About
Who we are
Ananda Natural Medicine was founded in 2019 in Minnesota. We focus on creating a warm and welcoming experience, with a steadfast mission to help you achieve good health and happiness.
“Ananda”
Our mission is to assist you in connecting with your true and essential nature, Ananda: bliss, joy and wholeness.
“Natural Medicine”
We believe the body and mind have an innate ability to heal themselves. Yoga and Chinese Medicine are simply here to assist your body and mind back into their natural state of harmony.
Founder & lead practitioner
Zoe Ayala
Licensed acupuncturist, massage therapist, and yoga teacher of more than ten years.
Zoe was twelve when a yoga studio opened in her neighborhood. She had been an anxious kid. Her mother, who took classes there, thought it might help. After one class, it did.
At fifteen she decided yoga would be the center of her life. She enrolled in a 230-hour teacher training at The Yoga Center of Minneapolis, finished it at sixteen, and started teaching. Over the next few years her practice moved away from vigorous heated flow and toward traditional Hatha.
She completed her 500-hour advanced training in 2013. A Yin Yoga training introduced her to Chinese Medicine, and the theory held her: a body treated as one system rather than a set of separate complaints. She enrolled at Northwestern Health Sciences University for a master’s in acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
In 2023 she returned to Northwestern for a degree in massage therapy, the third of the three disciplines she practices today.
Training
- 230-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, The Yoga Center of Minneapolis
- 2013 500-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, The Yoga Center of Minneapolis
- Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Northwestern Health Sciences University
- 2023 Massage Therapy, Northwestern Health Sciences University
- Nationally board certified, licensed in the state of Minnesota
- Advanced training in Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, meditation, pranayama and tantric energetics
Resident cat
Zenjamin
Zenjamin (Zen for short) joined the Ananda family in October 2020. Zen is very friendly and loves attention.
Have cat allergies? No worries. Zen is not allowed in the treatment room, and our HEPA filter helps minimize allergens in the air. Please let Zoe know before your appointment if you would prefer that he stays upstairs during your visit.
Visit us
10220 Park View Circle, Bloomington, MN 55431
- Hours
- Available when booking
- Parking
- Street parking out front
- Phone
- (612) 219-4030
- zoe@anandanaturalmedicine.com