Ahimsa Retreats WE AIM FOR EVERY RETREAT OF AHIMSA TO BE “TRANSFORMATIONALâ€. RESTORATIVE RETREATS FOR OVERALL HEALTH, HEALING AND WELL BEING.
Imagine getting up each day in a home surrounded by fragrant Ayurvedic gardens, watching the sunrise over misty mountains while doing yoga, then receiving on-site Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatments tailored to your specific constitution and imbalances. These unhurried treatments are given by a team of healers led by renowned practitioner Unnikrishnan Gurukkal. For the rest of each day, guests enjoy organically homegrown food, the magic of Ahimsa’s garden of healing trees and plants, time for reflection, and immersion in an ancient culture.
We give our guests the experience of seeing performances of traditional dance, music and martial arts—all conveniently at the Ahimsa villa. We hope our guests will leave Ahimsa in a state of enhanced well being, health, and optimism—better stewards of their own health and of our Earth.
Ahimsa Gardens was first opened to the world in 2013, not only to offer a unique experience of authentic Ayurvedic medicine, but also to financially sustain Ahimsa Gardens in perpetuity.
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Ayurveda diagnoses each person’s individual constitution, then seeks to strengthen the person as a whole. This approach boosts all systems, including the immune system, by removing toxins, not only physical, but mental and spiritual.
Ahimsa offers an augmented form of this treatment, administered by Unnikrishnan Gurukkal, in which the principles of Marma are incorporated into traditional Panchakamra. Gurukkal is a highly esteemed title granted by his peers for his training and expertise. Kalari-Marma-Chikitza involves complex 1 to 2 hour massages and is administered by 2 to 3 persons.
“I can’t imagine how it works, but I certainly feel better†is a comment we often hear, even as soon as the day of first treatment.
Ahimsa is happy to offer the services of Kalari Master, Mr. Unnikrishnan Gurukkal for Ayurvedic Rejuvenating Therapies while on your retreat. After an assessment of your constitution and its imbalances, the practitioner will determine a sequence of therapies tailored to your individual needs to detoxify and rejuvenate. Individual Therapies & Benefits: Kalari Uzhichil (oil massage followed by steam bath in a wooden sauna with head exposed) (Four Hand Uzhichil Hair to Feet Massage + Medicated Steam Bath) – Benefits: Improves bone and muscle health, improving flexibility. Pizhichil (pouring a steady stream of warm medicated oil over the body in a rhythmic fashion) (30 Mins Massage + 60 Mins Pizhichil) – Benefits: Improves musculoskeletal, nervous system and reproductive system health. Effective to palliate rheumatic diseases, strokes, mental disorders and sexual dysfunction. Shiro Dhara (pouring a gentle stream of medicated oil or liquid on the forehead in a rhythmic fashion) (Four Hand Hair to Feet Massage + Shiro Dhara) – Benefits: Improves sleep. Improves memory. Calms the nervous system. Enhances blood circulation to the brain. Elakizhi (four handed massage and pounding on the body using poultices made of medicinal herbs) (Four Hand Hair to Feet Massage + Elakizhi) – Benefits: Strengthens the musical-skeletal system,decreases inflammation and pain. Palliates Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sciatica and nerve pain. Also, improves skin complexion. Podikizhi (same as above with poultices made from medicated powder made from medicinal leaves, ashes etc) (Four Hand Hair to Feet Massage + Podikizhi) – Benefits: Certain types of neurological conditions, arthritis and obesity.