Dana Lerman, is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto and earned a bachelor of arts degree in Psychology from York University. Dana has a family medicine practice, teaches classes and runs Jaya Integrative Health Centre in Toronto with friend and colleague Jill Kelner. In private practice, Dana works with nutrition, herbs, yoga, meditation, nutritional supplements and lifestyle counseling as a means to address the root and individuality of her client’s health care needs.
Dana is an extremely compassionate individual committed to the service of others. She believes strongly in a multidisciplinary approach to prevention and healing, working with other health care practitioners and encouraging individuals to find the personal combination of treatment approaches that foster their health and well-being.
While studying Naturopathy, Dana interned with herbalists Matthew Wood in Minnesota and Christine Denis in Ontario, learning the identification, cultivation and harvesting of medicinal plants. In her fourth year of study Dana trained under Sat Dharam Kaur ND in the Health Breast Initiative, an eight week clinician training program. Dana completed her yoga certificate at the Vidya Institute in Toronto which incorporates Hatha yoga and Ayurveda in a therapeutic model of yoga practice. As part of her ongoing study of Ayurveda she completed an Ayurvedic Health Consultant certificate through the Vedic Institute in New Mexico and has studied with Dr. Vasant Lad and Maya Tiwari. Dana has studied Reiki in Toronto and India.
Recognizing a need for integration and individuality in health care, Dana and friend Jenna Morrison created a series of women’s health classes, incorporating Naturopathic and Ayurvedic theory and yoga practice, designed to educate, inspire and empower women as they experience all aspects of our life cycle. For more information on classes please click on the link below.
Dana has been a featured lecturer at Mount Sinai Hospital as part of a panel on Colon Cancer for their Healthy Living Series. She has also lectured at Gilda’s Club in Toronto on various topics related to cancer and alternative medicine. Dana has spoken as part of a panel discussion on colon cancer presented to the Fire Fighters Association of Ontario, and works as part time faculty at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in the Health Psychology Department.
Appointment Days: Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm
Contact: (416) 923-4860 ext.1 email: [email protected]
Classes taught by Dana Lerman: /workshops-2