If you are interested to know about basic Ayurveda or if you are a hands on, “do-it-yourself” person then why not come along and learn how to prepare easy and delicious dishes or how to self-massage, a daily practice in Southern India where the method is used to develop resistance to disease and to strengthen the immune system.
Ayurveda Cooking courses
The little Ayurvedic Kitchen - 2nd and 3rd July, 11.00 am – 01.00 pm
Cost of the course € 35,00
Basics of Ayurvedic Nutrition
How to prepare Kichari and eat delicious and healthy but fast cooked food.
We will prepare and enjoy an Ayuvedic Lunch together using the fresh vegetables available from the Yoga in Salento’s garden and we will discuss the benefits of eating Ayuvedic.
Ayurveda Nutrition and Cooking Course - 7th July, 10.00 am – 01.00 pm & 05.00 pm – 08.00 pm
Cost of the course € 60,00
Use of spices in Ayurvedic Kitchen. We will prepare and taste a variety of Ayurvedic dishes together focussing on the wide range of spices and endless possibilities to create new flavours.
Indulge yourself into a timeless art of living – Ayurveda – the Science of Life
5th – 9th July, 12th – 16th July
Each day Monday - Friday from 11.00 am - 12.30 pm
Single lecture € 20,00
Ttwo lectures (of your choice) € 35,00
Five lectures € 75,00
Discover the secrets of healthy living through all seasons and ages. Get to know which food type you are and how to obtain and keep your equilibrium, the re-alignment of your body, soul and mind also known as positive health.
Ayurveda is not just a medical system and Yoga is not just exercise
Ayurveda and Yoga have the same origins
Ayurveda Basics; Vata; Pitta: Kapha
Why and How to practice self-massage!
Which oil to use under which circumstances
The different types of food (sattvic, rajasic, tamasic)
Which food is good for yoga practitioners - and why!!
Influence of food on your mind
How can the mind be influenced by food
How to prepare Ghee and Kichari
How to prepare Kheer (a delicious auspicious rice pudding)
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Ayurveda Cookery Course
Sat 17th July (04.00 pm – 08.00 pm) &
Sun 18th July (10.30 am – 01.00 pm & 05.00 pm – 08.00 pm)
Six tastes originate from the five elements earth, water, fire, air and ether, transmitting their properties: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent
The key is to have a moderate amount of each taste.
Taste is considered therapeutic for several reasons.
The Sanskrit word for taste is “rasa”.
It means delight or essence, both of which are healing.
A SURPRISING TRIP INTO SOPHISTICATED TASTES AND HEALTHY BUT SPICY LIVING
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THE POWER OF SELFHEALING
Introduction to the fundamentals of Ayurveda
Quality of food
Creation of the Universe and the 6 Tastes
The 6 tastes and the 3 doshas
Vata dosha
Teacher’s BIO
Since 1993 Claudia Brebeck is living and working in Florence. For more than 12 years she was Vice-President of the Istituto Italiano di Ayurveda where she has also studied and practised Ayurvedic Cooking and Ayurvedic Massage under the guidance of Prof. Bhagwan Dash and Dr. Lalitesh Kashyap. For the last eight years she’s been working as an instructor of Ayurvedic Cooking and Ayurvedic Massage in Italy, Germany, France and Belgium.
At the moment she is also collaborating with “Jiva”in Florence and “Artisan de sa Santè” in Rasieux, France, of which she is a founding member. Claudia is also a breathing therapist (Middendorf method).