College of Mind Body and Spirit

Special Interest Workshops

The Connection between Ayurveda & Yoga

Ayurveda and yoga are sister sciences that have been united for thousands of years for the sake of healing body, mind, and consciousness. Generally speaking, Ayurveda deals more with the health of the body, while yoga deals with purifying the mind and consciousness, but in reality they complement and embrace each other.
Both yoga and Ayurveda are mutually supportive and offer many ways to prevent and heal various disorders as well as to cleanse and rejuvenate the body.
Besides sharing a philosophical foundation, both systems have many similarities in relation to attitude, nutrition, diet, hygiene, exercise, cleansing practices, as well as spiritual practices.
This workshop will cover basic knowledge of the Ayurvedic Constitution, yoga postures to benefit you as an individual, and nutrition to make life more enjoyable while experience health and wellbeing.

Ayurvedic Cooking Class

Learn how to incorporate the ancient art of Ayurveda into your cuisine. This class will show you how easy it can be to cook for the 3 Dosha’s, instilling further health and balance in your meals.

Sample Menu

Double Dal Soup ~ A protein enriched, mildly seasoned combination of mung and toor dal, popular as a dish in cooler months
Mixed Vegetable Pakoras ~ Deep-fried vegetable pieces coated with spicy chick pea flour.
Chapatti ~ Hot griddle baked and flame finished. The most popular of all Vedic breads. Utterly irresistible.
Paneer ~ A versatile protein source from milk extract. It is a simple form of unripened cheese, with a nutty flavour.
Sour Chickpeas ~ An exquisite dish that takes chick peas from the ordinary to the sublime.
Green Beans with Pine Nuts ~ Tender, beans with a spicy finish.
Saffron Rice ~ Basmati Rice, cooked with saffron strands and glossed with ghee.
Pineapple-Papaya Chutney ~ Green papaya is known in Ayurveda as a digestive. When combined with fruit, spices, salt and sugar, papaya makes a delicious chutney.
Cucumber Raita Cumin ~ flavoured yoghurt with cooling cucumber.

Chakra Journey

Understanding the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between your consciousness and your body, and to thus see your body as a map of your consciousness. It gives you a better understanding of yourself and those around you.
This course offers an explanation of the chakras, through an experiential journey inward to explore your own energy centres and their role in understanding the interactions between the body and the consciousness within. It is literally a rebirthing of your knowledge of the energy centres that provide the underlying platform for health and wellbeing.
It will provide the key to understanding the inner causes to outer symptoms.