“the knowledge of life” and indicates a system of olistic medicine.
Since it dates more than 5 thousand years, Ayurveda is
the oldest Science of Health. It's not only a medical system, it's a path that leads to awareness and self realization,
to the awakening of our inner self, in respect of ourselves,
of the planet and all the creature.
What is Ayurveda
Ayurveda – science of life
The meaning of Ayurveda is reflected in its name: in Sanskrit ayus means life and veda is science. Even after thousands of years this discipline remains contemporary thanks to the teachings handed down to students by the masters, knowledge which has been gained from books and acquired by experience and everyday practice.
The Ayurveda concept of health is not limited to the absence of illness, but rather it takes into consideration the state of harmony between body, mind and soul, and the capacity of the individual to develop a serene relationship with life, to manage it in the best way according to one’s own disposition and to generate happiness for oneself and others.
Ayurveda never considers illness an isolated fact and its therapies do not treat just symptoms or a particular organ but the whole being. Indian medicine favours slow and gradual treatments and its prescriptions consist of hygienic, nutritional and behavioural practices, herbal remedies, minerals, infusions, massage and yoga exercises.
Every Ayurvedic remedy is a tonic; these therapies are not prescribed with the aim to destroy an invading organism, but in order to restabilize a balanced environment in which germs find themselves in territory hostile to their survival, i.e. in a reinforced immune system.
Although coherent and logical Ayurveda is not rooted in a particular dogma and has a dynamic and universal character just like life itself. It does not belong exclusively to one particular culture, religion or country, but offers well-being to everyone. The medicines and diets can vary, but the underlying principles remain constant.
Caraka, author of one of the most important Ayurvedic works, the Caraka Samhita, defines Ayurveda as “the discipline thanks to which it is possible to distinguish the healthy and happy ways of life from those harmful and unhappy, and so to know what is good and what is bad for health and happiness and learn the real nature of life.”
As our lifestyle becomes increasingly stressful, Ayurveda assists us in preventing illness, maintaining our health and internal balance to ensure our future longevity.
Ayurveda considering us as a union between mind, body and spirit, teaches us how to reunite them in order to achieve Health and Well Being through lifestyle reccomendations,
diet, yoga, meditation, herbal remedies and PanchaKarma Therapy.
Ayurveda is also the mother of antiaging and rejuvination therapies incorporating the Science of Rasayana and the herbal remedies which are designed to rejuvinate the mind and the body.
According to Ayurveda, the material world is made up by the five elements:
air, ether, water, fire and earth. The 5 elements, also join together to form the Doshas.
The Doshas are Vatta (ether and air), Pitta (fire and water) and Kapha (earth and water).
At the moment of our conception the Doshas present themselves in different proportions
to form our unique constitution.
An imbalance of our Doshas and our Agni (the digestive fire) manifests as an illness.
This imbalance can be treated thanks to PanchaKarma cleansing and rejuvenating therapies which (unique to Ayurveda) eliminate physical and mental toxins, improving our overall health, strengthening our immune system hence promoting longevity and vitality.
In the resort the following ayurvedic treatements are available
Massages:
* Full body massage:
this scientific Ayurvedic Massage works on both physical and energetical level and removes the blockages due to stagnant psychic energy.
Each part of the body is treated in order to achieve a complete relaxation.
* Classical Abhyanga massage:
the traditional Ayurvedic Massage commonly used as a pre procedure treatment to Panchakarma therapy. It is a good massage for delicate and old people and it is also given to new born babies to relieve them from the birth pain.
It is recommended to women during menses and pregnancy.
It improves blood circulation and gives nourishment to joints, muscles, legaments, tendons, bones and blood vessels.
It reverses and prevents aging and encreases longevity.
* Marma massage:
Marma points are energy points considered to be the junction of body and
mind that are spred out over the body and connected to the organs.
This massage is done on these pressure points using ayurvedic oils and helps in releasing blocked energy
(both physical and emotional) from the channels, improving the energy circulation.
* Yogic massage:
this massage, designed by the indian Saints for the royal people as a sort of passive yoga, is good for bones, joints, muscles and improves the body flexibility
encreasing the energy circulation.
* Tantric massage:
Originally the Saints used this massage to convert the sexual energy into spiritual energy. Nowadays it is suggested for any kind of problem related to the sexual
and hormonal system.
* Chakral massage:
is a traditional Massage that increases the flow of spiritual energy, opens the chackras and the meridians to achieve peace and happyness.
* Udavartanan:
this massage consists in using a deep penetrating herbal paste to reduce the fat tissues.
It exfoliates the skin while pressing stagnant lymphatic toxins out of the body.
Treatments:
* Shirodhara:
“Shiro” means head and “dhara” means flow. In this powerful treatment warm medicated oil is poured slowly and smoothly on the forehead and the Ajna Chakra ( Third Eye).
It is truly helpful for all the nervous system problems, like insomnia and stress.
It is an extremely relaxing and rejuvenating therapy that leaves the skin radiating with a healthy glow.
* Nadi Sweda:
Traditional Ayurvedic fomentation induced by steam made of a medicated leaves decoction. It increases Agni (the digestive fire), mobilises the fatty tissue
and throws out the Ama (toxins) through the skin dilating all body channels.
* Pinda Sweda:
It’s a deep cleansing, relaxing and rejuvenating treatment.
Rice boiled in milk or herbs are massaged deeply over the tissues and joints.
* Kati Basti:
Medicated oils are poured into an indian lentils dough that looks like a small dam placed around certain areas of the spine in order to release muscle spasms, nerves compression sciatica pain, stiffness, slip disc, herniated disc and common back pains.
* Nashyam:
“Nasa hi shirso dwaram” - Vaghbhat - “Nose is the closest opening to the brain”.
This treatment helps in clearing the sinuses and reducing the pain in face, head and neck by pouring medicated oils into the nostrils. It is also useful to relieve emotional problems like stress, fatigue, depression and fear, and to reduce dark circles around the eyes.
* Karna Poorana:
Warm herbal oil is poured into the ears followed by a massage around the ears and the jaw areas. This helps in relieving jaw and neck tensions, ear and head aches.
* Indian Traditional Reflexology Treatment:
- Facial Reflexology - Massaging the pressure points located on the facial area this treatment helps to balance the hormonal system and the sense organs.
It promotes a deep relaxing feeling and leaves your skin glowing, radiant and refreshed.
- Skeleton Massage - This treatment works deeply on the physiological degeneration of the skeletal system, indicated for the treatment of arthritis, reumatic pain, osteoporosis, sciatic and back pain.
- Digestive Massage - This treatment helps to improve the digestion ability and alleviates the disconfort caused by internal gas formation and costipation.
- Lymphatic Massage - This treatment stimulates the immune system and the lymphatic drainage, helping in removing toxins and water retention.
* Personalised ayurvedic nutrition guidance
A consultation in which your physical and mental constitution (Dosha) will be determined in order to give a complete and useful diet and lifestyle guidance. Understanding your Dosha can help you to accept your own natural beauty and uniqueness.