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Detox Yoga Holidays in South India

Join Ayurveda Chithrakoota for this special retreat including a 21 days pachakarma, hatha, karma, bhakti and jnana yoga and meditation, with certified hatha yoga instructors. Ideal for people who want to practice a gentle fitness, take care of the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of themselves while living an Indian adventure. You will tone your muscles and rejuvenate thanks to Ayurvedic care and a delicious and balanced vegetarian diet. You will feel lighter and in great shape thanks to yoga. You will experience an inner journey that will fulfill your inner quest through meditation. You will open your heart and find the joy of life through the practice of kirtans (Indian devotional songs). Finally, you will have the opportunity to interact with a very friendly local population and will be introduced to the Indian culture through some cultural activities and excursions.

Instructions will be in French and/or English depending on the group.

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Highlights

  • Visits of sacred places
  • Arriving and departure ceremonies
  • 2 meditation or talk or singing sessions each day
  • 21 days of supervised panchakarma by certified doctors
  • Full board pension with vegetarian food
  • Transfer from and to Mangalore airport
  • 21 nights accommodation in the forest

Skill level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate

Yoga styles


19 days with instruction in French
The organizer also speaks: English
Group size: Maximum of 32 participants
Airport transfer included: Mangalore Airport
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Accommodation

The center facilities include a vegetarian restaurant, a yoga and meditation hall, a swimming pool and a garden. The resort is located in the Western Ghats, with CCTV surveillance.

You will have the possibility to stay in a deluxe room or a standard room with A/C or not. Free Wifi.

Program

Rules

The discipline and rules below serve to reinforce your spiritual practice for maximum benefit.

  • Please respect the retreat schedule
  • Participants are required to participate in all yoga classes and satsangs.
  • Please arrive at classes on time and stay until to the end.
  • Please limit the use of your phone as much as possible.
  • It is requested to respect silence in the morning until the end of the first meal, around 10:30.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a thousand-year-old medicine originating from India whose traditions differ according to the region of origin (North India or South India). From the point of view of this medicine, diseases result from the imbalance of humoral forces (doshas) that are Vata (air), Pitta (fire) and Kapa (earth). The imbalance itself results from an accumulation of toxins (ama) in the body. Your health therefore depends on your natural ability to eliminate these toxins. However, this ability can be disrupted by bad lifestyle habits, poor nutrition, stress or simply age. The toxins (ama) accumulate and disrupt the internal balance. The balance of the body is reflected in the balance of the doshas.

The accumulation of toxins can result as much from a poor digestion of food as a poor digestion of your experiences and emotions. Ayurvedic medicine aims to restore a balance of body and mind. Ayurveda recommends detoxifying the body with each change of season.

Panchakarma

Panchakarma is an individualized ayurvedic treatment with fasting or a light diet specifically aimed at detoxifying the body. Depending on the condition of the patient, the season, the type of treatment adopted by the doctor, the cure can last from a few days to several months. The term panchakarma combines two Sanskrit words pancha (five) and karma (action). Traditional treatment consists of five therapeutic actions to flush out the toxins:

  • Vamana or vomiting by oral administration of a purgative. The excess of Kapa (the earth), drained beforehand in the stomach, is evacuated by the mouth.
  • Virechana or intestinal purges by oral ingestion of a purgative. The excess of Pita (fire) drained beforehand in the intestines is evacuated by the anus.
  • Nasya or nose care by instilling a medicinal liquid into the nasal duct. Nasya helps to get rid of toxins accumulated in the neck and head. Nasya aims to strengthen the vital force (prana) by the oleation of the sinuses considered as "the door of the brain".
  • Anuvasana Basti or enema with medicinal oils.
  • Niruha Basti or enema with decoctions of medicinal herbs.

The application of these five measures is not systematic.

Before applying the purge proper panchakarma, a preparatory phase (purvakarma) consists of draining toxins (ama) embedded in the cells before being able to evacuate them. Oral herbs (powder or decoction) mixed with ghee (clarified butter) are given orally. Herbs stimulate the fire of digestion (agni) and liquefy toxic metabolites. Ghee has the property of draining toxins out of cells to the stomach or intestines.

This first phase can last from 3 to 7 days depending on the condition of the person. This phase lasts 4 days. Every morning, you eat fasting herbal preparation and ghee (clarified butter).

Day 5 is a day of rest without treatment, while on days 6 and 7, you will receive a therapeutic massage (abhyanga) with medicinal oils in order to raise the toxins. The massage is followed by a sweatana which helps to liquefy the toxins and to drain them towards the intestines.

On the eighth day, you ingest a purgative potion and spend the morning to evacuate. It is a gentle purge and without irritation.

If you wish, after the Panchakarma you can receive revitalizing massages or one (or more) shirodhara. This treatment consists of flowing a thin stream of warm oil continuously on the patient's forehead. It aims to calm nervous disorders and is renowned for providing a deep sense of well-being

Program

Day 1

  • Check-in and rest

Day 2

  • Rest - swimming pool
  • Presentation
  • Yoga practice and meditation instructions
  • Medical consultation
  • Opening Ceremony Puja Ganesha puja

Days 3 and 4

  • Purva Karma (Preparatory Measures for Detoxification): This phase prepares the body for the main cleansing treatments. It involves internal and external therapies to encourage the mobilization of toxins from deep within the tissues towards the gastrointestinal tract.

Day 5

  • Vamana (Emesis Therapy for Eliminating Toxins): Vamana focuses on inducing controlled vomiting to eliminate excess doshas (bioenergies) and toxins from the upper gastrointestinal tract. It is particularly beneficial for individuals with Kapha dosha imbalances.

Days 6 to days 15

  • Virechana starting (Purgation Therapy for Deep Cleansing): Virechana involves the use of purgative herbs to promote bowel movements and cleanse the intestines, liver, and gallbladder. It helps remove Pitta dosha imbalances and toxins from the body.

Days 16 and 17

  • Excursion in the footsteps of Adi Shankara. Mookambika Temple or Kamala sheele Temple or Kodashatri or Shringeri (Jeep)

Days 18 to 20

  • Basti (Enema Therapy for Restoration and Nourishment): Basti uses the administration of herbal decoctions and oils as rectal enemas to eliminate toxins from the colon and nourish the body. It is especially beneficial for balancing Vata dosha and treating various disorders.

Day 21

  • Nasya (Nasal Administration for Eliminating Toxins): Nasya is the application of medicated oils or herbal powders into the nostrils to cleanse and rejuvenate the head and neck region. It helps remove toxins, especially those accumulated in the sinuses and respiratory tract.
  • Closing Ceremony / Hindustani music concert

Day 22

  • Check-out

Typical day schedule (for guidance)

  • 05:30 Wake-up
  • 06:00 - 07:00 Meditation or Pranayama or yoga
  • 07:00 - 07:45 Morning satsang meditation or chant and lecture on Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedanta
  • 08:00 - Breakfast
  • 13:00 - Lunch
  • 16:00 - Kashaya
  • 17:30- 18:30 Meditation
  • 19:00 Dinner
  • 20:00- 21:30 Talk / Meditation / Satsang / Puja / cultural program

Included excursions

Two of the following excursions or more are included in the program depending on the group and weather condition. The program is for information only, new excursions can be proposed to you, local artists are invited during the retreat according to their availability.

  • Kamala sheele Temple
  • Divine mother temple Mookambika. This temple is one of the most famous local temple.
  • Mudeshwara temple
  • Famous Siva temple just one hour and half driving from the resort.
  • Udupi, the 8 temples
  • Shringeri and Sirimane Falls : The retreat center where you will stay is two hours from Shringeri. The round trip will be in the same day. It is a high place of pilgrimage of Hinduism and one of the most sacred places of India. This place is linked to the great master Adi Shankara who founded his monastery there. Over the centuries, he has hosted several acharyas, renowned teachers of Hinduism.

Instructors

Jean-Christophe Sivaram

PRASANNA IK

Shivaranjani BNYS

Radhika

Shabareesha Kotari

Dr. Rajesh Bayari

Retreat location

The retreat will be held at Kundapura, Chithrakoota Ayurveda Aloor, Kundapur TQ, Udupi District, Karnataka, 2 hours away from Mangalore-IXE.

Unique features

Activities

  • Massage
  • Sauna
  • Shopping

General

  • Air-conditioned rooms
  • Balcony
  • Beach
  • Concierge desk
  • Dining area
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Garden
  • Meditation garden
  • Multilingual staff
  • Smoke-free property
  • Terrace
  • Yoga deck
  • Patio

Services

  • Bicycle rental
  • Currency exchange
  • Free bottled water
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Laundry
  • Room cleaning

This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly

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Food

You will be served Ayurvedic and vegetarian organic food during your stay. Many traditional dishes will be proposed like dossa, kitchari and chapati. If you have any intolerances or allergies, please notify the organizer. It is possible to offer gluten free meals for celiac persons or with intolerance conditions, as well as vegan meals.

Please note that it is forbidden to smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, eat meat, fish or eggs during the retreat. It is recommended that you stick strictly to dishes prepared for you during our retreat. Your extras will be at your own risk.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten Free
  • Yogic
  • Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Kayak in the mangroves

Walking on the beach

Trekking

Dental care

Optometrist

Spa treatments

The following treatments are available at extra cost.

Sarvanga dhara

This is a treatment process in which herbal oil, medicated milk, butter milk etc. are poured in a continuous stream all over the body.

Greeva basti

The word Greeva refers to neck and Basti stands for retaining something inside, mainly meditated oil. It is an Ayurvedic neck care therapy which is basicallya hot oil therapy. Greeva Basti is bathing the neck region with medicated oil or freshly prepared natural herbal decoction.

Kati Basti

Kati refers to low back and Basti stands for retaining something inside, in this case, medicated oil where it is absorbed by the tissues. The procedure of applying heat to the sacral or lumbar region by retaining warm medicated oil within a specially formed frame in this area is popularly known as 'Kati Basti'.

Janu Basti

In Janu Basti, medicated oil extracted naturally by Ayurvedic experts, is applied on the surface on the knee. Therapists prepare dough with medicated and effective herbs and oils in a dam-shaped circumference. You are asked to lay down andthedough is placed on your knees.

Hridaya Basti

The word hridaya means “heart” that receives the deoxygenated blood and as an outcome delivers the oxygenated blood to all the organs of the body while Basti means “to hold the herbal decoction or meditated oil on the focused area, i.e over hridaya”.

Patra pinda sweda

Patra — leaves; pinda — bundle; sweda — fermentation. Transfer of heat to part of the body or thewhole body with the help ofa bundle containing medicated leaves is known aspatra pinda swedana. It is a type of special therapy primarily performed on the nerves, muscles.

Shastika Shali Pinda Sweda

Shastika Shali Pinda Sweda in Sanskrit, is a sweat-inducing therapy given to patient using a preparation containing milk and rice to provide relief from pain and stiffness.

Agnikarma

Agnikarma is a thermal, minimally invasive parasurgical procedure for all these kinds of pain. This involves the creation of controlled, pointed, therapeutic burns over the most tender part of the painful region.

Karna Purana

Karna Purana is the Sanskrit term for the Ayurvedic technique of ad ministering warm oil into the ear canals. Performed daily, this self-care ritual works as preventative medicine to maintain optimal health of the ears and jaw. Ayurvedic ear cleaning can also be done ina more therapeutic sense to pacify certain imbalances often caused by excess vata accumulation and aggravation brought on by cold and windy weather, overstimulation and travel.

What's included

  • 2 daily yoga or meditation classes
  • 2 meditation or talk or singing sessions each day
  • 21 nights accommodation in the western ghats
  • Full panchakarma to detoxify body and mind
  • Arriving and departure ceremonies
  • Full board meals with vegetarian and vegan organic food
  • Transfer from and to Mangalore airport
  • Visits of sacred places

What's not included

  • Airfare
  • Insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Beverages and snacks
  • Vaccines
  • Visas
  • Tips
  • Transfer from Bangalore or Goa airports

How to get there

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Arrival by plane

Please book your flight to arrive at Mangalore International Airport (IXE), Goa International Airport (GOI), or Bangalore (BLR). Transfer from and to Mangalore airport is included. Transfers from Goa or Bangalore airports are extra and need to be reviewed on an individual basis. Please notify the organizer of your arrival time.

Airport: Mangalore Airport Airport transfer included: Mangalore Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 42% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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