Stress Management Programme, 14 nights
Somatheeram’s stress management package — yoga, meditation, dhara and massage — sold as a fourteen-night or twenty-one-night stay.
14 nights, sharing a Standard Room A/C
- Length
- 14 nights
- Lengths
- 14 · 21 nights
- Discipline
- Ayurveda
What this actually is
The programme
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.
Is this your kind of stay?
Who it may suit, and when to consider another option
Use both columns as travel-planning guidance. Final medical suitability must be discussed with your own doctor and the qualified team at the property.
✓Consider this if
- Stress and tension — the property says it combines yoga, meditation and Ayurveda for a relaxed state of mind
✗Consider another option if
- Children under 12 — the tariff states that, as an Ayurveda hospital, it does not recommend them unless the doctors recommend admission
A day, hour by hour
The day, as the property publishes it
The property publishes a general day: medicine at 6am, yoga and meditation, meals in set windows, two hours' treatment minimum, bed by 10pm.
- Internal medicine, as advised by the doctors
- Vegetarian breakfast, as advised by the doctors
- TreatmentAt 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.
- MeditationThe property allows half an hour of meditation a day.
- 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.
- Vegetarian lunch, as advised by the doctors
- Vegetarian dinner, as advised by the doctors
- Bedtime — before 10pm
Where you stay
Somatheeram Ayurveda Village
An Ayurveda hospital on a hillock at Chowara Beach. Its About page calls it the "World’s First Ayurveda Hospital with a Resort Ambiance" — its own claim, worded differently across its pages, one of which limits it to India.
The whole booking is paid in advance, and cancelling within 30 days of arrival costs all of it. Medical need comes first when rooms are assigned, so your category is not guaranteed, and a specific room costs 5% more. The tariff says every amenity, the pool included, is used only on the doctors' advice, and that treatment length, and so the price, can change on their direction.
The full profile →Who looks after you
Supervision, by qualification and number
Clinical and practitioner teams are described by role and qualification rather than by individual name, because staffing changes. The property will confirm the current team and explain how practitioners are assigned before or on arrival.
- Clinical supervision
- 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 team around you
- The property states it has 20 Ayurvedic doctors and 90 therapists.
- Consultations
- Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor, according to the tariff.
Counted, so you can compare
What is actually in it
Counted inclusions make it easier to compare the rhythm and value of different programmes alongside their prices.
- 14nights
It also sells a 21-night package.
- 2hours 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.
The money
Starting price
14 nights, sharing a Standard Room A/C
What the price includes. Accommodation, the package’s Ayurveda treatments, vegetarian full board, the doctor’s consultations and medicines.
The detail
What the programme includes
Included
- 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
- Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor
- Free medicines during the inpatient treatment period
- One yoga and meditation session a day, complimentary
- Airport transfer from Thiruvananthapuram, complimentary
- Language interpreters, complimentary
Not included
- The half-day backwater boat tour, included only from 21 nights
- A specific room on request, at 5% extra
- A €60 per person supplement on 31 December
- Early check-in and late check-out — subject to availability, at an additional charge