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Holiday in August at Auroville

With a learning program "Take care of yourself & others with Ayurveda & Yoga"

4/16 - 18/30 August

Auroville is in south India in the state of Tamil Nadu, rich of temple and beautiful places. It's a experimental town founded in 1968 from the Mother, a women Gure full of wisdom and spiritual heir of Sree Aurobindo, great contemporary Yogi and founder of Pondichery Ashram visited from thousand of people every year coming from all the corner of the world.

At Auroville more then 1600 people coming from more then 40 different country are living bringing on the dream of the Mother about a town were wisdom and spirituality are the main guiding principle. Here the main effort and work of the "aurovillians" is to make a continue research in order to improve the quality of life and the evolution of human as single & all.

Auroville is recognized from Unesco as property off the all umanity and many important leaders as the Dalai lama has visited the town of the future and support the project of this town dedicated to knowledge and were the individual resorses are given to the community and viceversa. Auroville is a beautiful "port were knowledge is shared". Teachers, doctors, therapists and Yogi of different school and traditions are sharing and going on with the never ending learning process of life. Artists, architects, scientist invest their own potential to create a better natural environment and new forms of alternative energies.

Many laboratories produce dress, furnishing, pure incenses, perfumes, essential oil, ceramics, etc giving work to hundred local people that are learning, in this way new arts and skills thanks to the good taste of people of different cultures. Here the resorts are very good and clean, the food organic and intercontinental with safe sanitary structures. For the children the place is perfect with horses riding school, beaches, swimming pool, etc.

Michele Ranieri (the guide and teacher) was living here for more then seven years learning and sharing many way to practice massage and ayurvedic techniques, knew teachers of different countries and traditions. Here he has teached to many local people as well student of everywere in the world.

The subject of the course is "the ayurvedic style of life in the daily life and the welfare of the human being". The emphasis is mainly given to take care of our self and then to friends and customers. The work will be of two weeks and can be prolonged to four is there will be enough people motivated to go deeper in the subject. From Monday to Saturday and from 7,30 am until 1 p.m. The noon will be free to go to the beach, visit the different communities and laboratories, to follow other group of body work and arts that the town propose.

There will be some excursion to temple and touristy places nearby Auroville. Auroville offer many diversions like concerts, shows, etc.

To get more information about Auroville you can visit the website www.auroville.org

Program

Subject trated in the theoretical & practical sessions

  • Philosophical and mythological aspects of Ayurveda
  • Pancha Maha Bhuta
  • The five structural elements of micro and macrocosms
  • Tridosha
  • The three forces moving life and universe, responsible of the physiological, psychological and emotional human attitudes
  • Prakruti - Individual constitution and how recognize it
  • How the five elements and the three Dosha combine in each one of us giving positive and negative attitude in body, mind and soul of every human being
  • Vikruti - disorder of Prakruti
  • What is broking the equilibrium and how to keep it. How the seasons, climate conditions, different kind of food and style of life interact with the Prakruti and how make this change synergetic with each constitution.
  • Appropriate food for each condition
  • Dinacharya and Ruticharya-
  • Routine and healthy habits during the different moment of the day and seasons
  • The three pillars of health - rest, food and wise use of sex energy
  • How to enjoy life by keeping harmony between pleasure and good quality of life
  • Self Massage and sensory organs cleaning - treatments for improve the function of eyes, nose, ears, mouth and skin
  • Inner cleaning techniques to keep healthy the intestine and avoid Dosha accumulation
  • Abhyanga - the massage in Ayurveda

Time and dates of the learning program

The learning program is divided in Yoga lesson followed by theory class and then practical one. The time table will be:

  • Herbal tea with light breakfast
  • 7,30 Ayurvedic Yoga lesson with a brief meditation
  • 8,45 breakfast
  • 9,15 theory class
  • 10,45 break
  • 11 practical lesson
  • 13 end of the work

Date: 4/16 August 18/30 August. From Monday until Saturday
Subjects treated in the theoretical and practical sessions during the third week (advanced course)*

* This course will be given only in the case there will be a group of at least 6 people that has followed the base course.
  • Ayurvedic anatomy and energetic description
  • Agni - the intestinal fire
  • Dhatu - the body tissue
  • Mala - The body material waste
  • Nadi - the canal were energy is flowing
  • Purvakarma - the sweating and oleation therapy preparatory to Panchakarma
  • Pinda Sveda - Massage made with medicated bolus
  • Udvartanam - massage made with medicated powder for remove fat and cellulities
  • Vasti - circle made with chickpea flour and put in some area of the body (neck, knee, lumbar area of back etc) to keep warm medicated oil in the area for localized treatment
  • Benefits and side effects of Purvakarma
  • Advanced techniques for a professional Abhyanga - ayurvedic massage

Notes

During the course will be given didactical material connected to the subject touched in the program. At the end will be given a certificate of participation If requested will be given video related to the Toga sequences the classes and the ayurvedic massages and techniques showed in the course.

The teachers

Michele Ranieri
Is learning and teaching Yoga & Ayurveda since 1980. He study with very well know expert like Sree Birenda of helath center of Sree Aurobindo Ashram, Krishnamurti, S.v: Govindan, P.K Varier of Arya Vaidya Sala Ayurveda Hospital, one of the most famous ayurvedic center of Kerala. From 1994 is bringing people in India ( Auroville and Kerala) and following them in travel and learning process. Is cooperating with Scholl of Ayurveda & Panchakarma of Kannur and with the Parassinikkadavu Ayurveda Medical College Hospital recognized from the Indian government.

Svetlana Polkovnikova
Study and practice Yoga since 1998. She was a student of Ghyanander, a Indian Yoga teacher expert of kriya Yoga, a Yoga done for inner cleaning of the body and emotional level. She undergo the study at Krhnamacharya Ashram of Chennay, one of the most famous Yoga centre in the world. She is expert of Kalari Marma foot massage.

Costs

400 € for week. The cost include the course and accommodation in double room in Auroville and Malipuram ( famous location on the see with a 4000 year temple excavated in the rock that will be visited) the service of guide, translation and assistance ( send the taxi to the airport, welcome and visiting the town) once in India.

Don't include the fly ticket, the inner travelling expenses, food and eventually the insurance.

  • Discount of 10% if two people subscribe together
  • Discount of 15% if three people subscribe together
  • Discount of 20% if four people subscribe together
  • For student discount of 25%

For people that accompany a student the cost will be the 50% of the rate

For children from three until 14 year there cost will be the 40% of the rate. Or children below three year there will be no cost

We remember to the operator of the field ( doctor, therapist, beautician, etc) that the cost of the fly and course can be removed from the tax

Information

Spazio Multifunzionale Althea, Via Piacenza 22, Milano
tel.: 3474172542
email: segreteria@anandaveda.org


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