The Ashoka-Team
Birgit Moukom: Ashoka’s founder, Birgit Moukom, was trained in the well-known European Ayurveda Academy Birstein, where she was a student of the Ayurveda experts Rhyner and Rosenberg. She gained her knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine while studying Ayurveda with Indian doctors Dr. Jeevan and Dr. Gupta. During her training, she was able to learn how to combine authentic Ayurveda with western quality standards. You can apply this approach in the Ashoka locations. She also studied kinesiology at Mathias Weber’s institute in Oldenburg and is a certified psychological coach IFK.
Since October 2007 she has been the independent operator of the Ashoka Spa in the Galo Resort Hotel in Madeira. In January 2011 she founded the holistic Ashoka Ayurveda treatement center in the Hotel Alpino Atlantico.
The Ashoka Team for Ayurvedic Medicine: Our team consists of experienced and qualified Ayurveda, osteopathy, TCM as well as yoga and qigong experts, receptionists and other assistants. A high quality standard is guaranteed through continuous training. The team is led by our experienced Ayurveda doctors.
In our medical team, we rely on a combination of experience and innovation from India and Europe. Our doctors, which are trained in Ayurveda medicine, can therefore specifically address the challenges in the European context and provide you with holistic care. You can find an overview of our medical team here.

Birgit Moukom
Founder and Managing Director, from Germany

Nathalie Azkue Moukom
Ayurveda-Expert, part of the team since 2014, from Germany

Dr. Neethu Mohan
Ayurveda-Doctor, part of the team since 2025, from India

Nathalie Azkue Moukom
Ayurveda-Expert, part of the team since 2014, from Germany

Nathalie Azkue Moukom
Ayurveda-Expert, part of the team since 2014, from Germany

Antonio Gomes
Account Manager, part of the team since 2023, from South Africa

Maurice Moukom
Co-owner & General Manager, part of the team since 2019, from Germany

Dr. Harsha Gramminger
Ayurveda-Doctor, part of the team since 2021, from Germany

Dr. Susanne Kaufmann
Ayurveda-Doctor, part of the team since 2021, from Germany

Inocencia Delgado
Guest Care in the Cure Office, part of the team since 2022, from South Africa

Dr. Krishnapriya
Ayurveda-Doctor, part of the team since 2021, From India

Dr. Latheef
Ayurveda-Doctor, part of the team since 2014, from India

Carla Baptista
Office & HR Manager, part of the team since 2014, from Madeira

Jemimah Sengue
Accounting Assistant, part of the team since 2023, from Cameroon

Jithin Radhakrishnan
Guest Care in the Cure Office, part of the team since 2025, from India

Sónia Sousa
Ayurveda-Therapist, Massage-Therapist, Beauty-Therapist, part of the team since 2013, from Madeira

Fernando Gomes
Ayurveda-Therapist, Massage-Therapist, Healer, part of the team since 2014, from Madeira

Maribel Nobrega
Ayurveda-Therapist, Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2015, from Venezuela

Rai Seriani
Massage-Therapist & Balinese & Thai-Massage, part of the team since 2018, from Bali

Daniela Goncalves
Ayurveda-, Massage-Therapist & Beauty-Therapist, part of the team since 2018, from Madeira

Sara Almeida
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2019, from Madeira

Daniela Martins
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2022, from Porto

Cíntia Fernandes
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2019, from Madeira

Neethu Suresh
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2022, from India

Cláudia Coelho
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2019, from Madeira

Fabio Delgado
Ayurveda- & Manual-Therapeut, part of the team since 2024, from South Africa

Katherine Vera
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2024, from Chile

Marlene Fernandes
Spa-Therapist, part of the team since 2020, from Madeira

Carolina Barreto
Spa-Therapist, part of the team since 2022, from Madeira

Magna Freitas
Spa-Therapist, part of the team since 2021, from Madeira

Carla Camara
Ayurveda- & Massage-Therapist, part of the team since 2024, from Madeira

Carla Sousa
Spa-Therapist, part of the team since 2024, from Madeira

Marco Vasconcelos
Yoga-Therapist, part of the team since 2015, from Madeira

Silvia Galletti
Yoga-Therapist, part of the team since 2020, from Italay

Ariana Shakti
Healing & Yoga-Therapist, part of the Team since 2018, from Madeira

Susana Barros
Yoga-Therapist, part of the Team since 2021, from Madeira

Melanie Gouveia
Yoga-Therapist, part of the team since 2020, from Madeira

Suzan Ahmed
Psychologist and Yoga-Therapist, part of the team since 2024, from USA