Practical Ayurveda for Self-Healing

4-day weekend

• Apr 25 – 29, 2012

Understanding your Ayurvedic constitution and how to work with it can help you feel your best on every level. You can have stronger, more consistent energy and health… more calmness and mental clarity… more happiness and well-being.

Ayurveda, which literally means “The Science of Life,” is the healing science from India, thousands of years old. It has been practiced by millions of people to bring the body back to a state of optimal health. Today, we find it coming into greater popularity all around the world.

Your instructor for this course, Nayaswami Mangala, is a clinical Ayurvedic specialist, an Ananda Yoga teacher, and has a Master’s degree in Nursing. She is a person of great insight and wisdom, with a deep and instinctive understanding of how to apply Ayurvedic wisdom for greater well-being. She will help each person learn:

• The fundamentals of Ayurveda for a balanced, healthy, happy life.
• How to determine your own individual constitution and current state of balance or imbalance
• The influences of your body type, the seasons, time of day, and other environmental factors
• How the doshas (body types) “speak” to you when you're out of balance or balanced
• How to balance the doshas through diet, with yoga postures and pranayama, and through increasing the “sattwic,” or elevating parts of your life

You will learn how your constitution influences your preferences in life, how you behave, how you think, and more.  You’ll learn how to most effectively work with your constitution for all-round health and happiness.

You’ll learn such specifics as:

• How to have more harmony in your relationships with others by understanding who they are at the level of their constitution
• How to stay healthy when the seasons change or when you travel
• Which yoga postures are best for balancing your individual constitution

In addition to an amazing wealth of healing information, you’ll also enjoy Ananda’s Tulip Festival at Crystal Hermitage.

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

Practical Ayurveda for Self-Healing starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

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