About Darci Frankel, LMT, Ayur.
Darci Frankel is a cleansing and rejuvenation expert, Ayurvedic practitioner, and wellness entrepreneur who has been guiding detoxification and rejuvenation programs since 1994.
Her lifelong involvement in the healing arts began with yoga practice at a young age, which sparked a deeper exploration of traditional systems of natural health. In 1992 she began formal study of Ayurveda and later interned with renowned Ayurvedic physician Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute.
For more than three decades Darci has helped people restore vitality through cleansing, rejuvenation, bodywork, and practical lifestyle practices rooted in the principles of Ayurvedic medicine.
She is the managing owner of Hanalei Day Spa on Kauai’s North Shore, where she has stewarded a trusted wellness destination for more than two decades. Under her leadership the spa has become known for restorative bodywork, beachside treatments, and deeply relaxing wellness experiences inspired by the natural beauty of Kauai.
Darci is also the creator of the Serious Cleanse programs, practical cleansing protocols designed to help people reduce toxic burden, restore metabolic balance, and reconnect with the body’s natural rhythms of health.
Throughout her career she has worked with a wide range of clients including leaders in entertainment, medicine, and business. Notable guests have included Gloria Estefan, John Oates, Mickey Rourke, Brad Blanton, and Pierce Brosnan.
Darci is a licensed massage therapist, ordained minister, and national educator in Ayurvedic wellness and cleansing practices. Through her teachings, retreats, and educational programs she continues to help people become healthier, more energized, and more fully expressed in their lives.
Early Influences
Darci’s interest in the healing arts began very early.
As a young girl she practiced yoga with her mother, a favorite activity that truly captured her attention. Her mother, a highly respected medical transcriptionist, worked long hours from home to support the family as a single parent. Darci grew up waking and falling asleep to the rhythmic sound of typing.
Despite her demanding schedule, her mother faithfully brought her to the library week after week. Darci explored the shelves from A to Z, eventually becoming fascinated with books about herbal remedies, natural healing traditions, and the ways people used plants and natural medicines to help others heal.
Looking back, it was an early glimpse of the path she would eventually follow.
At thirteen Darci attended her first therapeutic bodywork class with her mother, studying trigger point therapy based on the work of Bonnie Prudden and physician Janet G. Travell. That early experience sparked a lifelong fascination with the body and how it heals.
What began as childhood curiosity eventually grew into a life devoted to the healing arts, Ayurveda, and helping people restore balance in their bodies and lives.
What some people say about Darci:
Darci is a very gifted and compassionate healer. I spent some time at her spa and had a personal healing session with her and it was fantastic.
We have corresponded many times over the years about different healing practices, like yoga and astrology. Darci has always shown both reverence for the traditions and how to use modern innovations appropriately.
In sum, I’m totally behind anything Darci does. I am sure it will be the best combination of traditional healing with modern innovation brought forth with compassion and a total commitment to the clients she is serving.
When I was going through one of the most challenging times in my life, I turned to Darci for help. I had so much pent up fear, anxiety, and self-doubt in my mind and body, I started spinning out of control down a slippery slope of doom.
With Darci’s expert guidance and love, I was able to tame my monkey mind that has lasted me decades!
I love and adore this woman!!
Darci has been a friend and colleague for over 25 years. She brings the same skill, generosity and open-heart that she brings to everything in her life.
I admire her intelligence and integrity and would recommend her to anyone for anything she decides to do.
Darci Frankel is beautiful in more ways than you can shake a stick at, and she has a magic touch. She has discovered through honest contact with people that the secret to the good life has to do with noticing, discovery and being present in the moment-rather than moralism, righteousness and knowing the right formulas. Besides that, she often IS right and she knows a lot of pretty good formulas.
She doesn’t should on you, she just gives you information, experience and freedom to choose.
Darci will deliver you into enlightenment and sound health and happiness in a flood of tears and laughter. I love Darci. Unless you are some kind of crackpot nut case right wing mind-jailed idiot you will too (in which case she will send you to me, and I am not nearly as pretty or nice). Go see Darci Frankel. Give her money, do what she says.
Darci Frankel is one of the most significant healers in my life. Darci is a truly gifted healer. She brings her vast knowledge of Yoga, Ayurveda and her deep experience to catalyzing suffering into contentment to her clients.
I truly admire Darci and feel such deep gratitude for her direct, confident and subtle understanding of where each one is at and what is needed to move forward at the moment. I’m indelibly grateful to Darci in my life. Fortunate are those who are blessed to experience her arts and her guidance.