Jivita Ayurveda

Monday Morning Meditation and Breakfast
2025-09-22 08:15 - 09:00 UTC | Jivita Ayurveda, Kensal Rise NW10, Jivita Ayurveda, 89 Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3ND, United Kingdom
Focused group meditation and breakfast

Time: Monday 8.15am - 9am, Friday 8.45 - 9.30 amPrice: £10

Start your day with tranquillity and warmth at our weekly morning Meditation Sessions, designed to foster focus and mindfulness that lasts throughout your day. Each session begins with calming techniques inspired by Dandapani, guiding participants into a deep state of focus. Unique every week, these sessions often include guided visualisations and the soothing vibrations of healing humming (Bhramari Pranayama), which enhance mental clarity and relaxation. After meditation, enjoy a delicious serving of home-brewed chai and nourishing porridge, perfect for grounding yourself before stepping into the day ahead. The informal setting encourages community connection, reflection, and the sharing of insights, helping you integrate the tools learned into your daily life. Whether you’re new to meditation or seeking to deepen your practice, these sessions offer a restorative and uplifting start to your day while equipping you with practical strategies to stay centred and focused beyond the session itself.

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Friday Morning Meditation and Breakfast
2025-03-14 08:45 - 09:30 | Jivita Ayurveda, Kensal Rise NW10, Jivita Ayurveda, 89 Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3ND, United Kingdom

Dylan Smith Workshop - Sound as a healing tool
2026-05-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Jivita Ayurveda, Kensal Rise NW10, Jivita Ayurveda, 89 Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3ND, United Kingdom
An Evening of Sound & Healing with Dylan Smith
Fri 15th May 266.30-9pmLondon
Price: £50

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Join us for a special Friday evening gathering with Dylan Smith, world-renowned Ayurvedic practitioner and the owner of Vital Veda, for an immersive exploration of the healing effects of sound and vibration.
Sound has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic and yogic traditions as a powerful tool for restoring balance and supporting wellbeing. In this inspiring and accessible talk, Dylan will share how sound influences the nervous system, emotions, and subtle energy of the body. Drawing on both ancient wisdom and contemporary practice, he will explore how sound can be used to calm the mind, release tension, and promote a deeper sense of harmony and resilience in daily life.
Following the talk, participants will be guided into a deeply restorative crystal bowl sound bath. The pure, resonant tones of the crystal bowls create a meditative soundscape that supports deep relaxation and integration. This experiential session offers an opportunity to move from understanding into direct experience, allowing the body and mind to absorb the healing qualities of sound on a profound level.
This evening is designed as a gentle yet meaningful way to unwind at the end of the week, combining learning, reflection and embodied experience. No prior knowledge of Ayurveda or sound healing is required. Simply come as you are, with an openness to rest, listen, and receive.
This event is suitable for anyone interested in wellbeing, Ayurveda, sound healing, meditation, or stress relief.

Abhyanga - Ayurvedic Massage Training
2026-05-10 09:00 - 2026-05-14 02:30 | Jivita Ayurveda, Kensal Rise NW10, Jivita Ayurveda, 89 Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3ND, United Kingdom

Ayurvedic Long Weekend Retreat in Italy
2026-04-16 08:00 - 2026-04-20 17:00 | Podere l’Agave, Strada di S. Bartolo, 19, Livorno, Tuscany, 57027, Italy
Ayurveda, Yoga & Sound Healing retreat
16 – 20 April 26Tuscany, Italy
Price: from £1550

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Jivita Ayurveda in collaboration with True2u are offering a unique weekend experience combining the beautiful complementary practice of Ayurveda, Yoga and Sound Healing in a beautiful Italian country house Podere l’Agave, Tuscany
Experience an enlightening Ayurveda Consultation and Detox advice with Anu Paavola.
Enjoy daily uplifting yoga and breath work with Francesca Sanlorenzo.
Eat the Ayurvedic way: Seasonal and Local
Benefit from blissful Ayurvedic massage and treatments, Sound Body Massage and Yoga Therapy
Loose yourself in sound healing experiences
Delight in walks in Tuscan nature and breathing the bracing sea air!

About Anu Paavola
Trained in clinical Ayurveda, Anu has created and nurtured since 2009 a wellbeing brand that is built upon the foundations of providing care, education, guidance and counsel to a wide spectrum of clients.
As a practitioner, Anu has had a chance to create healing opportunities for people who have not been able to find solutions through orthodox medicine and who suffer from conditions such as subclinical or undiagnosable conditions and chronic lifestyle disorders. Anu also tends to the needs of her community for stress management through body treatments from the Ayurvedic tradition. She is passionately dedicated to guide and educate people on their dietary choices and health management and provide them opportunities to learn both for self-development and for professional careers.
Anu’s first passion is to raise awareness of this ancient system of medicine and translate it to the language and practice of our modern days.
She is also the founder of Jivita Academy of Ayurveda and the author of Ayurveda Detox: How To Cleanse, Balance and Revitalise Your Body where she focuses on daily and seasonal cleansing practices that are the key in keeping healthy.

About Francesca Sanlorenzo
Francesca Sanlorenzo is a senior bilingual Yoga Teacher (Ita/Eng), International Teacher Trainer and Yoga Therapist and Sound Therapist who offers holistic non-dogmatic practices, accessible to all, that help cultivate body-mind strength and flexibility whilst restoring balance and wellbeing.
Francesca’s Yoga practice is rooted in the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition and over many years has been influenced by Jivamukti, Scaravelli, Integral Yoga, Yin, Yoga Nidra, and LV Chair Yoga Method as well as Yoga Philosophy.
As a Yoga & Sound Therapist Francesca brings a personalised methodology that integrates ancient yogic wisdom with modern neuroscience and psychology. She offers evidence-based techniques and practices tailored to individual needs, to provide support for people in their healing journey of self-discovery, while empowering them to take an active role in their health and the development of new, sustainable, positive habits.
Francesca is also the co-founder of True2U, an evolving platform of Yoga practices, CPDs, resources, retreats and a community of like minded people seeking to share and learn from each other.

What is Included?
This four day retreat is full of wonderful healing and health promoting activities. Relaxation is the main focus in order to promote self-regulation, the body’s own innate ability to heal itself.
From morning until evening and overnight, all we do is create different experiences and learning opportunities to bring the body in a state of safety and comfort.
Four day training in Ayurvedic principles and practices
Daily yoga asana, pranayama & meditation practices
Ayurvedic Consultation & Detox advice
60 min Ayurvedic massage of choice
60 min Yoga Therapy or Sound Body Massage
Four nights accommodation in beautiful Agriturismo Podere l’Agave
All delicious home-cooked vegan friendly food
Seaside, sound healing entertainment & other group activities
Variety of treatments available on request (priced separately)
How much does it cost?
Private Room from £1600 (early bird)Shared Room from £1550 (early bird)
5 days (4 nights Thursday to Monday)
Flights to Pisa Airport not included
(Airport Pick up and drop off is included)
Bring a Friend get 10% Discount!
Payment plans available (see FAQ below)
Deposit £500

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A Typical Day
Wake from 7am and intake of warm water and herbal medication

7.30am Group yoga & breath work & meditation

9am Breakfast

10 – 12. 30pm Ayurvedic treatments, private sound healing, yoga therapy or rest

1pm Communal Lunch at Mama’s Taverna followed by rest

2 – 5.30pm – Treatments, Rest of Activity (Walks, Seaside Experience, Local tuscan Villages)

6pm Light supper

7.30pm Sound healing evening entertainment

Podere L’Agave
Podere L’Agave is a state of the art, beautifully renovated agriturismo farm in the picturesque countryside of Tuscany.

San Vincenzo’s rolling hills and sun-soaked beaches are the perfect backdrop to Podere L’Agave, a family-friendly location with breath-taking views. Enjoy freshly grown produce, heavenly olive oil and meet a bunch of friendly animals on this organic farm.
Promoting sustainable, organic and local living, Wraxall Yard is a perfect match with Jivita Ayurveda’s ethos. We are proud to be collaborating with them, creating unique and authentic Ayurvedic healing experiences, unparalleled to anywhere in the UK.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Payments – How do I pay and are there payment plans available?
Deposit
To hold your reservation you will need to pay a non-refundable deposit of £500 unless you want to make a full payment immediately.
Full payment
Full payment needs to be paid 15 days before the start of the retreat.
Payment plans:
You can arrange a payment plan according to the time that is left between the first instalment and the retreat.
Our prices include VAT.

What happens after I pay the deposit?
After booking in, you will receive a welcome email and request to fill in the consultations forms and a meeting set-up in zoom for the initial consultation.
You should also read the terms and conditions on our website.

Why book with us?
This program is designed to be a state-of-the-art experience of Ayurvedic practice and Sound Healing Arts.
We design the program to match the exact needs of the client.
Experience deep relaxation, rejuvenation, and holistic healing in a serene environment. Our expert instructors and therapists ensure a transformative journey, promoting well-being, balance, and inner peace. Rediscover your true self with us.
Added therapeutic services can be arranged at an extra fee.

How to prepare?
The arrival is on Thursday. We can arrange a pick up from Pisa Airport.
Generally speaking, be prepared to eat simple yet delicious foods. For this reason, it would be good to avoid heavy evening meals towards the start of the arrival.
You will need comfortable season appropriate clothing for day and night, toiletries to cater for your most basic needs.

How do I get there?
The closest airport is Pisa.

What do I get out of this?
After three days
Our aim is to prepare your bodymind to be more resilient and adaptable in the varying life situations, not just be well in the retreat but to thrive in everyday life situations.
Get the Ayurveda Detox book

Your practitioner Anu is the author of Ayurveda Detox: How To Cleanse, Balance and Revitalise Your Body, available from Amazon, Waterstones and Blackwell’s.
Her book will inspire you to try pace your daily and seasonal rhythms in a way that additional detox programs become almost redundant. Ayurvedic living is detoxifying per se and if you haven’t experienced it yet, learn from this book and create a new detox program for yourself that not only cleanses you but teaches you habits of a lifetime.
Find out more about Anu’s Ayurveda Detox book.
