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Its rejuvenation, purification and immunisation packages are sold from seven nights, so a first week is possible.","The property says it has 20 Ayurvedic doctors and 90 therapists, with a resident Ayurveda doctor and a modern-medicine doctor on call.",[544,547,550,553,556,559],{"name":545,"note":546},"Standard Room A\u002FC","A room with an attached bathroom with hot and cold water, fans and mosquito nets.",{"name":548,"note":549},"Garden Cottage A\u002FC","A detached mud-and-brick cottage with a garden view, double or twin beds and an attached bathroom.",{"name":551,"note":552},"Special Cottage A\u002FC","A round or square thatched mud-and-brick cottage with a full or partial sea view.",{"name":554,"note":555},"Kerala House Standard A\u002FC","An independent traditional Kerala wooden house with antique doors and furniture, a verandah, a bedroom and an attached bathroom.",{"name":557,"note":558},"Kerala House Deluxe A\u002FC","A bedroom with a sea-view verandah in a traditional Kerala wooden house that holds one suite and two deluxe rooms, let separately.",{"name":560,"note":561},"Kerala Deluxe Suite A\u002FC","A living room, a bedroom and a sea-facing verandah in a traditional Kerala wooden house shared with two separately let deluxe rooms.",[563,564,565,566,567,568,569,570],"Own medicine manufacturing unit and herbal garden, per the About page","30 treatment rooms, per the About page","Yoga hall","Swimming pool, used on the doctors' advice","Beach deck","Ayurveda beauty clinic and Ayurveda shop","Ayurveda Academy and International Institute of Yoga, with massage and yoga teacher-training courses","Internet café, Wi-Fi, indoor games and 24-hour room service, per the tariff’s amenities list",[572],{"name":573,"note":574},"The Diet Restaurant","Sea-facing, with about 250 Ayurvedic vegetarian dishes (the same page also says 280), plus non-vegetarian and multi-cuisine food. Package guests get full board from an individual Ayurvedic diet menu.",[576,577,578,579,580],"A daily yoga and meditation session, free with a package (otherwise €10 group, €20 individual)","Live cooking demonstrations","Cultural performances","A half-day backwater boat tour, free on packages of 21 nights or more","Beach and indoor games",{"airport":582,"code":583,"transfer":584},"Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)","TRV","The About page gives the airport as 21 km away; the tariff includes a free transfer from it with any treatment package.",{"amount":16,"currency":17},{"slug":6,"name":7,"place":587,"country":8,"countryCode":588,"cluster":9,"fame":42,"modalities":589,"hook":590,"caseFor":591,"hardFacts":596,"caveat":603,"season":604,"seasonName":605,"seasonNote":606,"practical":607,"figures":626,"faqs":639,"image":526,"imageAlt":649,"gallery":650,"coords":661,"gateway":664,"tempC":686,"climateNote":693,"leisure":694,"extensions":724,"resortCount":13,"programmeCount":14,"fromPrice":737,"minNights":432,"maxNights":434},"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.",[592,593,594,595],"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.",[597,598,599,600,601,602],"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.",[42,42,43,43,43,33,33,33,33,42,42,42],"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.",[608,611,614,617,620,623],{"label":609,"value":610},"Airports","Kochi (COK) for the backwaters and Palakkad; Trivandrum (TRV) for the coast. Direct from the Gulf, one connection from most of Europe.",{"label":612,"value":613},"Transfer","Two to four hours by road, included, with a driver we have used for years rather than a hotel taxi.",{"label":615,"value":616},"Visa","India e-visa for most passports, applied for online, usually approved inside 72 hours.",{"label":618,"value":619},"Language","Malayalam locally; English throughout the properties including with therapists. German at two of the coastal houses.",{"label":621,"value":622},"What to bring","Old, loose cotton and more of it than you think. Treatment oil never fully washes out — bring nothing you love.",{"label":624,"value":625},"Medical","A current prescription list and recent bloodwork. The physician asks on day one and it changes what is prescribed.",[627,630,633,636],{"value":628,"label":629},"1889","First Ayurveda college",{"value":631,"label":632},"1902","Arya Vaidya Sala founded",{"value":634,"label":635},"5½ yrs","Physician training",{"value":637,"label":638},"28","Nights, Karkidaka Chikitsa",[640,643,646],{"q":641,"a":642},"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":644,"a":645},"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":647,"a":648},"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.","A houseboat moving through palm-lined Kerala backwaters",[651,654,657,658],{"src":652,"alt":653},"photo-1596178065887-1198b6148b2b","Palms leaning over still backwater",{"src":655,"alt":656},"photo-1512290923902-8a9f81dc236c","A guest receiving a warm-oil head treatment",{"src":533,"alt":534},{"src":659,"alt":660},"photo-1593693411515-c20261bcad6e","A backwater channel at first light",{"lat":662,"lng":663},10.53,76.21,{"airport":665,"code":18,"city":666,"routings":667,"transfer":684,"flightNote":685},"Cochin International","Kochi — with Trivandrum (TRV) the better gateway for the southern coast",[668,672,676,680],{"from":669,"how":670,"time":671},"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":673,"how":674,"time":675},"The Gulf","Direct, and frequent. Kerala has the densest Gulf connection of any Indian state.","4 hours",{"from":677,"how":678,"time":679},"Delhi & Mumbai","Direct, several daily.","3 hours 15 from Delhi",{"from":681,"how":682,"time":683},"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.",[687,688,689,689,688,690,691,691,690,692,692,687],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.",[695,701,706,711,716,720],{"name":696,"kind":697,"duration":698,"note":699,"when":700},"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":702,"kind":703,"duration":704,"note":705,"when":700},"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":707,"kind":703,"duration":708,"note":709,"when":710},"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":712,"kind":697,"duration":713,"note":714,"when":715},"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":717,"kind":703,"duration":718,"note":719,"when":710},"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":721,"kind":697,"duration":722,"note":723,"when":715},"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.",[725,729,733],{"name":726,"nights":727,"note":728,"side":700},"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":730,"nights":731,"note":732,"side":715},"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":734,"nights":735,"note":736,"side":715},"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":390,"tagline":391,"origin":739,"regulated":392,"regulationNote":740,"indications":741,"cautions":748,"whatHappens":753,"minimumNights":754,"recommendedNights":434,"image":755,"imageAlt":756,"originPlace":8,"body":757,"hardFacts":761,"evidence":767,"treatments":789,"glossary":818,"confusedWith":852,"figures":855,"faqs":865,"destinationCount":23,"resortCount":881,"programmeCount":754},"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.",[742,743,744,745,746,747],"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",[749,750,751,752],"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.",7,"photo-1544161515-4ab6ce6db874","Warm medicated oil poured for an abhyanga treatment",[758,759,760],"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.",[597,762,763,764,765,766],"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.",[768,772,775,779,783,786],{"claim":769,"status":770,"note":771},"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":773,"status":770,"note":774},"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":776,"status":777,"note":778},"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":780,"status":781,"note":782},"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":784,"status":770,"note":785},"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":787,"status":777,"note":788},"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.",[790,794,798,802,806,810,814],{"name":791,"duration":792,"body":793},"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":795,"duration":796,"body":797},"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":799,"duration":800,"body":801},"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":803,"duration":804,"body":805},"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":807,"duration":808,"body":809},"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":811,"duration":812,"body":813},"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":815,"duration":816,"body":817},"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.",[819,822,825,828,831,834,837,840,843,846,849],{"term":820,"meaning":821},"Dosha","The three functional principles — vata, pitta, kapha — used to describe constitution and imbalance.",{"term":823,"meaning":824},"Prakriti","Your constitution at birth: the baseline a physician compares today’s state against.",{"term":826,"meaning":827},"Agni","Digestive fire. Most treatment begins by restoring it, and most diets exist to protect it.",{"term":829,"meaning":830},"Ama","Undigested residue; the system’s explanation for a coated tongue, heaviness and dullness.",{"term":832,"meaning":833},"Panchakarma","Literally \"five actions\" — the classical purification sequence, of which you will typically receive one or two.",{"term":835,"meaning":836},"Shamana","The palliative line: treatment that settles without removing. Most short stays are this.",{"term":838,"meaning":839},"Shodhana","The purification line. Panchakarma is its main expression.",{"term":841,"meaning":842},"Rasayana","Rejuvenation — the rebuilding line, and the correct programme for anyone depleted rather than congested.",{"term":844,"meaning":845},"Samsarjana krama","The staged re-feeding after purification. Six days, in a fixed order, and where the result is kept or lost.",{"term":847,"meaning":848},"Vaidya","An Ayurvedic physician.",{"term":850,"meaning":851},"BAMS","Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery — the 5½-year Indian degree. Ask for the registration number.",{"name":853,"difference":854},"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.",[856,858,860,862],{"value":634,"label":857},"Physician training (BAMS)",{"value":628,"label":859},"First state Ayurveda college",{"value":494,"label":861},"Nights minimum for Panchakarma",{"value":863,"label":864},"3","Phases: prepare, remove, rebuild",[866,869,872,875,878],{"q":867,"a":868},"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":870,"a":871},"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":873,"a":874},"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":876,"a":877},"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":879,"a":880},"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.",20,[883,1021,1138],{"slug":884,"name":885,"resortSlug":138,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":886,"intention":430,"concerns":887,"nights":432,"lengths":888,"groupSize":43,"overview":889,"suitedTo":893,"notSuitedTo":898,"phases":902,"dayShape":925,"sampleDay":926,"included":958,"excluded":968,"faqs":972,"image":994,"imageAlt":995,"featured":392,"startingPrice":996,"priceBasis":998,"counted":999,"priceIncludes":1015,"care":1016,"price":1020,"resortName":139,"resortCharacter":136,"destinationSlug":20,"destinationName":21,"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.",[75,275],[754,432,434],[890,891,892],"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.",[894,895,896,897],"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",[899,900,901],"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",[903,910,918],{"title":904,"days":905,"body":906,"points":907},"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.",[908,909],"Detoxifying, de-stressing and revitalising treatments, as listed","Treatments for digestive fire and circulation",{"title":911,"days":912,"body":913,"points":914},"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.",[915,916,917],"Intensive Ayurvedic cleansing procedures over 3 to 4 days","Paschatkarma: a diet matched to body type","An Ayurvedic lifestyle routine",{"title":919,"days":920,"body":921,"points":922},"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.",[923,924],"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.",[927,931,934,938,941,945,949,953,956],{"time":928,"what":929,"note":930},"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":932,"what":394,"note":933},"7:15am \u002F 8:30am","Traditional Hatha yoga for beginners and practitioners",{"time":935,"what":936,"note":937},"9:00am","Morning stretches","Dynamic stretches",{"time":939,"what":940},"9:30am","Visiting master talk",{"time":942,"what":943,"note":944},"10:00am","Vedanta","Talks by senior Vedic scholars",{"time":946,"what":947,"note":948},"11:00am","Spa treatments","Individual treatments as set by the guest’s programme",{"time":950,"what":951,"note":952},"4:00pm","Gym session or cooking class","Interval training with trainers; the cooking classes are weekly",{"time":954,"what":955},"5:00pm","Meditation and pranayama",{"time":957,"what":943},"6:00pm",[959,960,961,962,963,964,965,966,967],"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",[969,970,971],"18% GST","Car transfers, quoted on request","À la carte cuisine and spa menu orders",[973,976,979,982,985,988,991],{"q":974,"a":975},"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":977,"a":978},"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":980,"a":981},"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":983,"a":984},"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":986,"a":987},"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":989,"a":990},"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":992,"a":993},"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.","photo-1506905925346-21bda4d32df4","Himalayan peaks above a wooded valley",{"amount":997,"currency":26},574000,"14 nights, sharing a Deluxe Garden View Room",[1000,1004,1008,1012],{"value":1001,"label":1002,"detail":1003},"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":1005,"label":1006,"detail":1007},"7","hours of personal sessions","Yoga, pranayama and meditation over 14 nights, the same in both categories.",{"value":1009,"label":1010,"detail":1011},"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":863,"label":1013,"detail":1014},"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":1017,"team":1018,"consultations":1019},"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":997,"currency":26},{"slug":1022,"name":1023,"resortSlug":141,"modalitySlug":41,"hook":1024,"intention":430,"concerns":1025,"nights":432,"lengths":1026,"groupSize":43,"overview":1027,"suitedTo":1031,"notSuitedTo":1036,"phases":1041,"dayShape":1042,"sampleDay":1043,"included":1081,"excluded":1093,"faqs":1096,"image":533,"imageAlt":1115,"startingPrice":1116,"priceBasis":1119,"counted":1120,"priceIncludes":1132,"care":1133,"price":1137,"resortName":142,"resortCharacter":136,"destinationSlug":20,"destinationName":21,"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.",[247,236],[250,754,432],[1028,1029,1030],"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.",[1032,1033,1034,1035],"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",[1037,1038,1039,1040],"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.",[1044,1048,1051,1054,1057,1061,1065,1068,1071,1074,1077],{"time":1045,"what":1046,"note":1047},"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":1049,"what":1050},"07:00–07:50","Pratah Yoga — posture, breathing, awareness",{"time":1052,"what":1053},"08:00–08:45","Power Walk",{"time":1055,"what":1056},"09:15–10:00","Gom Meditation",{"time":1058,"what":1059,"note":1060},"11:00–11:30","Mindful Tea","Sign-up activity.",{"time":1062,"what":1063,"note":1064},"11:30–12:00","Madhyan Yoga","Light movement of joints and body.",{"time":1066,"what":1067},"14:00–14:30","Prajna — Yoga Nidra",{"time":1069,"what":1070},"14:45–15:15","Walking Meditation",{"time":1072,"what":1073},"15:30–16:00","Raag Therapy 'Peace'",{"time":1075,"what":1076},"17:00–17:45","Sandhya Yoga — breathing, relaxation",{"time":1078,"what":1079,"note":1080},"18:00–19:00","Sowa Rigpa: Ancient Science of Tibetan Healing","A talk.",[1082,1083,1084,1085,1086,1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,1092],"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",[1094,1095,969],"Elevation Menu treatments, such as the 60-minute Abhyanga","Laundry and pressing",[1097,1100,1103,1106,1109,1112],{"q":1098,"a":1099},"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":1101,"a":1102},"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":1104,"a":1105},"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":1107,"a":1108},"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":1110,"a":1111},"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":1113,"a":1114},"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":1117,"currency":1118},11116,"USD","14 nights, sharing a room",[1121,1124,1128],{"value":494,"label":1122,"detail":1123},"Tibetan treatments","At 14 nights; 5 at five nights and 7 at seven.",{"value":1125,"label":1126,"detail":1127},"12","GOM meditation sessions","GOM Tibetan meditation sessions at 14 nights; 4 at five nights and 6 at seven.",{"value":1129,"label":1130,"detail":1131},"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":1134,"team":1135,"consultations":1136},"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":1117,"currency":1118},{"slug":1139,"name":1140,"resortSlug":144,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":1141,"intention":430,"concerns":1142,"nights":434,"lengths":1143,"groupSize":43,"overview":1144,"suitedTo":1148,"notSuitedTo":1154,"phases":1158,"dayShape":1175,"sampleDay":1176,"included":1177,"excluded":1186,"faqs":1189,"image":1219,"imageAlt":1220,"startingPrice":1221,"priceBasis":1222,"counted":1223,"priceIncludes":1227,"care":1228,"price":1232,"resortName":145,"resortCharacter":129,"destinationSlug":29,"destinationName":30,"country":31},"barberyn-reef-ayurveda-treatment-stay","Three-week Ayurveda treatment stay","Physician-prescribed Ayurveda and full board at Barberyn Reef — the property recommends a minimum of two weeks and preferably three.",[247,236,242,254,265,260,285],[754,432,434],[1145,1146,1147],"Barberyn Reef prices every stay as a daily full-board room rate plus a mandatory daily Ayurveda treatment charge. Its FAQ gives a minimum stay of one week and recommends at least two, preferably three; prices here are for 21 nights. By the property’s account, two weeks include the purification process and introduce rejuvenation, and a three-week stay continues the rejuvenation.","Treatment begins with a one-to-one consultation with the resort’s Ayurveda doctors, who draw up a personalised plan. The property describes daily head, face and synchronised body oil treatment, a herbal or herbal steam bath, herbal decoctions and elixirs, acupuncture and guidance on what to eat and avoid. It says its medicine is made of herbs and natural ingredients, much of it made by Barberyn.","On the beachfront at Beruwala on Sri Lanka’s south-west coast, the resort opened in 1968 and, by the property’s account, pioneered Ayurveda tourism in 1984. The property says it has 75 rooms, few air-conditioned, and recommends natural ventilation during treatment. It states that it serves no meat or alcohol; its FAQ calls the food plant-based, but its general food page describes fish, so check.",[1149,1150,1151,1152,1153],"Guests who can stay two to three weeks — the property recommends a minimum of two, preferably three","Guests with no medical problem — the property says Ayurveda has a preventive as well as a curative aspect","Stress, anxiety, insomnia, digestive disorders, obesity, sub-fertility, joint pain — on the property’s list","Guests with burnout or sleep disorders, which the property’s FAQ names among illnesses its resorts treat","Guests with sciatica who can stay longer — the property says a cure takes about four weeks of treatment",[1155,1156,1157],"Anyone travelling with a companion who does not want treatment — the property makes Ayurveda treatment mandatory for all guests all stay","Anyone wanting meat or alcohol — the property states it serves neither","Anyone who cannot stay a week — the property states the minimum stay is one week",[1159,1169],{"title":1160,"days":1161,"body":1162,"points":1163},"Purification (Shodana)","Set by the physicians to the length of stay","The property describes purification as ideally done in three stages, needing a minimum of two to three weeks in all. For guests unable to stay two weeks or more, it says the doctors plan the most important purification therapies according to the needs of the body and the length of stay.",[1164,1165,1166,1167,1168],"Purva Karma — preparation: oleation and fomentation","Pradhana Karma — Vamana, Virechana, Vasti, Nasyam and Rakta Mokshana","Given as per individual requirement, the property says","It says Vamana, Virechana and Vasti are the physician’s decision","Paschat Karma — the post-purification regime",{"title":1170,"days":1171,"body":1172,"points":1173},"Pacifying or rejuvenating treatment","After purification","The property states that the post-purification regime is followed by Shamana (pacifying) or Rasayana (rejuvenating) treatment, and describes Shamana as pacifying therapies for manifested diseases.",[1174],"Herbs, minerals and other biological products, singly or in compounds","",[],[1178,1179,1180,1181,1182,1183,1184,1185],"Full board — breakfast, lunch and dinner, with morning and afternoon tea or fruit juice","Initial and subsequent consultations with an Ayurveda physician","Prescribed treatment: herbal decoctions, elixirs, head and face oil, synchronised massage","Herbal bath or steam bath, and any other therapies the physician prescribes","Yoga, lectures and food demonstrations","Short excursions, and culture and music programmes","Airport transfers","Service charges and government taxes",[1187,1188],"Air conditioning, where a room has it — €15 a day","Excursions beyond the resort’s scheduled complimentary ones",[1190,1192,1195,1198,1201,1204,1207,1210,1213,1216],{"q":1107,"a":1191},"One week, according to the property. It recommends a minimum of two weeks and preferably three: two weeks include the purification process and an introduction to rejuvenation, three weeks continue the rejuvenation, and one week gives an introduction to Ayurveda.",{"q":1193,"a":1194},"What does the day involve for a beginner?","The property says guests start with a consultation with its Ayurveda doctors, who draw up a personalised plan: daily head, face and synchronised body oil treatment with two therapists, a herbal or steam bath, herbal decoctions, elixirs and acupuncture. Yoga, spiritual activities and, on some days, short excursions are part of it.",{"q":1196,"a":1197},"Can I come with no medical problem?","Yes, according to the property — Ayurveda has a preventive and a curative aspect, and treatment can be taken to maintain and enhance health through purification and rejuvenation.",{"q":1199,"a":1200},"What if I have a specific medical condition?","The property asks guests to write to its reservations team, who liaise with the medical team, before completing the booking. It says the conditions it lists may be treated with varying degrees of success, and that what works for one person may not work for another.",{"q":1202,"a":1203},"Are there doctors at the resort?","Yes — the property states that each of its resorts has a team of resident doctors.",{"q":1205,"a":1206},"What food is served?","The property serves no meat or alcohol and cooks according to Ayurvedic principles. Its FAQ says Barberyn Reef’s food is entirely plant-based; its group-wide food page describes fish at lunch and a fish option at dinner, so confirm with the resort. Breakfast and lunch are buffets; the doctors advise what to eat and avoid.",{"q":1208,"a":1209},"Can I come with a group?","Yes, according to the property, which takes group bookings and asks groups planning a retreat to write to it. All guests take Ayurveda treatment for the duration of their stay.",{"q":1211,"a":1212},"Are airport transfers included?","Yes. The property arranges transfers from the airport to the resort and back as a free service for resident guests, and asks to be told flight details.",{"q":1214,"a":1215},"Can I go sightseeing during the stay?","The property arranges scheduled excursions to places a short distance from the resort free of charge. Other excursions can be arranged at extra charge, provided they do not disturb the Ayurveda treatment.",{"q":1217,"a":1218},"How is a booking confirmed?","The property’s English terms require a 40% advance payment to confirm the booking, with the balance paid on arrival at the latest. Check-in is at 13.00 and check-out at 12.00 noon.","photo-1547036967-23d11aacaee0","Turquoise water along the Sri Lankan coast",{"amount":35,"currency":17},"21 nights, sharing a Standard Room",[1224],{"value":498,"label":1225,"detail":1226},"therapists","The property describes the daily synchronised body oil treatment as a massage with two therapists.","Accommodation, full board with morning and afternoon tea or juice, the daily Ayurveda treatment and physician consultations, yoga, lectures, food demonstrations, short excursions, culture and music programmes, airport transfers and taxes.",{"supervision":1229,"team":1230,"consultations":1231},"Ayurveda physicians. The property states that each of its resorts has a team of resident doctors, and that the hospital running Barberyn Reef is certified by the Sri Lanka Department of Ayurveda as a private Ayurvedic services institution.","Ayurveda physicians and therapists. The property says two therapists give the daily synchronised body oil massage, an Ayurvedic doctor or dietician is at hand at meals, and its teachers lead yoga.","An initial one-to-one consultation with a physician, who draws up the treatment plan, and subsequent consultations.",{"amount":35,"currency":17},1789312814345]