ayurvedaSoma Palmshore · Kerala
Slimming Programme
Soma Palmshore’s slimming package — herbal powder and oil massages, steam baths and a special diet — for 21 or 28 nights.
FromUS$2,680per person
Wellness goal · Body & vitality
Weight loss and metabolic retreats
“I have lost the same eight kilos four times.”
Weight & metabolic health
What to know before you choose
Where we are more careful than most of this industry, because the honest answer is not the one that sells best.
Read more about weight & metabolic health
A fortnight will move the number on the scale. Almost any residential programme will, because it removes alcohol, halves the portions and adds four hours of movement a day — and a meaningful part of what comes off in the first week is water. Anybody promising you a permanent result from two weeks is selling something.
What a good programme can genuinely do is different and more valuable: establish what is actually going on metabolically, with real diagnostics; break a set of habits in an environment where breaking them is easy; teach you to eat in a way you could sustain; and send you home with a protocol and somebody to report to. The houses that measure at the start and again at the end — laboratory work, body composition — are the ones worth the money, because you leave with evidence rather than a feeling.
And the ones worth avoiding are easy to spot: they sell colonics, they promise a number, and they do not ask you a single question before taking the booking.
Programmes
The weight loss and metabolic programme we plan
Where to stay
Houses suited to this kind of journey
Programme approaches
The traditions that address it
Yoga
For the houses where the issue is a stalled relationship with movement rather than a metabolic one — a full daily timetable rebuilds the habit without the gym.
The guide
Ayurveda
Approaches weight through digestion and constitution rather than arithmetic, which suits people for whom counting has already failed repeatedly.
The guide
What to expect
What a programme for this actually does to your fortnight
A good trip starts with realistic expectations — these are the routines you are likely to meet.
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A doctor’s assessment at the start and a review at the end.
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Movement daily, and more of it walking than training.
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No number promised, by us or by any house we would book you into.
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A protocol for the eight weeks afterwards, which is when the result is actually decided.
Questions
Weight loss and metabolic retreats, answered
Weight loss and metabolic retreats by place
How long should a weight loss and metabolic retreat be?
Structured metabolic programmes commonly run for fourteen nights or longer. A seven-night stay is usually positioned as an introduction rather than a complete course.
Where can I go for a weight loss and metabolic retreat?
On this site: Kerala (India) and Rishikesh (India). Each destination page shows its best months, its houses and how to get there.
How much does a weight loss and metabolic retreat cost?
Programmes for this goal start from US$2,680 per person. Every stay is quoted individually — the room, the length and your dates set the final figure, confirmed in writing before you pay.
Is a weight loss and metabolic retreat right for me?
Fasting programmes require careful pre-screening and are generally unsuitable for anyone with a history of an eating disorder. They can also interact seriously with insulin, sulfonylureas, lithium, anticoagulants and several blood-pressure medicines. Discuss fasting with your own doctor and provide the property’s qualified team with a complete medication list; a travel adviser cannot assess or alter medication. Whether a programme is medically suitable is a decision for your own doctor and the qualified team at the property — our role is the travel planning.