Shaughn brings more than 25 years of Ayurvedic practice, treatment development, curriculum design, institutional teaching, and professional standards work to Samya Spa in Victoria, British Columbia.
His work bridges traditional Ayurvedic and contemporary clinical reasoning in practice through consultation, herbal oil and paste therapies, advanced marma and massage techniques, yoga, pranayama, meditation instruction, and individualized treatment planning.
Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner (AABC)
Registered Ayurvedic Clinician (AAPNA)
Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner (NAMA)
Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner
Certificate in Advanced Marma Point Massage
Certified Pancha Karma Practitioner
Certificate of Ayurveda Internship
Certificate in Yoga Education
Additional certifications in various spa modalities, Thai Massage & Reiki
Shaughn’s work in Ayurveda has focused on translating traditional Ayurvedic clinical knowledge into structured, responsible, and teachable systems for practice in Canada. His background includes Ayurvedic practitioner education in North America, yoga education in India, Panchakarma training, clinical internships in India and Canada, advanced Marma training, spa therapy development, and more than two decades of curriculum and treatment design.
At Samya Spa, his work helps shape the clinical reasoning, treatment frameworks, practitioner training, and professional standards behind Samya’s Ayurvedic services and the ingredient selection, formulations, manufacturing processes and retail product selction for Samya Spa shop’s products.
Shaughn begins by considering the whole pattern of the client’s presentation: constitution, current condition, digestion, sleep, stress, energy, tissue state, body tension, season, daily routine, and goals for care.
Rather than only viewing concerns in isolation, Shaughn uses Ayurvedic clinical reasoning to understand how different signs and patterns relate to one another. This helps identify the broader functional picture behind the client’s current state.
Care is structured according to the individual. Recommendations may include Ayurvedic consultation guidance, herbal oil and paste therapies, Panchakarma support, Marma tharapy and massage, yoga, pranayama, meditation, daily and seasonal routines, and practical home care.
Treatments and recommendations are delivered within a clear professional scope and adapted to a contemporary Canadian practice setting. The goal is not simply to provide a service, but to create a coherent plan of care that clients can understand and realistically follow.
Shaughn originally established Samya Ayurveda and began developing its first Ayurvedic spa therapies, practitioner training materials, and product lines in the early 2000s. This early work included the formulation of Ayurvedic teas, herbal oils, professional products, treatment applications, and practical spa protocols for use at the Salt Spring Spa Resort.
As Samya Ayurveda expanded, these treatments, products, and training systems were further refined and developed in collaboration with Radhika Jenson and Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran. Together, this work helped shape Samya’s clinical spa model: assessment-led Ayurvedic care, structured treatment planning, hands-on therapies, product knowledge, practitioner education, and the responsible adaptation of classical Ayurvedic principles to contemporary Canadian practice.
At Samya Spa today, this foundation continues to inform the way Ayurvedic consultations, herbal oil and paste therapies, marma therapy, ayurvedic massage, client education, and therapist training are approached.
Shaughn is Core Faculty at the Ayurveda College of British Columbia and serves on the Board of Directors and Advisory Board of the Ayurveda Association of British Columbia. His work in education and standards reflects a long-standing commitment to responsible Ayurvedic practice, clear professional boundaries, and public trust.
Shaughn Jenson has been studying and practicing Ayurveda and yoga for over 25 years. In 2001, he completed his Certificate of Yoga Education at Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar, India, and in 2003, Panchakarma practitioner training at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda in Boulder, Colorado. He continued Advanced Ayurveda Practitioner Certification at the Ayurvedic Academy in Seattle and completed clinical internships in Bangalore and Chennai, India, followed by a three-year clinical internship (2006–2009) under Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran (BAMS, PHD).
From 2002–2014, Shaughn helped develop Ayurvedic spa therapies, practitioner training programs, and wellness products at the Salt Spring Spa Resort. He later co-founded the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa and Samya Yoga studio on Salt Spring Island.
At Samya Spa, Shaughn offers Ayurvedic consultations, traditional herbal oil and paste treatments, wellness bodywork, and yoga-based practices including pranayama and meditation. He is known for designing Ayurvedic therapy protocols and practitioner training systems that integrate traditional therapies into modern spa practice.
Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Pancha Karma Practitioner, Certified Yoga Instructor
Director: Samya Ayurveda Inc., Director: Ayurveda Association of British Columbia, Core Faculty: Ayurveda College of British Columbia
Shaughn has been studying and practicing Ayurveda and yoga for over two decades. He completed his Certificate of Yoga Education at Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar, India in 2001 and was certified as Panchakarma practitioner at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda in Boulder, Colorado in 2003. From 2003–2006, he continued to receive his Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner Certification at the Ayurvedic Academy in Seattle, including clinical internships in Bangalore and Chennai, India.
In 2005, Shaughn became one of the first Canadians accredited as an Ayurvedic Practitioner by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and he attended annual NAMA conferences from 2005–2008.
From 2006–2009, he completed a residential clinical internship at the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa at the Salt Spring Spa Resort under the guidance of Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran (BAMS, PHD), including advanced Marma Therapy training.
Shaughn has also completed additional training in spa therapies and wellness bodywork modalities.
In 2006, Shaughn established Samya Ayurveda and began developing Ayurvedic spa therapies, practitioner training programs, and wellness products in collaboration with Dr. Dharmesh Kubendiran and Radhika Jenson.
From 2002–2014, he designed treatment protocols, spa menus, and practitioner training manuals for Ayurvedic and spa therapies offered at the Salt Spring Spa Resort, where early Ayurvedic spa treatments were introduced in Western Canada.
In 2014, Shaughn was invited to present at the International Congress on Renaissance in Sports Medicine in Tamil Nadu, India. His paper, Revival of Ancient Ayurvedic & Yogic Applications in Modern Sports Medicine & Opportunities for Indian Health Professionals in Canada, was published by the National College of Tamil Nadu.
From 2015–2020, Shaughn and Radhika established and operated the Samya Ayurveda Clinic & Spa and Samya Yoga studio in Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
Shaughn is faculty at the Ayurveda College of British Columbia (ACBC) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ayurveda Association of British Columbia (AABC).
Today, Shaughn offers Ayurvedic consultations, traditional herbal oil and paste treatments, wellness bodywork, and yoga-based practices including pranayama and meditation through Samya Spa and Samya Ayurveda in Victoria, British Columbia.
