Ayurveda Cleanse Retreats
Every Spring and Autumn AYURVEDA NEW ZEALAND is hosting an Ayurvedic Cleanse Retreat at Parohe. These retreats are unique in New Zealand in their authenticity of Ayurveda experienced outside of India.
With a history of over 5000 years, Ayurveda (in Sanskrit: The Science of Life) is an ancient holistic healing system from India and sister science of Yoga. According to Ayurveda, each person has its own body-mind-constitution (dosha) which determines the diet and lifestyle principles that suit the individual to facilitate good health.
The host Sarita Solvig Blankenburg, founder and director of Ayurveda New Zealand, is a qualified and certified Ayurvedic Medicine Partitioner (with a Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) and Yoga therapist, who has run her Auckland clinic since 2010.
Prior to the Ayurveda Cleanse Retreat, as part of the package, an individual Ayurvedic consultation will be scheduled with Sarita. This will give you the opportunity to address any health concerns and get your customised retreat programme which includes Ayurvedic medicine, treatments and your dosha specific diet.
Every guest will receive two ayurvedic treatments by experienced and certified ayurvedic therapists.
Delicious Ayurvedic plant-based meals will be prepared by reputed Little Bird chef Gawain Cowley. We also offer an inspiring Ayurvedic cooking class demonstrating the principles of dosha specific food preparation.
Part of the retreat programme is a workshop during which we will practice ayurvedic cleansing techniques. Every morning and evening we will have a restorative yoga practice with an asana flow, pranayama and meditation. Parohe offers a variety of tranquil venues for our Yoga classes. The new Yoga studio is overlooking the ocean and provides a breathtaking vista from every mat. On calm days Yoga classes will be held on the wharf to enjoy the sounds of the ocean while practicing sun salutations. A Yoga platform surrounded by native bush offers a unique experience with birds singing and cicadas chirping.
If you would like to experience an ayurvedic cleanse in a stunning environment not too far away from home, you should sign up for one of these retreats.
Here is what guest Claire Bradbourne, brand strategist and mother of three, had to say about the Ayurveda Cleanse Retreat:
This retreat was a game-changer for me. To be honest, I thought I was in for four days of hard-core deprivation. I had signed up for a lot of ‘no's'. No caffeine, no alcohol, no sugar, no animal products. Feeling rinsed after a hectic few years, I needed more than an alcohol-free day or a home juice cleanse. I needed some soul restoration.
Something deeper and more meaningful, and Sarita and her ayurveda retreat came along at exactly the right moment in time, so I signed up. I had no prior knowledge of ayurveda and was a casual yogi at best.
This retreat completely blew my mind. Rather than an exercise in deprivation, it was a complete joy. The connection with these 'strangers' that came from our time together and the isolation in nature was the most enriching and unexpected part of it.
The wisdom that passes between women of different generations and backgrounds.
The lack of judgement as you’re there with messy hair on a yoga mat at 7am; or walking around blissed out with a turban on your head after a magical hot oil treatment.
The laughter that comes as you eat together and share life stories – there were peals of laughter all night long and many aching cheeks at bedtime.
The foooooooood. Gawain is a savante. I never knew vegan could feel so indulgent. We’d gather for meals and wait with the excitement of five-year-olds on Christmas Eve. It was the ultimate respite from being to the one who is always doing the feeding, to being fed in such a beautiful way, three times a day.
The morning and evening rituals that enveloped the day. The most ancient forms of self care, centuries old, that make you feel beautiful and alive.
The ayurvedic aspect was the wrapping, the glue, the scaffolding, the base from which everything else made sense. It wasn’t just yoga and vegan food, it was an education in a new way of living and being in our bodies that I have woven into my everyday life, and I've never felt better.
So much fun, so good for the soul. Want to do it all again with this same group of stranger-friend-goddesses.
Contact us
Sarita@ayurvedanz.com
+64 211 445 768
www.ayurvedanz.co.nz