One of my greatest pleasures is to introduce you to Ayurvedic massage on retreat. Again, this is not a luxury—it’s a therapeutic bridge between the body and consciousness. It helps to anchor the subtle shifts created in meditation into the physical body, rest equilibrium, especially for those releasing deep emotional or energetic blocks, and rebuild vitality (known in Ayurveda as Ojas) ensuring that you leave the retreat not just feeling calm—but radiantly renewed.
You will receive a personalised Ayurvedic massage on retreat, with medicinal oils. The process offers deep physical, mental, and energetic benefits—especially potent when paired with the inward journey of our meditation and rounding practices. This combination creates a synergistic effect that accelerates detoxification, stress release, and emotional renewal.
Vedic meditation is known to purge deep-rooted stresses from the nervous system. Ayurvedic massage helps physically assist this process by: stimulating lymphatic drainage, helping toxins exit the body, loosening muscular tension, which can release trapped emotional energy, and calming the sympathetic nervous system, allowing deeper integration of meditative states. Ayurvedic massage has been scientifically shown to reduce cortisol (stress hormone) and increase oxytocin, promoting calm and emotional well-being.
Stored emotions are often lodged in body tissues. As these are stirred by meditation, Ayurvedic massage: gently opens the physical channels (srotas) for release; creates a container for safe emotional expression and is grounding, and provides nervous system recalibration supporting integration of insights and healing.
In Ayurveda, ojas is the subtle essence of vitality and immunity. Ayurvedic massage supports the generation and protection of ojas by: nourishing the skin and tissues (dhatus) with medicated oils, encouraging deep relaxation, which is essential for ojas production, supporting digestion and assimilation —important as emotions and inner experiences surface during retreat. Ayurvedic oil-based massage has been scientifically proven to improve immune response, circulation, and general vitality.
Are you ready to fully renew?!
