Do you want to balance the mind-body and restore vitality?
Do you want to re-awaken the senses?
Do you want to enhance your nutrition and reduce emotional turbulence?
Then book onto this 5-week Ayurvedic Lifestyle Programme with Gail Hooley. Gail is a qualified Ayurvedic Lifestyle Instructor who trained at the Chopra Centre in California with Dr Deepak Chopra. Gail is also a McLean Meditation Institute Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher.
Why Perfect Health?
The Perfect Health program is a programme of daily wellness founded on the 5000 year old healing system of medicine known as Ayurveda. Ayurveda states that health is not just the absence of disease; it is physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. It is designed to create balance in the mind and the body. Using the principles of Ayurveda, you will learn tools and techniques that you can immediately use to cultivate your physical health and emotional well-being.
Whether you are experiencing an accumulation of stress, an illness, or simply want to reset your health and improve your overall balance and well-being, the Perfect Health programme can help you take your health to the next level. This course is designed to help you access your inner wisdom as you learn about how you can bring Ayurvedic principles into your daily life and how they can help you to achieve balance and vitality.
Here are just a few of the benefits of attending Perfect Health:
- Discover your individual mind/body constitution, also known as your Dosha and learn how to bring it into balance to experience optimal health
- Learn practices that will help you to eat appropriately for your body type and help you to transform your health by adopting mind-body practices prescribed specifically for your Dosha
- Feel lighter and more energetic as you learn to detoxify and cleanse your body of physical and emotional toxicity
- Enjoy more energy, better sleep, and reverse the effects of stress as you learn to care for yourself with a Dosha specific health routine
- Learn how to integrate a mindful meditation practice into your daily life
- Receive instruction in a gentle, supportive and easily integrated daily yoga practice
The Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle Program brings together the knowledge of the traditional healing wisdoms with current medical knowledge to create a programme whereby you can improve your
physiological, emotional and spiritual health by making conscious choices.
Upon completion of the course, you will receive a Chopra certificate. So whether you’re looking to improve your own health and wellbeing, or are a therapist looking to expand your knowledge of Ayurvedic philosophy and lifestyle to help your clients, this is the course for you.
When is it?
This is a five-week course, from 10am to 12.30pm on:
- Tuesday 26th February
- Tuesday 5th March
- Tuesday 12th March
- Tuesday 19th March
- Tuesday 26th March
What we will cover
Week 1
You will be introduced to the foundational principles of Ayurveda, meditation, and yoga, as well as the three primary mind-body Doshas or constitutions: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
Week 2
In this session, you will learn how to select the most nourishing foods for your mind-body type. You will be guided in Ayurvedic nutritional practices that will help you maintain vibrant health, appropriate weight, and optimised
digestion.
Week 3
This session focuses on the tools and practices of rejuvenation and renewal. You will learn how to identify and eliminate toxins that accumulate in your mind and body. In addition you will learn gentle rejuvenating practices, holistic techniques to relieve stress and anxiety and a personal daily routine for balance and health, as well as the secrets of restful sleep. We will also learn about Neti pots, oil pulling and Abhyanga for daily balance.
Week 4
You will learn why emotional freedom is the key to physical, mental and emotional health. We will be looking at practices and techniques of conscious communication, biological responses, and the steps of emotional release which can transform your relationships and help you experience more joy in your life.
Week 5
This lesson delves into the healing power of the five senses: sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell. You will learn how to strengthen the body’s inner pharmacy by using specific tools that use each of the senses to heal, nourish and balance your mind-body. In this session, you will also learn how aromatherapy affects our mind-body constitution differently.
What to bring/wear
- Please wear warm loose clothing that will allow for unrestricted gentle movement (this doesn’t need to be yoga/Pilates kit).
- We recommend you bring a wrap or light rug for meditation.
- You will receive a workbook which you can annotate or make brief notes in but you may like to bring a separate journal and pen for note-taking.
- We will have a short interval mid-morning when black, green and herbal teas will be served.
How much is it?
The course costs £250, but you can take advantage of our special early bird offer of £225 if you book and pay for your place by 15th February.
We will pass your order confirmation onto Gail and she will be in touch to ask you to complete a Personal Information form before the commencement of the course.
Here’s what some past attendees say
“I would just like to say, thank you both so much for organising such an amazing course!”
“I just wanted you to know that I found the course very beneficial and have made small changes already. I hope that from what I have learnt, I will make more of those changes and find more time for myself.”
“You have helped me to look at everything differently, and made me realise that I need to change my focus on life. For that I am very, very grateful. Thank you so much. Love from D”
“All that you have done these last few weeks has been so informative, wise and gently given. Thank you so much for the effort and time taken to make it a special time for me. I have learnt so much and intend to carry it forward in my life. With great affection and love, L”