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Most authentic centres treat 7 days as enough for rejuvenation or an introduction, not a full Panchakarma. The classical process has a preparation phase, the main cleansing therapies, and a recovery phase with diet, and that takes time. What the centres in…
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You can physically leave (nobody is locked in), but the courses are designed around staying for all ten days, and you agree to that when you apply. Centres ask you to think hard before starting rather than plan to leave midway, because the technique is taught…
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Courses in the S.N. Goenka tradition are the same at every centre, so this applies to Dhamma Giri near Igatpuri, Dhamma Sikhara in Dharamshala, Dhamma Pala near Bhopal and Dhamma Asama near Guwahati. The shape of it: • About 11 nights in total: an arrival…
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