This weekend, from Nov. 5 -6, AYURFEST, a competition devoted completely to introducing Ayurvedic practices, will likely be going down in Bodrum. Organized by the Bodrum Municipality along side the Indian Embassy in Ankara, the competition is free to attend, will happen predominantly in Turkish and may have main Ayurvedic consultants primarily based in Türkiye in addition to audio system from everywhere in the world discussing completely different Ayurvedic medication and practices in panels held all through Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s seminar-like panels will likely be held on the Bodrum Herodot Cultural Center situated in Konacık, whereas Sunday’s occasions, which is able to embody workshops on Ayurvedic practices resembling teas, herbs and culinary suggestions, in addition to stands, will happen at Bodrium Hotel & Spa within the middle’s Eskiçeşme neighborhood close to the archeological website of Myndos Gate.
For those that might not but be conversant in Ayurveda, it’s a system of pure medication that originated in India over 3,000 years in the past. In observe, it includes quite a lot of herbs and medicines from nature to detoxify and steadiness our our bodies. In Ayurvedic medication, it’s categorized into three most important differing kinds, particularly ata, kapha, and pitta, that are primarily based on a person’s physique kind, persona, and sensitivities. In Ayurveda, additionally it is believed that the whole lot within the universe consists of 5 components – air, water, house, earth and hearth. The practices and medication concerned are all geared towards balancing these components.
In Türkiye, Dr. Ender Saraç, who has written a number of books and hosted tv applications, is the foremost skilled on holistic medicinal practices and he will likely be moderating the competition’s first panel, entitled “What is Ayurveda?” going down from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also within the panel will likely be German expat and Ayurveda skilled Ulli Allmendiger, who as an Ayurvedic nutritionist, detox skilled and fitoterapist, sharing her data right here in Türkiye for years now. I’ve written a number of articles on her efforts to introduce Ayurveda to Türkiye as an expat. Each panel will likely be adopted by a time slot for networking or a cultural occasion. So, on this case, there will likely be two hours of networking between individuals from 1 p.m. to three p.m.
The panel will likely be all about Ayurvedic detox, moderated by Dr. Buğra Öktem, and can characteristic talks by Ender Saraç Ulli Allmendiger and Dr. Koshlendra Pratap, who’s the physician and wellness director from the India Association in Istanbul. For those that don’t know, nonetheless, I wish to disclose that moderator Dr. Buğra Öktem can also be a number one determine in Ayurvedic medication and never solely does he have practices in several areas in Türkiye that he visits on particular days, however he additionally organizes Dharma Clinic and Ayurvedic Detox and Antiaging applications at inns resembling Caresse Luxury Resort & Spa in Bodrum and on the On’Live Hotel in Çeşme. This panel will likely be adopted by a efficiency of conventional Indian music.
In the night, there will likely be one other panel to happen nonetheless it’s being held for professionals working within the line of Ayurvedic medication and due to this fact, registration is proscribed and never open to most people.
Stands, teas, cooking
On Saturday, the competition strikes to the Bodrium Hotel and Spa and begins at midday with the set-up of stands for guests should buy Ayurvedic medicine-supporting merchandise. The day’s focus will likely be extra on placing this holistic type of drugs into observe and can embody workshops introducing natural teas and a chat on fragrant oils and aromatherapy in Türkiye from midday to1:30 p.m. The subsequent panel will likely be on Ayurvedic diet and its culinary suggestions.
At 2:30 p.m., there will likely be a question-and-answer session with docs Ender Saraç, Buğra Öktem and Dr. Koshlendra Pratap that will likely be moderated by Ulli Allmendigar and Ekin İlyasoğlu, who’s an ayurvedic meditation and mindfulness coach that additionally affords each in-person and on-line applications geared particularly to expats in Türkiye. From 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., there will likely be a magnificence practices workshop, adopted by a one-hour panel on working with herbs in Ayurvedic medication. The closing session may have audio system resembling Güneşin Aydemir, the founding father of the Buğday Association for Supporting Ecological Living, Aysün Sökmen, the founding father of the 8bin100bakkali, an internet site that connects prospects with native producers of pure produce and merchandise and İrem Pekiner of Save the Soil. The occasion and the stands will shut down at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
While attendance at each day’s occasions is totally free, it’s suggested to pre-register on your spot on the competition, which may simply be finished on the web site ayurfest.com.
