With his continuous search, he found Ayurvedic medicine, in which he specialized in India at Gujarat Ayurvedic University, focusing on detoxification of the body (Panchakarma). She continued her trajectory in medicinal plants, vibrational medicine, energetic medicine, and now in Chinese medicine seeking the integration and understanding of ancestral medicines. This is how she currently complements herself with sound healing therapy and acupuncture.

Dr. Mariale is considered a holistic doctor with a preventive approach and works on body, mind, and spirit. In the clinic, she has a personalized medicine cabinet with her own natural medicines and tinctures. Some are brought from all over the world and others are elaborated by herself. Additionally, she has a portable sauna that she uses, after the Ayurveda massages, with hot oils. For energetic medicine, she has specialized equipment for Tibetan singing bowls, Gong, and electro-acupuncture.

During her practice at the Ayurveda hospital in Gujurat, Dr. Rivers first applied all treatments on herself to personally check that they will work. With this empirical testing, she knows what is really effective, in terms of the treatments she offers. She is a bridge between ancient and modern medicine, using for example the stethoscope to check her patients and the tongue and pulse reading methods of Ayurveda. What distinguishes Dr. Mariale Rivers is that she has several tools to customize her patients’ treatments according to their imbalances, giving them what they need from integrative medicine and herbal medicine. In addition, in order to make a diagnosis, she first does a thorough investigation of her patient’s health issues, from childhood to the present.

His medical practice is based on seeing the patient in an integral and holistic way, as a complete universe. The primary step to begin treatment is to find the root of a person’s imbalances. In this way, it will be possible to eradicate definitively the underlying conditions and not only treat their symptoms.

The mind must also be cleansed, just as we cleanse the body on a daily basis. Immunity is built with nutrition, stress management, detoxification of the body, and natural medicine. Ayurvedic medicine seeks to prevent diseases that may become more serious in the future.

The philosophy of life preached by Dr. Mariale Rivers is based on living an authentic, peaceful, and happy life. To achieve this, it is necessary to understand our nature, and who we are, and then we can be clearer about what our soul wants to achieve in this life.

In addition, her desire is to empower her patients in terms of their health. She provides guidance and tools for healthy eating and improving mental health and lifestyle.

Dr. Rivers offers online and in-person consultations in her private practice, complemented by her natural medicine apothecary, Atma Apothecary. She provides health coaching programs, ayurvedic therapies and medicine, sound healing, Bach Flower remedies, natural cosmetic treatments, and individual-specific herbal medicine.

“Alternative and conventional medicine are a perfect complement. Alternative medicine is preventive and improves the patient’s current health, and conventional medicine is more used to treat the symptoms of the disease.”