00:02We're dealing with the eye which is such a sacred place and people have a lot of
00:05fear behind that. I have trouble opening my eyes underwater so when I first got
00:15it I was nervous too. Hi my name is Taylor and today I'm getting a dry eye
00:20treatment. I had some issues with my eyes within the past year. I had this weird
00:27stringy mucus that was so gross and I would show my co-workers and they'd be
00:33like ew don't show me that and then I would like tell my mom and she's like go
00:37to the eye doctor and my eye doctor she was just like oh it's probably allergies
00:42but I feel like it's happened throughout the year so probably not. Having dry eyes
00:48affects my day-to-day life because I'm driving a lot I like to read I write
00:52although I take eye drops and I know there's prescriptions to help you fix
00:55this problem I am looking forward to finding a natural solve my name is
01:02Carrie Jansen I am Ayurvedic practitioner and herbalist and massage therapist in
01:07LA and I have my own herbal body care line called Papi and Someday I offer the
01:14Netrobasti which is the ghee and the eye therapy using wheat flour and water I went
01:19to college for health fitness and nutrition I studied at the Ayurvedic
01:23Institute of America then I went to India a group of us went over in a small
01:27little village and we were there a month studying Panchakarma which is the
01:31cleansing technique of India and that was like a big eye-opener of learning the
01:35basics and that's where I learned the Netrobasti
01:39Hi! Hi! How are you? Nice to meet you!
01:43Nice to meet you!
01:43Just get it over with. My eyes are already feeling like weird anticipating.
01:48Okay so get on the table. Can I give you these? Yes. I have a problem with
02:00interacting with things that are messy. I'm really nervous about this whole
02:05process. I'm the type of person that if anything gets on me that I don't know
02:09what it is I immediately need it off of me. First I massage their scalp and around
02:15their eyes that helps relax them. Abasti is the word for container so I make a dough
02:23dam then I warm up the ghee. If it's too cold it's gonna cause more anxiety but if
02:37the temperature of the oil is perfect then it creates a safe place then I have them
02:53gently blink and open their eyes through the golden light. Then they could look in
03:01all four directions. When the temperature starts to get cooler then I pour the ghee
03:21out.
03:34How do you feel? I feel good. I feel clear. I feel moisturized. After the treatment was over, I'm just
03:46going to open my eyes. I'm just going to open my eyes. It's weird. Having oil surrounding your eyes. I
03:51saw pictures that were like two eyes at the same time which I definitely would not have been able to
03:55handle.
03:56So I was happy that she kind of gave attention to one eye at a time.
04:00Before Taylor came in, her eyes had a lot of red in them and they looked really dried and I
04:05could see some mucus in the corners. Afterwards they were so clear. The red was lessened in her eyes.
04:11Her pupils were clear.
04:13Carrie brings a lot of honor to this Ayurvedic tradition. She brought it from India but treats it with a
04:18lot of respect and gratitude with her practice in California.
04:21I believe in Ayurveda because it's helped me. Every time I go to visit India they're always super surprised like
04:26whoa you're into this.
04:27I like to go over there to get inspired and learn exactly their techniques and how they do it so
04:32I could bring it over here and incorporate it to the Western world.
04:35If you have dry, itchy eyes, I recommend castor oil. Put it in the corner of your eyes before you
04:41go to bed and then shut your eyes and blink a couple times and allow the oil to soothe your
04:45eyes.
04:46It's been about a week since I saw Carrie. Right after treatment my eyes felt super hydrated, super loved upon.
04:52And now they kind of feel like they want that treatment every week. But you're not allowed to do it
04:56every week. You have to do it every three months.
04:58So I think I'm going to definitely use castor oil in between treatments to make sure my eyes still feel
05:03rejuvenated.
