Pelin Özay was born in İstanbul in 1985. She completed bachelor degree in Biochemistry at Ege University. She worked in a clinic laboratory for a year. While she was working there she realised she wanted to study on complementary medicine. So she started to master degree on Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology. While she was studying there she took classes about Aromatherapy. And she wrote thesis about medical muds which called “peloid”. In 2010 she went to India to study Ayurvedic treatments. After she came back to Turkey, she continued her Ayurvedic studies with Indian Ayurveda doctors. She worked in Maharishi Ayurveda center for a year. In 2014 she took her lincensed massage therapist certificate which includes 608 hours of Swedish massage, reflexology, shiatsu and thai massages. She worked in Hilton’s SPA for a year. Besides this, she worked in pilates and reflexology centers. She worked in a private hospital which have affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine as a medical massage therapist in Physiotheraphy Department for 4 years. Her last trainings were Abdominal Massage (Chi Nei Jung) and Advanced Reflexology. She worked as a massage therapist and Ayurveda therapist in Porto Rico for one year. 2021 she started Ayurvedic Health Counseling education in YogaVeda Institute which is based in Florida and had her NAMA approved certification. Now she continue giving massage and Ayurvedic Consulating sessions in Turkey.
You can follow Ayurvedic journey of Pelin via @artemisia_ayurvedic_health
EDUCATION AND TRAININGS
2003-2008 Ege University, Science Faculty, Biochemistry Department, Bachelor
2010-2013 İstanbul University Medical Faculty, Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Master
2010 Aromatherapy, İstanbul University Pharmacy Faculty
2011 Ayurvedic Therapies, Rishikesh, India
2012 Ayurveda I-II with Dr. Arindham Chatterjee
2014 608 hours Massage Course , Certified by Ministery of National Education (Swedish Massage, Reflexology, Thai Massage, Shiatsu)
2015 Acupresure, Akupuncturist Prof.Dr.Şahin Ahmedov
2017 Ayurveda for Women’s Hormone Balance, Dr.Vignesh Devraj, İstanbul
2018 Theoric ve Practical Phytotherapy, Prof. Dr. Phar. Abdulkerim Alpınar, Biruni University, İstanbul
2018 Chi Nei Chang I (Visceral Massage), Ali Gözlüklüoğlu, İstanbul
2019 Advanced Reflexology, Tattiana Rottenberg, İstanbul
2019 Chi Nei Chang II (Visceral Massage) , Ali Rıza Gözlüklüoğlu, Izmir
2020 Ayurveda Retreat with Kathy Jo Staheli, AD, Puerto Rico, ABD
2021 Ayurvedic Health Counseling, YogaVeda Institute, Florida, USA
WORK HISTORY
2013-2014 Maharishi Ayurveda Clinic, Istanbul
2015-2016 Double Tree by Hilton SPA, Istanbul
2016- 2020 Anadolu Medical Center in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine, Istanbul
2020-2021 La Finca Victoria, Puerto Rico, ABD