Come to Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre in Kerala, India, for a journey into Ayurveda that promises to transform your relationship to yourself, your world and your life!

With a maximum group size of fourteen, your trip will leave the well-beaten tourist path behind, offering an experience of traditional Ayurvedic therapies along with immersion in the natural environment, local culture and spiritual traditions.

And when you join us at Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre, you make a valuable contribution toward preserving traditional medicine, culture and native botanicals for the next generation of Malayalee women and families.

Niika Quistgard of MayaShakti Ayurveda and David Crow of Floracopeia welcome you for a 16-day immersion in classical Ayurvedic aromatherapy at Rasa Ayurveda.

Come join us for this special benefit trip in which we will:
     .... soak up the knowledge and energies of two great teachers, plus the Rasa Ayurveda staff
     .... experience the effectiveness and delight of aromatic Ayurvedic therapies
     .... enjoy hands-on participation in traditional medicinal oil making
     .... observe and participate in traditional distillation in a Tribal area (This is a rare chance!)
     .... learn the healing and culinary secrets of Kerala's aromatic herbs and spices
     .... trek in the sandalwood forests of Kerala

Niika Quistgard welcomes you to Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre for Women for this 14 or 21 day experience of a lifetime for women interested in deepening their Ayurvedic knowledge for Women's Health~

This one-of-a-kind internship experience will increase your Ayurvedic knowledge and confidence and will vitalize your practice of Ayurveda for the health and happiness of women of all ages. Applicants must be graduates or students of Ayurveda who possess an understanding of basic Ayurvedic concepts, typically having completed at least one year of formal instruction or rigorous self-study in Ayurveda.

This program offers the opportunity to:

* Explore the living material medica, the botanical wealth that is the root of traditional Ayurveda in Kerala. Make medicines for internal use and healing oils for external use in the traditional way--from fresh ingredients, by hand.

* Observe and discuss actual cases (intake, treatment planning and observation of treatment results). Rasa Ayurveda is a women's clinic, and our focus will be mainly on women's health issues.

* Deeply consider the importance of the mind state of the patient, and learn how best to foster the most healing attitude in our patients.

* Receive and practice performing traditional therapies, such as elakizhi and shirovasti.

* Learn to prepare traditional Kerala dishes in an Ayurvedic context.

* Contribute your time and energies to The Mutashi Project.

* Enjoy time for personal quiet and study, and a chance to connect with other women who practice (or will practice) Ayurveda......

* Extend your internship to 21 days - thru March 25th - to include a weeks' focus on Ayurvedic care for conception, pregnancy, post-partum and post-natal care.