SHAMANIC PANCHA KARMA

Considering embarking on a transformative life-enhancing journey that will shift all levels of your being – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual?

This unique program is a fusion of two indigenous systems of healing- Ayurveda and traditional Amazonian medicine. It is a full spectrum experience designed to release thoughts, belief systems, and behavioral patterns that keep us from experiencing supreme physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, from being fully free, at peace, and connected to our essential nature. A Shamanic Pancha Karma™ synthesizes elements from a traditional Ayurvedic detoxification/rejuvenation process with a shamanic dieta, to create space for an unparalleled, multifaceted opportunity for growth and healing to occur.

You will be nurtured every day with treatments tailored to your particular needs, including: hot herbalized oil treatments (abhyanga), herbalized steam treatments (swedana), herbal exfoliation (ubtan), shirodhara, locally wildharvested medicated clay wraps and shamanic plant and flower baths. Additional Ayurvedic treatments such as anuvasana and niruha bastis (enemas), virechana (therapeutic purgation), vamana (therapeutic vomiting), netrabasti (unctuous eye bath treatments), and a variety of other procedures and remedies may be administered as appropriate for your specific health status and constitution.

All herbal preparations are created by Integral Shamanism co-founder, Aubrey Bamdad, from sustainably wildharvested Amazonian botanicals, formulated specifically according to traditional Ayurvedic preparations and administered solely on a case-by-case basis. Simple and nutritious vegetarian meals will be prepared as is indicated for Panchakarma detoxification and daily classes of yoga, pranayama and meditation are offered, as well as occasional discourses on a gamut of topics pertaining to health and spirituality.

Daily evaluation is done through consultation and counseling. Your ego and sense of self will be put to test through entheogenic plant medicine sessions and other disjunctive shamanic practices which integrate seamlessly into the Pancha Karma experience. These practices, combined with time spent in contemplation, practicing yoga, right diet and treatments, serve to unravel the extraneous aspects of the ego-based persona which prevent us from being completely spontaneous, dynamic and authentic, thus providing us with the golden opportunity to interface with a more essential aspect of our being.

During the program you can expect to feel relaxed and will be invited to rest alot as inner channels ("nadis") open to create feelings of freshness and renewal. Physical and emotional toxins lodged deep within the mind and bodily tissues, often for many years, are released along with their associated physical and emotional symptoms. Time in this environment is powerful and can set the stage to establish new patterns of eating, sleeping, thinking, and living which can continue long after the program ends.

Motivations for considering a Shamanic Pancha Karma:

• Eliminate toxins and toxic conditions from your body and mind

• Restore your constitutional balance, improving health and wellness

• Strengthen your immune system, increase your adaptability index and become more     resistant to dis-ease and imbalance

• Reverse the negative effects of stress on your body and mind

• Slow the aging process

• Enhance your self-reliance, strength, energy, vitality and mental clarity

• Bring about deep relaxation and an overall sense of well-being

• Reduce dependence on drugs and medicine

• Implement positive lifestyle changes, belief and behavioral patterns