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The program of the second World Yoga and Meditation Congress 2006.
Day 1: 4th June 2006
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Arrival, transfer, registration and fellowship at Barberyn Beach Hotel, Weligama
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Day 2: 5th June 2006
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| 7:15 a.m. |
Breakfast
Inaugural session at the Barberyn Beach Resort, Weligama
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Delegates take their seats
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Arrival of the Chief Guest - Deshabandu Bogoda Premaratne (MSC Edu USA)
Sri Lanka’s leading educationist, Author, & Vipassana Meditation teacher
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| 9:50 a.m. |
Lighting of the Traditional Oil Lamp
with the accompaniment of traditional drumming and the singing of “Jaya Mangala Gatha” – sacred Buddhist hymns – by a bevy of seven girls
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcome Address
by P J Fernando, General Secretary
Organisation of Yoga & Meditation Associations of Sri Lanka (OYAMA)
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| 10:05 a.m. |
“NATARAJASANA” The Cosmic Dance of Shiva
a Bharathanatyam Pooja (an offering) to Lord Shiva – the Lord of Yoga
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| 10:15 a.m. |
“The purpose of the Second World Yoga & Meditation Congress on Holistic Health – Sri Lanka 2006”
by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake
Spiritual leader and Founder of the Yoga School of Ceylon; The Yoga Clinic; and the Mahaguruashram; Leader, the White Flag Movement; Co-chairman OYAMA
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| 10:30 a.m. |
“DANNO BUDUNGE”
A dance of devotion dedicated to the greatest Yogi of all time – Lord
Buddha
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| 10:40 a.m. |
Keynote Address
“Sama Bhavana” – peace meditation – for building peace through the spiritual power of people”
By Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne
Mahatma Gandhi Peace Laureate, King Baudoin Award winner, & Magsaysay Award winner, Founder and Leader of Sarvodaya Shramadam Movement
Co-chairman OYAMA
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| 11:20 a.m. |
Guest Speaker
Mrs. Claudia Booth
Auro-Soma International Academy of Colour Therapeutics in the UK, USA & Australia
Colour balancing – based on the Chakra System or the subtle antomy of man
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| 11:35 a.m. |
“JOY OF LIFE THROUGH YOGA & MEDITATION ”
Kambiz Naficy MBA, MIA, MFA
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| 11:50 a.m. |
Chief Guest’s Address
“VIPASSANA BHAVANA” (Insight Meditation)
Athma or Anathma? Is there a soul or no soul?
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| 12:10 a.m. |
Vote of Thanks
Manik Rodrigo - Managing Director, Barberyn Ayurveda Resotrs
Council Member OYAMA
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| 12:35 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 2:00 p.m. |
‘KAVADI’ – a spiritual dance item dedicated to Skanda, the God of Kataragama, the youngest son of God Shiva, the Lord of Yoga.
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| 2:10 p.m. |
FOREVER HEALTHY, FOREVER HAPPY THROUGH VIVEKA - THE ESSENCE OF YOGA
Group meditation session led by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake, Founder of the Yoga School of Ceylon
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Break
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| 5:30 p.m. |
‘SURYANAMASKARA’ – SALUTATION TO THE SETTING SUN
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Open air Yoga, prayers, chanting and meditation on the picturesque lawn by the poolside, overlooking the blue waters of the Indian Ocean
Led by Yogacharini Maitreyi Devi
Director Arkaya Awareness Centre, Chennai, India
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8:30 p.m. |
‘SATSANGHA’ – A COMMUNITY GATHERING
(under the stars – on the roof top)
Led by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake
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| 9.30 p.m. |
End of day’s programme
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Day 3: 6th June 2006
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| 4:00–4:10 a.m. |
‘BRAHMA MAHURTA’ – THE HOUR OF GOD a moment of silent
reflection in bed, at the discretion of the individual in the privacy of one’s
bedroom, on the inner-Divinity of all living things
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| 6:00-7:00 a.m. |
‘GITANANDA YOGA’ – HATHA YOGA GROUP CLASS (Part 1)
(Roof-top Asana, Pranayama & Meditation)
Conducted by Yogacharini Maitreyi Devi
Director Arkaya Awareness Centre, Chennai, India
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| 7:15 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Ayurveda
Part 1 – “ Philosophy of Ayurveda”
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| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Cultural item
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| 12:00 noon |
Lunch
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| 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
AYURVEDA – THE WORLD’S OLDEST HEALING TRADITION
Featuring the time-tested therapies based on the Tri-Dosha, Pancha Karma etc., to De-toxify, De-stress and Rejuvenate the body and mind. A lecture\Demonstration with appropriate Ayurvedic Material etc.
By Dr. Upali Pilapitiya
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent practitioner of Ayurveda; Adviser to the World Health Organisation and The Asian Development Bank on Alternative Medicine, Chairman Pilapitiya Ayurveda Health Resort Piliyandala, Sri Lanka.
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| 2:00-2:45 p.m. |
INTEGRAL YOGA (Lecture with colour slides)
By Bhavana Dee, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
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| 2:45-3:15 p.m. |
AURA-SOMA (Part 1) -HEALING THROUGH COLOUR THERAPEUTICS BASED ON THE CHAKRA SYSTEM OR THE SUBTLE ANATOMY OF MAN
Conducted by Mike & Claudia Booth, Director of Aura-Soma; Principal A-S. International Academy of Colour Therapeutics in the UK, USA, Australia
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Tea
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| 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
JOY OF LIFE THROUGH YOGA & MEDITATION (Part 1)
by Kambiz Naficy MBA, MIA, MFA
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| 5:30-6:00 p.m. |
‘SURYANAMASKARA’– SALUTATION TO THE SETTING SUN
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8:00-9:00 p.m. |
Satsanga
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| 9.00 p.m. |
End of day’s programme
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Day 4: 7th June 2006
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| 4:00-4:10 a.m. |
‘BRAHMA MAHURTA’ - THE HOUR OF GOD
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| 6:00-7.00 a.m. |
‘GITANANDA YOGA’- HATHA YOGA GROUP CLASS (Part 2)
(Roof –top Asanas, Pranayama & Meditation class)
Conducted by Yogacharini Maitreyi devi
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| 7.15 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Ayurveda – Part 2
“PANCHA BOOTHA” (the five forces of Nature: earth, air, water, fire and ether)
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| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Cultural item
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| 12.00 noon |
Lunch
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| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
An inter-faith approach to holistic healing - a panel discussion led by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake.
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| 2:30-3:30 p.m. |
MIND, BODY & SOUL – A YOGA & SIDDHA AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE (lecture with a practical demonstration of yoga Asanas)
by Dr. Mrs. Vickneswary Selvanathan MD
Consultant Pharmacists (Siddha)
National Institute of Indigenous Medicine
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Tea
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| 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
FOREVER HEALTHY, FOREVER HAPPY THROUGH VIVEKA –
THE ESSENCE OF YOGA
(Group class: from Horizontal & Vertical Meditative Relaxation to Hatha Yoga Asanas & Samadhi to bliss of Nirvana)
Led by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake
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| 5.30-6.30 p.m. |
‘SURYANAMASKARA’ – SALUTATION TO THE SETTING SUN
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| 7.00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8.00-9:00 p.m. |
Satsanga
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| 9:00 p.m. |
End of day’s programme
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Day 5: 8th June 2006
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| 4:00-4:10 a.m. |
‘BRAHMA MAHURTA’ - THE HOUR OF GOD
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| 6:00-7.00 a.m. |
‘GITANANDA YOGA’- HATHA YOGA GROUP CLASS (Part 3)
(Roof –top Asanas, Pranayama & Meditation class)
Conducted by Yogacharini Maitreyi devi
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| 7.15 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Ayurveda – Part 3
“Tri Dosha”
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| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Cultural Item
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| 12.00 noon |
Lunch
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| 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
“YIN-YANG” EQUILIBRIUM & EXUBERANT GOOD HEALTH THROUGH ACUPUNCTURE” (Part 1)
(A lecture cum demonstration in German/English)
By Dr.(Med) Diana Layton-Jessen,
Facharztin fur Innere Medizin, Kiel, Germany
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| 2:00–2:45 p.m. |
VIPASSANA BHAVANA-INSIGHT MEDITATION
(A Practical session)
By Bhavana Dee
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| 2:45-3:30 p.m. |
AURA-SOMA (Part 2) -HEALING THROUGH COLOUR THERAPEUTICS BASED ON THE CHAKRA SYSTEM OR THE SUBTLE ANATOMY OF MAN
Conducted by Mike & Claudia Booth, Director of Aura-Soma; Principal A-S. International Academy of Colour Therapeutics in the UK, USA, Australia
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Tea
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| 4:00-5:30 p.m. |
JOY OF LIFE THROUGH YOGA & MEDITATION (Part 2)
by Kambiz Naficy MBA, MIA, MFA
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| 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
‘SURYANAMASKARA’ – SALUTATION TO THE SETTING SUN
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| 7.00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8:00-9:00 p.m. |
STORY TIME-ANCIENT FOLK TALES OF SRI LANKA
About Lanka’s pre-historic past, medicine, myths and miracles
Narrated by storyteller K. L. Edmond Silva
Former Deputy Mayor of Kandy
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| 9.00 p.m. |
End of day’s programme
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Day 6: 9th June 2006
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| 4.00-4.10 a.m. |
‘BRAHMA MAHURTA’ - THE HOUR OF GOD
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| 6:00-7:00 a.m. |
‘GITANANDA YOGA’- HATHA YOGA GROUP CLASS (Part 4)
Roof –top Asanas, Pranayama & Meditation class)
Conducted by Yogacharini Maitreyi devi
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| 7.15 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Ayurveda – Part 4
“MIND-BODY BALANCE”
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| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Cultural Item
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| 12.00 noon |
Lunch
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| 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
“HEALING THROUGH FREUDIAN PSYCHIATRY BASED ON JATAKA STORIES (THE 550 PREVIOUS EXISTANCES OF LORD BUDDHA)
By Dr. D.V.J. Harischandra, Consultant Psychiatrist, Galle Teaching Hospital
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| 2:00-2:45 p.m. |
“YIN-YANG” EQUILIBRIUM & EXUBERANT GOOD HEALTH THROUGH ACUPUNCTURE” (Part 2)
A lecture cum demonstration in German/English)
By Dr.(Med) Diana Layton-Jessen,
Facharztin fur Innere Medizin, Kiel, Germany
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| 2:45-4:00 p.m. |
A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY THROUGH VIVEKA, THE SECRETS OF YOGA
From how to score 100/100 in the 3 “S” Test –suppleness strength and stamina through Hatha Yoga to Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi and Nirvana (A group class)
Led by Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Tea
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| 4:30-5:30 p.m. |
HEALING OF POST-TSUNAMI TRAUMA
A case study of healing of post-tsunami trauma
Led by Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, Mahaguru Winston Dissanayake, Dr. D.V.J. Harischandra & Manik Rodrigo
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| 5.30-6.00 p.m. |
‘SURYA NAMASKARA’ - SALUTATION TO THE SETTING SUN
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| 7.00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8:00-9:00 p.m. |
Sri Lanka’s pre-historic liturgical healing art
“Kohomba Yak Kamkariya”
A lecture cum demonstration
by Dr. Mudiyanse Dissanayake
Snr. Lecturer, University of Easthetic Studies
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| 9.00 p.m. |
End of day’s programme
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Day 7: 10th June 2006 (Poson Full Moon Poya)
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| 4.00-4.10 a.m. |
‘BRAHMA MAHURTA’ - THE HOUR OF GOD
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| 7.00 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 8.30 a.m. |
After breakfast departure by coach to Kataragama - the home of the shrine of God Skanda, the brother of God Ganesh and the youngest son of Goddess Parvati & God Shiva, the Lord of Yoga
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| 12.00 noon |
Check into hotel at Kataragama
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| 1.00 p.m. |
Lunch
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| 1.30 p.m. |
Travel on foot to Kirivehera (The Milky Dagoba-Dome) built on sacred energy site sanctified by the feet of the Buddha
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| 2.00 p.m. |
Arrival at Kirivehera meditation site
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| 2.30-3.30 p.m. |
PEACE ON EARTH - AN AL FRESCO MASS PEACE MEDITATION
(Organised by the Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena Sansadaya –peace brigade-the first Runner-up for 1994 Human rights Award by the French Republic was awarded to Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena)
Led by Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne founder/Leader Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
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| 3.30 p.m. |
Travel on foot to Kataragama or
A visit to the Shrine of Skanda
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| 4.00 p.m. |
Return to hotel at Kataragama
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| 5.00 p.m. |
Presentation of certificates to participants at the 2nd World Yoga & Meditation Congress – Sri Lanka 2006 to the delegates, who attended the World Congress.
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| 7.00 p.m. |
Dinner
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| 8.00 p.m. |
‘KAVADI’ DANCE
All delegates may join-in a traditional session of Kavadi dance, a time hallowed sacred dance of devotion dedicated to God Skanda, performed whilst carrying a semi-circular canopy of peacock feathers (symbolizing the peacock mount of Skanda) on the dancers’ shoulder, to the accompaniment of rhythmic Kavadi music provided by the Kavadi band.
(Optional. The dancing takes place en-route to and from, and, in the precincts of the sacred shrine of God Skanda
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| 10.30 p.m. |
Return to the hotel at Kataragama
End of day’s programme
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Day 8: 11th June 2006
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| 7.00 a.m. |
Breakfast
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| 8.30 a.m. |
After breakfast proceed to Beruwela. Stop for lunch at Weligama.
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| 5.00 p.m. |
Arrival at Barberyn Reef Ayurveda Resort, Beruwela.
End of Tour
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This program is subject to change
Ayurveda Treatment
Medical treatment through Yoga psycho-physiotherapy for mental and physical ailments, as
well as Ayurveda and Acupuncture treatment are available on request at a supplementary
price of Euros 60 per day.
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