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The two Dhanwanthari room categories come with a private treatment room and steam bath, so treatment can be given in your own quarters.",[537],"A first Ayurveda stay with more space and privacy — the package is sold from seven nights",[539],"A tight budget — the same package costs about half as much again as at sister house Somatheeram",[],"",[],[544,545,546,547,548,549,550,551],"Accommodation in the room category booked","Daily Ayurvedic treatments as per the package","Ayurvedic vegetarian full board, from an individual diet menu","Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor","Medicines during the treatment period, as per the package","Daily yoga and meditation, complimentary","Airport transfer from Thiruvananthapuram, complimentary","A half-day country-boat backwater tour, from 14 nights",[553,554],"A specific room on request, at 5% extra","A €60 per person New Year gala dinner, mandatory on packages",[],"photo-1677475455506-1e429162f44f","Palms reflected in a still Kerala canal at dusk",{"amount":303,"currency":17},"7 nights, sharing a Hill View Palace Deluxe Room",[561,565],{"value":562,"label":563,"detail":564},"7","nights","It also sells a 14-night package.",{"value":566,"label":567,"detail":568},"20","treatment rooms","The size of the Ayurveda hospital, per the tariff.","Accommodation, daily Ayurvedic treatments with rejuvenation medicines, vegetarian full board, the doctor’s consultations and medicines.",{"supervision":571,"team":572,"consultations":573},"The tariff states every package includes an initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor, who prescribes the treatment and takes the final decision on the programme.","The tariff lists an Ayurveda hospital with 20 treatment rooms; it does not publish staff numbers.","Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor, according to the tariff.",{"amount":303,"currency":17},{"slug":283,"name":284,"destinationSlug":6,"area":576,"country":8,"modalities":577,"character":174,"knownFor":578,"why":579,"signature":584,"typicalNights":585,"accolades":586,"honest":587,"relationship":588,"confidence":589,"image":349,"imageAlt":590,"greatFor":591,"whoShouldGo":596,"team":597,"roomTypes":598,"facilities":617,"dining":624,"activities":628,"arrival":632,"destinationName":7,"programmeCount":24,"fromPrice":636},"Chowara, south of Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala",[11,12],"The Somatheeram group’s flagship, built in Kerala temple-and-palace style on the hill beside Somatheeram, with sea-view rooms, an infinity pool and private treatment rooms in its top categories.",[580,581,582,583],"Its tariff calls it the flagship of the Somatheeram Ayurveda Group, which it says was founded in 1985 around the idea of an Ayurveda hospital in a resort setting.","The tariff lists an Ayurveda hospital with 20 treatment rooms, three yoga and meditation halls facing the beach, an infinity pool with a sea view and a lift straight down to Somatheeram.","The two Dhanwanthari categories come with a private Ayurveda treatment room and steam bath, and the pool villa adds a private pool and an open-air bathroom. Every room has a bathtub for herbal soaks.","Beyond its Ayurveda packages it sells two yoga retreats: Shanti, a classic Hatha retreat without treatment, and Ayur Yoga, the same retreat with a Rejuvenation or Purification package.","Ayurveda Panchakarma and Rasayana packages of 7 to 21 nights, and Hatha yoga retreats with or without Ayurveda, after a daily doctor’s consultation.","7–21 nights by package",[],"It is the group’s most expensive house: a Rejuvenation week in its entry room costs about half as much again as at Somatheeram, and the pool villa more than three times as much. The whole booking is paid in advance, cancelling within 30 days costs all of it, and a €60 New Year gala dinner is mandatory on packages.","bookable","medium","A guest receiving a warm-oil head treatment",[592,593,594,595],"Luxury Ayurveda","Private treatment rooms","Hatha yoga retreats","Infinity pool over the sea","Somebody who wants Somatheeram’s doctor-led Ayurveda with more space and privacy — a suite, or a room with its own treatment room — or a yoga retreat with or without treatment. Packages start at seven nights.","The tariff lists an initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor with every package, and an Ayurveda hospital of 20 treatment rooms. It does not publish staff numbers.",[599,602,605,608,611,614],{"name":600,"note":601},"Dhanwanthari Heritage Pool Villa","A sea-view Kerala-style villa with a verandah, separate living room, private pool, open-air bathroom, and its own treatment room and steam bath.",{"name":603,"note":604},"Dhanwanthari Heritage Deluxe Room","A sea-view room in traditional wood with a living area, a sea-view balcony, and its own Ayurveda treatment room and steam bath.",{"name":606,"note":607},"Maharaja Royal Suite","A sea-view suite in traditional wood with a separate living room and a balcony over the sea and beach.",{"name":609,"note":610},"Yuvaraja Royal Junior Suite","A sea-view room with a living area and a balcony over the sea and beach.",{"name":612,"note":613},"Palace Deluxe Room","A sea-view room in traditional wood with a private balcony over the sea and beach.",{"name":615,"note":616},"Hill View Palace Deluxe Room","A traditional-style room facing the hill, with a private balcony.",[618,619,620,621,622,623],"Ayurveda hospital with 20 treatment rooms, per the tariff","Three yoga and meditation halls facing the beach","Infinity pool with a sea view","Sea-view restaurant and a 24-hour coffee shop","A lift straight down to Somatheeram","Seminar hall",[625],{"name":626,"note":627},"The sea-view restaurant","Multi-cuisine and Ayurvedic specialities; package guests eat from an individual Ayurvedic diet menu, per the tariff.",[629,630,631],"Three yoga and two meditation sessions a day, per the tariff’s timetable","A half-day country-boat backwater tour with packages of 14 nights or more","Cultural performances, per the tariff’s amenities list",{"airport":633,"code":634,"transfer":635},"Thiruvananthapuram International","TRV","About 20 km by road; transfers from the airport are complimentary with a package, per the tariff.",{"amount":303,"currency":17},{"slug":6,"name":7,"place":638,"country":8,"countryCode":639,"cluster":9,"fame":22,"modalities":640,"hook":641,"caseFor":642,"hardFacts":647,"caveat":654,"season":655,"seasonName":656,"seasonNote":657,"practical":658,"figures":677,"faqs":690,"image":19,"imageAlt":20,"gallery":700,"coords":710,"gateway":713,"tempC":735,"climateNote":742,"leisure":743,"extensions":773,"resortCount":13,"programmeCount":14,"fromPrice":786,"minNights":530,"maxNights":519},"Palakkad, the Trivandrum coast and the backwaters","IN",[11,12],"The one place on earth where Ayurveda is at once a licensed medical system, a 120-year-old pharmaceutical industry and a tourism product.",[643,644,645,646],"Ayurveda here is taught in state medical colleges and practised in government hospitals. A physician holds a BAMS — five and a half years including a clinical internship — and is registered with a statutory council, which is a different thing from a spa therapist with a certificate.","The pharmaceutical tradition is industrial and old. Arya Vaidya Sala at Kottakkal has been compounding classical formulations since 1902 and runs its own affiliated college; the good properties still make their own oils on site, and whether a house compounds its own is one of the things we check before listing it.","Kerala Tourism operates a state classification for Ayurveda centres — now a three-tier Ayur Silver, Ayur Gold and Ayur Diamond scheme that replaced the older Olive Leaf and Green Leaf grades. It is a facilities-and-hygiene rating rather than a clinical one, but it is a real, checkable filter no other destination on this atlas offers.","It is the only place we will sell a full 28-night Panchakarma, because it is the only place where the supervision is dense enough to justify one.",[648,649,650,651,652,653],"Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram — commonly dated to 1889 under Travancore royal patronage; today affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences.","Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal — founded 1902 by Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier, and still compounding classical formulations.","Practitioner regulation is national: the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine became AYUSH in November 2003 and a full Ministry on 9 November 2014.","Classification certificates are valid three years, and the Director of Tourism may inspect a classified centre at any time without notice.","Karkidakam — the last month of the Malayalam calendar, roughly mid-July to mid-August — is the traditional 28-day rejuvenation month, Karkidaka Chikitsa.","The India Meteorological Department’s normal southwest monsoon onset over Kerala is 1 June.","The word \"Ayurveda\" covers both a licensed medical system and an entirely unregulated massage trade, often on the same beach. A state classification is a tourism-department facilities rating, not a clinical accreditation — it tells you the kitchen is clean, not that a physician wrote your prescription. The state is also mid-transition between two naming schemes, so a certificate on the wall may cite a retired grade. And the properties we list are quiet rural places with mosquitoes, power cuts and nothing to do after dark: people who came for the medicine love it, and people who wanted a resort are miserable by day four.",[22,22,23,23,23,24,24,24,24,22,22,22],"Karkidakam","For treatment the monsoon is the season — not despite the rain but because of it. Humidity keeps the skin and channels receptive to oil, the air is cool, and Keralans have taken their own annual course in this month for centuries. March to May is the part to avoid: 35 °C and humid is a poor climate for daily oil therapy. The brochures sell January because January photographs better, and it costs a great deal more for a less effective fortnight.",[659,662,665,668,671,674],{"label":660,"value":661},"Airports","Kochi (COK) for the backwaters and Palakkad; Trivandrum (TRV) for the coast. Direct from the Gulf, one connection from most of Europe.",{"label":663,"value":664},"Transfer","Two to four hours by road, included, with a driver we have used for years rather than a hotel taxi.",{"label":666,"value":667},"Visa","India e-visa for most passports, applied for online, usually approved inside 72 hours.",{"label":669,"value":670},"Language","Malayalam locally; English throughout the properties including with therapists. German at two of the coastal houses.",{"label":672,"value":673},"What to bring","Old, loose cotton and more of it than you think. Treatment oil never fully washes out — bring nothing you love.",{"label":675,"value":676},"Medical","A current prescription list and recent bloodwork. The physician asks on day one and it changes what is prescribed.",[678,681,684,687],{"value":679,"label":680},"1889","First Ayurveda college",{"value":682,"label":683},"1902","Arya Vaidya Sala founded",{"value":685,"label":686},"5½ yrs","Physician training",{"value":688,"label":689},"28","Nights, Karkidaka Chikitsa",[691,694,697],{"q":692,"a":693},"Is the monsoon really better, or is that a way to sell the low season?","Both are true and we would rather say so. The classical rationale predates tourism by centuries — Karkidakam is the treatment month in Kerala’s own calendar. It is also when properties are empty. Our position: the season genuinely helps, the discount is real, and if you hate rain you should come in October and lose very little.",{"q":695,"a":696},"Can I do a proper Panchakarma in a week?","No. Preparation alone runs three to seven days before the main purification, and the rebuilding phase afterwards is where the benefit is consolidated. Fourteen nights is our floor. With only a week, take a shamana programme — a real treatment on the gentler line — and we will say so on the invoice.",{"q":698,"a":699},"What does a state Ayurveda classification actually prove?","That Kerala Tourism inspected facilities, hygiene, therapist training and physician presence against a published checklist, and may re-inspect without notice. It is a useful signal and it is not a clinical accreditation — ask for the resident physician’s BAMS registration number too. Note the scheme was renamed: Ayur Silver, Gold and Diamond replaced Olive Leaf and Green Leaf, so older certificates cite retired grades.",[701,704,705,707],{"src":702,"alt":703},"photo-1596178065887-1198b6148b2b","A palm-lined pool walkway at a tropical resort",{"src":349,"alt":590},{"src":319,"alt":706},"Herbs prepared in the oil kitchen",{"src":708,"alt":709},"photo-1593693411515-c20261bcad6e","A backwater channel at first light",{"lat":711,"lng":712},10.53,76.21,{"airport":714,"code":18,"city":715,"routings":716,"transfer":733,"flightNote":734},"Cochin International","Kochi — with Trivandrum (TRV) the better gateway for the southern coast",[717,721,725,729],{"from":718,"how":719,"time":720},"London & western Europe","One stop through a Gulf hub — Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi. There is no direct service from the UK.","13–15 hours door to door",{"from":722,"how":723,"time":724},"The Gulf","Direct, and frequent. Kerala has the densest Gulf connection of any Indian state.","4 hours",{"from":726,"how":727,"time":728},"Delhi & Mumbai","Direct, several daily.","3 hours 15 from Delhi",{"from":730,"how":731,"time":732},"Singapore & Kuala Lumpur","Direct to Kochi.","4–5 hours","Two to four hours by road depending on the house — Palakkad is inland, the Chowara and Kovalam properties are an hour from Trivandrum. Included in every programme, with a driver we use year-round rather than a hotel taxi.","Fly into Kochi and out of Trivandrum, or the reverse, if the itinerary suits — it is the same fare on most carriers and saves a four-hour repositioning drive. Arrive in daylight if you can: the first evening includes a consultation, and a 3 a.m. landing costs you a day of it.",[736,737,738,738,737,739,740,740,739,741,741,736],31,32,33,29,28,30,"Warm all year and never cold — the variable is humidity and rain, not temperature. The monsoon months read hottest on paper and feel coolest in practice.",[744,750,755,760,765,769],{"name":745,"kind":746,"duration":747,"note":748,"when":749},"A night on the backwaters","nature","Overnight, or a half day","A converted rice barge from Alleppey through the Kuttanad channels. The overnight is worth it; the three-hour version is a queue of identical boats.","before",{"name":751,"kind":752,"duration":753,"note":754,"when":749},"Fort Kochi and Mattancherry","culture","Full day","The Chinese fishing nets, the Paradesi synagogue, the Dutch Palace murals and a spice-market walk. Five hundred years of Portuguese, Dutch and Jewish Kochi in one walkable afternoon.",{"name":756,"kind":752,"duration":757,"note":758,"when":759},"Kathakali, properly","3 hours","Arrive an hour early to watch the make-up go on — it is the better half. Ask us for the Kochi hall that still plays to Malayali audiences rather than the tourist matinée.","rest-day",{"name":761,"kind":746,"duration":762,"note":763,"when":764},"A tea estate day in Munnar","Full day, or two nights","Four hours up from Kochi into the Western Ghats at 1,600 m. Genuinely cold, entirely different country. Too far and too long for a treatment rest day — take it before or after.","after",{"name":766,"kind":752,"duration":767,"note":768,"when":759},"The oil kitchen and the pharmacy","2 hours","At the houses that still compound their own preparations, ask to be shown the room. Most will say yes and few guests think to ask. It is the single most convincing hour of the fortnight.",{"name":770,"kind":746,"duration":771,"note":772,"when":764},"Periyar, for the elephants","Two nights","A tiger reserve where you will not see a tiger and will see elephant, gaur and hornbill. A boat on the lake at dawn is the version worth doing.",[774,778,782],{"name":775,"nights":776,"note":777,"side":749},"Kochi & the backwaters","3 nights","The obvious and correct opener: fort Kochi, a barge night, and an unhurried arrival into the time zone before anyone takes your pulse.",{"name":779,"nights":780,"note":781,"side":764},"The Golden Triangle","5 nights","Delhi, Agra and Jaipur on the way home. Long flights internally and worth every one of them if it is a first trip to India.",{"name":783,"nights":784,"note":785,"side":764},"Tamil Nadu temples","4 nights","Madurai, Thanjavur and Chettinad — the living Dravidian south, three hours east and a different civilisation.",{"amount":16,"currency":17},{"slug":11,"name":476,"tagline":477,"origin":788,"regulated":478,"regulationNote":789,"indications":790,"cautions":797,"whatHappens":802,"minimumNights":530,"recommendedNights":519,"image":341,"imageAlt":479,"originPlace":8,"body":803,"hardFacts":807,"evidence":813,"treatments":835,"glossary":864,"confusedWith":898,"figures":901,"faqs":912,"destinationCount":30,"resortCount":928,"programmeCount":517},"North and South India, continuously for well over two thousand years.","A licensed medical system in India. Physicians hold a BAMS — five and a half years including a clinical internship — and are registered with a state medical council. In most other countries it is a complementary therapy with no equivalent protection, which is precisely why where you go matters.",[791,792,793,794,795,796],"Digestive complaints that have been investigated and found structurally normal","Sleep that is broken rather than absent","Recovery after illness, treatment or a long stretch of overwork","Chronic pain and stiffness, particularly inflammatory","Skin conditions with a clear seasonal pattern","Menstrual and perimenopausal disruption",[798,799,800,801],"Pregnancy and breastfeeding — purification is contraindicated outright","Anticoagulants, thyroid, diabetes and immunosuppressant medication all change the plan","Any history of an eating disorder — the dietary restriction is not appropriate","Acute illness. Come when it has settled, not during","A physician examines you on arrival — pulse, tongue, digestion, sleep, history — and writes a prescription that is revised every morning for the length of your stay. Days are built around your digestion and the sun: a long therapy block before noon, the largest meal at midday, a deliberately empty afternoon, dinner finished before seven.",[804,805,806],"Ayurveda is a licensed system of medicine in India, which is the single fact that separates it from almost everything sold under its name elsewhere. A physician holds a BAMS — a five-and-a-half-year degree including a year of clinical internship — is registered with a statutory council, and practises in hospitals the state inspects. The person offering you an \"Ayurvedic massage\" in a beach hut has none of that, and the word does not distinguish between them.","The system is constitutional rather than symptomatic. It begins from the idea that people differ in a patterned way — the three doshas are the shorthand — and that the same complaint in two bodies wants two different treatments. In practice this means an examination before anything is prescribed, a prescription that changes daily, and a diet that is part of the medicine rather than a lifestyle suggestion.","What travellers meet is usually one of two lines. *Shamana* is the gentler, palliative one: oil therapy, diet, herbs, rest. *Shodhana* is purification, of which Panchakarma is the classical form, and it is a genuine medical procedure with a preparation phase, a removal phase and a rebuilding phase — three weeks properly, fourteen nights at an absolute minimum. Almost everything sold internationally as \"Panchakarma\" is the massage that precedes it.",[648,808,809,810,811,812],"Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal — founded 1902, still compounding classical formulations and running an affiliated college.","The Department of Indian Systems of Medicine became AYUSH in November 2003 and a full Ministry of the Government of India on 9 November 2014.","A BAMS is 5½ years including a compulsory rotating clinical internship; graduates register with a state or central council.","NABH — India’s national hospital accreditation board — accredits a small number of Ayurvedic hospitals against clinical rather than tourism criteria.","Kerala Tourism classifies Ayurveda centres under a three-tier Ayur Silver \u002F Gold \u002F Diamond scheme, which replaced the older Olive Leaf and Green Leaf grades.",[814,818,821,825,829,832],{"claim":815,"status":816,"note":817},"Warm-oil therapy relieves musculoskeletal pain and stiffness","mixed","Small trials and a very long clinical tradition. Sustained local heat and manual work on a guarded muscle has an unmysterious mechanism; the trials are mostly small, unblinded and conducted in India.",{"claim":819,"status":816,"note":820},"Ayurvedic treatment helps rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis symptoms","The best-known trial compared a classical Ayurvedic regimen with methotrexate in RA and found broadly comparable symptom outcomes in a small sample. One promising small trial is not a basis for changing your treatment.",{"claim":822,"status":823,"note":824},"Panchakarma \"removes toxins\" from the body","none","Ama is a coherent concept inside the system and it is not a measurable substance that purification has been shown to clear. What a properly run Panchakarma demonstrably does is change diet, sleep, activity and digestion for three weeks under supervision — which is quite enough to explain how people feel afterwards.",{"claim":826,"status":827,"note":828},"Constitutional assessment predicts which treatment will suit you","traditional","Central to the system, and attempts to validate dosha typing against biological markers have been inconclusive. Treat it as the framework a skilled physician uses rather than as a diagnostic test.",{"claim":830,"status":816,"note":831},"Shirodhara improves sleep and reduces anxiety","Several small studies show reductions in anxiety measures. Forty minutes of warm oil on the forehead in a dark room is also a near-perfect relaxation protocol, which is not a criticism.",{"claim":833,"status":823,"note":834},"Ayurvedic preparations are inherently safe because they are natural","Flatly untrue and the most important line on this page. Some classical rasa shastra preparations contain heavy metals by design, and independent testing of imported products has repeatedly found lead, mercury and arsenic. Buy from the treating hospital, never from a market, and tell the physician every drug you take.",[836,840,844,848,852,856,860],{"name":837,"duration":838,"body":839},"Abhyanga","60–90 minutes, daily","Full-body massage with warm medicated oil, usually by two therapists working in synchrony. Firm, long, repetitive strokes rather than deep-tissue work. You will be oiled from scalp to feet and you will not fully wash it out for a fortnight — bring old clothes.",{"name":841,"duration":842,"body":843},"Shirodhara","40–60 minutes","A continuous stream of warm oil poured onto the forehead from a suspended vessel, in a dark quiet room. Almost everyone finds it strange for four minutes and then loses track of time. Prescribed for sleep, anxiety and headache.",{"name":845,"duration":846,"body":847},"Swedana","15–20 minutes, after abhyanga","Herbal steam, usually in a wooden box with your head outside it. It follows oil for a reason: the heat drives the oil inward and opens the channels the massage has loosened.",{"name":849,"duration":850,"body":851},"Virechana","One supervised day","A measured therapeutic purgation, given after a week of preparation, on the physician’s judgement rather than to a schedule. You spend the day in your room within reach of a bathroom and are checked hourly. Unpleasant, brief, and the point of the whole three weeks.",{"name":853,"duration":854,"body":855},"Basti","30 minutes, on alternating days","Medicated enema — oil-based or decoction-based — and considered the single most important procedure in the system for vata disorders. Far less dramatic in practice than it sounds on paper.",{"name":857,"duration":858,"body":859},"Nasya","20 minutes","Medicated oil administered through the nostrils after facial steam and massage, for complaints above the collarbone: sinuses, headache, some sleep problems.",{"name":861,"duration":862,"body":863},"Njavarakizhi","60 minutes","Boluses of medicated rice cooked in milk, applied hot in rhythm by two therapists. Deeply nourishing rather than mobilising, and usually part of the rebuilding phase rather than the purification one.",[865,868,871,874,877,880,883,886,889,892,895],{"term":866,"meaning":867},"Dosha","The three functional principles — vata, pitta, kapha — used to describe constitution and imbalance.",{"term":869,"meaning":870},"Prakriti","Your constitution at birth: the baseline a physician compares today’s state against.",{"term":872,"meaning":873},"Agni","Digestive fire. Most treatment begins by restoring it, and most diets exist to protect it.",{"term":875,"meaning":876},"Ama","Undigested residue; the system’s explanation for a coated tongue, heaviness and dullness.",{"term":878,"meaning":879},"Panchakarma","Literally \"five actions\" — the classical purification sequence, of which you will typically receive one or two.",{"term":881,"meaning":882},"Shamana","The palliative line: treatment that settles without removing. Most short stays are this.",{"term":884,"meaning":885},"Shodhana","The purification line. Panchakarma is its main expression.",{"term":887,"meaning":888},"Rasayana","Rejuvenation — the rebuilding line, and the correct programme for anyone depleted rather than congested.",{"term":890,"meaning":891},"Samsarjana krama","The staged re-feeding after purification. Six days, in a fixed order, and where the result is kept or lost.",{"term":893,"meaning":894},"Vaidya","An Ayurvedic physician.",{"term":896,"meaning":897},"BAMS","Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery — the 5½-year Indian degree. Ask for the registration number.",{"name":899,"difference":900},"Spa massage using Ayurvedic vocabulary","The test is whether a physician examined you before anything was decided, and whether the prescription changed during the stay. A menu you choose from is a spa, however good the oils and however Sanskrit the names. Both can be enjoyable; only one is medicine, and only one carries contraindications worth declaring.",[902,904,906,909],{"value":685,"label":903},"Physician training (BAMS)",{"value":679,"label":905},"First state Ayurveda college",{"value":907,"label":908},"14","Nights minimum for Panchakarma",{"value":910,"label":911},"3","Phases: prepare, remove, rebuild",[913,916,919,922,925],{"q":914,"a":915},"Is a week enough?","For a shamana programme — real treatment on the gentler line — yes, and it can do a great deal for sleep and stress. For Panchakarma, no. Preparation alone runs three to seven days before the main procedure and the rebuilding phase afterwards is where the benefit is consolidated. Fourteen nights is our floor and twenty-one is the honest answer.",{"q":917,"a":918},"Can I keep taking my medication?","Usually, with adjustment, and it must be declared before you arrive. Anticoagulants, thyroid medication, diabetes drugs, lithium and immunosuppressants all change what can be prescribed. No physician at any house on this site should ever suggest stopping something your own doctor prescribed — if one does, tell us.",{"q":920,"a":921},"How do I know the physician is real?","Ask for the BAMS registration number and the council. A serious property gives it without hesitation. Then ask whether the preparations are compounded on site or bought in, and ask to see the room — the good houses are proud of it and almost no guest thinks to ask.",{"q":923,"a":924},"Is the food really that strict?","Yes, and it is the part guests underestimate. On a purification programme there is no menu, no alcohol, no coffee and often no solid food for a stretch. The kitchen is following a prescription. If that sounds intolerable, the honest answer is a rejuvenation programme rather than a purification one.",{"q":926,"a":927},"Will I be cold, bored, or both?","Possibly bored, and that is deliberate — the empty afternoon is part of the schedule. Many of the strongest programmes are at quiet rural properties with little to do after dark. That suits travellers who want to focus on the programme, but not those looking for a conventional resort holiday.",23,[930,1000,1136],{"slug":931,"name":932,"resortSlug":172,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":933,"intention":528,"concerns":934,"nights":532,"lengths":935,"groupSize":23,"overview":936,"suitedTo":940,"notSuitedTo":942,"phases":944,"dayShape":945,"sampleDay":946,"included":974,"excluded":981,"faqs":985,"image":556,"imageAlt":557,"startingPrice":986,"priceBasis":987,"counted":988,"priceIncludes":995,"care":996,"price":999,"resortName":173,"resortCharacter":174,"destinationSlug":6,"destinationName":7,"country":8},"somatheeram-stress-management","Stress Management Programme","Somatheeram’s stress management package — yoga, meditation, dhara and massage — sold as a fourteen-night or twenty-one-night stay.",[307],[532,519],[937,938,939],"The Stress Management Programme is package 8 of Somatheeram’s Ayurveda Panchakarma and Rasayana packages. The property describes it as combining yoga, meditation and Ayurveda therapy to help attain a relaxed state of mind.","The property lists rejuvenation massages and therapies, dhara, njavarakizhi, thalam, herbal steam baths and herbal packs, with herbal medicines. Its tariff describes dhara, where herbal oils or medicated milk or buttermilk are poured on the forehead, as mainly for insomnia, mental tension and other conditions, and thalam as helpful for insomnia and migraine.","According to the tariff, the consulting doctor takes the final decision on the programme, the duration may vary with the doctor’s direction, with corresponding changes in packages and rates, and the process may change with the patient’s body condition. The property states that each guest is given a tailor-made diet and treatment schedule after a detailed consultation with the doctors.",[941],"Stress and tension — the property says it combines yoga, meditation and Ayurveda for a relaxed state of mind",[943],"Children under 12 — the tariff states that, as an Ayurveda hospital, it does not recommend them unless the doctors recommend admission",[],"The property publishes a general day: medicine at 6am, yoga and meditation, meals in set windows, two hours' treatment minimum, bed by 10pm.",[947,950,953,957,961,965,968,971],{"time":948,"what":949},"06:00","Internal medicine, as advised by the doctors",{"time":951,"what":952},"07:00–11:00","Vegetarian breakfast, as advised by the doctors",{"time":954,"what":955,"note":956},"07:00–19:00","Treatment","At least two hours a day in set slots. The property says it may vary with the doctor’s direction and therapy; some packages have two treatments.",{"time":958,"what":959,"note":960},"07:30–08:00","Meditation","The property allows half an hour of meditation a day.",{"time":962,"what":963,"note":964},"08:00–09:30","Yoga (advanced)","Or beginners' yoga at 10:00–11:30, or intermediate at 17:00–18:30. The property allows an hour and a half of yoga a day.",{"time":966,"what":967},"12:30–15:00","Vegetarian lunch, as advised by the doctors",{"time":969,"what":970},"19:00–22:00","Vegetarian dinner, as advised by the doctors",{"time":972,"what":973},"22:00","Bedtime — before 10pm",[975,976,977,547,978,979,550,980],"Accommodation as per the category of booking","Daily Ayurvedic treatments as per the package, with herbal medicines","Ayurvedic vegetarian full-board meals, with an individual Ayurveda diet menu","Free medicines during the inpatient treatment period","One yoga and meditation session a day, complimentary","Language interpreters, complimentary",[982,553,983,984],"The half-day backwater boat tour, included only from 21 nights","A €60 per person supplement on 31 December","Early check-in and late check-out — subject to availability, at an additional charge",[],{"amount":375,"currency":17},"14 nights, sharing a Standard Room A\u002FC",[989,991],{"value":907,"label":563,"detail":990},"It also sells a 21-night package.",{"value":992,"label":993,"detail":994},"2","hours of treatment a day","The property’s schedule states a minimum of two hours of treatment a day, which may vary with the doctor’s direction and the therapy booked.","Accommodation, the package’s Ayurveda treatments, vegetarian full board, the doctor’s consultations and medicines.",{"supervision":997,"team":998,"consultations":573},"The property states that all treatments are prescribed by Ayurvedic doctors at the hospital and carried out under supervision. Its tariff lists a resident Ayurveda doctor and a modern-medicine doctor on call.","The property states it has 20 Ayurvedic doctors and 90 therapists.",{"amount":375,"currency":17},{"slug":1001,"name":1002,"resortSlug":183,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":1003,"intention":528,"concerns":1004,"nights":532,"lengths":1005,"groupSize":23,"overview":1006,"suitedTo":1010,"notSuitedTo":1015,"phases":1019,"dayShape":1042,"sampleDay":1043,"included":1075,"excluded":1085,"faqs":1089,"image":35,"imageAlt":1111,"featured":478,"startingPrice":1112,"priceBasis":1114,"counted":1115,"priceIncludes":1130,"care":1131,"price":1135,"resortName":184,"resortCharacter":181,"destinationSlug":26,"destinationName":27,"country":8},"ananda-himalayas-ayurvedic-rejuvenation","Ayurvedic Rejuvenation and Immunity Booster","Ananda’s Ayurvedic programme for immunity and vitality, sold at 7, 14 or 21 nights on the Palace Estate at Narendra Nagar.",[97,344],[530,532,519],[1007,1008,1009],"Ananda describes its Ayurvedic Rejuvenation and Immunity Booster as a programme of Ayurvedic treatments, a nourishing diet, rasayana (restorative) preparations and yoga, aimed at better immunity, energy, metabolism and skin. It sells it at 7, 14 or 21 nights, with other lengths allowed, in its Comprehensive and Intensive categories.","The brochure describes each length in turn. At 7 nights it works on digestive fire and circulation, with Purvakarma preparatory measures. The 14-night Sodhanam adds three to four days of intensive cleansing, then a prescribed aftercare diet. The 21-night Rasayanam moves on to rasayana therapy after two weeks of cleansing, with medicated enemas on five to six days.","The property says the listed inclusions can change: the lead consultant may alter them, or recommend further therapies, after assessing the guest on site.",[1011,1012,1013,1014],"Healthy ageing and stronger immunity, the purpose the property gives for the programme","Post-surgical care, which the property lists","Post-cancer care, which the property lists","Gynaecological issues, which the property lists",[1016,1017,1018],"Children under 14, whom the property’s child policy does not admit to the estate","Guests aged 14 to 18, whom the policy page books on Foundation programmes only, not the Comprehensive or Intensive categories","Pregnancy: the property’s spa guidelines allow no treatment in the first 16 weeks, then only selected ones after a consultation",[1020,1027,1035],{"title":1021,"days":1022,"body":1023,"points":1024},"The 7-night programme — Purvakarma","7 nights","The property calls the 7-night option an introduction to detoxification. It works on digestive fire and circulation, and includes Purvakarma, preparatory measures the property says ready the body for major cleansing therapies.",[1025,1026],"Detoxifying, de-stressing and revitalising treatments, as listed","Treatments for digestive fire and circulation",{"title":1028,"days":1029,"body":1030,"points":1031},"The 14-night Sodhanam programme","14 nights, with 3 to 4 days of cleansing","The property describes intensive cleansing procedures over three to four days, aimed at eliminating toxins and balancing the doshas. Paschatkarma aftercare follows: a balanced diet and Ayurvedic daily routine matched to body type, which the property says hold the results and support metabolism.",[1032,1033,1034],"Intensive Ayurvedic cleansing procedures over 3 to 4 days","Paschatkarma: a diet matched to body type","An Ayurvedic lifestyle routine",{"title":1036,"days":1037,"body":1038,"points":1039},"The 21-night Rasayanam programme","21 nights","The property says that after two weeks of cleansing the body is more receptive to rasayana, a medicinal programme aimed at longevity and physical and mental capability. It says this length includes major cleansing treatments, such as medicated enemas, on five to six days.",[1040,1041],"Rasayana therapies and preparations","Medicated enemas on 5 to 6 days, as the property describes","The property publishes one typical day for all guests: activities starting 7am to 10am and 4pm to 6pm, and spa treatments at 11am.",[1044,1048,1051,1055,1058,1062,1066,1070,1073],{"time":1045,"what":1046,"note":1047},"7:00am \u002F 8:00am","Nature walk or trek","A walk in and around the estate, or the 13 km sunrise trek to Kunjapuri Temple, which the brochure lists as weekly.",{"time":1049,"what":481,"note":1050},"7:15am \u002F 8:30am","Traditional Hatha yoga for beginners and practitioners",{"time":1052,"what":1053,"note":1054},"9:00am","Morning stretches","Dynamic stretches",{"time":1056,"what":1057},"9:30am","Visiting master talk",{"time":1059,"what":1060,"note":1061},"10:00am","Vedanta","Talks by senior Vedic scholars",{"time":1063,"what":1064,"note":1065},"11:00am","Spa treatments","Individual treatments as set by the guest’s programme",{"time":1067,"what":1068,"note":1069},"4:00pm","Gym session or cooking class","Interval training with trainers; the cooking classes are weekly",{"time":1071,"what":1072},"5:00pm","Meditation and pranayama",{"time":1074,"what":1060},"6:00pm",[1076,1077,1078,1079,1080,1081,1082,1083,1084],"Accommodation for the nights booked, at the room category and occupancy chosen","A pre-arrival consultation, plus diet and lifestyle guidelines before arrival","Lead-consultant consultations on arrival, through the stay, before departure and after","Physiotherapy and emotional-wellbeing consultations, depending on category","Ayurvedic and cleansing therapies for the hours listed at the length and category booked","Personal yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions for the hours listed","Three wellness meals a day, as guided by the lead consultant","Group yoga, pranayama, meditation, Vedanta talks, fitness, cooking demonstrations, treks","Daily hydrotherapy: steam, sauna, chill plunge pool and Kneipp foot bath",[1086,1087,1088],"18% GST","Car transfers, quoted on request","À la carte cuisine and spa menu orders",[1090,1093,1096,1099,1102,1105,1108],{"q":1091,"a":1092},"How do the 7, 14 and 21-night options differ?","The property says the 7-night option is an introduction to detoxification, working on digestive fire and circulation. The 14-night option adds more intensive cleansing therapies. The 21-night Rasayanam goes on to rejuvenation, longevity, and physical and mental resilience.",{"q":1094,"a":1095},"Who is the programme for?","The property says it is for guests who want to strengthen immunity, recover vitality and support healthy ageing. It adds that it benefits people recovering from surgery or cancer treatment, and those with gynaecological issues or lowered immunity.",{"q":1097,"a":1098},"What therapies are included?","According to the property, they include Ayurvedic cleansing and detox procedures, medicated enemas (basti), rasayana therapies, nourishing oil treatments and therapies for circulation, accompanied by tailored yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions.",{"q":1100,"a":1101},"What is the diet?","The property says meals are matched to the guest’s dosha and to the stage of treatment. They move from light cleansing foods to nutrient-rich rasayana diets.",{"q":1103,"a":1104},"What does rasayana add in the 21-night programme?","The property says that after detoxification and cleansing, the body becomes receptive to rasayana therapies, which focus on rejuvenation. These use restorative herbal formulations and treatments.",{"q":1106,"a":1107},"Can it help with specific medical conditions?","The property says the programme is not a replacement for medical treatment. It says the programme supports recovery and resilience for people with autoimmune issues, weakness after surgery or lifestyle-related concerns, and that the lead Ayurvedic doctor may adapt the therapies after an assessment.",{"q":1109,"a":1110},"What are the cancellation terms?","For room bookings, the property charges nothing 21 days or more before arrival, 50% of the advance deposit at 15 to 21 days and 100% of it at less than 15 days. Early departure is charged at 100% of the booked value, and 3% of any refund is kept as an administrative charge. Villas and suites have their own, longer deadlines.","Himalayan peaks above a wooded valley",{"amount":1113,"currency":33},574000,"14 nights, sharing a Deluxe Garden View Room",[1116,1120,1123,1127],{"value":1117,"label":1118,"detail":1119},"21","therapy hours, Comprehensive","Ayurvedic and cleansing therapies over 14 nights; Intensive lists 35. The property says each therapy, session or consultation lasts 30 to 85 minutes.",{"value":562,"label":1121,"detail":1122},"hours of personal sessions","Yoga, pranayama and meditation over 14 nights, the same in both categories.",{"value":1124,"label":1125,"detail":1126},"9","hours of consultations","Over 14 nights, as the brochure counts them, from pre-stay diagnostics through Ayurveda, emotional healing and physiotherapy to the post-stay follow-up.",{"value":910,"label":1128,"detail":1129},"wellness meals a day","Breakfast, lunch and dinner, as guided by the lead consultant.","Accommodation, three meals a day, consultations, the programme’s therapies and personal sessions, group activities and hydrotherapy.",{"supervision":1132,"team":1133,"consultations":1134},"The property names an Ayurvedic doctor as lead consultant. Its programme web page gives physiotherapy and emotional-wellbeing consultations to Comprehensive only; its two brochures say both categories.","The property names disciplines, not staff numbers: an Ayurvedic doctor as lead consultant, an emotional healer, a physiotherapist, and personal yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions.","Pre-arrival to follow-up, with physiotherapy and emotional healing; the brochure counts 9 hours at 14 nights, 8 at 7, 10 at 21.",{"amount":1113,"currency":33},{"slug":1137,"name":1138,"resortSlug":186,"modalitySlug":53,"hook":1139,"intention":528,"concerns":1140,"nights":532,"lengths":1141,"groupSize":23,"overview":1142,"suitedTo":1146,"notSuitedTo":1151,"phases":1156,"dayShape":1157,"sampleDay":1158,"included":1196,"excluded":1208,"faqs":1211,"image":319,"imageAlt":1230,"startingPrice":1231,"priceBasis":1234,"counted":1235,"priceIncludes":1247,"care":1248,"price":1252,"resortName":187,"resortCharacter":181,"destinationSlug":26,"destinationName":27,"country":8},"six-senses-vana-tibetan-medicine","Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa)","Sowa Rigpa, the Tibetan system of medicine, sold as a five-, seven- or 14-night programme in the Himalayan foothills at Dehradun.",[307,290],[347,530,532],[1143,1144,1145],"Six Senses Vana is a retreat in Dehradun, in the Himalayan foothills, selling a Tibetan Medicine programme of five, seven or 14 nights. The property says Sowa Rigpa is delivered there by Tibetan doctors and therapists from the north of India, and describes Vana as one of the few places in the world where the system is formally offered in its 'complete avatar'.","The property describes Sowa Rigpa as rooted in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and Buddhism. At 14 nights it lists a Tibetan consultation and wellness screening, 14 Tibetan treatments, 12 GOM Tibetan meditation sessions and six natural healing or Tibetan therapies.","The property says every stay includes full board with guided nutrition, daily activities, a wellness consultation and screening, transfers, attire and one private treatment or session a night. Its doctors plan an itinerary after the arrival consultation. Elevation Menu treatments cost extra.",[1147,1148,1149,1150],"Stress or anxiety — the property lists settling anxiety and soothing stress among the programme’s benefits","Poor sleepers — the property says the programme positively affects sleep quality","Meditators — 4, 6 or 12 GOM sessions by length, and the page says 'our retreat encourages mindfulness'","Solo travellers — the property says many of its guests travel to the retreat alone",[1152,1153,1154,1155],"Anyone who needs a phone around the retreat — the property allows devices only in guest rooms or the Sketchbook meeting space","Anyone who wants to take photographs around the retreat — the property allows photography only within guest rooms","Guests who require personal security, pre-arrival inspections or other security protocols — the property says it cannot welcome them","Under-16s — the property opens its full range of wellness offerings from age 16, saying some are not appropriate for younger children",[],"The fact sheet says group activities run from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, to join as you like; the sample day is not specific to this programme.",[1159,1163,1166,1169,1172,1176,1180,1183,1186,1189,1192],{"time":1160,"what":1161,"note":1162},"06:00–12:00","Hike to Barlowganj","Sign-up, book 24 hours ahead. 'Example Day 5' of the property’s general retreat schedule, open to all guests and not specific to this programme.",{"time":1164,"what":1165},"07:00–07:50","Pratah Yoga — posture, breathing, awareness",{"time":1167,"what":1168},"08:00–08:45","Power Walk",{"time":1170,"what":1171},"09:15–10:00","Gom Meditation",{"time":1173,"what":1174,"note":1175},"11:00–11:30","Mindful Tea","Sign-up activity.",{"time":1177,"what":1178,"note":1179},"11:30–12:00","Madhyan Yoga","Light movement of joints and body.",{"time":1181,"what":1182},"14:00–14:30","Prajna — Yoga Nidra",{"time":1184,"what":1185},"14:45–15:15","Walking Meditation",{"time":1187,"what":1188},"15:30–16:00","Raag Therapy 'Peace'",{"time":1190,"what":1191},"17:00–17:45","Sandhya Yoga — breathing, relaxation",{"time":1193,"what":1194,"note":1195},"18:00–19:00","Sowa Rigpa: Ancient Science of Tibetan Healing","A talk.",[1197,1198,1199,1200,1201,1202,1203,1204,1205,1206,1207],"Tibetan consultation and wellness screening","Tibetan treatments — 5, 7 or 14, by length","GOM Tibetan meditation — 4, 6 or 12 sessions, by length","Natural healing or Tibetan therapies — 2, 2 or 6, by length","Full board with guided nutrition: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner","One private session a night","Group programme of yoga, meditation, cuisine lessons, functional fitness, talks and music","Departure wellness consultation, for stays of five nights or longer","Daily use of what the property calls smart Biohacks, including compression therapy","Attire for within and outside the retreat, with footwear and summer and winter accessories","Return transfers to and from Dehradun airport",[1209,1210,1086],"Elevation Menu treatments, such as the 60-minute Abhyanga","Laundry and pressing",[1212,1215,1218,1221,1224,1227],{"q":1213,"a":1214},"Can I use my phone at the retreat?","The property says phones and other devices can be used only in your room or in the Sketchbook meeting space. Photography is allowed only within your room.",{"q":1216,"a":1217},"Is food restricted?","The property says it is not. Portions may be smaller than you are used to, and meals are served three times a day with afternoon tea. Alcohol is limited to wine and beer in the restaurants or library. Food, drink and alcohol cannot be brought into the retreat.",{"q":1219,"a":1220},"Do I need a consultation before I arrive?","The property says a pre-arrival wellness consultation, by email or phone, is essential for anyone with a specific health goal or an extensive medical history. It asks all guests to share as much health information as they can before the arrival consultation.",{"q":1222,"a":1223},"What is the minimum stay?","The property’s fact sheet asks for a minimum of three nights at the retreat and lists Tibetan Medicine among the programmes requiring at least five. The programme itself is sold at five, seven or 14 nights.",{"q":1225,"a":1226},"What should I bring?","The property provides kurta pyjamas, laundered daily without charge, plus slippers or sandals, a cloth bag and, from October to February, woollen capes. It asks for suitable shoes for sport, trekking and the gym, and a swimsuit in the pools — its boutique sells them.",{"q":1228,"a":1229},"What is the cancellation policy?","A one-night deposit confirms a booking. The property says policies may vary by rate or dates, and your confirmation states yours. It lists a 100 per cent charge for cancelling within 30 days (January to May), 14 days (June to August), 21 days (1 September to 19 December) and 45 days (20 to 31 December).","Dried herbs and spices laid out",{"amount":1232,"currency":1233},11116,"USD","14 nights, sharing a room",[1236,1239,1243],{"value":907,"label":1237,"detail":1238},"Tibetan treatments","At 14 nights; 5 at five nights and 7 at seven.",{"value":1240,"label":1241,"detail":1242},"12","GOM meditation sessions","GOM Tibetan meditation sessions at 14 nights; 4 at five nights and 6 at seven.",{"value":1244,"label":1245,"detail":1246},"6","healing or Tibetan therapies","Natural healing or Tibetan therapies at 14 nights; 2 at five or seven nights.","Accommodation, full board, a Tibetan consultation and screening, 14 Tibetan treatments, 12 GOM meditation sessions, six natural healing or Tibetan therapies, one private session a night, activities, transfers and attire.",{"supervision":1249,"team":1250,"consultations":1251},"The property says Sowa Rigpa is delivered by Tibetan doctors and therapists from the north of India, trained at the Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamsala; its homepage also lists a specialist trained at Chagpori, Darjeeling.","Tibetan doctors and therapists. The property’s natural healing therapies include Traditional Chinese Medicine, reflexology, physiotherapy, acupuncture and Raag therapy.","A Tibetan consultation and wellness screening at every length, and a departure consultation from five nights.",{"amount":1232,"currency":1233},1791559138077]