This weekend, from Nov. 5 -6, AYURFEST, a festival devoted wholly to introducing Ayurvedic practices, volition beryllium taking spot successful Bodrum. Organized by the Bodrum Municipality successful conjunction with the Indian Embassy successful Ankara, the festival is escaped to attend, volition instrumentality spot predominantly successful Turkish and volition person starring Ayurvedic experts based successful Türkiye arsenic good arsenic speakers from each implicit the satellite discussing antithetic Ayurvedic medicine and practices successful panels held passim Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s seminar-like panels volition beryllium held astatine the Bodrum Herodot Cultural Center located successful Konacık, portion Sunday’s events, which volition see workshops connected Ayurvedic practices specified arsenic teas, herbs and culinary tips, arsenic good arsenic stands, volition instrumentality spot astatine Bodrium Hotel & Spa successful the center’s Eskiçeşme vicinity adjacent the archeological tract of Myndos Gate.
For those who whitethorn not yet beryllium acquainted with Ayurveda, it is simply a strategy of earthy medicine that originated successful India implicit 3,000 years ago. In practice, it involves a assortment of herbs and medicines from quality to detoxify and equilibrium our bodies. In Ayurvedic medicine, it is categorized into 3 main antithetic types, namely ata, kapha, and pitta, which are based connected an individual’s assemblage type, personality, and sensitivities. In Ayurveda, it is besides believed that everything successful the beingness is composed of 5 elements – air, water, space, world and fire. The practices and medicine progressive are each geared toward balancing these elements.
In Türkiye, Dr. Ender Saraç, who has written aggregate books and hosted tv programs, is the foremost adept connected holistic medicinal practices and helium volition beryllium moderating the festival’s archetypal panel, entitled “What is Ayurveda?” taking spot from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also successful the sheet volition beryllium German expat and Ayurveda adept Ulli Allmendiger, who arsenic an Ayurvedic nutritionist, detox adept and fitoterapist, sharing her cognition present successful Türkiye for years now. I person written aggregate articles connected her efforts to present Ayurveda to Türkiye arsenic an expat. Each sheet volition beryllium followed by a clip slot for networking oregon a taste event. So, successful this case, determination volition beryllium 2 hours of networking betwixt participants from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The sheet volition beryllium each astir Ayurvedic detox, moderated by Dr. Buğra Öktem, and volition diagnostic talks by Ender Saraç Ulli Allmendiger and Dr. Koshlendra Pratap, who is the doc and wellness manager from the India Association successful Istanbul. For those who don’t know, however, I would similar to disclose that moderator Dr. Buğra Öktem is besides a starring fig successful Ayurvedic medicine and not lone does helium person practices successful antithetic areas successful Türkiye that helium visits connected circumstantial days, but helium besides organizes Dharma Clinic and Ayurvedic Detox and Antiaging programs astatine hotels specified arsenic Caresse Luxury Resort & Spa successful Bodrum and astatine the On’Live Hotel successful Çeşme. This sheet volition beryllium followed by a show of accepted Indian music.
In the evening, determination volition beryllium different sheet to instrumentality spot nevertheless it is being held for professionals moving successful the enactment of Ayurvedic medicine and therefore, registration is constricted and not unfastened to the wide public.
Stands, teas, cooking
On Saturday, the festival moves to the Bodrium Hotel and Spa and begins astatine noon with the set-up of stands for visitors tin acquisition Ayurvedic medicine-supporting products. The day's absorption volition beryllium much connected putting this holistic benignant of medicine into signifier and volition see workshops introducing herbal teas and a speech connected aromatic oils and aromatherapy successful Türkiye from noon to1:30 p.m. The adjacent sheet volition beryllium connected Ayurvedic nutrition and its culinary tips.
At 2:30 p.m., determination volition beryllium a question-and-answer league with doctors Ender Saraç, Buğra Öktem and Dr. Koshlendra Pratap that volition beryllium moderated by Ulli Allmendigar and Ekin İlyasoğlu, who is an ayurvedic meditation and mindfulness manager that besides offers some in-person and online programs geared specifically to expats successful Türkiye. From 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., determination volition beryllium a quality practices workshop, followed by a one-hour sheet connected moving with herbs successful Ayurvedic medicine. The closing league volition person speakers specified arsenic Güneşin Aydemir, the laminitis of the Buğday Association for Supporting Ecological Living, Aysün Sökmen, the laminitis of the 8bin100bakkali, a website that connects customers with section producers of earthy nutrient and products and İrem Pekiner of Save the Soil. The lawsuit and the stands volition unopen down astatine 7 p.m. connected Sunday.
While attendance astatine some day’s events is wholly free, it is advised to pre-register for your spot astatine the festival, which tin easy beryllium done connected the website ayurfest.com.
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