4 Private Checkpoints in 8 Weeks
- Pack your Backpack: At-Home Preparation
- Complete registration documents (forms) 24-48 hours in advance of meeting with your guide
- Read eBook introduction
- History and philosophy of Āyurveda
- The Five Elements
- The 3 Doṣas
- The Four Aims of Life
- Sankalpa – Developing your Seed Intention
- Meet at Basecamp – appointment #1
- Initial 2-hour assessment with your Intern or Practitioner to discover your body, mind and spirit through the lense of Āyurveda
- Receive health screening: Pulse, tongue, urine, skin, nails, etc. observation
- Assignment Before Next Rendez-Vous: Set up Your Cabin
- Tank up: Enjoy a couple of the following activities
- Go camping
- Make a mess hall of your kitchen and enjoy Āyurvedic grub
- Leisure read
- Breathe
- Forest bathe
- Sit still
- Practice yoga āsana
- Swim
- BE with friends and family
- eBook reading and worksheets
- Prakṛti, Vikṛti and Clinical Vikṛti
- The 10 pairs of opposing qualities
- The 6 tastes
- Keep a sustenance log for at least one day
- Tank up: Enjoy a couple of the following activities
- Gather Commissary Provisions – appointment #2
- Flag ceremony: Meet at the ranger station for your 1-hour “Report of Findings” non-class for a big-picture, customized Āyurvedic excursion plan
- Begin sipping your personalized herbal tea and using your spice mix as soon as you receive it (2-month supply plus shipping included in the price of the hike)
- Optional: Start taking your customized herbal compound daily if your angels’ supervisor has created one for you. This is a separate fee not included in the price of the hike. The estimated cost is $25-$35 per month and the fees go to our pharmacist.
- Study the Trail Map
- Create a 1-week victual plan using eBook recipes
- Agni: the camp fire of life
- Digestion
- Āma: Toxins that cause imbalance and disease
- The 3 Malas: Visiting the outhouse or brown blazing
- Personalized Tea and Spice Mix Education
- Scenic Outlook – appointment #3
- Discuss eBook exploration
- Review and troubleshoot recommendations
- Observe effects of the hike
- Celebrate checkpoints
- eBook reading assignment for fourth appointment
- Dinacaryā: Daily Routine
- Vihāra: Lifestyle
- Final Powwow – appointment #4
- Discuss eBook exploration
- Review and troubleshoot recommendations
- Observe effects of the hike
- Celebrate the summit
- Revisit initial intentions
- Select final eBook assignment for post unschool
- Discuss plans for graduate unschooling
- Fire ungraduation ceremony
- Write one letter to yourself to burn
- Write one letter to yourself to open next summer
- Bid farewells until next time and go home to bathe and sleep in your own bed
