My trip to Athreya Ayurvedic clinic happened really by coincidence. A friend of mine told me that she is going to this amazing ayurvedic place in India where she will try to rest and get some energy for new challenges. And me, being rather tired and lacking energy, thought – why not, I am doing anything special for New Year, I might as well get some rest from my everyday life. So I booked a flight and off we went at the end of December 2012 – without any expectations. On the 26th of December when I boarded in Venice I was not only tired, but totally without any energy left. So you can imagine that a 24 hour trip to Kochi, India was a hell for me. Little did I know that my life is soon going to change...

Dr. Sreejit personally greeted us upon arrival and consulted us immediately after we refreshed a bit. A first consultation is basically a pleasant conversation with a doctor who has years of experience in real ayurvedic treatments and has learned from the best ayurvedic gurus in India. We talked about my life in general and my “issues” that are bothering me in my everyday life. Based on that he prescribed me an 11 day ayurvedic treatment and some ayurvedic medicine. And off I went to have my first treatment...

In those 11 days – doctor consulted us almost every day as to see how we are feeling and whether he should change our therapy; ayurvedic treatments are amazing – day in day out I could feel my body and mind regaining more strength and energy; ladies who are doing treatments are nice and very attentive; the food is typically Indian, with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables; rooms are nice.

Now, being back at home for 6 days, and looking back on my ayurvedic experience – all I can say is – it was a life changing one – for my body, soul and mind. I feel an entirely new person.

I would recommend Athreya Ayurvedic Clinic to every single person – at least once in your life.

I had a wonderful time at the beautiful Athreya resort! The resort is located in a secluded area and is very tranquil away from all the noise and environmental pollution which is great for healing.

Dr. Sreejit is absolutely terrific. He is very dedicated and caring and at the same time he is very open minded. The therapists are very professional and the staff in general is extremely friendly and helpful.

The treatments were very authentic and I did notice improvements in some areas of my health. However, I also had a detox reaction while I was there and also noticed increase in cough after one of the treatments. I had a conversation at length with Dr. Sreejit about incorporating some of the modern cleansing techniques with age old Ayurvedic concepts to account for modern day toxins not present in our environment 5000 years ago. Dr. Sreejit was very open to these ideas and has promised to look into it. I am hoping that the medications I have taken back home along with utilizing modern cleansing techniques at home will help me resolve my health issues in the coming weeks/months.

The food was simple but very good and tasty. If you stay here for any length of time, it can get repetitive after a while. I wished they would cater the food to each individual's needs based on their body type. This would make the treatment even more effective.

It was also great to meet like minded guests from different backgrounds and countries at the resort. The rooms were simple and clean. The rooms could use some better pest control as the resort is in the woods.

If I ever decide to do pancha karma again, this is the place I would go.