Trending: 7 Wellbeing Insights Shaping Stays at Ananda in the Himalayas
From hormonal balance to diabetes solutions, Ananda's experts reveal the latest spa trends to know
Experts from Ananda in the Himalayas, India’s award-winning wellness retreat share fresh insights, case studies and story angles on everything from hormonal health and autoimmune conditions to sound therapy, fertility and detoxing.
For example, diabetes is one of our biggest health crises, with over 5.6 million living with the disease in the UK. Ananda's brand new Diabetes Management Programme is the latest in a series of integrated, personalised programmes they've developed to tackle current health issues.
1. Managing Diabetes Naturally
Read here for a first-person journey of a guest managing Type 2 diabetes through a combination of Panchakarma, yoga, nutrition, and mindful living.
Story angle: From diagnosis to reversal — case studies in holistic diabetes management.
2. From Menstrual Health to Menopause: A Holistic View of Women's Wellness
Read here about a woman’s health journey across life stages, focusing on how ancient Ayurvedic wisdom can balance hormones, improve reproductive and mental health, and guide graceful transitions through menopause.
Story Angle: How some luxury wellness retreats are reimagining women’s hormonal health through an integrative, lifelong lens.
3.Menopause & Motherlines: Are We Destined to Repeat the Past?
Read here about how inherited beliefs and epigenetics influence a woman’s experience of menopause, and how Ayurvedic and lifestyle tools can help shift that narrative.
Story Angle: An intergenerational look at menopause. Is history destined to repeat itself, or can modern integrative therapies break the cycle?
4. Autoimmune Conditions: Restoring Balance from the Inside Out
Read here for insight into the rise of autoimmune disorders and how Ananda treats these through detoxification, personalised nutrition, and reducing the emotional load on the immune system.
Story Angle: A mind-body approach to autoimmune recovery; meet the retreat taking a radically compassionate approach to chronic conditions.
5. The Science and Spirit of Sound Healing
Read here for a deep dive into the therapeutic use of sound, from traditional instruments to brainwave entrainment, to promote deep healing, release trauma and recalibrate the nervous system.
Story Angle: Sound healing beyond the gong bath. How select retreats are blending ancient vibrational therapy with modern neuroscience.
6. Detox, Clarity and Balance: The Art of Yogic Detox
Read here about a spiritual and physical cleanse that uses time-tested yogic kriyas, Ayurvedic therapies, and static living to purify the system (not just the diet).
Story Angle: The anti-fad detox: how yogic purification rituals are gaining traction as a sustainable reset.
7. Fertility Begins with Both: Rethinking Men’s Role in Conception
Read here where we challenge the narrative that fertility is solely a woman’s burden, with expert insights into male reproductive health, Ayurveda, and conscious conception.
Story Angle: Rethinking male fertility; a retreat tackling the taboo of men's role in conception with Ayurvedic science and emotional wellbeing.