Exploring Ayurvedic Health

Ayurveda is an ancient holistic healing system, developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. The Sanskrit word Ayurveda means knowledge of life and its focus is to live in harmony with nature's rhythms. Perfect health is defined as a state of balance between mind, body, spirit, and social well-being.

This workshop, taught by Kim of Hello Healthi, will bring together many different aspects of Ayurveda, including  bodywork, breathwork, yoga asana, food choices, cooking ideas and daily lifestyle practices. Kim will share this ancient wisdom and explain theoretically and practically  how it can be implemented in this day and age.  

Theory will include understanding the 3 Doshas, 5 elements, 6 tastes, 7 dhatus,  digestive fire ( agni ) and the toxins in our systems ( Ama ). You will learn how to manage this for your own unique balance of optimal health within your daily life.  

The event takes place over an entire weekend; you may attend individual workshops separately or immerse yourself in the learning offered at the entire event for a reduced price. 

Workshops are R380 per session or R1200 for all 4 sessions. This fee includes a digital copy of the relevant notes and recipes.

Kim will also offer personal one-on-one assessments  as additional tool by prior booking. Please contact her directly by emailing kimvanniekerk639@gmail.com to arrange this. 

Friday 27 October 2-5pm

Understanding Ayurvedic basics: how nature offers us a path back to health. 

- rebalancing the body through the use of 6 tastes,  5 elements and 10 gunas.

- Ayurvedic therapeutic yoga class.

There will be a short break for tea and a nibble (included) halfway through the session. 

Saturday 28 October, 9am-12pm

Ayurvedic perspective on gut health, digestive fire and our toxic build-up.

- Learning about how we prevent or mitigate or manage disease with a cleanse protocol.

- Practising Ayurvedic yoga asanas to detoxify the body. 

There will be a short break for tea and a nibble (included) halfway through the session. 

Lunch break: 12-2pm Students have the option to pre-order a meal from fika to enjoy during this time. 

Saturday 28 October, 2- 5pm

How Ayurveda views food as medicine and works with the right foods, herbs and spices for each individual.

-  The nature of foods and how they assist us to re-balance.

- Introduction to our seasonal cleanse series.

-  Cooking demonstration.

- Yoga for digestion and assimilation. 

There will be a short break for tea and a nibble (included) halfway through the session. 

Sunday 29 October, 10am-1pm

Ayurveda in practice.

- Simple lifestyle shifts and routines.

- Using healing pressure points, self massage and daily oiling techniques.

- Dosha summary - body systems.  - Breathwork class to rebalance and heal.   

There will be a short break for tea and a nibble (included) halfway through the session. 

About the Facilitator

Kim is a mature woman who has been passionate about health and natural food for over 35 years, using plants as her balancer. She lives on a farm in the Eastern Cape and runs edible gardening workshops, yoga classes (live and online), as well as yogic and Ayurvedic retreats. Previously a Pillates teacher, Kim upskilled to become a hatha-based yoga teacher in Vakala, Kerala, India at Vrinda School of Yoga. She has lived an Ayurvedic lifestyle using food and herbs and nature as her (and her family's) medicine for over 25 years. Kim astudied with Laura Plumb, Yoga Veda institute and Dr Vinod in India, Rishikesh as an Ayurvedic councillor and therapeutic Ayurvedic yoga practitioner. Kim is a gastromic gardener and offers Ayurvedic and plant-based cooking classes and recipes to suit individual needs. She also does online and in-person Ayurvedic consults to offer unique individual journeys to thrive. She calls herself Hello healthi.