Patara, 2022
Through Ayurvedic cooking, seasonal living and sound, each gathering offers a welcoming space for shared learning and direct experience. The Samandağ community projects are documented separately below.
Seasonal food, six tastes and shared discovery
A small-group workshop of approximately three hours, bringing Ayurvedic food principles into a practical, welcoming kitchen setting.
Explore the six tastes, thoughtful use of spices and the preparation of two seasonal recipes using accessible Mediterranean ingredients. We finish with a shared meal and conversation. No previous knowledge is needed.
A guided group experience bringing together breath awareness, body-based relaxation, attentive silence and live bansuri, the Indian bamboo flute.
Inspired by Vipassana meditation, this practice invites participants to observe bodily sensations as they are, including how thoughts and emotions are felt in the body, and to explore the insights that arise.
Sound journeys offer a distinctive opportunity to pause amid the demands of modern city life and notice what is happening within.
During the Samandağ visits, the project activities included drawing, movement, rhythm, storytelling and work with simple materials. The programme also included training for school teachers and volunteers and an informational conversation with parents and teachers. These activities are presented here as a record of the projects and the participating communities, not as a professional service or qualification offered by Orçun.
Following the 2023 earthquakes, two voluntary projects took place with children, teachers, volunteers and parents living in container settlements. Orçun established local contacts and supported practical coordination, translation, and observation throughout the visits.
December 2024
The December visit included creative group sessions with children living in container settlements and an informational discussion with parents and teachers about awareness and arts-based approaches.
July 2025
The July programme included three days of training for teachers and volunteers, followed by two days of field practice in two container settlements.
Talks and workshops can be shaped around the interests of your group, studio or retreat, bringing accessible explanations together with practical ways to explore Ayurveda in everyday life.
An introduction to Ayurveda, daily rhythms and seasonal living.
Exploring elements, ingredients and a nourishing diet.
Ayurveda for yoga communities, nervous system relaxation and bansuri.
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