One day Ana and I were invited to visit the home of one of the Bodytree students. On a rainy morning we set out by foot into the thick forest on the other side of the Kallar river with Maina to visit her father. Many Adivasi people live very, very simply in mud houses...
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While I am in Kallar the Hindu festival Shivaratri is taking place all over India. Dr. Vijayan explains the festival as follows: Shivaratri is celebrated when lord Shiva is making love to the earth. People stay up all night, and the next day there is no work. There is especially no work like farming...
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The Bodytree organization would not be what it is without the driving effort and visionary enthusiasm of Dr. Vijayan. It also receives support from Bodytree UK that aims to raise awareness and promote the use of Ayurveda & indigenous Indian health practices in the UK and support, promote and research both practice and training...
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While I am eating my breakfast and contemplating about what I am feeling in my body after the treatment, lunch and more medicine waters are being delivered. No fasting is possible here! Besides the fresh turmeric water with the alcohol medicine we drink every morning on an empty stomach and the slightly salty Amla...
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| Image by Photos by Uli Loskot Before we came to the Bodytree I had expectations of a special kind of treatment, which is called Panchakarma. I have been envisioning myself going through fasting and vomiting, drinking my own urine, receiving enemas and strange body packs. In Ayurveda Panchakarma means five actions and consists...
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On my first couple of days at the Bodytree I still have to get used to the rhythm of life here. But soon I almost can’t imagine that living any other way would be something I wanted or needed. Ana and I are staying in very cozy, separate rooms in the guest and student...
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India is a heart opener. Have I mentioned that already? I realize that more and more, and I remember how much happiness was also in my heart when I visited this country the last time. My heart and soul has been opened, and my body as well, after eleven days of ayurvedic bodywork from...
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I met Austrian Ana Mostoegl at Magic Park, a healing arts resort that she runs with her partner Arun Duca in Arambol, Goa. She also designs clothing using one-of-a-kind saris and natural cotton for her feminine and playful collection. She says that women’s fashion has become too masculine. Women’s power, strength and beauty lays...
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