WellnessAyurveda, yoga and retreats
The room
Sri Lanka is one of the few places where Ayurveda is still practised as medicine rather than a spa treatment. It combines long traditions, qualified doctors and a calm setting. We work with the retreats where a resident doctor leads the programme.
A serious programme starts with a consultation and a plan written for your constitution. The main treatments, Panchakarma for cleansing, Shirodhara, Abhyanga massage and herbal steam, follow the doctor's schedule, with meals prepared to match. Days are kept short and quiet.
Beyond Ayurveda, the island offers other kinds of retreat. Forest monasteries in the dry zone run ten-day silent Vipassana courses. Yoga retreats run year-round at Talalla, Hiriketiya, Ulpotha and in the Kandy hills. The hot springs at Kanniya near Trincomalee and Maha Oya in the east are simple and public.
We work with the small number of properties where the doctor is in residence and the kitchen answers to them. Programmes usually run one to two weeks, long enough to make a real difference.
What we curate
Ways into wellness, each one a private door, each one composed for you alone.
- 01
Panchakarma cleanse, Beruwala & Bentota
- 02
Shirodhara & Abhyanga, the Ayurveda coast
- 03
Off-grid Ayurveda, Ulpotha
- 04
Yoga & surf-yoga, Talalla & Hiriketiya
- 05
Hill-country spa retreat, Santani, Kandy
- 06
Silent vipassana, forest monasteries
- 07
Hot springs, Kanniya & Maha Oya
- 08
Meditation & breathwork, Ritigala hermitage
Where wellness belongs.
This experience is woven into the journeys below, choose the geography that suits the trip you have in mind.
