Relational Healing Arts,

by Liza Borodkin

Ayurvedic Weight-loss, Rejuvenation and Vitality

10-day Kerala Retreat

Next Installment: Fall 2017
email liz@lizborodkin.com to be notified of the new dates

Lose weight, rejuvenate, balance your body and emotions, step into the best version of yourself - in a beautiful setting of ancient Kerala.

Enjoy a full program prepared for you... Explore South Indian culture, gain valuable knowledge about Health through educational workshops and enjoy delicious Kerala Ayurvedic food. In this all-inclusive retreat, enjoy

daily 2-hr Ayurvedic treatments 
daily yoga classes
3 Ayurvedic meals a day
sightseeing tours
educational lectures on Ayurveda
healthy cooking class
visit to temple
optional Kalari program (South Indian martial arts)
and much, much more...

About Pancha Karma
Pancha Karma is a rapid detoxification protocol of Ayurveda – the oldest surviving holistic science of healing and wellness that dates back 6000 years. It uses a combination of special oil applications and deep tissue cleansing to drain toxins out of the body as well as techniques to reset the body to its original balance.
The oil application is done through:
- Massage with medicated oils (over 200 medicinal herbs are used in the preparation)
- Dripping of oil on the forehead (shirodhara) - calms the brain, releases cranial nerves and deeply settles the nervous system
- Small and big enemas with medicated oils or water-based herbal preparation to remove the toxins from the intestinal tract
- Nose, ear, and eye drops to remove mucus accumulations and cleanse sinuses. Also immensely helpful with vertigo.
- Steam bath to remove toxins through sweat
- Kerala, India is the birthplace of Ayurveda. It has become a major global health tourism destination thanks to the powerful effects Pancha Karma
The benefits of Pancha Karma include:
- Feeling light and energetic (how about waking at 5 am full of energy and ready to run a marathon?)
- Average 2.5 - 8 years rejuvenation per 10-day treatment (according to latest scinetific longevity markers)
- Weight and access fluid reduction
- Radiant and younger-looking skin
- Sound sleep
- Feeling emotionally balanced and confident
- Improved focus and concentration
- Clarity about life choices
About Ayushya Ayurvedic Clinic and Dr. P. Sambhu
Dr. P. Shambhu is a 3rd generation Ayurvedic physician with over 30 years of service, who spends 6 months of every year in his native Kerala, and the other 6 months in the US and Europe - in each locale he performs the ayurvedic detoxification protocol Pancha Karma (5 actions).
Dr. Shambhu successfully addresses anything from weight-loss to chronic pain to deeply-seeded emotional issues. He makes his own oils from herbs grown in his native Kerala and prepared according to the ancient Ayurvedic tradition in his own production facility near his clinic. His unique expertise is knowing how to apply Ayurvedic principles to modern day’s pathologies - be it reducing stress for the busy Chicago financial traders, helping women with fertility issues, resolving allergies, cleansing the body from the pollution of heavy metals and excess hormones, or shedding unwanted kilo’s.
about the retreat location
Kovalam is located on the shore of the Arabian sea, with lush coconut groves and overwhelming greenery stretching for miles along and off the beach. As a part of the retreat, we will make a connection to South Indian nature and heritage through an elephant ride in the jungle, witness a Kalari martial arts demonstration, and take a 2-hr backwater ride, which is one of the most profound experiences of meditation in the stillness of nature. Did I mention the delicious South Indian food?
**Kovalam is very easy to get to from Washington DC. Most airlines (such as Etihad or Emirates) fly there with only one stop. Once you arrive into Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram is its new name), you are only 20 minutes drive from our hotel and clinic.**
About Taj Vivanta
Taj Vivanta is a beautiful beach-front 5-star eco-friendly resort that provides the perfect blend of modern luxury while honoring the lush natural landscape that surrounds it and celebrates the heritage of South India. Enjoy 59 hillside cottages with elephant-grass thatched rooftops spread over a hillside. Relax in leisure over 10 acres that reflect Kerala culture with Balinese influences. Your living spaces open into a private balcony overlooking the lush landscape, the backwaters, the seashore and the sea beyond.
cost and registration
5-star Taj Vivanta in Kovalam price for ten days: $3,850 single/$2,900 double occupancy
Included in the price:
- Accommodations at Taj Vivanta by Kovalam (5 stars)
- 3 Ayurvedic meals a day
- 2 hours of daily Ayurvedic treatments (at Ayushya clinic)
- 1 hour of daily yoga practice led by Liza focusing on chakras
- 2 Lecture on Ayurveda, workshops on healthy cooking, temple visit, Kerala backwater tour, trip to tea planations, martial arts and dance performance, and local sightseeing
- Airport transfers in Kerala
Ayushya Clinic Package: $2,200
If you prefer a more budget package, you may opt to stay at the clinic where the treatments are taking place. It has comfortable rooms, and you can still enjoy the same program (yoga classes, etc.) and exquisite meals with the rest of the group at Taj Vivanta.
Optional Kalari Program (South Indian Martial Arts): daily 1-hr Kalari classes (exlucing 1st day and day of visit to tea planation) - $150. Kalari is a powerful practice to open the body and its energy channes. It's a sister practice to complement yoga and ayurveda
Additional Expenses:
- Airline ticket to TRV (Thiruvananthapuram)
- Indian visa
- Extra cash for local taxi
- Optional
- tips for ayurvedic massage therapists and hotel restaurant staff
- Shopping
- Local SIM card and mobile talk time/internet
Registration deadline:
- full payment is due by TBD. A 50% non-refundable deposit prior to that will guarantee your space.
- $200 early bird discount if registered and paid in full by TBD
To register, please contact Liza at 301.503.4579 or liz@lizborodkin.com

Ayurvedic massage with medicated herbal packs

What our participants had to say about our prior retreats:

"This trip changed me a lot.......This country had magic on me!"

"I want to thank you for introducing me to a new life, a better life, a restoring nurturing one that has rest my compass in life.All of it has been a life changing experience, the most relaxing vacation that I have had with true deep inner soul searching, and inner self healing.You have helped to set me on the right track. This has been a very authentic spiritual trip that has made me wiser, calmer and a much peaceful and happier person. To all the nice and wonderful friends I made on this trip I hope our paths crosses again."

"Thank you for such an amazing experience. This has not only been a life changing experience, but an extension of our existing family.

To all that we met, I hope we meet again, I will be sending pictures to all soon. Remarkable experience, remarkable people."

"I will always cherish this time and look forward to meeting with you again in Kerala"

"It was really a great experience, I feel blessed and gratefull because I was given the opportunity to meet you Liza,to share your warm presence and to meet each and everyone of the group with whom we really bonded as you so well said."