Your practitioner
Dr Priyanka Balachandar
Dr Priyanka Balachandar is an Ayurvedic doctor (BAMS) and clinical nutritionist, and the founder of Arogya Studio in Colindale, London. She gives every consultation and treatment at the studio herself.
- Ayurvedic doctor — Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS)
- MSc Clinical Nutrition, University of Nottingham
- MBA Health, University College London
- Registered with the Ayurvedic Professionals Association (APA)
- Formerly Ayurvedic doctor at Harrods, London
- Certified yoga teacher
Speaks English, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada.
Her story
Why Ayurveda chose her, long before she chose it.
Priyanka grew up in a home where wellness wasn't a wellness industry. It was simply life. Warm oil in her mother's hands. Turmeric and ghee for grazed knees. Tulsi tea for restless evenings. The kind of care that didn't need a name because it had always been there.
Years later, after watching a close family member move through a slow, difficult illness, and seeing how much gentleness, food, breath and ritual shaped their recovery, something clicked. The remedies of her childhood weren't folklore. They were worth studying properly.
She trained in classical Ayurveda, added an MSc in Clinical Nutrition at Nottingham and an MBA in Health from UCL, and went on to practise as an Ayurvedic doctor at Harrods in London, where she met women from every walk of life, all carrying the same quiet exhaustion.
Over the years she has worked with hundreds of clients: new mothers running on empty, professionals burning out at thirty, women navigating perimenopause, and people simply looking for a calmer way to live.
Arogya Studio is the next step: a quiet, personal space where the care she grew up with meets the rigour of her clinical training. Traditional treatments, considered nutrition, and an unhurried way of being with each person who walks through the door.
“Ayurveda doesn't ask you to leave your modern life behind. It teaches you to live it more gently: to slow what can be slowed, to nourish what's depleted, and to come back to yourself, one small ritual at a time.”
The studio she built.
How she works
Traditional Ayurveda, alongside conventional care.
Treatments at Arogya Studio are traditional relaxation and wellbeing therapies, not medical procedures. They are used to ease tension, help you rest and support a sense of wellbeing.
Consultations look at diet, daily routine and herbs through an Ayurvedic lens, informed by Priyanka's training in clinical nutrition. They sit alongside the care you get from your GP, not in place of it.
Start with a conversation.
A 20-minute discovery call is £10, in person or by Zoom. Or message Priyanka on WhatsApp with your question.