This weekend will offer participants a thorough understanding of the panchakarma method, and skills for how to embark on self-guided panchakarma programs independetly, including the practices yoga asana and pranayama. For those seeking treatment, this weekend will serve as the spring-board from which a longer personalized program can begin.
Panchakarma is indicated not only for accute disease, but also for those wishing to increase their current state of well being; immunity; digestive system; luster and longevity.
Included:
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Daily yoga and pranayama sessions
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Self-guided panchakarma manual
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Individual Consultation
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Individual Treatments
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Group Discourse on Ayurveda and Panchakarma
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Ayurvedic Cooking Class
We also sell local herbal preparations and traditional ayurvedic medicines. We have directly selected all of the ayurvedic formulas we offer based on their purity, origonality and integrity.
PRICE
The base price of this retreat is 200 euros (if you have your own accomodation). If you choose to stay onsite in a traditional Asturian mountain cabin, the Price is 300 euros. You can also stay onsite in a tent, in which case the Price would be 250 euros. For more information on our accomodation options click here
RESERVATIONS
Your place can be reserved by making a 100 Euros deposit per person. Click here for information on how to do this
*Panchakarma* is Ayurveda´s most renowned and complete healing therapy. Its origins are rooted in traditional cleansing techniques conceived of and practiced by yogis and rishis of antiguity, who realized that by rem
oving toxins/obstruction from the body, one could realize more enlightened states of mind-body consciousness. These practices were refined and added onto by Ayurveda´s finest physicians employed to treat India´s royalty and elite. Today, panchakarma is a common treatment practiced in hospitals and centers throughout all of India. The long-standing success of Panchakarma can be attributed to its simultaneous deeply cleansing and restorative effects, and the absence of unwanted side effects. Pancha Karma literally translates to ‘five actions’ and is a primary treatment in ayurvedic health care. Ayurvedically speaking, the body as well as everything else in life, is composed of panchamahabhuta (the five elements- ether, air, fire, water and earth) which manifests themselves in the body as dhatu, dosha and mala. There is no perfect western medical physiological term to correspond to each of these, but roughly, dhatu can be conceived of as those substances that are retained by the body and always rejuvenated or replenished. They include nutritional plasma, blood, muscles, adipose tissue, bone, bone marrow and semen/ovaries. Malas refers to the bodies waste products, such as urine, feces and sweat; and the doshas, well, they are a little bit more difficult to describe. The doshas (vata, pitta, kapha) are individual forces of the elements acting within each of us. They direct and coordinate all structures and substances of the body, their balanced state indicating a state of health, and their imbalance indicating a state of sickness, whether the symptoms have manifest physically, mentally, or lay hidden at deeper levels. The treatments and procedures that go into pancha karma are uniquely effective because they clear the root cause of the disease, working on every dhatu rather than simply relieving acute symptoms. Because of this, pancha karma is a highly effective therapy for nearly every physical/mental disease, restoring long-term health, vitality and clarity. The procedures and medicines used vary from case to case, as does the length of time that one remains within treatment.