"I am still floating - Maria, thank you so much for the most relaxing facial. Just beginning with the foot bath with jasmine flowers was amazing and then the warm oil and lovely scents. All of my senses were delighted, my skin is glowing and my spirit is refreshed."
- Karen M., Thousand Oaks, CA
Ayurvedic Healing Facial client
"Walking into Sama I experience peace of mind,
the atmosphere is organically calm and I surrender to the calm. Maria's treatments are healing, rich, and blissful.
I feel refreshed and nourished and my body gets a peace of heaven during every treatment."
- Anandtev Kaur
Santa Barbara, CA
"Thanks for taking me last minute and for your time in helping me understand Ayurveda. I wasn't sure what to expect from abhyanga [ayurvedic oil massage] but glad I stopped in on my way south. Wonderful find in Santa Barbara." - Sylvia A.
Mountain View, CA
"Something about the energy in the space, your gentle listening and your healing touch Maria that helped me move through some personal issues and stress in my life right now. Thanks if I'm in the area I'll stop for another energy bath!"
- Sarah B., Boulder, Colorado
UCSB graduate, first time reiki client
"My ayurvedic facial at Sama was sheer bliss. The aromas, music & Maria's touch carried me away to a world beyond for an hour or so. I was all aglow after my treatment!"
- Nell Foster, Santa Barbara
"You are refreshing and vital as the air, graceful and tender as sparkling water, lustrous and consuming as flames of fire, generous and enveloping as space and stable and deep as the earth... you elemental woman are perfect beauty itself." - ancient essay on 'Panchakanya or the five elemental women of Indian mythology.