Special Trip for Kanyakumari Ayurveda Education & Retreat Center
Jan 8th – Jan 24th, 2009
Students of Kanyakumari join Niika Quistgard, Sanjeev Kumar and the staff at Rasa Ayurveda to experience and explore traditional Ayurveda in the context of a women’s retreat.
Schedule of Activities
Written and Designed by 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 – Thursday, January 8th
| 3:30 pm | Welcome Puja & Introduction | |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |
Day 2 – Friday, January 9th
| 3:00 am | Annual Rasa Ayurveda Ganapati Homam | ||
| 7:30 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Shopping | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 3:00 pm | Therapies | ||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:30 pm | The Healing Power of Ritual | ||
Day 3 – Saturday, January 10th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | |
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | |
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 10:00 am | Class – Introduction to Medicinal Plants | |
| Sanskrit Review | ||
| Women’s Medicines | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | |
| 3:00 pm | Therapies | |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |
| 8:00 pm | Cooking Class: Healing Drinking Waters | |
Day 4 – Sunday, January 11th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | |
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | |
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Class on Traditional Oil Making | |
| 10:00 am | Hands on – Mukuttu Oil- Making | |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | |
| 2:30 pm | Therapies | |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm | Kirtan – Devotional Chanting | |
Day 5 – Monday, January 12th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Medicinal Plants Class | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 2:30 pm | Therapies | ||
| 5:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 6:00 pm | Swathi Sangeethotsavam Concert at Kuthira Malika | ||
Day 6 – Tuesday, January 13th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Medicinal Plants Class | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 2:30 pm | Therapies | ||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:45 pm | Cooking Class | ||
Day 7 – Wednesday, January 14th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Medicinal Plants for Women’s Health | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 2:30 pm | Therapies | ||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:45 pm | The Meaning of Svastha (Health!) Kirtan – Chanting |
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Day 8 – Thursday, January 15th: Final Therapy Day
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Women’s Kitchen Rasayanas Class | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 2:30 pm | Therapies | ||
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | ||
| 6:30 pm | Kirtan at MahaVishnu Temple | ||
Day 9 – Friday, January 16th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Ganapati Temple Attukal Devi Temple Visit Lunch Out Kovalam Beach Visit |
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| 6:30 pm | |||
| 7:30 pm | Women & Ayurveda, Past & Future Presentation by Dr. Velayudhan Nair |
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Day 10 – Saturday, January 17th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:30 am | Murivenna Lecture | ||
| 10:45 am | Murivenna Oil-Making | ||
| 1:00 pm | Lunch & Rest | ||
| 1:30 pm | Murivenna Oil-Making | ||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:30 pm | Relationship to Plant Medicines | ||
Day 11 – Sunday, January 18th
| 6:00 am | Yoga | ||
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | ||
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | ||
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am | Group study – Medicinal Plants Review | ||
| 3:30 pm | Interaction with Local Women at Rasa Ayurveda Distribution of Medicinal Plants |
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| 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:30 pm | Devotional Chanting | ||
Day 12 – Monday, January 19th
| 6:30 am | Leave Rasa | ||
| 9:30 am | Arrive at Maruthua Mala (Medicine Mountain) Trek up and down hill, visit temples, identify plants, meditate, enjoy view |
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| 12:00 pm | Travel to Kanyakumari Check into double-occupancy rooms |
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| 1:30 pm | Lunch | ||
| 2:30 pm | Ferry to Vivekananda’s rock | ||
| 4:30 pm | Visit Gandhi’s Memorial & Shopping | ||
| 6:00 pm | Sunset on Beach | ||
| 7:00 pm | Dinner | ||
SPEND NIGHT AT KANYAKUMARI
Day 13 – Tuesday, January 20th
| 6:00 am | Sunrise | |||
| 6:45 am | Kanya Devi Temple visit | |||
| 7:30 am | Breakfast | |||
| 9:30 am | Room checkout | |||
| 11:00 am | Visit Padmanabhapuram Palace Shopping |
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| 5:00 pm | Arrive at Rasa Ayurveda | |||
| 6:30 pm | Dinner Free Evening for Relaxation and Journaling or Movie night |
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Day 14 – Wednesday, January 21st
| 6:00 am | Yoga | |
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | |
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Theory of Shirovasthi Shirovasthi practicum |
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| 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Shirovasthi practicum | |
| 5:00 pm | Visit local Orphanage | |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30 pm | Mehendi evening with local women | |
Day 15 – Thursday, January 22nd
| 6:00 am | Yoga | |
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | |
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Shirovasthi practicum | |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch out | |
| 2:30 pm | Shopping | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm | MahaVishnu Temple Kirtan | |
Day 16 – Friday, January 23rd
| 6:00 am | Yoga | |
| 7:00 am | Fresh up | |
| 7:30 am | Puja & Dhyan | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Shirovasthi Review Medicinal Plants Review |
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| 12:00 pm | Goodbye Gathering with Staff | |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Packing, Resting | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30 pm | Group Closing Session | |
Saturday, January 24th
Departures
