Nalini Velayudhan DO

VISHUDDHA INSTRUCTOR
NARRATIVE MEDICINE FACILITATOR

Holding space for physicians to reclaim the stories and the humanity that sustain them.

Nalini came to narrative medicine through her own reckoning with what medicine asks of its practitioners — the steady suppression of witness, of feeling, of story. Her work in these circles is not about adding one more thing to an already full life. It is about recovering what was always there.

She trained in family medicine and addiction medicine, practiced for over a decade, and carried her patients' stories the way most physicians do, quietly, alone. Narrative medicine gave her a language and a container for that weight. These circles are her way of offering the same to others.

Board certified in Family Medicine
Fellowship trained in Addiction Medicine
Certified in Narrative Medicine
WHAT TO EXPECT

Every class is built
around three things.

1

Practical knowledge
Recipes, techniques, and seasonal rhythms rooted in Ayurveda and integrative medicine. Things you can actually use the same week

3

A different relationship to food
Not a diet. Not a protocol. A way of cooking that feels like care rather than obligation for yourself and the people you feed

3

Community
Live sessions with replay available. A space where clinicians and seekers learn alongside each other without hierarchy or performance.
⸺ MINDFUL REFLECTION ⸺

“The shortest distance between two people is a story.”
—Patti Digh

Current Classes With Nalini

Vishuddha Faculty

Physicians, healers, and facilitators who bring their whole selves to their teaching. These are not wellness influencers. They are board-certified physicians who also happen to have spent decades studying the middle path in medicine. 

Rashmi Bismark MD, MPH

Preventive Health,
Mindfulness Expert 

 Rashmi is a Preventive Medicine physician, writer, and mother. She facilitates mindfulness-based programs, drawing from Yogic, Buddhist, and modern mindfulness traditions. An advocate for whole health, she integrates Ayurvedic principles inspired by her Kerala heritage. Rashmi is also a celebrated children's author and meditation teacher.


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Nalini Velayudhan DO

Preventive Health,
Mindfulness Expert 

Dr. Velayudhan is a family dphysician with a global perspective, enriched by her experiences across diverse cultures. Certified in Narrative Medicine, she integrates this approach with Ayurvedic principles to provide holistic care. Nalini is passionate about nurturing the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of her patients.

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Siri Chand Khalsa MS MD

Preventive Health,
Mindfulness Expert 

Siri Chand is a student of how our daily life choices can impact our health and vitality over time. Her expertise in integrative and lifestyle medicine spans over 30 years and gives us a breadth of diverse pathways to health and healing. She is also the podcast host of routes of healing that shares that stories of women in medicine in a way to defines their expertise and value.


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Sonny Miles MD

Integrative medicine
Hospice Medicine 

Dr. Miles practices integrative medicine and palliative care, focusing on intentional living and connecting physical health with emotional and spiritual journeys. With a background from MIT and UCSF, she has served in the Peace Corps and is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Integrative Medicine.

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