Healing the Healer

Healing the Healer

Many of you have asked about my upcoming trip to India. What will I be doing?  How long will I be there?  Will I be studying Ayurveda? The first thing to realizes is that everyone needs to be healed, especially people who follow the path of guiding healing for others. It is all in varying degrees, but everyone needs to have a time of healing, detoxing, resting and rejuvenation. So my time in India will be primarily for my own health and healing. Yes, I’ll learn from the Ayurvedic doctors, but my goal will be to rest, rejuvenate and find my own inner place of healing. Ayurveda calls this type of healing Panchakarma. This is the cleansing, detoxing and rejuvenation program that is the foundation of healing in Ayurveda.

To give you an idea what my Panchakarma will be like, I thought I’d share my daily schedule with you.  This is what I was given from the Vaidyagrama Hospital as to what my days will be like.

Sample DAILY ROUTINE at Vaidyagrama Ayurevedic Hospital

5:45 am                    Intake of herbal decoction (as decided by physicians)

6:15 to 7:15 am      Chanting of mantras, Agnihotra fire ceremony, meditation, OM chanting

8:00 to 9:00            Breakfast

7:30 to 12:30            Consultation with physicians / treatments as scheduled / rest

11:00 to 11:30         Herbal tea / coconut water

12:30 to 1:30            Lunch followed by herbs (where applicable)

1:30 to 2:00                Yoga nidra or deep relaxation

2:30 to 4:00               Consultation with physicians / treatments as scheduled / rest

3:45 to 4:15                Herbal tea / coconut water

5:30 to 6:00                Intake of herbal decoction (as decided by physicians)

5:30 to 6:15                Satsang or group discussion with the physicians

6:15 to 7:00                Chanting of mantras, Agnihotra fire ceremony, meditation, OM chanting

7:00 to 8:00                Dinner followed by herbs (where applicable)

9:00 pm                       Bedtime

This is the tentative daily routine; however it is subject to change based on individual recommendation, season etc. As the physicians keep repeating, the primary daily routine is only consultations, treatments, medicines, food, sleep and REST; everything else is secondary.  I will follow this routine for two weeks. The third week in India will be spend seeing the country side and enjoying the lovely spice/tea shopping.

Having this time to “unplug” from society, calm my senses and nourish my soul will be deeply rejuvenating and energizing. To read more about Panchakarma, click here.

At Vaidyagrama, we are encouraged to be in a peaceful state of mind, without a lot of stimuli like reading, talking and most certainly, time on the phone/internet. Most meals are privately consumed in our room with only a few of them with the group or in public.  This allows you to really focus on your food and nourishment.

I will check in periodically, but mostly I’ll be “checked out” and soaking up the healing energy of Southern India, the birthplace of Ayurveda.

Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om