Austin Ayurveda



Austin Ayurveda's approach is to educate clients about natural health methods,  offer suggestions about nutrition, including herbal, vitamin, and mineral supplements, addressing lifestyle, exercise, and stress management, that will help you return to a happier life full of vitality and joy.

For a long full life of health focus on methods of health maintenance and preservation that rejuvenate and regenerate the body thru Ayurvedic and Siddha Vaidya External Body Therapies, rather than
treating symptoms of disease and aging. Look forward to a generation of individuals full of vitality and rich in health.

Read about the treatments and how they can help you.

Our Business

James began his education in Physical Education in 1970,  completed massage school in New Mexico in 1989, the AMTA exam in 1990,  licensed in Hawaii in 1991, completed his Ayurvedic apprenticshop in India in 1996, culminating in a PhD in Naturopathy in 2000.   James takes from his years of experience to help others in living  not only a pain free life, but one full of health and vitality.

James now consults with individuals to help them determine the best food and lifestyle for them as an individual that promotes a long and healthy life.

Touch is the  single most important therapy that has a profound effect on the whole body.  Massage and Siddha Vaidya treatments are primary tools for reducing pain and inflammation, increasing blood flow, improving the immune system, and stimulating the repair mechanism of the body. 

Dr. Bishop completed his dissertation on the effectiveness of the Kaya Kalpa treatments highlighting the importance of the Heat Shock Protiens found in the skin, and their ability to turn on the repair mechanism of the body, and instigate a cascade of biological events that can modulate abhorant behavior of the auto-immune system.

Ela Kirzhi herbs and pouch

Who We Are

James Bishop, Ph.D. Natural Health & Naturopathy and Ayurvedic practitioner and is a licensed and practicing Massage Therapist for more than 20 years.  American Massage Therapist Association # 12723 since 1990, Tx # MT046244 Licensed Massage Therapist,  Hawaii MT#3557

James offers treatments, therapies and classes in Ayurveda and other massage related topics. Continuing Education Units available for massage therapists. MTI# 1532  CE # 1015 

James has been trained in the arts of life and oriental sciences of health. He believes in and promotes the practices of longevity and rejuvenation with knowledge that supports holistic and natural therapies aimed at restoring the function of the body for a long and prosperous life. James continues to be active in preservation of the planet, encourages sustainability, with renewable energy use. He is active in the cultivation, use, and preservation of medicinal herbs and plants. James cares about the health of people and individuals as well as the health of our planet.

James apprenticed with Dr. Rajkumar Reghunathan M.D. an Ayurvedic Siddha Vaidya Physician, and traveled to India to study with Dr. Hari Chandran, world-renowned Siddha Vaidya physician.  In 1996, James and Dr. Raj were the first to offer Siddha and Ayurvedic Rasayana treatments in the U.S. at the Spa in the Grande Wailea Resort on Maui.  James  trains individual therapists to practice Ayurvedic and Siddha Vaidya body therapies.