MayaShakti Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd. presents

with
David Crow & Niika Quistgard

February 20th – March 7th , 2009

Schedule of Activities
Written and Designed by David Crow,
Niika Quistgard and Sanjeev Kumar S.

Note: All scheduled activities are subject to change of content and timing. Changes are usually improvements. Expect to experience the delightfully unexpected!

Day 1 –  Friday,  February 20th

8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Welcome: Logistics, Cultural awareness, Rules
10:00 am		Walk thru neighborhood
11:00 am		Lecture: Aromatherapy in Ayurveda/ Program Overview
Overview
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Lecture: Principles of Aromatherapy
5:30 pm		Aromatic cuisine: Spiced Drinking Waters
6:30 pm		Dinner
7:30 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Yoga of Olfaction

Day 2 – Saturday, February 21st

7:15 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Track One: Therapies - Abhyanga & Svedhana
			9 – 11 [2 persons] 11:30 -1:30pm [2 persons] 3 - 5 pm [2 persons]
		Track Two: Morning Workshops
			Medicinal Oil Making (workstations with several types of oils)
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Track One – Afternoon Workshops
			Medicinal Oil Making (workstations with several types of oils)
		Track Two: Therapies - Abhyanga & Svedhana
			3 - 5 pm [2 persons]
5:30 pm		Lecture: Carrier oils
6:30 pm		Dinner
8 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Agarwood

Day 3 – Sunday, February 22nd

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Lecture: Floral oils
10:30 am		Spice market and bazaar shopping
1:00 pm		Lunch in Bazaar
2:30 pm		Return to Rasa
3:00 pm		Lecture/workshop: Mythology of Flowers Pookkalum (mandala of flowers)
5:30 pm		Aromatic cuisine: Agni & Digestive Pitta Fresh dipanas
6:30 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Rose

Day 4 – Monday, February 23rd

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Track One: Therapies - Abhyanga & Svedhana
			9 – 11 [2 persons] 11:30 -1:30pm [2 persons] 3 - 5 pm [2 persons]
		Track Two – Morning Workshops
			Gulkand Preparation
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Track One – Afternoon Workshops
			Gulkand Preparation
		Track Two :Therapies - Abhyanga & Svedhana
			3 - 5 pm [2 persons]
5:30 pm		Aromatic Cuisine: Cinnamon, Clove, Star Anise
6:30 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Survey of Indian Oils

Day 5 – Tuesday, February 24th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Tending Oils and Gulkand
9:30 am		Lecture: Attars
12:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
1:00 pm		Travel to Kanyakumari
3:00 pm		Arrive Kanyakumari: Ferry to Vivekananda's rock, Meditation in Cave, Visit Gandhi’s Memorial
5:30 pm		Sunset on the Beach at the Triveni Sangham
6:30 pm		Dinner
7:30 pm		Free time at Kanyakumari

Spend Night at Kanyakumari

Day 6 – Wednesday, February 25th

6:00 am		Sunrise on Beach
6:30 am		Drive to Flower Market, Survey of Flower Market
8:00 am		Breakfast out
9:00 am		Local Women making Maala and all things with Flowers
10:00 pm		Drive to Thulasi fields, presentation by farmer
1:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm		Flower fields: Jasmine, Tuberose, Marigold
4:30 pm		Travel to Rasa Ayurveda
6:30 pm		Arrive at  Rasa Ayurveda
7:00 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Jasmine

Day 7 – Thursday, February 26th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Tending Oils and Gulkand
9:30 am		Lecture: Antimicrobial effects of essential oils
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Lecture: Community Immunity Workshop: Make Traditional formula fumigant incense Prepare freshly ground Mylangi for henna evening
5:30 pm		Aromatic cuisine (antimicrobial) : Five turmerics, chilis
6:30 pm		Dinner
7:30 pm		Mehendi applications
8:15 pm		Aromatic Meditation - Frankincense / Kirtan

Day 8 – Friday, February 27th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Tending Oils and Gulkand
10:00 pm		Travel to Ernakalam (230 kms) 4-5 hours
3:00 pm		Check into hotel on Fort Cochin Island
4:00 pm		Explore Fort Cochin, Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Indian oils

Spend Night Double Occupancy in Fort Cochin

Day 9 – Saturday, February 28th

8:30 am		Breakfast
9:30 am		Visit Commercial Scale Essential Oils Factory employing steam distillation, solvent extraction and fractional distillation, possibly C02 distillation
1:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm		Travel to Munnar (150kms) 3-4 hours Enjoy lovely hill station
8:30 pm		Lecture: Sacred Scents

Spend Night Double Occupancy in Munnar

Day 10 – Sunday, March 1st

7:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Travel thru tea-planted hills to Marayoor  (62 kms)  2 hours
12:00 pm		Check into lodging and lunch
1:00 pm		Enter Tribal Forest Area for Observation of and Participation in Traditional Lemongrass Distillation Lecture: Sandalwood – commerce, ecology, politics
6:00 pm		Return to Marayoor Village
7:00 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Lecture: Sandalwood – mythology, religious use, paste, oil Aromatic Meditation: Sandalwood

Spend Night Double Occupancy in Marayoor

Day 11 – Monday, March 2nd

6:30 am		Rise, Take Tea and Light Breakfast
7:30 am		Trek into the Sandalwood Forest, for a lucky look at wild animals like bison, sambar deer, spotted deer, wild boar, jungle cat, maybe wild elephants…
11:00 am		Breakfast at Marayoor Junction
11:30 pm		Travel to Munnar
1:30 pm		Arrive Munnar - shopping
3:00 pm		Travel to Kumily (a beautiful drive, with stops along the way)
7:00 pm		Arrive Kumily. Check into lodging, shopping

Spend Night Double Occupancy in Kumily

Day 12 – Tuesday, March 3rd

8:00 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Travel to Chottupara
9:30 am		Guided Plantation Tour to observe vanilla, cardamom, pepper, clove and nutmeg, discussion of plant cultivation, pollination, harvesting, etc.
12:30 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm		Observe and participate in essential oil distillation; hydrosols
4:30 pm		Travel to Rasa Ayurveda Healing Centre
9:30 pm		Arrive at Rasa Ayurveda Healing Centre

Day 13 – Wednesday, March 4th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Intro to Bathi: tradition, quality control
9:30 am		Track One: Therapies - Shirodara
			9:30 – 10:30 [2 persons] 10:45 – 11:45 pm [2 persons] 12:00 – 1:00  [2 persons]
		Track Two – Morning Workshops
			Steam inhalation
				Introduction and theory Traditional way done in India (fresh herbs) Steam therapy experience
			Bathi making
				Introduction to ingredients Hand making of sticks
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Lecture: Prana, Prana Vata, Fragrance and Consciousness; Shirodhara
5:00 pm		Aromatic Cuisine:  Karivepella (curry leaf)
6:30 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic Meditation: Indian oils

Day 14 – Thursday, March 5th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:00 am		Track One – Morning Workshops
			Steam inhalation
				Introduction and theory Traditional way done in India (fresh herbs) Steam therapy experience
			Bathi making
				Introduction to ingredients Hand making of sticks
		Track Two: Therapies - Shirodara
			9:30 – 10:30 [2 persons] 10:45 – 11:45 pm [2 persons] 12:00 – 1:00  [2 persons]
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Using Essential Oils According to Ayurvedic Principles
5:30 pm		Aromatic Cuisine – Tulasi, Ginger & Black Pepper
6:30 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Evening entertainment in town

Day 15 – Friday, March 6th

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:30 am		Lecture – Fragrance and consciousness: Aromatherapy for specific mental and emotional applications
1:00 pm		Lunch & Rest
3:00 pm		Lecture: Nasya
			Introduction and theory Formulas and applications
4:15 pm		Group Nasya
5:30 pm		Aromatic Cuisine: Saffron
6:30 pm		Dinner
8:00 pm		Aromatic meditation: Indian oils

Day 16 – Saturday, March 7th
(last class day)

7:30 am		Yoga
8:30 am		Breakfast
9:30 am		Free time: Relax, pack, or hire a car for shopping or a trip to the beach
1:30 pm		Lunch – Special Kerala Sadhya
3:30 pm		Goodbyes all around (good bye to staff, tip distribution)
4:00 pm		Lecture:  Global Benefits of Medicinal Plants
			(Replanting the Global Garden)
5:30 pm		Aromatic Cuisine: Coconut
8:00 pm		Special Aromatic Closing Session

Sunday, March 8th

Departures

Trip Fee:
Single Occupancy (single room with bath) $3,450
Double Occupancy (shared room with bath) $3,150
Fee includes airport pickup and drop-off, accomodations, All participants stay in double occupancy accommodations when the group travels away from Rasa Ayurveda.)

Registrations are accepted with a completed registration application and a 50% deposit.

Special Note:
We welcome you to stay on at Rasa Ayurveda Traditional Healing Centre for personal Panchakarma or other personal therapeutic programme, please inquire about availability. Special discount applies to trip participants.

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