Who We Are

Nicole Ortega is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, and Panchakarma Therapist. Nicole artfully weaves her understanding of fascia and structural integration with the healing principles of Ayurvedic medicine, providing a unique treatment for each person who sees her.

In 2013, Nicole began her training in Rolfing® with the late Emmett Hutchins at the Guild for Structural Integration in Kauai, HI. Emmett was a direct disciple of Dr. Ida Rolf, who passionately shared her authentic teachings with his students.

In 2024, Nicole completed the Advanced Rolfing Training with Jan Sultan and Tessie Brungardt at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, CO. Nicole is a member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute.

Nicole trained in massage and bodywork with Lee Joseph at the Pacific Center for Awareness and Bodywork (PCAB) in 2013. In 2016, she trained in Ayurvedic external therapies with Dr. Marc Halpern at the California College of Ayurveda.

2024-2025

Advanced Rolfing Certification, Jan Sultan and Tessi Burgardt, Rolf Institute, Boulder, CO

2016

Ayurvedic External Therapies, Dr. Marc Halpern, California College of Ayurveda, Grass Valley, CA

Studies in Wuji Qigong Therapy, Masters Jane Yang and Paul Litchfield, Melbourne, Australia

2013-2014

Rolfing Training, Emmett Hutchins, Guild for Structural Integration, Kapaa, HI

2013

Massage Therapy and Advanced Connective Tissue Bodywork, Dr. Lee Joseph, Pacific Center for Awareness & Bodywork , Kilauea, HI

2006-2010

B.S. in Interdisciplinary Global Health Studies, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Neeshee Pandit is a Doctor of Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine (menpa), astrologer, psychoanalyst, teacher, and writer. He co-founded the Somaraja Clinic and established Somaraja Press. As a practitioner, Neeshee investigates the theoretical and clinical intersections between Eastern medicine and Western psychoanalysis. He distinguishes these two modes of work as “applied psychoanalysis” (medicine, astrology) vs “pure psychoanalysis” (analysis itself).

Neeshee specializes in moxibustion therapy, Lacanian analysis, Vedic astrology, and Human Design. In addition to his work at the Somaraja clinic, Neeshee teaches at the Middle Way Acupuncture Institute and publishes essays for Somaraja Press. Neeshee lives in Boulder with his wife, Nicole, and their two pugs, Norbu and Nori.

Neeshee comes from a family lineage of scholars, physicians, and astrologers. His grandfather, Dr. Y.I. Dixit (1932 - 2018) was a Professor of History who had a great interest in medicine, culture, and philosophy. He exposed Neeshee to Ayurvedic texts and remedies at a young age and supported his interest in medicine, astrology, and spirituality. Dr. Dixit was a renowned palm reader, and his father was a Vedic astrologer.

From 2008 - 2023, Neeshee lived in the ashrams of his Guru, Adi Da Samraj, where he was intensively engaged in spiritual disciplines and trained in temple arts. In this context, Neeshee served in priestly, managerial, and educational capacities. From 2009 - 2024, Neeshee served as an editor for the Dawn Horse Press, where he worked closely with Adi Da’s texts.

In 2015, Neeshee graduated from the California College of Ayurveda. He continued his studies under the mentorship of Vaidya R.K. Mishra (1952 - 2017), who initiated him into his family lineage of Shaka Vansya Ayurveda. Concurrently, Neeshee studied Vedic Astrology and Homeopathy with Ernst Wilhelm.

In 2016, Neeshee’s interest in Tibetan culture led him to begin a traditional four-year education in Tibetan Medicine under the tutelage of Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo and in the lineage of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and Khenpo Troru Tsenam Rinpoche.

After graduating from Tibetan medical school in 2020, Neeshee pursued his childhood interest in Chinese Medicine by training in J.R. Worsley’s lineage of Five-Element Acupuncture at the Worsley Institute. Neeshee subsequently completed a Master’s diploma in Acupuncture at the Middle Way Acupuncture Institute in 2024. His master’s thesis, “Spirits of the Unconscious: Possession and Resurrection in Acupuncture Therapeutics”, interprets the Chinese medical notion of “possession” through a Freudian and Jungian lens and examines its treatment with five-element acupuncture. 

In the realm of psychoanalysis, Neeshee has undergone a Jungian Analysis and is currently apprenticing in Lacanian Analysis with Dr. Scott Von at the Analytica Institute.

2025-

Apprenticeship in Lacanian Analysis with Dr. Scott Von, Analytica Institute.

2022-2024

Master’s in Acupuncture, Middle Way Acupuncture Institute, Mt. Vernon, WA

2020-2022

Worsley Five-Element Acupuncture, Worsley Institute, Portland, OR

2016-2020

Doctor of Tibetan Medicine (Menpa), Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine, Conway, MA

2016

Initiation in Wuji Qigong Therapy with Masters Jane Yang and Paul Litchfield, Melbourne, Australia

2015-2017

Pranavid (Certified Shaka Vansya Practitioner), Vaidya R.K. Mishra, Los Angeles, CA

2015-2019

Studies in Vedic Astrology and Homeopathy with Ernst Wilhelm, Prescott, AZ

2014-2015

Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, California College of Ayurveda, Grass Valley, CA

2013-2014

Ayurvedic Health Educator, California College of Ayurveda, Grass Valley, CA

2009-2023

Editorial apprenticeship with Dr. Jonathan Condit, Dawn Horse Press, Middletown, CA