In Buddhism, White Tara or Sitatara is the deity who counteracts illness and helps to bring about long life. She is also known for compassion, healing and serenity. Also referred to as the Wish-fulfilling Wheel, people pray to White Tara to seek blessings and improve their health.

On this wonderful Body Mind Spirit Healing tour,you can gain longevity by discovering the key togood health. You will gain a new lifestyle perspective and the knowledge to incorporate simple and effective health practices into your life. In this wonderful integrative approach to health, you will learn specific yoga postures for your body, simple healthy ways to eat and cook with wholefoods that will save you time and money and bring you back to optimum energy and vitality. You will learn the best ways to purify and rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit.

Commencing from Cochin, your 16-day journey in South India includes a 10-day health retreat in Goa with Zen Shiatsu, Japanese corrective yoga classes, meditation and wholefood medicine classes including cooking demonstrations and nutrition – for more information about the retreat please refer to the last page. Other highlights on the tour include: fabulous ancient monuments and temples, beautiful sacred sites, charming historic Cochin, a backwaters house boat trip, a spice gardens tour, a beautiful beach and so much more.

You will be inspired and delighted.

Day 1

Arrive in Cochin and transfer to our lovely water-side hotel. In the evening we will meet for an official welcome. Over the next few days you will have a Zen Shiatsu to re-balance and get set to relax like never before.

Day 2

Go on a guided tour of Cochin to see India’s oldest church and synagogue, the amazing Dutch Palace, Chinese fishing nets and other great sights. In the late afternoon, enjoy a wonderful corrective yoga class.

Day 3

Enjoy a morning yoga class followed by some free time: stroll the atmospheric streets, enjoy the lovely cafes and shops. In the late afternoon, you will witness an exotic Kathakali dance performance.

Day 4

Drive a short distance to Alleppey where we will board a luxurious houseboat for a leisurely cruise around the backwaters of Kerala. Relax and enjoy the peaceful views and rural sights as you see first-hand how life is lived on the vast waterways of this tiny state. Also enjoy yoga, meditation and health discussions as we cruise along.

Day 5

This morning we have a short flight to Goa and we transfer to our welcoming hotel in Panjim, the

vibrant Portuguese-influenced capital. Take a picturesque drive to nearby Ponda to learn about the bounteous health benefits of spice plants as you enjoy lunch and a guided tour of the plantation. Return to our charming hotel stopping en route at Old Goa for a tour of the grand cathedrals.

Day 6 - Day 16

Drive to North Goa to commence our wonderful 10-day health retreat. Yoga and classes will be inter-spersed with free time to swim, stroll or relax.

Day 16

Depart any time today for return flights home.Day 14

Information about the Health Retreat

Food as Medicine

A special feature of this retreat is that the food is created specifically for your condition based on your individual diagnosis. Over this 10-day period, people usually see their symptoms reduce and even disap-pear. Everyone will be given recipes to take home from our wholefood chef Kevin, to make it easy to continue the healing journey.

Corrective Yoga

Amanda will be teaching general Japanese corrective yoga classes, taking into account individual conditions. She will also give specific postural correctives for individuals to continue to work on at home.

Zen Shiatsu

Shiatsu refers generally to a Japanese pressure therapy used to relieve a variety of problems including back, neck and shoulder pain, stress, insomnia, digestive problems, and fatigue.Zen Shiatsu is a very effective body treatment and diagnostic tool for prescribing nutritional advice and corrective yoga therapy. Shiatsu stimulates the natural healing powers of the body to restore a balanced flow of energy.

Your Facilitator: Amanda Wright

Amanda Wright, therapist and teacher from the UK, travels with us running classes to regain strength, health and vitality. Amanda studied diagnostic zen shiatsu, wholefood medicine and corrective Japanese yoga and has been assisting people with this unique integrated system for over 18 years. She is reputed for her skills in diagnosing and treating chronic problems as well as general unexplained complaints and acute pain. Amanda is passionate about preventative medi-cine and during this tour, together with her team, will be teaching you to recognise the difference between the absence of sickness and real vital health as well as how to gain and maintain it.

The Tour

Your 16-day experience includes air-conditioned travel, all accommodation, all excursions and entrance fees, internal flight, most meals, drinking water, guides, guide tips, backwaters houseboat trip, zen shiatsu, yoga and meditation classes, health and cooking classes.

For booking information contact: 1300 722 932info@touchofspirittours.com.au

Transformational Journeys Pty Ltd trading as Touch of Spirit ToursABN 68 160 109 946Travel Agent Licence TA-0033104VIctoria, Australia

Please note: The itinerary may be subject to

change depending on altered circumstances.

Commencing 19th November 2015

Price $3590 per personSingle supplement $360 (for 5 nights while not on retreat)