The Ayurveda cure under Madeira’s sun

Just a few hours by air from mainland Europe, the Ashoka Ayurveda Treatment Centre on Madeira has been offering its guests personalised treatment programmes based on traditional teachings and healing methods since 2011. Canico de Baixo, just a few minutes from Madeira’s capital, Funchal, is the new hot spot for Ayurveda enthusiasts. The treatment centre is located directly on the sea at the quiet and comfortable boutique hotel Alpino Atlantico, a member of the Galo Resort Hotels group. Each of the 24 double rooms and the three suites offers breath-taking view over the Atlantic Ocean, offering the perfect casual, relaxed, and uncomplicated retreat to escape the stresses of everyday life.

Ayurvedic medicine does not focus on the disease, but on the person as a whole. Ashoka Ayurveda center in Madeira offers a loving, attentive atmosphere where physicians and treatment specialists provide expert advice and treatments sensitive to your needs and wishes.

Programs

The treatment program will be individually tailored to individual needs. Depending on current situation, age and health condition, this treatment will cause a profound process of becoming aware of the body and give new insights into individual life.

Panchakarma: Ayurvedic Detox

The classic Ayurvedic cleansing treatment is designed to rid all of  body’s tissues of metabolic toxins and chemical and drug residues. This treatment is thus the best prevention against diseases and is the best treatment for countering the effects of ageing. The cleanse helps to activate and strengthen the body’s power to heal itself, especially from chronic diseases.

Intensive Ayurvedic treatment for the musculoskeletal system with the help of the marma therapy Kalari

Ayurveda is optimally supplemented with Kalari therapy, which dissolves blockages and tensions on the myofascial level. The treatment is particularly suitable for relaxing the body cavities and the organs they contain so that they have more space to function more dynamically. This treatment can reduce pelvic and abdominal pain. Work on the chest area will make breathing easier and deeper, reduce pressure on the heart, and help having more restful sleep. Working on the organs of the head and face helps the entire system becomes clearer, freer, and more relaxed, which also reduces the intensity of migraine attacks. All in all, Kalari therapy reduces pressure and stress in the spine and joints, which in turn has a lasting positive effect on posture, flexibility, and vitality.

Rasayana: Ayurvedic Relaxation Treatment

Rasayana is the Sanskrit word for “rejuvenation”. It is designed to help the body relax and recuperate. The finely tuned treatments serve the body’s regeneration and mental balance, focused on physical and emotional well-being.

Ayurvedic strengthening for stress management

This special treatment strengthens mental and psychological power and revitalises your body, mind, and soul. The combination of cleansing necessary to strengthen the physical constitution with targeted mental coaching, holistic kinesiology, meditation, breathing techniques, systemic therapy, and hypnotherapy. This treatment is good for crisis situations, excess stress, or a sense of hopelessness, and will help to set and achieve new goals.