The Ayurvedic Lifestyle Perfect Health Retreat is a program of daily wellness founded on the 5,000 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.
🧘♀️ Balance the mind-body
🧘♀️ Enhance nutrition
🧘♀️ Reduce emotional turbulence
🧘♀️ Restore vitality
🧘♀️ Re-awaken the senses
Carrie Barlow, DO
Chopra Global Vedic Educator
480-788-9822
Dr. Carrie remembers healing her ailing stuffed animal patients when she was a first-grader, sending them on their way with Bandaids and written prescriptions. Eventually, her desire to help others along with a deep interest in pursuing wellness led her to become a Board Certified Integrative Medicine, Family Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine osteopathic physician. During her 16 years in Family Medicine and Hospice, she also became a Chopra Certified Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor, a 6 Steps to Self-Healing certified provider as well as a Kundalini Yoga instructor, Reiki master, and Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner. Improving and maintaining well-being continues to be Dr. Carrie’s passion, and she uses a variety of techniques to give individualized integrative recommendations to her clients.
Patricia Iris, MD
Chopra Global Vedic Master Educator
520-349-2601
Patricia Iris, MD, MPH, is a teacher and healer who has uniquely synthesized her western medical training with ancient wisdom and teachings to catalyze individual transformation. Her holistic healing approach includes Ayurveda, Yoga, Energy Medicine and Functional Medicine. She is the founder of Samadhi Wellness and integrates Eastern tools and practices with Western techniques to optimize health. As a Chopra Global Vedic Master Educator, she is certified in Perfect Health, Mediation and Yoga. She currently teaches for the Chopra Health Retreat and is inspired by being part of each participant’s journey back to health and wellness. As a Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner and Ordained Scent Priestess, Dr. Iris provides a personalized healing experience that assists her clients in returning to wholeness. In her work, Patricia creates a safe space with love and compassion for her clients to heal and come home to their true selves.
Hila Granger
Hila Granger has been deeply rooted in Ayurveda since 2008. She is a Ayurvedic practitioner, with her emphasis on women's health. She studied at the California College of Ayurveda and has taken classes and workshops at the Ayurvedic Institute. She offers private health and lifestyle consults, organic plant based meals, Ayurvedic therapies, Astrology sessions, a sustainable Ayurvedic inspired product line for your skin, ghee blends for internal oleation, tea blends for dosha and season, classes on herbs and ritual, and retreats rooted in the sacred principles and practices of Ayurveda.
DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D.
Recognized as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind-body-spirit medicine, Dr. Chopra continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health and healing. The author of more than 90 books, Deepak is changing the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness.
DAVID SIMON, M.D.
Dr. David Simon was a pioneer in mind-body-spirit medicine. After co-founding the Chopra Center for Wellbeing with Deepak Chopra, M.D. in the early 1990s, Dr. Simon became one of the world's foremost authorities on the effective and appropriate use of holistic healthcare practices. He was also the author of many popular wellness books, and developed programs dedicated to helping people consciously heal and transform their lives.
10:30am- 11:15am
Welcome and Overview
11:15am- 12:00pm
Session: Meditation Review
12:00pm- 12:30pm
YOGA Law of Pure Potentiality
12:30pm- 1:00pm
Pranayama and Group Meditation
1:00pm- 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm- 3:00pm
Intro to Ayurveda
3:00pm- 3:30pm
YOGA Law of Giving and Receiving
3:30pm- 4:00pm
Pranayama and Group Meditation
4:00pm- 6:00pm
Lifestyle Consultation or Session (optional)
10:00am- 10:30am
YOGA Law of Karma & Law of Least Effort
10:30am- 11:00am
Pranayama and Group Meditation
11:00am- 11:15am
BREAK
11:15pm- 12:15pm
Ayurvedic Nutrition
12:15pm- 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm- 2:00 pm
Emotional Freedom
2:00pm- 2:45pm
Gut Health
2:45pm- 3:00pm
BREAK
3:00pm- 3:30pm
YOGA Law of Intention and Desire & Law of Detachment
3:30pm- 4:00pm
Pranayama and Group Meditation
4:00pm- 6:00pm
Lifestyle Consultation or Session (optional)
10:00am- 12:00pm
Lifestyle Consultation or Session (optional)
12:00pm- 1:00pm
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN/ Lifestyle Consultation or Sessions (optional)
1:00pm- 2:00pm
Inner Pharmacy
2:00pm- 3:00pm
Daily Routines
3:00pm- 3:15pm
BREAK
3:15pm- 3:45pm
YOGA Law of Dharma
3:45pm- 4:15pm
Pranayama and Group Meditation
4:15pm- 5:00pm
Gene Keys
5:00pm- 6:00pm
Dinner
6:00pm- 7:30pm
Fire Ceremony
10:30am- 11:00am
Welcome and Intention Setting
11:00am- 12:00pm
Personal Integration
12:00pm- 1:00pm
Lifestyle Consultation or Personal Integration (optional)
1:00pm- 2:30pm
Cooking experience and lunch
2:30pm- 3:30pm
Lifestyle Consultation or Personal Integration (optional)
3:30pm- 4:00pm
Closing Circle
Anointing Session: Using sacred oils to anoint gateways in the body for health, spiritual uplift and awakening consciousness. Ten different blends of oils are placed in corresponding energy centers in the body. The scents evoke emotional and spiritual awareness while supporting vibrant health and a deep sense of wellbeing.
Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation: Experience a 1:1 session with a holistically minded physician and get personalized lifestyle recommendations based on your mind-body type.
Ayurvedic Massage: Ayurvedic massages are unique in the effect they have on mind, body and spirit. They influence the physical and subtle energy channels. A specific intention is set for your treatment so every massage is deeply personalized. The massage is also customized with specific oils and strokes using traditional Ayurvedic techniques.
Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) Session: Commonly abbreviated as EFT, this technique uses tapping with the fingers on acupressure points to help restore the balance of energy in the body and thus can help alleviate physical, mental, and emotional issues, including healing trauma.
Gene Keys Profile: A synthesis of wisdom from the I-Ching, Human Design, Astrology and DNA Codon-rings that assists in guiding you on a journey of self-illumination. A unique sequence is identified based on your birth place, date and time. Your individualized sequence allows you to discover and embrace your shadows through contemplation, promoting the release of your gifts, and ultimately supporting the embodiment of your genius.
Gut Health Session: Gut health is one of the root causes of the majority of our health issues today, including weight gain, low energy, mood issues, sleep problems, digestive complaints, and hormonal imbalances. Get a personalized supplement recommendation based on your current health challenges.
Reiki Session: From the Japanese characters “Rei,” which means universal spiritual wisdom, and “Ki,” which means life force energy, Reiki is a simple healing therapy that uses universal energy to restore harmony and balance to the mind and body.
Shamanic Session: From a shamanic perspective, illness first appears in the subtle body, Shamanic healing sessions address spiritual and energetic imbalances using a variety of techniques and energy work.
Learning the basics of Ayurveda to help you feel your best
Classes taught by Chopra certified instructors who are also holistic physicians
Daily incorporation of Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Success
One delicious and nutritious meal per day plus healthy snacks, water, and tea
Twice daily yoga and meditation to help calm your nervous system
A wonderful opportunity to relax, rejuvenate, and reset your mind, body, and soul
A safe space to support and be supported by like minded souls
Simple tips and techniques to apply as soon as you return home
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*Airfare, transportation, and dinner are not included. Lodging is included only in the lodging option.
*Payment in full is required to reserve your spot.
*****Deadline for signing up November 15, 2024
Friday November 22 - Sunday November 24, 2024, with an optional integration day on Monday, November 25th
Private residence in northeast Tucson, AZ. Exact location will be given location after registration and payment has been received.
Optional day on Tuesday November 25th includes a cooking experience, bonding time with your newfound community, relaxation time in the hot tub and nature, plus any of the 1-hour sessions as listed above.
Ayurvedic Lifestyle Program 2024