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It says personalised guidance explores the mental and emotional factors that may affect sleep and gives practical tools for healthier sleep patterns, alongside massage, herbal and nutraceutical supplements and nutritional guidance. Bioresonance therapy is included only from eleven nights.","Every length includes Traditional Chinese Medicine sessions, Shirodhara, a Royal Ayurvedic massage, a traditional Asian foot massage with herbal soak, Mind-Body Balance sessions, and brain-stimulation and neuromodulation therapy — which the property describes as electrical stimulation through the ear. From eight nights, IV, ozone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are added.","The programme is sold at 5, 8, 11, 15 or 21 nights; Kamalaya says five nights is intended as an add-on to another programme. The package price excludes accommodation, and the booking flow asks you to choose a room and dates first. 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It recommends staying at least seven nights.",{"q":470,"a":471},"Can treatments in the programme be changed?","Kamalaya says treatments can be changed or cancelled after check-in, subject to availability, though changes may affect results. A cancelled treatment earns an 80% credit, usable only on its Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic Spa menu — not visiting practitioners, food and beverage, accommodation or retail. Reinstating one costs full retail.",{"q":473,"a":474},"What if a practitioner advises against a treatment?","The property says that if its health practitioners advise against a treatment in your package, you receive an 80% credit for that treatment.",{"q":476,"a":477},"What is the cancellation policy?","Kamalaya charges 50% of the full booking for cancellations within 21 days of arrival and 100% within 7 days; from 20 December to 11 January, 50% within 45 days. Non-arrival or early check-out is charged at 100% of the booking for the full stay. 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It says ozone therapy is supervised by its in-house medical team, and that the medical team examines a guest before hyperbaric oxygen therapy.","The programme page lists a Wellness Consultant, TCM Practitioners and a Life Enhancement Mentor; its 2027–28 listing names Naturopaths, TCM Practitioners and Life Enhancement Mentors.","At eight nights: wellness, naturopathic, initial TCM and homoeopathy or Bach flower consultations, plus a departure review.",{"slug":159,"name":160,"destinationSlug":55,"area":514,"country":57,"opened":515,"modalities":516,"character":136,"knownFor":517,"why":518,"signature":523,"rooms":423,"typicalNights":524,"accolades":525,"honest":529,"relationship":530,"confidence":531,"image":532,"imageAlt":533,"gallery":534,"website":541,"greatFor":542,"whoShouldGo":547,"team":548,"roomTypes":549,"facilities":586,"dining":596,"activities":609,"arrival":617,"destinationName":56,"programmeCount":42},"Laem Set, Na-Muang, on the south-east coast of Koh Samui",2005,[12,11,59,75],"A programme-led wellness resort on Samui’s south-east coast, opened in 2005 around a cave the property says is centuries old and was once used by Buddhist monks for meditation retreat. Its menu lists 20 named programmes.",[519,520,521,522],"The property says it opened in 2005, and that its buildings encircle the Arjan Cave, centuries old and once used by Buddhist monks for meditation retreat. Guests may enter the cave. It says the name Kamalaya means \"Lotus Realm\" in Sanskrit.","Its programme menu lists 20 programmes under five wellness goals, from 3 nights to 21 or more. Its home and facilities pages describe the Longevity House as newly opened, and its wellness page places a Cognitive House opposite it.","Besides the published programmes, the property says a tailor-made programme can be designed and quoted at the first consultation. Scheduled yoga, qi gong, fitness and meditation classes are included in the room rate.","Its awards page lists Kinnari Gold Awards at the Tourism Authority of Thailand Awards in 2019 and 2021, then a Gold Award and Hall of Fame in 2023, which it calls its third consecutive Gold.","Programmes of 3 to 21-plus nights, priced apart from the room, among them Sleep Enhancement, the detox range and Balance & Revitalise; each lists a wellness consultation.","3 to 21-plus nights; 7 minimum in peak season",[526,527,528],"Kinnari Gold Award and Hall of Fame, 2023 Tourism Authority of Thailand Awards (per the property’s awards page)","Kinnari Gold Award, 2019 and 2021 Tourism Authority of Thailand Awards (per the property’s awards page)","Included in The Sunday Times Spa Guide’s The World’s 50 Best Spas (listed under 2025 on the property’s awards page)","First-time guests must book at least a 3-night wellness programme, and cancellations within 7 days of arrival, early check-outs and no-shows are charged at 100%. 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The standard room has no outside space; the Garden View and Sea View versions have a balcony.",{"name":555,"size":556,"note":557},"Rocktop Room","56 sqm","A hilltop room with a private outdoor terrace, which can be connected to the Rock Top Villa to make a two-bedroom space.",{"name":559,"size":560,"note":561},"Suite Sea View","65 sqm","With a private balcony, at the top of the resort near Soma and the Alchemy Tea Lounge.",{"name":563,"size":564,"note":565},"Superior Suites and pool suites","65–146 sqm","Superior Suites (65 sqm) are in a newer three-level hillside building. The ground-floor Garden Pool Suite (112 sqm) and top-floor Penthouse Pool Suites (80 or 146 sqm) have private pools.",{"name":567,"size":568,"note":569},"Villa Garden View and Villa Sea View","75–100 sqm","A large private balcony with a daybed, and indoor or outdoor bathrooms.",{"name":571,"size":572,"note":573},"Plunge Pool Villa","126 sqm","A sea-view villa next to Amrita Café, with a private plunge pool in a courtyard off the living area.",{"name":575,"size":576,"note":577},"Beachfront Villa","110 or 145 sqm","On the beach, set on granite boulders, with a covered balcony. Its own page gives 110 sqm; the accommodation overview gives 145 sqm.",{"name":579,"size":580,"note":581},"Beachfront Pool Villa","172–215 sqm","One or two bedrooms, a private pool and its own walkway down to the beach.",{"name":583,"size":584,"note":585},"Rock Top Pool Villa","250–306 sqm","A hilltop villa with one or two bedrooms, a private swimming pool and a private yoga sala, for 2 adults, per its own page.",[587,588,589,590,591,592,593,594,595],"The Arjan Cave, which the property says monks once used for meditation; guests may enter","Wellness Sanctuary with open-air treatment spaces and air-conditioned treatment suites","Leela & Om steam caverns, hot and cold plunge pools and a far-infrared sauna","A 25-metre lap pool, a leisure pool by Amrita Café and a 250-metre reef-protected beach","Shakti Fitness Centre, a Reformer Pilates studio and a functional fitness studio","Hilltop Yoga Pavilion for up to 30 people, the smaller Prana Sala and Yantra Hall","Longevity House, with IV, ozone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and podology","Cognitive House, with neurofeedback, neuromodulation and transcranial photobiomodulation","Library, Gallery and Kamala Boutique",[597,600,603,606],{"name":598,"note":599},"Soma","Breakfast and dinner, on two levels overlooking the valley, with a Community Table for guests who want company. The property’s FAQ says pork and beef are not served.",{"name":601,"note":602},"Amrita Café","Lunch, among lotus ponds beside the leisure pool and overlooking the beach. The menu has fresh juices, salads and vegetarian dishes alongside fish, seafood and poultry.",{"name":604,"note":605},"The Alchemy Tea Lounge","Above Soma, serving teas, herbal infusions, elixirs from Taoist and Thai herbal blends, wines, juices, appetisers and desserts, with an Oolong tea sharing three afternoons a week.",{"name":607,"note":608},"LUNA by Clara","A pop-up from the Bangkok restaurant CLARA, served at an outdoor venue along the shore, daily at 18.15.",[610,611,612,613,614,615,616],"Scheduled yoga, qi gong, fitness and meditation classes, included in the room rate","The property also lists Pilates, Tai Chi and pranayama","Talks and workshops by resident and visiting practitioners","Complimentary kayaks and paddle boards","A weekly cooking class, a Thai temple tour and Oolong tea sharing","Guided hikes, plus island excursions, boat trips, cycling and golf on request","A weekly sunset boat trip, weather permitting",{"airport":618,"code":63,"transfer":619},"Samui","45 to 60 minutes by car (22 km), per the contact page. Every published wellness programme includes two USM airport transfers.",{"slug":55,"name":56,"place":621,"country":57,"countryCode":622,"cluster":9,"fame":42,"modalities":623,"hook":624,"caseFor":625,"hardFacts":630,"caveat":636,"season":637,"seasonNote":638,"practical":639,"figures":652,"faqs":665,"image":672,"imageAlt":673,"gallery":674,"coords":677,"gateway":680,"tempC":701,"climateNote":707,"leisure":708,"extensions":736,"resortCount":33,"programmeCount":33,"fromPrice":749,"minNights":13,"maxNights":750},"The south and north coasts","TH",[59],"The island where the Western detox holiday was productised — and where the season is the most misunderstood in Thai travel.",[626,627,628,629],"Thai traditional medicine is a licensed profession. The Thai Traditional Medical Professions Act B.E. 2556 (2013) regulates practitioners through a statutory council, and the Health Establishment Act of 2016 licenses spa and massage businesses separately — so the distinction between a practitioner and a shopfront is a legal one, not a marketing one.","Nuad Thai was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December 2019.","The programmes are old. Kamalaya, built around a cave used by Buddhist monks for meditation retreat, has run essentially the same structure for two decades, which in this field is an unusually long track record.","Thailand is a serious wellness economy rather than a fashionable one: Global Wellness Institute data puts its wellness tourism spend around USD 14 billion, fifteenth in the world.",[631,632,633,634,635],"Thai Traditional Medical Professions Act B.E. 2556 (2013) — licensed profession under a statutory council.","Health Establishment Act B.E. 2559 (2016) — spa and massage businesses licensed by the Department of Health.","Nuad Thai inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, December 2019.","Kamalaya is built around a former monks’ meditation cave; the name means \"Lotus Realm\".","November is Samui’s wettest month, averaging roughly 445 mm of rain.","The signature Samui product — multi-day fasting plus colon hydrotherapy — rests on a weak evidence base, and we will say so before you book. Colonic irrigation has never been shown to remove \"toxins\" and carries real risk: electrolyte disturbance, dehydration, disruption of gut flora and, rarely, bowel perforation. Supervised fasting itself has a better case, and the properties we list run daily bloods and a structured re-feeding week. We do not sell the colonics.",[42,33,33,33,42,33,33,33,42,43,43,43],"Samui does not follow the mainland or Andaman calendar, and this catches people out constantly. The northeast monsoon pushes across the Gulf from October, so October to December is Samui’s genuine wet season — November is the wettest month of the year. February to April and June to August are the reliable windows.",[640,643,646,649],{"label":641,"value":642},"Airport","Samui (USM) direct from Bangkok and Singapore, or Surat Thani plus a ferry for a fraction of the price.",{"label":644,"value":645},"Screening","A medical questionnaire is required before we confirm a fasting programme, and some are declined.",{"label":647,"value":648},"Medication","Bring everything, keep taking it, declare it. Several drugs need dose adjustment during a fast and that is your own doctor’s decision.",{"label":650,"value":651},"After","Do not fly home the day a fast ends. Build in two days of re-feeding and do not attempt to repeat it at home.",[653,656,659,662],{"value":654,"label":655},"2013","Practitioner licensing act",{"value":657,"label":658},"2019","Nuad Thai, UNESCO",{"value":660,"label":661},"445 mm","November rainfall",{"value":663,"label":664},"Feb–Aug","The windows",[666,669],{"q":667,"a":668},"Is extended fasting safe?","Under supervision, for a screened healthy adult, for a defined period — yes, and that is exactly why you do it here rather than at home. Refeeding syndrome is a real risk afterwards, which is what the last days and the final bloods are for.",{"q":670,"a":671},"Do you sell colonics?","No. The properties we list offer them; we do not include them in anything we sell and we will tell you the evidence is poor and the risks are real. If you want them, that is a conversation with the physician on site, not with us.","photo-1516815231560-8f41ec531527","White sand and clear shallow water on a Thai island",[675,676],{"src":539,"alt":540},{"src":536,"alt":537},{"lat":678,"lng":679},9.51,100.01,{"airport":618,"code":63,"city":681,"routings":682,"transfer":699,"flightNote":700},"Koh Samui — a privately owned airport on the island itself",[683,687,691,695],{"from":684,"how":685,"time":686},"Bangkok","Direct, roughly hourly, on the airline that owns the airport.","1 hour 10",{"from":688,"how":689,"time":690},"Singapore, Hong Kong & Kuala Lumpur","Direct.","2–3 hours",{"from":692,"how":693,"time":694},"London & western Europe","One stop to Bangkok, then the domestic hop. Same-day connections work if the long-haul lands before mid-afternoon.","15–17 hours door to door",{"from":696,"how":697,"time":698},"India & the Gulf","Via Bangkok, or via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.","8–11 hours","20 to 40 minutes across the island. Included.","Samui is a small private airport and its fares behave accordingly — they do not fall, and the last seats are expensive. The alternative is a flight to Surat Thani and a ferry, which saves a meaningful amount and costs four hours. We will price both and tell you which we would take, which depends entirely on what time your long-haul lands.",[702,703,704,705,706,705,705,705,705,704,703,702],29,30,31,32,33,"Samui runs on a different calendar from the rest of Thailand: its wet season is October to December, when the Gulf coast takes the northeast monsoon. The mainland’s rainy months are dry here.",[709,715,721,725,731],{"name":710,"kind":711,"duration":712,"note":713,"when":714},"Ang Thong marine park","nature","Full day","Forty-two limestone islands, an emerald inland lake, and kayaking between them. The big-boat day is a scrum; ask for the small-boat departure.","before",{"name":716,"kind":717,"duration":718,"note":719,"when":720},"A muay thai evening","active","3 hours","Chaweng stadium on a fight night. Loud, ritualised and unlike the gym version — the wai kru before each bout is the part to arrive for.","rest-day",{"name":722,"kind":711,"duration":723,"note":724,"when":720},"The Na Muang waterfalls","Half day","The second fall is a twenty-minute climb and empties the crowd out of it. Best right after the rains rather than in April.",{"name":726,"kind":727,"duration":728,"note":729,"when":730},"Fisherman’s Village at Bophut","food","An evening","The old Chinese shophouse street, and a Friday night market that is still mostly for people who live here.","any",{"name":732,"kind":717,"duration":733,"note":734,"when":735},"A dawn on Koh Tao","Overnight","Ninety minutes north by catamaran, and the best accessible diving in the Gulf. Not compatible with a fasting or detox week — the exertion and the dehydration both work against it.","after",[737,742,746],{"name":738,"nights":739,"note":740,"side":741},"Bangkok, on the way through","2 nights","Almost every routing connects there. The Grand Palace at opening, Wat Pho, and dinner on a Chao Phraya klong.","either",{"name":743,"nights":744,"note":745,"side":735},"Chiang Mai & the north","4 nights","Lanna temples, the Sunday walking street, and an ethical elephant sanctuary — the Thailand that is not a beach.",{"name":747,"nights":744,"note":748,"side":735},"Krabi & the Andaman","The opposite coast, on the opposite monsoon calendar. When Samui is wet, Railay is perfect.",{"amount":61,"currency":62},10,[752],{"slug":753,"name":754,"resortSlug":147,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":755,"intention":236,"concerns":756,"nights":250,"lengths":757,"groupSize":43,"intensity":760,"overview":761,"suitedTo":765,"notSuitedTo":772,"phases":774,"dayShape":800,"sampleDay":801,"included":802,"excluded":818,"faqs":819,"image":835,"imageAlt":836,"priceBasis":429,"counted":837,"priceIncludes":429,"care":849,"resortName":148,"resortCharacter":136,"destinationSlug":29,"destinationName":30,"country":31},"santani-sleep-recovery","Sleep & Recovery","A sleep pathway about an hour from Kandy — treatments set by a resident Ayurvedic doctor and, the property says, no sleeping medication.",[236],[250,758,759],7,14,"gentle",[762,763,764],"Sleep & Recovery sits within Santani Transform, which the property describes as a fully guided, personalised stay for a specific area of health. It sets a five-night minimum, recommends seven to fourteen nights, lists insomnia, disrupted sleep, chronic fatigue and jet lag as its focus, and grades it gentle to moderate. The property places the resort at 2,800 feet on a 116-acre former tea estate.","The property sets out three stages: settling an over-alert nervous system with calming Ayurvedic therapies and breath-led practice, restoring rhythm by re-sequencing routine, light, food and movement, and rebuilding reserves through deep rest. It says the programme is guided by Ayurveda and supported by modern wellness science.","Methods the property says may be drawn on include Shirodhara, Takradhara, Shiro Pichu, Abhyangam, reflexology, circadian rhythm restructuring, pranayama, guided meditation, Hatha yoga and a structured 45-minute evening wind-down. It says no sleeping medication is given, with herbs such as Ashwagandha used where appropriate. Stays are in a private chalet.",[766,767,768,769,770,771],"Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or waking rested","Persistent fatigue that sleep alone does not seem to resolve","A mind that is alert at night but flat and sluggish by day","Sleep that is affecting mood, metabolism and clear thinking","Feeling physically and mentally depleted and wanting to rebuild","Insomnia, disrupted sleep, chronic fatigue or jet lag — the conditions the property lists",[773],"Under-18s — the property says its spa and wellness treatments are for adults aged 18 and over",[775,784,793],{"title":776,"days":777,"body":778,"points":779},"Renewal phase — expected results","5 to 7 nights","The property lists these as expected results for stays of five to seven nights, drawn from the outcomes it says are most consistently reported. It describes this phase as calming the nervous system so the body learns to switch off.",[780,781,782,783],"Most guests fall asleep within 20 minutes by night four or five","Release of physical tension in the jaw, shoulders and chest","Daytime fatigue beginning to lift","A first experience of waking rested, typically on nights three to five",{"title":785,"days":786,"body":787,"points":788},"Transformation phase — expected results","8 to 14 nights","For stays of eight to fourteen nights, the property lists as expected results deeper rest as the body begins to restore its rhythm.",[789,790,791,792],"Longer periods of deep sleep and less fragmented sleep","Reduced sleep anxiety","Steadier daytime energy and mood","A pre-sleep practice most guests maintain after departure",{"title":794,"days":795,"body":796,"points":797},"Post-programme — expected results","After departure","The property says guests leave with a personalised sleep and recovery plan specific to their pattern of disruption and home environment, with practices designed to fit a normal working life. It says most guests report sustained improvement in sleep quality for eight to twelve weeks after departure.",[798,799],"Personalised sleep and recovery plan","Circadian, pre-sleep and pranayama practices to continue at home","The property says each guest’s daily schedule is tailored after the arrival consultation. Group Hatha yoga runs at 7 am and 4.30 pm.",[],[803,804,805,806,807,808,809,810,811,812,813,814,815,816,817],"Accommodation in a private chalet","A private consultation with a resident Ayurvedic doctor","Body-type (dosha) analysis","A daily 90-minute Ayurvedic or spa treatment","Progress reviews during the stay","Personalised gourmet wellness cuisine on full board — breakfast, lunch and dinner","Unlimited fresh juices, herbal teas and infusions","Group Hatha yoga morning and evening, at 7 am and 4.30 pm","Guided meditation","A daily guided nature walk","Access to the spa’s sauna, steam room and thermal saltwater bath","Lifestyle guidance and evening routine guidance","A digital wellbeing plan","A personalised sleep and recovery plan to take home","Direct bookings: a one-way airport transfer at five nights, a return transfer at seven",[],[820,823,826,829,832],{"q":821,"a":822},"Is this an insomnia retreat or a sleep clinic?","The property’s answer is that it is effectively both, approached through Ayurveda. It says guests come for insomnia, disrupted sleep, sleep anxiety and chronic fatigue, and that its resident physician addresses the nervous-system and lifestyle patterns underneath rather than treating symptoms in isolation.",{"q":824,"a":825},"Will I be given sleeping medication?","No, according to the property, which describes it as a natural, physician-led programme. It says support comes from Ayurvedic therapies such as Shirodhara, breath and meditation practice, dosha-specific nutrition and herbs such as Ashwagandha where appropriate.",{"q":827,"a":828},"Can I go with medication or a diagnosed sleep condition?","The property says yes. It advises not stopping prescribed sleep medication without first consulting the prescribing physician, asks guests to share their full history and medications at a pre-arrival consultation, and says its medical team reviews every guest individually and adapts the programme.",{"q":830,"a":831},"How long should I stay?","The property sets a minimum of five nights and says most guests find seven to fourteen nights allow the sleep–wake cycle to re-establish, with changes more likely to hold at home.",{"q":833,"a":834},"What happens when I go back to my normal schedule?","The property says the circadian rhythm restructuring, pre-sleep protocol and pranayama practices in the departure plan are designed to fit a normal working life, and that most guests find they take fifteen to thirty minutes each evening and become habitual within two weeks of returning home.","photo-1470071459604-3b5ec3a7fe05","Green hill country at dusk",[838,842,846],{"value":839,"label":840,"detail":841},"5","nights minimum","The property sets a five-night minimum for this pathway and recommends seven to fourteen nights.",{"value":843,"label":844,"detail":845},"90","minutes of treatment a day","The property describes daily 90-minute Ayurvedic and spa treatments for this pathway. Its general inclusions for wellness stays give 75–90 minutes.",{"value":495,"label":847,"detail":848},"group yoga sessions a day","Group Hatha yoga morning and evening, at 7 am and 4.30 pm.",{"supervision":850,"team":851,"consultations":852},"The property describes Sleep & Recovery as a natural, physician-led programme, with the exact combination of treatments selected by the resident Ayurvedic doctor after consultation, which it says may be adjusted as the stay progresses.","The property says its guides bring together Ayurvedic medicine, therapeutic bodywork, movement and contemplative traditions, and that its medical team reviews and adapts each guest’s programme.","The property describes a private consultation with a resident Ayurvedic physician, and progress reviews throughout the stay.",1789312814562]