Ayurveda Retreat: Women’s Health
Friday, September 6, 2024 – Sunday, September 8, 2024 PDT
IN PERSON OR ONLINE
Health is a positive state of happiness achieved through the normal condition of the doshas (constitution), dhatus (tissues), agni (digestive fire), and malas (waste). as well as a serene state of body, mind and senses. The strength of agni and doshas varies throughout the seasons.
The Ayurvedic lifestyle is based on three things:
• Routine – Performing healthy practices at the same time each day embeds them in your lifestyle. Your body will know when to prepare itself to wake up, digest food and go to sleep. Regularity in your routines is essential. All of the body’s processes will benefit.
• Moderation – Provides balance to our lives and prevents overindulgence. Most commonly, the road to ill health begins with a lapse in judgment. Even though we know better, we frequently choose to make unhealthy choices, most often in pursuit of sense pleasures. This might be overloading the stomach with an excessive meal and disrupting our sleep cycle by staying up too late and sleeping during the day, or suppressing natural urges to cry, yawn, or even go to the bathroom.
• Tuning in to the natural rhythm of the doshas and agni – They naturally fluctuate during the day, by season and across phase of life.
Bring balance to your life!
Special Guest
Ajita Patel is an Ayurvedic Doctor, Reiki Master, CMT and certified yoga teacher. She is a state-certified Clinical Ayurveda and Panchakarma Specialist. She received her Ayurveda degree from the California College of Ayurveda and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. She has undertaken clinical and professional training from Dr. Vasant Lad, an Ayurveda Ashram in Kerala and at the AVP hospital in Tamil Nadu, India. Ajita is a member of NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association). www.healingwithayurveda.com
Daily Schedule
Friday 9/6
6:00–7:30pm Yoga Asana Class
7:30pm Vegetarian dinner
Saturday 9/7
6:00–7:15am Satsang (meditation, chanting and a short talk)
8:00am Light breakfast
10:00–11:30am Yoga Asana Class
12:00pm Vegetarian lunch
1:00pm Ayurveda Talk with Ajita Patel: Women’s Health
3:00pm Karma Yoga
4:00pm Cooking Workshop: Kitchari
5:30pm Dinner
Sunday 9/8
6:00–7:15am Satsang
8:00am Light breakfast
10:00–11:30am Yoga Asana Class
12:00pm Vegetarian lunch
1:00pm Karma Yoga
2:00–3:30pm Self-Abhyanga Workshop (warm oil massage)
5:30–7:00pm Satsang and Soup (optional)
NOTE: Day guests join programs in BOLD
Residential guests arrive Friday by 6:00pm and depart Sunday afternoon, or stay for evening Satsang.
EXTRA
Have an Ayurvedic Body Treatment with Janine Guncic
Abhyanga $150, Shirodhara $150, or both for $275
Available Sunday, September 8 only
