Shirodhara

So it's more working on the rasa, which is the lymphatic system, to move the toxins inside the body, and then, uh, and move them to the GI tract.

And then we do the Shirodhara.

So the Shirodhara is the oil pouring in your forehead, and that again is another, uh, incredible treatment that it was designed to, um, touch the main nervous system, the main points that controls the nervous system, which is right here, right here, and then right here.

Brahmarandhra, Adipati, and Stapani.

So when you have these points, that's why when you put it, people have sometimes visions, sometimes have visions of things that has gonna happen to their lives, or, or, or, or just, uh, people have seen pyramids, and people that...

... feel too easy.

So when these things come out, and then you're...

It, and it's really amazing when you do the masa- the, the Shirodhara, you see sometimes people moving their legs or their arms, but they are not aware that that is really happening.

It could be a general Ayurvedic massage, which we call it as Abhyanga.

It also includes head massage, foot massage, in therapies like Shirodhara and different Dara therapies, therapies like Talapodichal, that we put a paste on the head, therapies like Shirovasti in selected people.

and local treatments for somebody carrying a lot of stiffness and pain like potley massage and lay pump based application different parts of the body and then we have yoga and yoga nidra pranayama meditation nature sleep so all of this forms what is relaxation therapies it's not just one particular therapy now it is that entire ecosystem Now, the next question, why do you take away my coffee, alcohol, sugar and the normal food that I eat at home during my Ayurvedic retreat? Why is this so important? Sometimes a patient doesn't realize how dependent they have become on something until that is removed.

Now, somebody tells me, doctor, coffee is just my choice.

Maybe somebody came back from an Ayurvedic retreat and told you how good they felt and it made them feel lighter, lost some weight and they are much more clearer.

So after listening to that, you went online and you googled Panchakarma and suddenly there is, you hear a lot about ghee, Ayurvedic massage, Shirodhara, vomiting, purgation or even things like enemas and kichdi etc.

And you're more confused than before you started.

So you might be asking, is this something that I can do? And is it safe? And why do I need two or three weeks? And am I going to get enough food when I go to this retreat? And what exactly are they going to do? And most importantly, do you even need this? So let's start with the basic questions.

And only then the treatments are decided and personalized for you.

And Panchakarma is also not simply an Ayurvedic massage.

It is not just some Shirodhara or just drinking ghee or just, you know, eating kichadi like for two weeks.

See, all of these might appear in an Ayurvedic treatment program, but none of them alone means it is just Panchakarma.