Ayurveda Offerings

Ayurvedic Consultations

• General Consultation (for general health, mild chronic health complaints): focuses on constitutional diagnosis (prakriti puriksha) to discover your dominant dosha followed by general health maintenance advice including daily and seasonal Ayurvedic regimes covering diet, use of herbs for digestion*, lifestyle, self-hygiene, exercise and yoga. 90 minutes / 60 €.

• In-depth Consultation (for more serious chronic health complaints): treatment advice based on disease assessment (vikriti puriksha) normally comprising Ayurvedic herbal prescriptions*, specific dietary program, lifestyle advice and therapeutic yoga exercises. 90 minutes / 60 €.

Additional Education & Instruction (45 € per hour, per group or individual)

• Self-hygiene/self-care: use of nasya (medicated nasal oils) and jala neti (nasal cleansing), abhyanga (self-massage), tongue cleaning, mouth washes etc.

• Cooking classes and additional dietary instruction

• Ayurvedic yoga therapeutics: asana (postures, posture awareness) pranayama (breathing, breath awareness), deep relaxation (Yoga Nidra), psychological counselling / mental yoga practices (explanation of the Ayurvedic view of mind leading to instruction of appropriate mental healing tools such as mantras (healing sounds) and preliminary meditation exercises).

• Introductory Ayurvedic talks

• Ayurvedic theory tutorials (for Ayurveda students)

During your stay, there are usually plenty of opportunity for informal chat about Ayurveda, such as during and after meal times.

*Actual herbs are not given, only prescriptions are given which must then be procured from an Ayurvedic herbalist (details given).

Affiliation

Gardoussel Retreat regularly hosts events and trainings run by the European Institute of Vedic Studies (www.atreya.com).

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