What you would book

Every programme, and who each one is wrong for

There is no best programme, only the right length in the right season for the right complaint. Every one below carries both occupancies in every season, what it includes counted by the hour, and who it is wrong for.

I want
Discipline

15 programmes

A guest receiving a warm-oil head treatmentFlagship
ayurvedaSomatheeram Ayurveda Village · Kerala · 21 nights

Classical Panchakarma

The full five-action sequence with a proper two-week rebuild behind it, at the house that invented the format.

DemandingMax 12DigestionDetox
From · sharingUS$3,430
From · singleUS$4,120

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 4 Jul · 2 places
A jetty on still water before dawn
ayurvedaSomatheeram Ayurveda Village · Kerala · 10 nights

Sleep & the nervous system

Wired at midnight, flat at four. The programme works on the clock before it works on the mind.

GentleMax 14Sleep
From · sharingUS$1,530
From · singleUS$1,840

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 18 Sept · 9 places
Ayurvedic herbs and preparations
ayurvedaKalari Kovilakom · Kerala · 14 nights

The palace Panchakarma

A NABH-accredited Ayurvedic hospital inside a restored royal palace, which will not sell you anything shorter than a fortnight.

DemandingMax 10Back & jointsChronic pain
From · sharingUS$3,010
From · singleUS$3,620

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 8 Aug · 3 places
A backwater channel at first light
ayurvedaCarnoustie Ayurveda & Wellness Resort · Kerala · 14 nights

Cycles & hormones

A women-only cohort with women physicians, and a therapy schedule that moves around your cycle rather than the diary.

ModerateMax 10MenopauseFertility
From · sharingUS$2,220
From · singleUS$2,670

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 12 Sept · 3 places
Himalayan peaks above a wooded valleyFlagship
ayurvedaAnanda in the Himalayas · Rishikesh · 14 nights

Ayurvedic rejuvenation

Rebuilding rather than purifying, on a palace estate above the Ganga — the gentlest serious programme in the Himalaya.

GentleMax 8Back & jointsChronic pain
From · sharingUS$5,220
From · singleUS$6,290

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 5 Oct · 4 places
A figure holding tree pose at sunrise
yogaAnanda in the Himalayas · Rishikesh · 7 nights

The Himalayan yoga week

Hatha and Vedanta on the estate above Rishikesh, without the ashram’s five-thirty start.

GentleMax 12StressA first retreat
From · sharingUS$2,480
From · singleUS$2,980

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 12 Oct · 6 places
Himalayan medicinal preparations
sowa rigpaSix Senses Vana · Rishikesh · 14 nights

The integrated fortnight

Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa and yoga under one clinical team — so the physician can choose the tradition rather than defend one.

ModerateMax 10BurnoutAfter illness
From · sharingUS$5,750
From · singleUS$6,920

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 19 Oct · 5 places
Turquoise water along the Sri Lankan coast
ayurvedaBarberyn Reef · The Ayurveda coast · 21 nights

The annual cure

The three-week Ayurvedic cure that Northern Europeans have taken here every year for four decades.

GentleMax 20After illnessSolo
From · sharingUS$3,020
From · singleUS$3,640

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 5 Dec · 8 places
Green hill country at dusk
ayurvedaSantani Wellness Resort · The Ayurveda coast · 7 nights

The sleep reset

A circadian reset at altitude in the Sri Lankan hill country, with cool nights doing half the work.

GentleMax 8SleepBurnout
From · sharingUS$2,380
From · singleUS$2,870

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 14 Nov · 4 places
A temple standing on water in Bali
yogaCOMO Shambhala Estate · Ubud · 7 nights

The residential week

A consultation, then an assigned programme in steep jungle above the Ayung — the model that made Bali serious.

ModerateMax 12Back & jointsA first retreat
From · sharingUS$3,700
From · singleUS$4,450

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 7 Sept · 6 places
Backlit tropical leaves
yogaFivelements Retreat Bali · Ubud · 5 nights

The Balinese healing week

A respectful, well-mediated encounter with a living tradition — and honest that it is not medicine.

GentleMax 8StressA first retreat
From · sharingUS$2,070
From · singleUS$2,490

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 20 Sept · 5 places
Clear shallow water on a Thai islandFlagship
thai lannaKamalaya · Koh Samui · 10 nights

Burnout & sleep

The programme this house is genuinely best at — and the one we recommend instead of its detox.

GentleMax 14SleepBurnout
From · sharingUS$5,630
From · singleUS$6,780

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 14 Sept · 8 places
A held posture in silhouette at sunset
yogaAbsolute Sanctuary · Koh Samui · 10 nights

Yoga immersion

A serious daily practice schedule at a third of what the flagship houses charge.

ModerateMax 16Weight
From · sharingUS$1,890
From · singleUS$2,280

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 7 Sept · 12 places
An Alpine lake below the Tyrolean mountains
mayrLanserhof Lans · Tyrol · 14 nights

The Mayr cure

Medically supervised digestive rest at the house that invented the category — and the first three days are genuinely miserable.

DemandingMax 1DigestionWeight
From · sharingUS$9,400
From · singleUS$11,330

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 6 Sept · 1 places
An Alpine meadow above the Inn valley
mayrPark Igls · Tyrol · 10 nights

The metabolic week

The most clinical Mayr week available, at roughly half what the flagship houses charge.

ModerateMax 1DigestionWeight
From · sharingUS$4,700
From · singleUS$5,660

Per person. Sole occupancy is not half a double, and we would rather you saw both now.

See the programme Next: 20 Sept · 1 places