Summary

Close to the Costa Vicentina in Portugal (Faro) on the organic smallholding, Olho Branco, we offer a 11 days Panchakarma Program with Ayurvedic full board service, Yoga, Abhyanga and health consultations by Ayurvedic therapists Maria Peres, Farnaz Fahimi MD. and Team.

If you are looking for a time out to recharge or to heal serious complaints, you are at the right place. Come in harmony with your own nature.

What the Panchakarma Retreat contains:

• 11 days / 10 nights accomondation at the eco farm Olho Branco
• Local and organic full-broad service
• Daily yoga, breathwork and meditation practice
• Dialy Abhyanga massage and treatments (see below examples of treatments)
• Ayurvedic constitution analysis and health consulations
  

Description

In the middle of a nature reservation close to Aljezur, Algarveda offers a unique pancharkarma, intensive ayurveda and mind-body medicine program.

The Costa Vicentina offers the most stunning beaches and beautiful sunsets. The best place to go, to nourish your soul, awaken your spirit and heal your body.

At the family-run Eco-Farm Olho Branco, surrounded by beautiful nature, with freshly prepared meals from the organic garden, you will get back in tune with your own nature.

Your individual program is designed to prevent or cure diseases and for gerneral regeneration. Our medical doctor Farnaz Fahimi selects the most effective measures for you individually.

Where the Retreat takes place

Olho Branco, Alfambras Faro

Examples of treatments:

– Abhyanga – Full body oil massage with traditionally produced Ayurvedic herbal oils, adapted to your constitution and current symptoms
– Padabhyanga – Ayurvedic foot massage
– Mukhabhyanga – Ayurvedic facial massage
– Shirodhara – Ayurvedic forehead oil casting
– Garshana – Silk glove massage
– Hijamat bilashurt – Dry Cupping
– Pinda Sweda – Herbal bag treatment
– Pinda Swedana – Massage with rice and medicated oil
– Udvartana – Herbal powder massage
– Swedana – Ayurvedic steam bath/heat treatment
– Kati Basti – Local oil treatment of the back (e.g. for lower back pain)
– Nasyam – Local oil treatment in the nose
– Snehapana – Intake of ghee (clarified butter) for several days in increasing doses
– Virecana – Purge
– Niruha Basti – Local internal application on decoction basis (herbal decoction)
– Sneha Basti – Local internal oil treatment
– Sattvic Diet – Diet adapted for Panchakarma treatment time
– Yoga Therapy
– Pranayama – Breathing Meditation

What Makes This Retreat Special

Your benefits

• Refreshing energy for the body, peace and quiet for the mind,- a purifying experience.
• Discover the power of your natural balance to create extraordinary change.
• Leave the hustle behind and enjoy a relaxing escape in paradise.

Maria Peres and Dr. Farnaz Fahimi, Ayurvedic medical doctor, and their team come together and offer their broad knowledge and experience about Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Mind Body Medicine.

Healing is a natural process that can be self-initiated. We can help and guide you to do this and take you to a place where your complaints will be alleviated. Then we offer a protocol that allows you know what to do in order to heal yourself.

Together we will develop a plan that is tailored to you and that will be easy to implement. According to the motto ‘less is more’ we will find the right healing protocols for you.

Therapists

Maria Peres

Maria Peres is a therapist, a practitioner of Ayurveda Medicine, specialized in Panchakarma treatment and Nutrition. She studied and practiced in Clinics and Naturopath Hospitals in India. Her teachers are Dr. Hitesh Chaudari & Dr. Shweta Chaudari at Sattvam Clinic, Nasik. and Dr. Sundara, Mountain Top Clinic.



As a Natural Gynecologist and Herbalist, she creates her own medicines using Spagyrics, an ancient alchemical method for preparing tinctures and essences from medicinal plants. Maria leads retreats, workshops, courses, and one-on-one sessions, primarily for women and teenagers, focusing on education about the Female and Earth Cycles.

Farnaz Fahmi, MD

Dr. Farnaz Fahimi studied medicine at the unsiverity of Gießen. During her studies she developed a true and genuine passion for research in the field of natural health medicine and in addition to various publications and her doctoral thesis, she has also completed her specialist training in the field of naturopathy.

She has 10 years of practical and clinical experience as a specialist at various university institutions in Berlin and Essen. She currently works as a naturopathic specialist at the Paracelsus Clinic in St. Gallen (Switzerland) as well as at the Algarve with other health professionals since 2015.

Intensive Ayurveda therapy for the prevention and treatment of diseases

In Ayurveda, “Panchakarma” refers to effective measures for cleansing and regeneration of the organism, which have proven themselves over several thousand years for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases in particular.