Meet Molly —

Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner in Northern California

Molly collaborates with clients to design the Ayurvedic lifestyle that best suits their unique needs for intentional nourishment, ritual and rest. Her mission is to build individual and collective resilience as a key strategy for co-creating a more just and sustainable world. 

As a NAMA Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, emergent strategist, yoga instructor of more than a decade and the co-founder of Cultivate Balance, Molly has worked diligently to create an Ayurvedic practice and educational platform that centers collective wellness and radical self care.

With a bachelor’s degree in Women and Gender Studies and more than 2,000 hours of Ayurvedic study and clinical experience at Alandi Gurukula, Molly is a lover of both learning and unlearning. She is humbled to share this ancient wisdom as it intersects with more contemporary movements of feminism, liberation and justice. 

If you’re looking for a process guided by

• curiosity

• embodied listening

• and the rhythms of nature

You are in the right place.

With a predominant kapha dosha, Molly embodies the qualities of earth and water to hold space and listen deeply. She is patient, intentional, and very inspired by nuance. Her unique multidoshic approach serves to witness you in your wholeness, identifying exactly where each of the 3 doshas showing up in your body and mind, as well as in your relationships and surroundings.

Working with Molly is an invitation to come home to yourself by reconnecting to what your body is calling for. The integration is about orienting toward what feels good and right for you, within the beautiful and vastly customizable container of Ayurveda. This thoughtful and intuitive approach gives you the key to unlocking a deeper understanding of who you are, what you need, and how to navigate the ebbs and flows of life.

What to Expect When You Schedule an Consultation

The initial consultation is about connecting, gathering information, and building the foundation together — so that Molly can understand your needs and you can begin to understand how seamlessly Ayurvedic ritual and routine will fit into your life. In the initial consultation, we will cover…

• Your needs, goals and motivation for stepping into this Ayurvedic journey

• The three doshas (vata, pitta and kapha) and how they're showing up in your body

• Your current diet and lifestyle habits, as well as primary wellness challenges or imbalances

• Strategies for integrating Ayurveda in a way that supports ease, inspiration, resilience and quality of life

• Specific recommendations, routines, remedies and practices based on where you are in life

• Any questions, curiosities or uncertainties you may have, as well as barriers or limitations

Molly is available to meet with local clients in-person at The Summer Moon in Sacramento, CA or virtually via Zoom.

Get the Personalized Support You Need

Here’s what’s possible when you meet with Molly 1:1

• Feel seen for who you are in the fullness and nuance of your unique being

• Know yourself more deeply by understanding and appreciating your individual constitution

• Discover how to listen to your changing needs and cravings as valuable information

• Find diet and lifestyle practices that honor your innate desire for balance

• Utilize small rituals and sustainable shifts that build capacity for adaptation to change

Ready to begin?

Let’s connect to see if it’s a good fit. Reach out by emailing me at molly@cultivatebalance.com, and if we both agree, we’ll schedule your Initial Appointment. Appointments are available in person in Sacramento, CA at The Summer Moon or virtually via zoom from wherever you are.

The Initial Appointment is $200 (for 75 min) — You’ll get a chance to share where you’re are in life, how you feel right now, and what you’re seeking to shift or create in your body and mind. Molly will assess your Ayurvedic constitution and your current state of balance/imbalance, and then provide personalized routine, ritual and nourishment recommendations for you to begin your journey.

Follow Up Appointments are $145 (for 60 min) — This is an opportunity for Molly to check in on how you’re doing so far, so you can begin to weave in new routines and rituals that support your evolution. Follow Up offer accountability as well as new learning, and are ideally scheduled every 2 to 4 weeks (ultimately, frequency is up to you as it aligns with your time and budget). 

Sliding scale pricing is available for BIPOC, non-profit workers, and farmers — just mention this when you reach out. Optional herbal medicines may be recommended at an additional cost.

Ayurveda and Your Health

Ayurveda is an ancient system of health that focuses on the complete person including body, mind and spirit. This lived wisdom understands that people are more vulnerable to health conditions when vital energies of the mind, body and spirit are out of balance. Ayurveda thus teaches that by balancing the various mind-body functions with the rhythms and elements of nature, the natural intelligence of the body will automatically bring itself to wellness over time. Ayurveda is not a “quick fix,” and it is the individual’s intentional implementation of the appropriate Ayurvedic practices that brings about improved health and wellness.

Our Mission

Cultivate Balance is the joint practice of Certified Ayurvedic Practitioners Molly McConnell, ERYT and Sierra Brashear, MA. We are both graduates of the Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula 2000+ hour Ayurvedic Practitioner program, where we studied under world renowned Ayurvedic Doctor, Alakananda Ma. 

Our mission is to build individual and collective resilience through Ayurvedic Lifestyle Design as an emergent strategy for growing our capacity to embody the just and sustainable world we know is possible. Cultivate Balance provides personal consultations, virtual workshops, in-depth lifestyle programs, community wellness and consulting that support you (and your community) to nurture yourself so you can nurture the world.

Our approach to wellness invites a deep understanding and appreciation for your individuality, offering self care practices that inspire you to celebrate your strengths and overcome your challenges...so you can show up to do your life’s work. The focus is on nutrition, lifestyle routines and self care practices that support you in honoring the most balanced expression of your authentic nature. It is by reclaiming internal balance that your body can heal itself and lasting wellness becomes available.

Rooted in Ayurveda, our wellness systems weave ancient wisdom for holistic healing into the modern context. We seek to ensure this powerful knowledge is accessible to all who desire to embark on a journey of renewal.

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Gratitude to our amazing and talented photographers:

Aly Carlisle, Laura Bartzack, Kate Broussard and Jackie Nunnally.