Radiance from Within: An Ancient Approach to Midlife Skin
You’ve invested in beautiful skincare. You cleanse gently, you moisturize, you protect. Yet your skin is changing: drier some days, more reactive on others, with breakouts you thought you’d left behind years ago.
What if the next step in caring for your skin isn’t another product, but a deeper understanding of yourself?
Meet Ayurveda
Ayurveda is a system of health and healing that originated in India over 5,000 years ago. Its name means “the knowledge of life.” Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, Ayurveda looks at the whole person: what you eat, how you digest, how you sleep, your daily rhythms and your emotional life.
One of its central teachings is that your skin mirrors your inner life. Radiance begins with what you digest, from your meals to your feelings and experiences. It grows with how deeply you learn to love yourself.
In this 3-hour live immersion, Ayurveda educator and bestselling author Ananta Ripa Ajmera introduces this time-honored approach to women at a new stage of life. You’ll learn practical tools, experience a gentle emotional release practice, and connect with women navigating the same season of life. No prior experience is needed, just curiosity and an open heart.
How we’ll spend our time together
Part 1: The wisdom of Ayurveda for midlife skin
Why Ayurveda sees midlife as a natural change of season, not a decline, and what that shift means for your skin
Why digestion is considered the root of radiant skin, plus simple, warming food choices you can start the same day
How to understand your unique nature, so your skincare fits the skin you have today, not the skin you had at 30
A nourishing daily skin ritual that turns cleansing into a few minutes of genuine self-care
Part 2: Releasing what the skin holds
How stress and unexpressed emotions can show up on the skin
A live sample of an energy-based emotional release practice, the approach Ananta credits with transforming her own skin, so you can experience a release for yourself
Part 3: Medicinal storytelling circle
Share and witness stories about your skin, your body and this season of life. There is a quiet healing in being truly heard, and in hearing that you are not alone. Sharing is always optional.
Closing: A guided self-love practice
Who it’s for: Women 40+ who care about their skin and are curious about a more holistic approach through perimenopause, menopause and beyond. This immersion is designed for newcomers to Ayurveda.
What’s included:
3-hour live immersion on Zoom, including live Q&A and short breaks
A copy of Ananta’s award-winning book The Way of the Goddess, to continue your journey toward inner confidence (a hard copy for U.S. participants, the audiobook for international participants)
Excerpts from The Ayurveda Way with skin rituals and a homemade face mask
A replay of the teaching portions (the storytelling circle is not recorded, to protect everyone’s privacy)
Early-bird gift: register by November 30th, 2026
Receive two online Ayurveda beauty classes right away:
Create Your Own Ayurvedic Home Skin Spa: oil massage, choosing oils for your dosha and the season, and face masks from kitchen ingredients
Care for Your Hair, the Ayurveda Way: herbal washing, nourishing oils and simple routines for your constitution
Exclusive for the Steinder Weisen community
As a Steinder Weisen subscriber, you’ll also receive:
A complimentary 20-minute one-on-one skin consultation with Ananta. Explore your skin, your digestion and this season of life together, and leave with personalized next steps.
First access to Take Health Into Your Own Hands, Ananta’s signature 8-week program originally piloted at Stanford, offered as an exclusive cohort for the Steinder Weisen community, for up to 15 women.
First access to Become the Hero of Your Own Journey, Ananta’s 10-week program based on The Way of the Goddess, offered as an exclusive cohort for the Steinder Weisen community, for up to 12 women.
About Ananta: Ananta Ripa Ajmera is co-founder of The Ancient Way and the 10-time award-winning, bestselling author of The Ayurveda Way and The Way of the Goddess. She has trained for 15 years in the Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta traditions, has taught at Stanford School of Medicine, NYU and UNICEF, and serves as an Ayurveda Advisor with THE WELL in Miami.
Date and time: Saturday, January 23, 2027, 1–4 pm ET
Price: $147, including The Way of the Goddess and a complimentary one-on-one skin consultation for Steinder Weisen subscribers
This immersion offers educational and experiential practices that complement, rather than replace, care from your dermatologist, physician or mental health professional.