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Ayurveda Programs for Mind/Body Health
Discovering Ayurveda:
A One Day Workshop
Coming in Spring 2012
The Tohono Conference Center at El Pedregal at the Boulders in North Scottsdale.
Ayurvedic experts will show you the ancient secrets and natural approaches of Ayurveda that you can easily integrate into your lifestyle. There's so much information out there about health these days, how can you determine what is good and good for you.
Ayurveda can help. It's an ancient science that's been around for thousands osf years. It's time tested techniques are still valid today. Learn how you can make more nourishing choices, achieve the healing and vibrancy you desire, and experience the transformation you seek.
During Discovering Ayurveda, you'll learn how to:
Identify your Ayurvedic constitutional mind/body type – your dosha - and imbalances which might be present; then you'll discover how to create balance through specific aromas, tastes, sounds, color therapy, and touch therapies. You'll learn to maximize nourishment and digestion; discover foods and herbs to use as medicine to restoring even more balance; understand the rhythms of nature; and create an optimal daily and seasonal routine.
Here are the specifics:
- Assessing Your Mind/Body type: You'll discover your state of balances and imbalances using a mind/body questionnaire. You'll come to understand your mind/body type (dosha). Doshas and their qualities and functions will be explained. Imbalances will be identified and explained.
- Mind/Body Techniques: Understanding and eliminating the effects of stress: Discover various techniques aimed at strengthening the mind, improving the mind-body connection, and reducing mental stress, including simple meditation instruction.
- Step by step & how to guidelines for following a balancing daily and seasonal routine: Biological rhythms of the human physiology need to be kept in balance with the daily and seasonal cycles in nature. Learn how to shift your daily and seasonal routines to better harmonize with these natural cycles.
- Nourishment for your body: Health largely depends on how we nourish ourselves. You'll discover specific dietary information about foods to favor and foods to reduce or avoid, and guidelines for maximizing digestion. You'll learn to recognize the six tastes.
- Ayurvedic Self-Massage: Ayurveda recommends a daily oil massage to enliven and balance the physiology. You will be instructed on how to properly perform the massage, and what oils to use.
- Mind/body exercise program: Different body types require different quantities and types of exercise to remain healthy. Find out which exercise, and the amount of exercise and when to exercise is most appropriate for you.
- Finding balance using herbs, color therapy, aromatherapy: Aroma therapies, color therapy, and herbal preparations balance and help integrate the energetic aspects of metabolic processes. An impressive and growing body of research now supports the efficacy of Ayurvedic medicines for many specific conditions. Find out what will help you to return to balance.
- Yoga postures and Pranayama (breathing techniques) may be included: These related disciplines are often useful in opening obstructed energy channels and bring strength and balance to the physiology.
About the Program Instructors:
Avani Sukhadia: Ayurvedic Practitioner
(Ayurveda Institute Certified)
Avani grew up in the Vedic tradition in a family of healers. For more than 10 years she’s studied, practiced, and taught Ayurveda. A graduate of NYU, The School of Healing Arts, and the International Vedic Institute’s School of Ayurveda, Avani is now the owner of Authentic Ayurveda in Sedona where she offers traditional Ayurvedic purification therapies.
Sarah McLean: Meditation Instructor and Ayurveda Consultant
(Chopra Center Certified)
Sarah served as the founding program director of Dr. Deepak Chopra's mind-body health center, trained with Ayurvedic physician Dr. Vasant Lad, and has been teaching meditation and mind/body health since the early 90’s. She’s the director of the Sedona Meditation Training Company and has facilitated the Ayurvedic Immersion retreats at the Miraval Spa.
Anita Rangaswami: Ayurveda Consultant, Yoga, & Meditation Instructor
(Chopra Center Certified)
Originally from Bangalore, India, Anita has been practicing Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love and devotion, for over 30 years. She’s the founder of Prana Gyana Holistic Health Center in Tempe, and offers Ayurvedic consultations to improve the individual’s physical, mental and emotional health, by harnessing the Life Force energy (prana). She’s studied with Dr. Deepak Chopra and other Spiritual teachers in India and the US. She’s also a Yoga Alliance registered, Chopra Center certified Yoga and Meditation teacher. See her video here.
Meghana Thanki, NMD: Naturopathic Physician, Ayurvedic Practitioner
Dr. Thanki is passionate about natural healing and the mind/body connection. She practices at AyurZona, an Integrative Wellness Center in Scottsdale where she addresses symptoms and the underlying causes of dis-ease with Ayurvedic wisdom. She offers consultations, herbal remedies and Ayurvedic detoxifying treatments, called Panchakarma, to support her patient’s quest for vitality and wellness. She practices Vipassana meditation and is a certified Yoga instructor.
Alisa Gray, Certified
Desert Song
Yoga Teacher
Alisa is a long-time student and explorer of yoga, tarot, Buddhism/Eastern Philosophy and various healing modalities. She’s also Anusara-inspired yoga teacher certified by Desert Song Yoga Studio. A full time attorney, mother and wife, she’s also the founder of Santosha, where she teaches people how to cultivate compassion for themselves and others through yoga and self-awareness.
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 What is Ayurveda &
How does it work?
Ayurveda means the "science of life" and is one of the oldest systems of natural health care, originating over 5,000 years ago in the ancient traditions of India.
It is a natural approach for creating balance and strengthening the body's healing abilities. The many approaches derived from Ayurveda address the full range of human experience, and include meditation and relaxation techniques to expand awareness, stress reduction systems, nutritional approaches, physical and respiratory balancing programs, sensory modulation techniques, and behavioral health programs.
According to Ayurveda, a person is healthy when basic physiological processes are in balance, appetite and digestion are strong, all organs and tissues are properly functioning, elimination is regular, the senses are enlivened, and one's mind and spirit are permeated with bliss. Thus, health is not merely the absence of a definable disease process, but rather a positive experience of well being involving all aspects of an individual's life.
The natural principles and approaches of Ayurveda are easily integrated into a modern lifestyle and can help one gain and maintain a balanced physiology to maximize success in life while minimizing the degenerative effects of stress. Ayurveda enlivens the inner intelligence of the body and strengthens its natural healing ability.
Ayurveda was the first system of medicine to recognize the concept of individual mind/body types. It holds that everyone is born with their own natural balance which influences all aspects of their life, including body structure, emotional makeup and predisposition to illnesses. Without understanding one's natural balance you may unknowingly create imbalances by following a lifestyle that strains your mind/body system.
According to Ayurveda, disease is primarily the result of imbalances and impurities that accumulate in the body over time. The specialty of Ayurveda is in identifying imbalances at an early stage—before symptoms of disease arise, eliminating those imbalances from the body, and teaching each person how to live a healthy, balanced life.
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Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle Program:
A Private Consultation to Create Your Personal Balance
 Based on the fundamentals outlined in the book Perfect Health by Deepak Chopra, M.D., this Ayurvedic Lifestyle consultation will show you time-tested techniques and practices to balance your body and your mind, enhance nutrition, reduce emotional turbulence and re-awaken your senses.
During your consultation, you'll discover a healing program that targets your personal mind/body type. The recommendations can include mind/body stress reduction techniques, daily routine alignments, dietary guidelines, herbal recommendations and more.
- Experience a personal Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation:
- Consultations are available by phone or in person at $125 an hour.
- The ideal consultation is three hours. The special rate is $325.
- An Ayurvedic Pulse diagnosis is also available by a certified professional for an additional fee.
- Call (928) 204-0067 or contact us today to make your appointment in Sedona or in the Phoenix area.
Sarah McLean is certified to teach the Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle program by Dr. Deepak Chopra of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing where she was the education director. She has also studied with Dr. Vasant Lad Director of the Ayurvedic College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Find out more about Sarah McLean.
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