India's Ancient Healing Sciences
India is home to not just one, but three major healing disciplines. These are the sister disciplines of Siddha Medicine and Ayurveda, followed by Yoga, and Marma Chikitsa or the science of tapping into the body’s energy meridians for healing. Kerala has emerged as the hub for Ayurveda. Rishikesh is the main centre for Yoga. India’s ancient healing sciences have stood the test of time for over 6,000 years.
Somatheeram Ayurveda Village
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Established in 1985, the Somatheeram Ayurveda Village was initially set up as an Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre at Chowara, a few kilometres south of Kovalam Beach.
Today it is a recognised as a premier Heritage Ayurveda Resort and a Green Leaf Classified Ayurveda Hospital. It has the distinction of being the World’s First Ayurveda Hospital with a Resort Ambience and winner of many national and international awards for excellence in Ayurvedic Treatments.
Amenities
The Somatheeram Ayurveda Village offers a variety of Ayurveda Panchakarma and Rasayana Packages.
Treatments are planned and supervised by their expert team of professional ayurvedic doctors, based specifically on your unique and individual body-type.
Facilities
Typically, packages include accommodation, Ayurveda treatment and ayurvedic vegetarian meals.
They also provide a slew of complimentary services like daily Yoga classes, boat tours in the backwaters and more.
Fast Facts
Accommodation: Standard Rooms, Cottages & Kerala Houses (A.C. and non A.C.)
Location: 9 km south of Kovalam; 27 km from Trivandrum
Nearest Airport: Trivandrum (21 kms)
Kairali Ayurvedic Healing Village
Palakkad, Kerala
Kairali is another pioneering Ayurveda brand in Kerala. Their signature retreat, the Ayurvedic Healing Village, is situated in scenic, forested surroundings at Palakkad, close to the Tamilnadu border. A few kilometres away is the Palakkad Gap or Pass that lies on the intersection between the Nilgiri Hills to the north and Anaimalai Hills to the south. Cutting across the border, the Gap connects the towns of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Palakkad in Kerala.
Kairali’s Ayurvedic Healing Village is also a certified wellness retreat. Located at the feet of the Nilgiris and Annamalai ranges of the Western Ghats, the property comprises of 30 luxurious, vaastu-compliant villas nestled within the dense and fragrant Pala forests that give Palakkad its name.
Amenities
Kairali Ayurvedic Healing Village provides a variety of traditional Ayurveda treatments.
Be gently healed with Yoga, Ayurveda, and Vaastu, within the soothing, blissful, forested environment of the fragrant Pala forests at Palakkad.
Facilities
Like most residential Ayurveda healing resorts in Kerala, packages at Kairali include accommodation, treatment and specially-curated ayurvedic meals.
On campus facilities also include complimentary services like daily Yoga, Ayurveda cooking classes, and more.
Fast Facts
Accommodation:
30 luxurious villas (designed according to vaastu principles)
Location:
17 km from Palakkad Railway Station, 74 km from Kochi
Nearest Airport: Coimbatore (51 kms)