What is the Dharana Way of life?

 

Health and building one’s metabolism depend on the lifestyle you choose. An integrative and holistic understanding of your body, mind, and inner soul allows you to achieve any health and wellness goals you might have. That’s why Meditourz is proud to partner with Dharana at Shillim, one of the foremost wellness destinations in Mumbai, where you can access health amidst the beauty and vitality of an eco-friendly nature resort and conserved forest.

 

Dharana is the sixth step of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. The Dharana Way of Life brings you long-term internal and external well-being through tailormade wellness programmes in combination with art studios, leisure riding, cooking schools, organic farming and deep meditation practices.

 

With the Dharana Way of Life, you can

 
  • Access advanced diagnostics and consultation methods such as Iridology and Oligo scanning
  • Heal through traditional Ayurvedic treatments and Naturopathic therapies
  • Nourish yourself with wholesome and nutritious food through Ayurvedic Sattvic diet and Vegan diet plans
  • Develop sustainable healthy habits by adopting traditional Ayurvedic practices
  • Reconnect with your inner self through the benefits of meditation techniques, creating mindfulness in everything you do
  • Heal through natural activities and cognitive stimulation in a sustainable environment

What are the Dharana Pillars?

 

Sustained well-being is essential for dealing with health problems and daily challenges in life. As an Ayurveda wellness center, Dharana at Shillim offers the following methods to access this well-being. These building blocks, or Dharana pillars, have their own individual importance but come together to offer you integrated and comprehensive wellness.

 

PILLAR 1: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

 

A personalised wellness programme is created by our Ayurveda practitioners through advanced testing procedures capable of detecting aberrations in your health at an early stage.

It comprises:

 
  • Naturopathy
    This uses traditional medicine and natural ways of preventing illness, and also addresses chronic health conditions.
  • Ayurveda
    Ayurveda is the ancient Indian science of self-healing. These treatments begin with an internal purification procedure, followed by a personalised Ayurveda-inspired diet as well as Ayurvedic medicines and herbal remedies, massage therapy, Yoga exercises and meditation.
  • Gene studies
    Guests who want our transformational wellness programmes can opt for genetic testing. Each test provides a unique insight: revealing your sensitivities, susceptibilities and keys to their true health potential.
 

PILLAR 2: EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

 

Experts personalise the best programme for you by assessing your current level of fitness, the number of calories you consume and your specific body composition type. This also helps in rehabilitation from heart diseases, and other chronic conditions by using techniques based on Ayurveda for diabetes control, blood pressure reduction, lowering cholesterol, etc.

 

PILLAR 3: NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

 

Your nutrition and dietetics are assessed and addressed using a variety of tools, including a complete nutritional and family history questionnaire, a nutrition-focused physical examination, and the measurement of hydration and cellular health status. The aim is to improve your strength and stamina through healthy eating, based on a food philosophy that has its firm roots in ancient techniques based on Ayurveda for weight loss. Our menus are inspired by fresh, seasonal produce and the slow-cooking technique, as well as using ingredients known for their curative and nourishing benefits.

 

PILLAR 4: CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 

A crucial pillar of Dharana wellness, this enhances physical health, mental clarity and spiritual development. It ensures an optimal life through Yoga meditation exercises, visualisation and conscious relaxation, and helps to create a sense of balance.

 

PILLAR 5: SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

 

This Dharana Pillar uses various knowledge-based discourses to help you realise your purpose in life. Emphasising on the benefits of Yoga, breathing exercises and meditation, it enables physical, mental, and emotional calmness and balance. It also leads to an overall cleansing, healing and correction of the body.

 

What programmes are offered at Dharana?

At our Ayurveda wellness center, you can access the below programmes, each of which can be customised to your requirements.

 

1. DHARANA LIFE

This is your first step towards self-discovery, reconnecting with yourself and creating mindfulness in everything you do. Here, you will learn about the Dharana Way of Life from expert Ayurveda practitioners. This programme continues even after you return home, since what you learn will keep empowering you with knowledge. It will constantly help you in the art of being mindful and making healthier choices. Your journey to a healthier life begins here.

2. DHARANA MINBOS: THE DE-STRESS AND SLEEP PROGRAMME

This is a comprehensive and integrated programme for city dwellers who are under stress, or are at a high risk of contracting a major illness. The programme works as a preventive tool that helps you understand stress, know its effects, and learn ways to combat and eliminate it. This is done through holistic experiences and lifestyle changes that help you most easily discover true inner peace in a practical way. In this programme, you will learn Yoga and meditation techniques to combat day-to-day life stress through simple and effective practices. You will also be able to reduce stress hormones and promote endorphins through a balanced Ayurvedic diet, and improve your gut health through Yoga for stress relief.

3. SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

The key to our sustainable weight management programme is that it does not involve extreme adaptations, restrictions or aggressive changes to your lifestyle. It helps you achieve sustainable results by an integrative Dharana approach that integrates several learnings based on Yoga for weight loss. This involves the correction of your metabolism by means of balanced, progressive and healthy nutrition, which also optimises your body’s fundamental elements and energies. The programme also relies on physiological exercise, Yoga and meditation practices.

4. ART OF DETOX

This programme will evaluate, analyse and correct the levels of harmful substances called ‘oxidatives’, which suffocate your entire system and create an imbalance in your body. These hamper the absorption of essential nutrients, causing severe sluggishness in your metabolism and the experience of gastric fire. Through non-conventional detoxification processes, the programme will lower the levels of these oxidatives, bringing your system into balance.

5. AYURVEDIC PANCHAKARMA

Ayurveda defines health as a condition where the body is clear of toxins, organs are functioning normally, the mind is at peace, and emotions are calm and happy. In a stressful and toxic environment, our physical and mental systems accumulate toxins that cause deterioration in the functioning of our body-mind complex. This lets chronic, degenerative and non-specific diseases develop. These can then evolve into serious specific diseases, ultimately damaging an individual’s health and wellness.

6. THE DHARANA YOGIC LIFE

This Yoga retreat helps you take a step towards your own well-being. The benefits of Yoga are both instant gratification as well as a lasting transformation, and in the fitness world, both are extremely important. In this programme, you will be challenged because your mind and body will have to work simultaneously, in harmony. Breathing, posing, moving and increasing your flexibility are all Yoga activities you will have to engage in together, at one time. This unearths a new level of discipline in your mind and body.

7. HEALING HOLIDAY

This programme is a corrective lifestyle coaching with an indigenous and traditional approach from Ayurveda and Yoga, as well as Naturopathy and holistic sciences, making it the perfect indulgence for your next wellness or Ayurveda retreat. With an integrative approach to your ailment, be it diabetes, arthritis, asthma, hypertension or any other, the programme focuses on bringing healing to specific disorders and preventing future imbalances.

8. EGA – AGE REVERSAL REJUVENATION PROGRAMME

This unique programme not only enhances your physical beauty, it also rejuvenates your mind. It brings you specially curated Ayurveda practices, Yoga exercises and Naturopathy therapies while cleansing your mind and spirit through Pranayama and meditation. A complete and holistic approach, it prevents the effects of ageing and brings your skin a radiance and glow that lasts.

9. DHARANA ENDURANCE

A healthy mind resides in a healthy body. This programme challenges your physical strength and stamina through a non-conventional regime tailor-made to suit your fitness goals. With detailed, personalised fitness and endurance consultation, a sustainable fitness programme and postural correction method is drawn out for you. This programme includes, but is not limited to, Power Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Pilates, Aqua Aerobics, Nature Fitness Trails, Trekking, TRX trainings and Tai Chi.