VedaRaydiance Retreats 

2.5 day weekend intensives designed to facilitate the VedaRaydiance Mission. These retreats are held within the home of our VedaRaydiance Hosts or at select Resorts of our choice.

*Before all retreats you will fill out a pre-packet questionnaire to help determine your bio-energetic balance of energies (ie. Your unique dosha constitution).

With Gwen Nitya, Clinical Ayurvedic & Pancha Karma Specialist, Yoga Instructor - you will learn:

DAY ONE
Introduction to Ayurveda

DAY TWO
A deeper understanding of Ayurveda and its practical applications to the body/mind/soul
The 4 Goals of Life: Kama, Artha, Dharma & Moksha - w/higher intentions
The 3 Pillars of Life: Food, Sleep & Sex (Creative Outlet for the Soul)
The Tridoshas: Vata, Pitta & Kapha
The 3 Gunas: Satva, Rajas & Tamas - a perspective on Life & Healing
The 5 Koshas & 7 Lokas of our 3 Bodies: Gross, Subtle & Causal
The Law of Karma as applied to the Annamaya Kosha (the Food sheath of the Body/Mind/Soul)
Yoga asana (poses) from an Ayurvedic perspective as applied to the Annamaya Kosha and the Vata Dosha.
Abhyanga/Snehana/Oil - Love, Ahimsa & Nourishment
Meditation & the Spiritual Life, discussions on the Bhagavad Gita & Micro/Macro Realization

DAY THREE
Dinacharya - lifestyle choices & daily self-care
Five Sense Therapies:

• Color
• Aroma Therapy & Essential Oils
• Mantra & Vibrational Healing
• Marma - continuation of self-massage discussion
• Foods & Herbs (focus on herbs, as Shedate will focus on food)
  

Meal Sadhana (Rules of the Stomach & Eating as a Spiritual Practice)
Ghee, Kicheri, The Tridoshic Rice, Mung Dal
"Must Have" Kitchen & Healing Herbs
The 8 Fold Path of Pantanjali as applied to Healing & Spirituality - practical applications of:

• Yamas
• Niyamas
• Yoga Asana
• Pranayama
• Pratyahara
• Dharana
• Dyana
• Samhadi

From Shedate Deanne, SuddhaRasa Paradigm Creator and Master Facilitator, Certified Tree Of Life Live Food Instructor, Radiant SuperFoods/Island Fusion Cuisine Chef and Vibrational Nourishment Alchemist - you will learn:

DAY ONE
Introduction to SuddhaRasa Nourishment Paradigm, 10 Pillars, and the "New Bliss"

DAY TWO
Water - What's so Special About IT?

Direct Experience & Vibrational Nourishment - Journeying with the Light-Body/Mind

SuddhaRasa Part I

• SuddhaRasa Pathways - 10 pillars framework
• Raw foods, SuperFoods, & Supersizing Nutrient Density
• Shopping list - Staples for the SuddhaRasa Kitchen & Lifestyles
• Ayurveda perspective - Vata, Pitta, Kapha Preparations
• Daily Integration of SuddhaRasa, Simply & Sustainably

SuddhaRasa Part II

• Top SuddhaRasa Foods and Nourishment
• Advanced Culinary Arts
• Demonstrations & Happy Accidents
• Recipes - Basic Delicious Foundational Recipes
• Alchemical Playtime - The Illuminated Process of Creativity & Transformation
• Plants: LifeForce, Phyto-Nutrients, Spiritual Anatomy

Clean Food, Beautiful Food, Yogi Food

• Sourcing Food
• Comparing Bottled Foods and Powders
• High, High Food Awareness
• Harmful Foods/Toxins/Allergens
• Resources for Education and Participation

DAY THREE
The Connected SuddhaRasa Lifestyle

• Peaceful Warriors, Sadhana, Activities, Meditation, Leaders, Resources, Readings

Intro to Tree of Life & Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Rainbow Green Cuisine, Conscious Eating

• Raw Food Lifestyle with Ayurveda Wisdom
• Fasting/cleansing: why, when, how
• Detoxing and Rebuilding
• Optimal Weight with Live Foods and Fasting Plan

Home Composting, Gardening, & Growing

• E.M. Technology
• Beyond Organic

Ayurveda & SuddhaRasa Combined

• Raw & Cooked - Fusion and Alchemy
• Body/Mind Traps and Daily Solutions
• Rules of the Stomach and Sadhana

Reconnecting with Nature & the True Self

• Cultivating: Love, Joy, Compassion, Peace, & Bliss, Bliss, Bliss
• Accessing the Spirit Realm, Facilitation
• Building the Light-Body/Mind Recap
• Meditation Styles
• Activities - Mind/Body/Spirit