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Panchakarma Holiday Gift!
If you receive 3 or more days of Panchakarma before January 31st 2010, we'll give you a FREE 30 MINUTE CONSULT with Dr. Douillard during your Panchakarma retreat.
Winter is the ideal time to rejuvenate your nervous system, balance your digestion, and calm your mind with Panchakarma.
To learn more please call us at 303.516.4848 or email info@lifespa.com.
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Panchakarma at LifeSpa in Boulder, Colorado
Our patients travel from around the world to benefit from our unique approach to Panchakarma. As Dr. Douillard has lead thousands of people on Panchakarma since 1987, he has developed techniques to support you in the most profound detox and healing possible. At LifeSpa, you will benefit from one-on-one personalized time with Dr. Douillard, rather than just a few minutes with an assistant. In modern times, it has been too common for practitioners here and even in India to treat Panchakarma as an opportunity only for physical detox. Panchakarma’s original purpose was to also release old emotions and patterns of behavior so that the patient could live from their true non-changing Self to lead an open-hearted, healthy life.
Read the article in Yoga Journal magazine which quotes Dr. Douillard.
A Personalized Retreat
Our patients come for 3-21 day rejuvenation and detox retreats. Traditionally, 7 days or more of Panchakarma creates a deep physical, mental and emotional transformation. A 3-5 day retreat is more than enough to completely reset your nervous system and lymphatic system and to relish in the cleansing and nourishing benefits of Panchakarma.
Based on your specific needs and goals, Dr. Douillard will custom-tailor your Panchakarma Retreat for you including:
How to Book Panchakarma
Step 1: Feel free to call us with any questions regarding Panchakarma, such as details, cost and availability. We are happy to speak with you.
Step 2: Schedule an Initial Consult with Dr. Douillard to discuss your health goals and concerns and to create a plan. This can be done in person or over the phone. It is preferable to schedule a few consults with Dr. Douillard over the course of a few months prior to starting Panchakarma, particularly if you are new to holistic health and Ayurveda. This time of preparation will maximize your benefits.
If you are excited to start Panchakarma as early as possible, we require a minimum of one Initial Consult with Dr. Douillard at least 4 weeks prior to your start date and one pre-Panchakarma Consult at least 2 weeks prior to your start date.
Step 3: Schedule your Panchakarma dates with us. This can be done at the same time we schedule your initial consult with Dr. Douillard.
Step 4: Place a 50% deposit to secure your reservation. If you are not local, arrange your transportation to Boulder and your room at the LookOut Inn Guest House & Suites (see below under Accommodations & Meals).
We look forward to talking with you and supporting you through your Panchakarma experience!
Before Panchakarma: Home Preparation
During your pre-Panchakarma consult, Dr. Douillard will prescribe a home preparation plan called Oleation, which you will start 4-7 days before your first day of treatments. In general, you will wake up each morning and drink a prescribed amount of melted ghee and follow a non-fat diet the rest of the day. We will provide you with details and recipes. This program pulls toxins to your lymphatic system and helps your body enter fat metabolism mode, which means that you can begin burning fat cells where the majority of our toxins and molecules of emotions stagnate. On the evening before you start your treatments, you will take a laxative to expel some of the accumulated toxins.
Most patients find that this home preparation is easy to follow and to continue with normal life and work activities.
A Typical Day During a LifeSpa Panchakarma Retreat
Though each guest’s schedule is different, a typical day may look like this:
Upon waking, you follow Dr. Douillard’s personalized prescription of yoga, breathing and meditation that will help balance your mind and body and disarm your nervous system. These practices facilitate deep calm, expansion and vitality. As Dr. Douillard has also recommended specific self-inquiry and journaling exercises to help you release old patterns, behaviors and emotions, you spend some time in reflection. Your lunch of khichadi, fresh steamed vegetables, naan, pappadam and chutneys is delivered to LifeSpa or your room at the LookOut Inn, whichever is most comfortable for you.
After lunch, enjoy a refreshing 5 minute stroll to our clinic to meet with Dr. Douillard for a private one hour session. He will talk to you about your health goals, prescribe herbs, lifestyle techniques or diet as needed and use his years of experience in Ayurvedic Psychology and self-inquiry to help you fully release and transform old emotions and patterns of behavior. After your consult, relax on the table in one of our peaceful treatment rooms to be nourished by our compassionate and experienced Panchakarma therapists. Today you receive a Royal Panchakarma, which is two hours of 3-4 therapies with two of our therapists. On this day you delight in a synchronized Udvartana massage with warm herbalized paste that leaves your skin soft and helps heal your lymphatic system, an herbalized steam to release toxins and shirodhara (warm oil poured on the forehead) to bring you into a state of deep, quiet bliss. After floating home, you savor a light meal, meditate serenely, and then drift into sleep.
Inner Safari
We have found that private retreats are more beneficial than group retreats as Panchakarma requires a deep turning inward towards the core of yourself. Rather than be distracted by other students in the dining hall and the meditation or yoga class generically designed for everyone or feeling obligated to socialize, Dr. Douillard prescribes a specific plan just for you that you do on your own in your room. In the privacy of your own practice, you can more clearly see your places of resistance, expand into deep peace and return to your true core. Strengthening a personal practice eases your transition back into your real life, as you can maintain balance with stress relief techniques without needing a teacher to motivate and guide you.
Dr. Douillard emphasizes that you truly retreat by keeping books closed, the TV, computer and radio turned off and refrain from all other distractions such as work and family.
Our Patients
All types of people come to our clinic for healing and rejuvenation – some patients have never followed a holistic eating plan, meditated or tried yoga – and some have done many years of other cleansing programs and spiritual techniques. Some patients are already very healthy, and some are struggling with seriously acute conditions. If you are new to Ayurveda or holistic health, Dr. Douillard will gently guide you in a way that makes all this new knowledge joyful and easy to implement. If you are suffering from difficult health conditions, Dr. Douillard’s knowledge and experience of allopathic medicine will safely guide you. If you have been meditating and eating healthy for many years, our LifeSpa retreat will help you release toxins and old molecules of emotion on a cellular level, rather than just a mental or energetic level. Those patients who feel they have already done a lot of work on themselves finally experience the benefits they had hoped to gain from their previous years of self-care.
Accommodations and Meals
We highly recommend the Lookout Inn GuestHouse & Suites, which is a lovely bed and breakfast with spacious, homey rooms that is within a short and easy stroll to our clinic. They offer a special rate to our guests of only $94/night. The hosts, Jacek and Halina Mrowca, have been taking good care of our patients for years. You may contact them at: www.bouldercoloradovacation.com, info@bouldercoloradovacation.com, or 800.530.1513.
We can have delicious Panchakarma-appropriate meals delivered to LifeSpa and/or the LookOut Inn, which include kichadi, fresh steamed vegetables, naan, pappadam and chutneys. If you would like to cook your own meals, you can arrange access to the LookOut Inn’s commercial kitchen when you book.
If you live locally or decide to stay with family/friends nearby, we can guide you in steps to take to ensure that you can turn your home into a peaceful retreat.
Value
Your retreat is designed specifically for you. Please contact us to help you plan the retreat that is best for you. You can do any combination of days and treatments you like and start any day that you want, according to availability.
Examples below include treatments and consults with Dr. Douillard. The price range depends on how much time you spend in the treatment room and how many consults you have. We are delighted to design the perfect plan for you:
1 Day Retreat: $145 to $500
3 Day Retreat: $515 to $1350
5 Day Retreat: $885 to $2200
7 Day Retreat: $1300 to $3000
>>> Read a detailed table of different price packages and our "Terms and Conditions Policy".