5 nights Ayurveda Gentle Detox & Yoga Retreat!
Lori Sjollema, Ayurvedic Dr. Carolin, Linda Greenway & Elisa
Huerta Belinda in El Cuarton, Tarifa Spain
We invite you to our Ayurveda Autumn Gentle Detox, Wellness and Yoga Retreat in Southern Spain!
A deeper immersion into ayurveda & yoga with specialised ayurveda workshops, twice daily yoga practice, nature & beach excursions, Ayurveda massage therapies and relaxation. A perfect opportunity to detox after a busy summer to calm down, rejuvenate and take away a much deeper understanding to your health and well-being.
This 5 night Ayurveda and Yoga Retreat includes:
Twice Daily Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra & Gentle Pranayama
Morning Beach Walk and Sea Swim in Tarifa & Nature walk
All Ayurvedic Healthy meals, snacks, teas and demonstrations
A ‘Free’ 15 minute ‘pulse’ reading
4 Ayurveda workshops & demonstrations during your stay to immerse well into the healing system of Aryuveda
5 Night Accommodation at Huerta Belinda with breathtaking views, large swimming pool, infrared sauna and plenty of space to read, relax and contemplate!
Yoga props, towels, yoga mats all provided at the center
"Respond to every call that excites your spirit." - Rumi
The time is now, to book a much needed retreat…
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Workshop topics include!
Ayurveda History, Philosophy, the Doshas, Five-Element Theory & 3 Dosha Theory
Six stages of disease & types of treatments
Preparatory treatments – massages, detox treatments – Panchakarma, rejuvenating treatments – Rasayana
Types of food workshop
Six tastes – their benefits & side effects, types of food to support digestion, seven factors supporting a good digestion
- Addictions to bad foods and habits & healthy ways to modify bad habits
- Contra-indicated foods & suggested foods for each body constitution and stages of life
- Cooking Demo
- Dinacharya (Daily Healthy Habits)
- Daily Rhythm of the doshas predominance during the day and night
- Recommended daily healthy habits for the three doshas, vata, pitta and kapha
- Rtucharya (Seasonal Healthy Habits)
- The six seasons, how do they occurr?
- The doshas are naturally unbalanced in each season
- healthy habits for each season
- Preventive cleansing during the change of seasons
This retreat is an excellent opportunity to introduce yourself to the world of Ayurveda and its healing wisdom. It will offer you great insight into how to change negative habits into evolutionary habits. Learn about the food you eat how and when you eat, sleep and detox. Learn how to Incorporate spices and herbs in your diet and better ways of cooking. The practice of Hatha yoga & Ayurveda combined can be used and applied in different ways to promote healing and help restore balance to body, mind and spirit.
You are your own best caregiver
Ayurveda is more than simply an ancient medical science practiced in the east. Ayurveda is a way of life. It reminds us that when we live in cooperation with Nature, there is no limit to the degree of balance and happiness we can experience.
Tarifa
The perfect climate and the refreshing breeze of Tarifa, Spain will accompany us as we tune out of the hustle and bustle and tune in to ourselves.
MEET THE TEAM
LORI SJOLLEMA
Lori Sjollema has devoted herself as a Yoga teacher and Holistic Therapist for over 30 years and holds 25 years of professional teaching, one-to-one private tuition, body massage therapy and coaching, retreats and workshops.
She has personally trained extensively in various yoga traditions, including ashtanga/vinyasa yoga, anusara, iyengar, yin yoga. She shares her love and passion for Ayurvedic healing having studied with ‘Yoga Healer’ Cate Stillman. She teaches and shares to her students and clients from the experience and wisdom of her own life and how to overcome traumas & challenges, using the tools of the physical practice-asanas therapeutically, meditation, yin yoga, yoga nidra in combination with the life-style & healing system of Ayurveda.
Lori tailors the sessions uniquely to support the well being & health accordingly to what the individual will need at that time. Her ability to bring a highly qualified team together always to her retreats promises a ‘complete’ and healthy getaway for the participant.
She has been teaching retreats & trainings globally since 19 years and her home base has been in Southern Spain where she has been locally teaching for the past 2 decades.
Dr. VIJAY CAROLIN
DOCTOR IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE (B.A.M.S), MSc.
TRAINER/CONSULTANT
PROFILE
Doctor in Ayurvedic medicine having 23 years of practice, including 15 years of spreading Ayurveda in Spain. President of International Ayurveda Medical Association.
Chief consultant at Kerala Ayurveda Institute Barcelona, Spain. Offering Ayurveda services to western clinics and Spa hotels.
Training Ayurveda therapists, setting up Ayurveda treatment centres in Europe, giving lectures in Ayurveda and offering Ayurveda clinical consultations in Spain.
Dr. Vijay is the founder and president- of the international Ayurveda Medical Association of Barcelona , Spain.
CONSULTANT, AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
Kerala Ayurveda Institute-Barcelona and resides in Madrid
Offering clinical consultations and treatments for various chronic diseases.
Ayurveda therapist training, Ayurveda Nutritionist training and offering seminars and workshops throughout Spain, Portugual, India and South America.
DELEGATE & SPEAKER
12TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, Barcelona, Spain 2019
6TH WORLD AYURVEDA CONGRESS. Delhi, India. 2014
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
MASTER IN DRUG RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL (MSc.)
University of Barcelona. Barcelona, 2012
BACHELOR IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY (B.A.M.S.)
University of Kerala., Govt. Ayurveda College, Thiruvanathapuram, India, 2000
Linda
Linda is a highly experienced and certified Holistic Therapist with over 25 years of dedicated practice. Specializing in Nutrition & touching on Ayurvedic principles, she firmly believes that a healthy body and mind are intrinsically connected. Linda is passionate about helping individuals achieve optimal health and well-being by restoring harmony and balance in both areas.
Reflexology by Linda
Linda is also a holistic therapist specializing in reflexology. Through her expertise in reflexology therapy, she examines and analyses an individual’s feet, which serve as a mirror image of the body. By identifying reflex points on the feet corresponding to specific organs and body parts, Linda gains insights into any imbalances or areas of tension within the body to restore harmony and balance by stimulating the body’s natural healing abilities.
60 minutes 75 Euros
Elisa Jouttunpaa
Elisa is an Ayurvedic specialist and Ayurvedic massage therapist. She is also a licenced & trained massage therapist and has studied a Finnish degree in traditional and sports massage.
Her deepest mission is to help people to find the most suitable holistic methods to take the best care of themselves. She also believes that we all are very unique and therefore we have individual needs for routine, self care and healing treatments.
https://centroayurvedafuengirola.es/
Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage is the foundation of all the Ayurvedic Treatments. It is a massage that is done with special heated herbal oils. The massage focuses on head, face, hands, stomach, legs, back and shoulders.
This massage is suggested as part of the health & healing routine in Ayurveda. It helps people of all ages. It has many health benefits, nurturing & soothing the muscles and joints and helps relax the mind and body for better sleep. It enhances energy and boosts the metabolism and helps remover toxins and helps calm the nerves.
60 minutes 75 Euros
The Massage Shiro Abhyanga –An Indian head massage is done with warm oil and helps with neck – and head pain. It relieves physical and mental tension and tired eyes. Also very relaxing for tensions of the shoulder and neck area and for the people suffering stress or anxiety. The head and hair will be oily after the treatment.
30 minutes 45 Euros
SCHEDULE
Ayurveda Detox and Yoga Retreat
5 NIGHTS YOGA RETREAT SCHEDULE
DAY 1 ARRIVAL SUNDAY MAY 5TH
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- Check-in + FRESH DRINK & TEA 17:00pm
- Welcome circle: 5:30pm
- Gentle yoga: 6:00pm-7:00pm
- Dinner: 7:30pm
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DAY 2 MONDAY MAY 6TH
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- Morning Yoga: 8-10:00am
- Brunch: 10:00am
- Ayurveda Workshop 11:30am-1:30pm – history, philosophy, doshas, the elements, pulse reading, detox…. by Dr. Vijay Carolin
- Free time: 2pm-5:30pm Book your massage therapies or Ayurvedic consultation / relax by the pool (Pre book please)
- Healthy snack supporting the detox 2pm
- Yin Yoga & Yoga NIdra 5:30-7:00pm
- Dinner: 7:30pm
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DAY 3 TUESDAY MAY 7TH
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- Morning Yoga: 8-10am
- Brunch: 10:00am
- Ayurveda Workshop 11:30am-1:30pm-Types of Food, 6 tastes, spices, digestion, addictions, contraindications, Cooking demo
- Healthy snack 2pm supporting your detox
- Free time: 2pm-5pm Book your therapies / Ayurvedic Consultation /relax by the pool
- Chakra Workshop & Practice with Sanna 5:00pm-7pm
- Dinner: 7;30pm
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DAY 4 WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH
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- Morning walk along the beach 7:30am- 9am
- Short Yoga Restorative Stretch 9am-10am
- Brunch: 10:00am
- Ayurveda workshop 11:30am-1:30pm Dinacharya, evolutionary habits, daily routines
- Healthy light snack 2pm
- Free time: 2pm-5pm Book your therapies or Ayurvedic consultation / Relax by the pool
- Yin Yoga practice, Yoga Nidra: 5:30pm-7pm
- Dinner: 7:30pm
DAY 5 THURSDAY MAY 9TH
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- Yoga practice: 8-10am
- Brunch: 10am
- Beautiful country walk 11am
- Free time: 12:30-3:30pm Book your therapies or Ayurvedic consultation / Relax by the pool
- Healthy snack 2pm
- Ayurveda workshop SEASONAL HEALTHY HABITS 3:30pm-5:30pm
- Yin Yoga practice, YOGA Nidra: 6pm-7pm
- Dinner: 7:30pm
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DAY 6 FAREWELL FRIDAY MAY 10TH
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- Morning Yoga: 8-9:00am
- Brunch: 09:00am
- Check-out: 10:00am
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“When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is yoga.” ― Petri Räisänen
More Information
HUERTA BELINDA
Your stay is in a beautiful and relaxing venue situated across the Mediterranean Sea of Morrocco. Everything is designed to enhance your experience. Huerta Belinda is a majestic large mansion in a small and natural urbanisation of El Cuarton. It is 8km from the bohemian ‘Tarifa’, Spain known for its wonderful beaches. It has a beautiful large swimming pool, spa and gardens, lovely patios for relaxing and magnificent views. spacious and cozy all bedrooms are en-suite. Once at Huerta Belinda, you may just not want to leave!
Tarifa
Sits at the southernmost point of mainland Europe where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic. Just 14km across the Straits of Gibraltar, the town enjoys spectacular views of the ‘Rif’ mountains of North Africa. It consists of a charming medieval fishing town, ten kilometres of white sandy beaches and the unspoilt countryside of the Natural Park. Some of the best kite & windsurfing conditions in Europe are established in Tarifa, a ‘true surfers´ paradise.
AYURVEDA
Ayurvedic medicine (“Ayurveda” for short) is one of the world’s oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems. It was developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. It’s based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit.
Ayurveda teaches that everything in the universe is connected. If your mind, body, and spirit are in harmony with the universe, you have good health and there is a deep connection with the flow of life in its natural state.
YOGA
Hatha “Ha” means sun and “tha” means moon so the Hatha practice helps us to balance our “masculine” and “feminine” aspects, finding equilibrium. During the practice, you will build strength and flexibility. This asana practice cultivates focus and helps to clear the energy pathways in the body bringing it to a sense of alignment.
YIN
Yin yoga is a practice that works the connective tissues (fascia, ligaments, tendons and bones) of the body. It is a soft and passive practice that requires slowing down so we can surrender the body to gravity and enter a state of self-inquiry and contemplation. It is an asana, and meditation practice all rolled into one, that helps to release and clear the energy pathways of the body.
Yoga Nidra
Sometimes called the Yogi Sleep. Yoga Nidra counteracts stress and helps provide effective relief from depression and long-standing anxiety. It is an efficient way to obtain sleep. It helps clear the mind for learning and absorbing new material. Releases tension between body and mind and helps prepare for mediation practices. It is profoundly rejuvenating and helps with concentration and focus.
What to Expect
Transportation
Fly into Malaga airport or Gilbraltar airport
We will try to accommodate your needs of arriving at the retreat place; suggestions are to rent a car, organize a carpool together, or for any other requests, contact Lori personally.
For bookings and details, please submit them here:
Prices per person
5 Nights Full Retreat
Special Master Deluxe Ensuite
1,590 Euros
Single Accommodation Ensuite
1,490 Euros
Shared Accommodation Ensuite
1,090 Euros
To Reserve your spot we require a 400 Euro deposit that is NON-REFUNDABLE!
Early Bird pricing before February 29th of 100 Euros!