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It works on digestive fire and circulation, and includes Purvakarma, preparatory measures the property says ready the body for major cleansing therapies.",[572,573],"Detoxifying, de-stressing and revitalising treatments, as listed","Treatments for digestive fire and circulation",{"title":575,"days":576,"body":577,"points":578},"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.",[579,580,581],"Intensive Ayurvedic cleansing procedures over 3 to 4 days","Paschatkarma: a diet matched to body type","An Ayurvedic lifestyle routine",{"title":583,"days":584,"body":585,"points":586},"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.",[587,588],"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.",[591,595,598,602,605,609,613,617,620],{"time":592,"what":593,"note":594},"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":596,"what":394,"note":597},"7:15am \u002F 8:30am","Traditional Hatha yoga for beginners and practitioners",{"time":599,"what":600,"note":601},"9:00am","Morning stretches","Dynamic stretches",{"time":603,"what":604},"9:30am","Visiting master talk",{"time":606,"what":607,"note":608},"10:00am","Vedanta","Talks by senior Vedic scholars",{"time":610,"what":611,"note":612},"11:00am","Spa treatments","Individual treatments as set by the guest’s programme",{"time":614,"what":615,"note":616},"4:00pm","Gym session or cooking class","Interval training with trainers; the cooking classes are weekly",{"time":618,"what":619},"5:00pm","Meditation and pranayama",{"time":621,"what":607},"6:00pm",[623,624,625,626,627,628,629,630,631],"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",[633,634,635],"18% GST","Car transfers, quoted on request","À la carte cuisine and spa menu orders",[637,640,643,646,649,652,655],{"q":638,"a":639},"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":641,"a":642},"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":644,"a":645},"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":647,"a":648},"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":650,"a":651},"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":653,"a":654},"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":656,"a":657},"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.",{"amount":659,"currency":26},574000,"14 nights, sharing a Deluxe Garden View Room",[662,666,670,674],{"value":663,"label":664,"detail":665},"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":667,"label":668,"detail":669},"7","hours of personal sessions","Yoga, pranayama and meditation over 14 nights, the same in both categories.",{"value":671,"label":672,"detail":673},"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":675,"label":676,"detail":677},"3","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":680,"team":681,"consultations":682},"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":659,"currency":26},[685],{"slug":20,"name":21,"place":686,"country":8,"countryCode":687,"cluster":9,"fame":42,"modalities":688,"hook":689,"caseFor":690,"hardFacts":695,"caveat":701,"season":702,"seasonNote":703,"practical":704,"figures":720,"faqs":732,"image":461,"imageAlt":742,"gallery":743,"coords":750,"gateway":753,"tempC":770,"climateNote":780,"leisure":781,"extensions":806,"resortCount":13,"programmeCount":23,"fromPrice":818,"minNights":551,"maxNights":549},"The Ganga valley and the hills above it","IN",[12,11],"Where modern transnational yoga was institutionalised — and then, in 1968, handed global celebrity.",[691,692,693,694],"The lineages are here and still teaching. Swami Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society at Muni Ki Reti in 1936, and his disciples seeded the Sivananda and Satyananda schools that now span dozens of countries.","Cost and immersion. A month of full-time tuition here costs less than a fortnight in southern Europe, in a town where practising at half past five is unremarkable rather than eccentric.","It combines properly with Ayurveda. Several schools have a physician on site, which turns a hard four-week training into something the body survives.","The town is legally dry and vegetarian, which removes a set of decisions you would otherwise spend the month making.",[696,697,698,699,700],"Swami Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, in 1936.","Maharishi Mahesh Yogi established Chaurasi Kutia in 1963; the Beatles arrived in February 1968 and wrote much of the White Album during the stay.","Parmarth Niketan hosts the International Yoga Festival in the first week of March, supported by the Ministry of Tourism.","The UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 June the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69\u002F131 on 11 December 2014, with a record 175 co-sponsors.","Alcohol and non-vegetarian food are prohibited within Rishikesh municipal limits.","Yoga teaching is not a regulated profession anywhere, and Rishikesh is the sharp end of that. Yoga Alliance is a voluntary registry rather than an accreditor — an \"RYS 200\" listing certifies that a school filed a curriculum document, not that it teaches well or safely. There are several hundred schools here and we list three. The town is also crowded and noisy, and the river at Laxman Jhula is not the serene Ganga of the photographs; the good schools are up the valley for a reason.",[42,33,33,33,43,43,43,43,33,33,33,42],"February to April and late September to November: warm days, cold clear nights, and a river that is green rather than brown and in spate. July and August are landslide season in the hills. May and June are simply too hot for a full practice schedule, and December to January is cold enough that an unheated ashram room becomes a test of commitment.",[705,708,711,714,717],{"label":706,"value":707},"Airports","Dehradun (DED), forty minutes away, with frequent Delhi connections. Delhi by road is six hours and not worth it.",{"label":709,"value":710},"Visa","India e-visa. Trainings longer than 30 days need a different category — we handle the paperwork.",{"label":712,"value":713},"Rules","The town is vegetarian and alcohol-free by law. This is not negotiable and it is enforced.",{"label":715,"value":716},"Prerequisite","Two years of regular practice before a 200-hour training. We ask, and so do the schools worth attending.",{"label":718,"value":719},"What to bring","Layers. Halls are unheated, mornings are cold from November, and every school expects you at 05:30 regardless.",[721,724,727,729],{"value":722,"label":723},"1936","Divine Life Society",{"value":725,"label":726},"1968","The Beatles at Chaurasi Kutia",{"value":675,"label":728},"Schools we list",{"value":730,"label":731},"21 Jun","International Day of Yoga",[733,736,739],{"q":734,"a":735},"Is a 200-hour certificate from Rishikesh taken seriously?","It depends entirely on the school, which is the problem. A Yoga Alliance registration proves a syllabus was filed, not that anybody was taught. Ask who the lead teacher studied under and for how long — we publish that for the schools we list, and it is the only reason we list them.",{"q":737,"a":738},"Can I do a training and a Panchakarma back to back?","Not in that order. Purification leaves you depleted for a fortnight and a training is physically demanding. Train first and treat afterwards, ideally in Kerala in a different season.",{"q":740,"a":741},"How much does the crowding actually matter?","Less than you fear if you stay up-valley. The schools we use are far enough above the bridges that you would only go down for a reason, and most students go down twice in a month.","Snow-covered Himalayan peaks above a wooded valley",[744,746,747],{"src":465,"alt":745},"A still mountain lake in the foothills",{"src":468,"alt":469},{"src":748,"alt":749},"photo-1545205597-3d9d02c29597","A group practising together outdoors",{"lat":751,"lng":752},30.09,78.27,{"airport":539,"code":27,"city":754,"routings":755,"transfer":768,"flightNote":769},"Dehradun — 45 minutes from Rishikesh",[756,760,764],{"from":757,"how":758,"time":759},"London & western Europe","One stop through Delhi or a Gulf hub, then the domestic hop to Dehradun.","14–16 hours door to door",{"from":761,"how":762,"time":763},"Delhi","Fifteen flights a day, 55 minutes. The road is six hours and not worth it.","55 minutes",{"from":765,"how":766,"time":767},"The Gulf","Through Delhi. There is no international service into Dehradun.","7–8 hours","45 minutes by road from Dehradun to Muni Ki Reti, or an hour to the houses up the valley. Included.","Dehradun is a daylight-only airport in practice — hill weather closes it, and the winter fog window from late December through January cancels flights with little notice. Build a night in Delhi into any itinerary with a tight onward connection, and never plan to fly out on the morning of an international departure.",[771,772,773,421,774,775,776,777,777,778,779,552],20,23,28,37,36,31,30,29,26,"A Himalayan foothill climate — genuinely cold mornings from November to February, genuinely too hot for a full practice schedule in May and June. Halls are unheated.",[782,788,793,798,802],{"name":783,"kind":784,"duration":785,"note":786,"when":787},"Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan","culture","90 minutes, at dusk","The riverbank fire ceremony, every evening, free and unticketed. Go on your first night rather than your last — it sets the register for everything after it.","any",{"name":789,"kind":784,"duration":790,"note":791,"when":792},"The Beatles Ashram","Half day","Chaurasi Kutia, where the White Album was largely written in 1968 — now a ruin inside Rajaji reserve with a small entrance fee and a great deal of graffiti art. Melancholy and worth it.","rest-day",{"name":794,"kind":795,"duration":796,"note":797,"when":792},"Kunjapuri at sunrise","active","Half day, early","A short steep temple climb for the Himalayan range at first light — Bandarpunch, Gangotri, Chaukhamba. Leave at 04:30. Not compatible with a 05:30 practice start, so take it on a rest day.",{"name":799,"kind":795,"duration":790,"note":800,"when":801},"White water on the Ganga","September to November and March to May, when the river is running. Excellent, cold, and firmly incompatible with any oil-therapy week — book it either side.","after",{"name":803,"kind":784,"duration":790,"note":804,"when":805},"Haridwar and Har Ki Pauri","An hour downstream and several centuries older in feel — a pilgrimage town with none of Rishikesh’s yoga-school economy.","before",[807,811,815],{"name":808,"nights":809,"note":810,"side":805},"Delhi, at the start","2 nights","Old Delhi, the Lodi tombs and a night’s sleep before the domestic hop. Fights jetlag and the Dehradun weather risk at once.",{"name":812,"nights":813,"note":814,"side":801},"Corbett & the Kumaon hills","4 nights","India’s oldest national park and then the quiet ridge villages above it. The correct decompression after a month of teacher training.",{"name":816,"nights":809,"note":817,"side":801},"Amritsar & the Golden Temple","An overnight train or a short flight west. The langar kitchen feeds 50,000 people a day and it is the most moving hour in north India.",{"amount":25,"currency":26},{"slug":275,"name":276,"group":256,"said":277,"lede":820,"body":821,"whatHelps":825,"expect":830,"nights":836,"caution":837,"programmeSlugs":838,"resortSlugs":842,"image":843,"imageAlt":844,"programmeCount":14,"fromPrice":845},"A real thing and a marketing word, in roughly equal measure. Here is which is which.",[822,823,824],"Your liver and kidneys detoxify you continuously and no programme improves on them. What the word is actually doing in this industry covers two quite different products. One is a classical medical procedure — Panchakarma, prescribed by a physician after examination, delivered over three weeks with preparation and re-feeding phases — which is a serious intervention with a serious pharmacopoeia behind it. The other is a juice fast with a colonic and an infrared sauna, sold in five nights.","This collection focuses on structured, practitioner-led programmes rather than short spa packages marketed as detoxes. The Panchakarma pages distinguish the central procedures from the longer preparation and rebuilding phases so travellers can compare like with like.","For most people asking about a reset, the honest recommendation is a Mayr cure or a rejuvenation programme rather than a purification one. Purification is for bodies that have something to remove and the reserves to withstand its removal.",[826,828],{"modalitySlug":11,"why":827},"The classical Panchakarma, at fourteen nights minimum and properly twenty-one. Prescribed and revised daily by a physician, with a structured re-feeding phase that most short versions omit entirely.",{"modalitySlug":114,"why":829},"The European answer: a physician-led staged diet with diagnostics either side. Less dramatic, more measurable, and the better choice for most first-timers.",[831,832,833,834,835],"Being talked out of the short version if you are depleted rather than congested. It is the commonest redirection we make.","Internal oleation, if this is a real Panchakarma — medicated ghee on an empty stomach in rising doses. Brief, unpleasant, central.","One supervised difficult day, with the two days after it cleared.","A structured re-feeding over six days that matters more than anything before it.","Two quiet days at home afterwards, which we will build into the flights.","Fourteen nights is our absolute floor for Panchakarma and twenty-one is the real answer. Anything sold as a Panchakarma in under a week is a different product wearing this one’s name.","Purification is contraindicated in pregnancy and while breastfeeding, during active treatment for serious illness, with a history of an eating disorder, and in frail or significantly underweight people. Several common medications need adjustment. If you are unwell rather than congested, the correct programme is rejuvenation and a good physician will tell you so on day one — if one does not, leave.",[839,840,841,544],"somatheeram-body-purification-therapy","kalari-kovilakom-complete-detox","lanserhof-lans-classic",[127,131,192,162],"photo-1512290923902-8a9f81dc236c","A warm-oil head treatment in progress",{"amount":16,"currency":17},null,{"slug":20,"name":21,"place":686,"country":8,"countryCode":687,"cluster":9,"fame":42,"modalities":848,"hook":689,"caseFor":849,"hardFacts":850,"caveat":701,"season":851,"seasonNote":703,"practical":852,"figures":858,"faqs":863,"image":461,"imageAlt":742,"gallery":867,"coords":871,"gateway":872,"tempC":877,"climateNote":780,"leisure":878,"extensions":884,"resortCount":13,"programmeCount":23,"fromPrice":888,"minNights":551,"maxNights":549},[12,11],[691,692,693,694],[696,697,698,699,700],[42,33,33,33,43,43,43,43,33,33,33,42],[853,854,855,856,857],{"label":706,"value":707},{"label":709,"value":710},{"label":712,"value":713},{"label":715,"value":716},{"label":718,"value":719},[859,860,861,862],{"value":722,"label":723},{"value":725,"label":726},{"value":675,"label":728},{"value":730,"label":731},[864,865,866],{"q":734,"a":735},{"q":737,"a":738},{"q":740,"a":741},[868,869,870],{"src":465,"alt":745},{"src":468,"alt":469},{"src":748,"alt":749},{"lat":751,"lng":752},{"airport":539,"code":27,"city":754,"routings":873,"transfer":768,"flightNote":769},[874,875,876],{"from":757,"how":758,"time":759},{"from":761,"how":762,"time":763},{"from":765,"how":766,"time":767},[771,772,773,421,774,775,776,777,777,778,779,552],[879,880,881,882,883],{"name":783,"kind":784,"duration":785,"note":786,"when":787},{"name":789,"kind":784,"duration":790,"note":791,"when":792},{"name":794,"kind":795,"duration":796,"note":797,"when":792},{"name":799,"kind":795,"duration":790,"note":800,"when":801},{"name":803,"kind":784,"duration":790,"note":804,"when":805},[885,886,887],{"name":808,"nights":809,"note":810,"side":805},{"name":812,"nights":813,"note":814,"side":801},{"name":816,"nights":809,"note":817,"side":801},{"amount":25,"currency":26},{"amount":659,"currency":26},[891,898,905,911,917,923,930,938],{"slug":892,"kind":893,"h1":894,"title":895,"description":896,"placeName":8,"countrySlug":433,"country":8,"concernSlug":275,"resortSlugs":897},"detox-retreats-in-india","concern-country","Detox retreats in India","Detox Retreats in India — Travel Guide","Wellness properties in India with programmes related to detox, including stay length, travel season and key considerations.",[127,131,138],{"slug":899,"kind":428,"h1":900,"title":901,"description":902,"placeName":903,"countrySlug":433,"country":8,"destinationSlug":6,"concernSlug":275,"resortSlugs":904},"detox-retreats-in-kerala","Detox retreats in Kerala","Detox Retreats in Kerala — The Shortlist","Compare properties in Kerala with programmes related to detox, including the travel season and suggested stay length.","Kerala, India",[127,131],{"slug":906,"kind":428,"h1":907,"title":908,"description":909,"placeName":432,"countrySlug":433,"country":8,"destinationSlug":20,"concernSlug":236,"resortSlugs":910},"sleep-retreats-in-rishikesh","Sleep retreats in Rishikesh","Sleep Retreats in Rishikesh — The Shortlist","Compare properties in Rishikesh with programmes related to sleep, including the travel season and suggested stay length.",[141],{"slug":912,"kind":428,"h1":913,"title":914,"description":915,"placeName":432,"countrySlug":433,"country":8,"destinationSlug":20,"concernSlug":247,"resortSlugs":916},"stress-and-anxiety-retreats-in-rishikesh","Stress and anxiety retreats in Rishikesh","Stress and Anxiety Retreats in Rishikesh — The Shortlist","Compare properties in Rishikesh with programmes related to stress and anxiety, including the travel season and suggested stay length.",[138,141],{"slug":918,"kind":893,"h1":919,"title":920,"description":921,"placeName":8,"countrySlug":433,"country":8,"concernSlug":307,"resortSlugs":922},"couples-wellness-retreats-in-india","Couples wellness retreats in India","Couples Wellness Retreats in India — Travel Guide","Wellness properties in India with programmes related to couples wellness, including stay length, travel season and key considerations.",[134],{"slug":924,"kind":893,"h1":925,"title":926,"description":927,"placeName":94,"countrySlug":928,"country":94,"concernSlug":275,"resortSlugs":929},"detox-retreats-in-austria","Detox retreats in Austria","Detox Retreats in Austria — Travel Guide","Wellness properties in Austria with programmes related to detox, including stay length, travel season and key considerations.","austria",[192],{"slug":931,"kind":428,"h1":932,"title":933,"description":934,"placeName":935,"countrySlug":936,"country":57,"destinationSlug":55,"concernSlug":275,"resortSlugs":937},"detox-retreats-in-koh-samui","Detox retreats in Koh Samui","Detox Retreats in Koh Samui — The Shortlist","Compare properties in Koh Samui with programmes related to detox, including the travel season and suggested stay length.","Koh Samui, Thailand","thailand",[162],{"slug":939,"kind":893,"h1":940,"title":941,"description":942,"placeName":57,"countrySlug":936,"country":57,"concernSlug":275,"resortSlugs":943},"detox-retreats-in-thailand","Detox retreats in Thailand","Detox Retreats in Thailand — Travel Guide","Wellness properties in Thailand with programmes related to detox, including stay length, travel season and key considerations.",[162],1789312816084]