About Magnolia
Magnolia Zuniga, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist
I work with people who are done cycling through practitioners and ready for precise constitutional assessment. Through pulse diagnosis and comprehensive evaluation, I identify the imbalances driving symptoms—then we address them systematically.
Clinical Training
- Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist
- Trained with Dr. Vasant Lad (Ayurvedic Institute), Dr. Marc Halpern (California College of Ayurveda), Dr. KP Khalsa, and Dr. Anil Kumar (Mysore, India)
- 30+ years of somatic practice across multiple yoga lineages
What I Do: Constitutional medicine for digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, sleep disorders, and chronic symptoms that haven’t responded to conventional or alternative approaches. Comprehensive assessment includes pulse diagnosis, constitutional evaluation, and personalized protocols: dietary restructuring, custom herbal formulations, and constitutional movement and breathwork practices.
This approach requires commitment. You’ll need to implement dietary changes, track patterns honestly, and follow protocols consistently. Results come from precision and follow-through, not intention alone.
On Lineage and Authority: I am an initiated sannyassin in the Satyananda lineage. I was also one of 20 women worldwide certified to teach Ashtanga yoga by the Jois family. I walked away in 2018 when documented abuse by the lineage founder became undeniable and the institutional response made the structural problem clear. I chose accountability over credential preservation.
I name this not to disclaim my initiations but because holding them seriously is what made the structural analysis possible. That decision wasn’t incidental to my clinical work. It actually shaped it. Thirty years inside high control yoga lineages, including training at the Bihar School of Yoga in India, gave me an unusually precise understanding of how authority operates in wellness spaces, what devotional frameworks do to the body over time, and why constitutional precision is a different project than lineage transmission entirely.
My current work is non-hierarchical by design. No lineage to protect, no authority to defer to, no system to recruit you into. The assessment is the work.
ABQ Yoga Lab: Personalized yoga programming based on pulse diagnosis. Not generic classes—sequences designed for specific doshic imbalances and nervous system patterns. Limited enrollment. More here
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico In-person consultations preferred. Online available for established clients.