Start the day with yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions. Experience traditional yoga practice on a daily basis for five days, suitable for all levels. Learn more about your bodily constitution and diet suitable to your constitution. Relax and rejuvenate both your body and mind with yoga, pranayama, and Ayurveda.

Sample daily schedule

• 07:00 Yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions
• 08:30 Breakfast and free time
• 10:00 Ayurvedic treatments
• 12:00 Fresh Juice
• 13:00 Lunch and free time
• 14:30 Ayurvedic consultation/ Ayurvedic class / cooking class
• 16:00 Tea and snacks
• 16:30 Additional treatments on demand / picnic/ village walk
• 19:00 Dinner

Note: The daily schedule is subject to change as per conditions. This retreat might be running in parallel with other retreats.

Accommodation

• Check-out Time:18:00

Facilities

•  Steam room
•  Dining area
•  Environmentally friendly
•  Garden
•  Picnic area
•  Yoga studio
•  Tour assistance

You will stay in a cottage which is a part of Namaste Ayurvedic Wellness Centre. It offers a heritage style thatched cottage rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities attached. The facility has a panoramic greenery around. The interiors reflect the ambience of traditional Kerala homes. Cots, tables, and chairs are handcrafted in traditional style.

These eco-friendly cottages are constructed in such a way to give natural cooling inside the rooms. The property is so exclusive that it accommodates maximum eight people at a time. The environment is green, healthy, and unblemished by pollution or other evils of modernization. Namaste is the right place to unwind in peace and harmony with nature.

Included excursions

During this retreat, you will enjoy a picnic to Chalakudy River. Thumboormuzhi Dam is an irrigation dam built on the Chalakudy Puzha where a portion of the water from the river splits into two canals namely Edathukara canal (left side canal) and Valathukara canal (right side canal). These canals are the backbone of the irrigation for the nearby villages.

Some of the butterflies that can generally be seen in the garden include lemon butterfly (Papilio demoleus), southern birdwing (Troides minos), common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae), light blue tiger (Tirumala limniace), dark blue tiger (Tirumala septentrionis) and common crow (Euploea core).

Retreat location

Namaste Ayurvedic Wellness Centre is situated in a serene village in Chalakudy. It is very close to Dream World Water Park, on the road to Athirappilly Falls. The center location is just eight kilometers from Chalakudy. Chalakudy is 22 kilometers away from Cochin International Airport (COK).

Distances

• Chalakudy, 8 kilometers
• Cochin International Airport (COK), 30 kilometers - 40 minutes' drive

Unique features

Activities

• Cooking classes
• Massage
• Steam room

General

• Dining area
• Environmentally friendly
• Garden
• Picnic area
• River
• Yoga studio

Services

• Local market
• Room cleaning
• Toiletries
• Tour assistance

• A variety of invigorating Ayurveda therapies
• Village walk
• Visit to Athirappilly and Vazhachal Falls
• Visit to Chalakudy market
• Visit to cultural programs
• Visit to Kauthuka Park
• Visit to the water parks

Namaste Ayurvedic Wellness Centre is proud of their team of qualified massage therapists with extensive experience in Panchakarma massage therapy and caring for people. On the top of their qualification and experience, all of the staffs are trained by Dr. Steephan for Namaste's signature treatment procedures.

All treatments are carried out on the basis of the type of therapy instructed by the Ayurveda physician, based on the principles of Panchakarma or five-pronged healing therapies. During this retreat, you will be treated to:

• Ayurvedic facial massage
• Ayurvedic facial
• Ayurvedic full body scrub
• Royal bath
• Ayurvedic hair care
• Ayurvedic feet care

• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.