal obstacles and became prepared to share this healing art more fully. My life is forever better because of this training."
Kumari Sakhi"Completing Marma I/II training has completely transformed my life and has opened my eyes to knowing and loving myself and others more, from a sincere place of love and compassion."
Laura Zales Warrington"One of my friends recommended the class. When I received a massage from my classmate I felt so much love pouring from her hands through my body — I remember thinking, now I can offer this to the people around me."
Hemamukhi
"I have learned much more than the intellect of marma therapy and body work — moving beyond knowledge into the energetics and intention within our choices to serve. My understanding of myself has expanded in ways I never thought possible."
Bryn Hlava
"I learned marma therapy techniques and how to hold a mood of seva while treating someone. My life has changed because now I have an invaluable gift I can share with others."
Brajananda das"Nothing short of wonderful, nurturing, and informative. I'd recommend anyone looking to deepen their knowledge of Ayurveda to work alongside this training."
Lacey FisherWhat's included. What it costs.
This program fills quickly, as it does every year — it's the only Marma Therapy training of its kind. A $1,000 deposit reserves your spot.
Included in Tuition
- Fresh, cooked healing Ayurvedic meals each day
- Cleansing teas & treats
- Beautiful retreat & training space for the week
- Professional recordings of all exercises to review after
- Marma tool kit — jimmy, charts, hand-foot rollers, finger roller, acupressure mats
- High-quality Ayurvedic massage oils for in-person training
Not Included
- Accommodations & transportation to and from the venue
- Dinner meals during the in-person intensive
You're just one call away
from a whole new story.
Book a free discovery call. We'll walk you through the training, answer every question, and help you find out honestly whether this is the right next step for you.
This training runs once a year. When this cohort fills, we close enrollment until 2027.