Kamalaya
Kamalaya is an award-winning Wellness Retreat and Holistic Spa resort. The wellness programmes have been carefully structured and offer solutions for yoga, meditation, detox, stress and burnout, healthy lifestyle changes, fitness, insomnia and weight control. Kamalaya hosts a team of international naturopaths that can work one on one with you to create a tailor-made package to suit your requirements and experience a life-enriching healthy holiday. There is an extensive range of holistic medicine, spa treatments and healing therapies to choose from. The Resort is centred around a monk’s cave that once served Buddhist monks as a place of meditation and spiritual retreat, Kamalaya’s essence is expressed in its name, ‘Lotus (kamal) Realm (alaya)’, an ancient symbol for the growth and unfolding of the human spirit.
Wellness Programs:
Healthy Lifestyle:
• Basic Optimum Fitness: a personalised program designed to help people achieve their fitness goals.
• Comprehensive Optimum Fitness: the ideal program for regular exercisers who wish to develop their workouts while also seeking support in finding a balance between intense exercise, relaxation techniques and stretching, optimum nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
• Ideal Weight: Designed to help identify areas of physical imbalance and related emotional or mental patterns, this structured program guides you towards achieving your optimal weight and maintaining your balance within and without.
Detox:
• Intro Detox: This program is ideal for people new to detoxification and cleansing. A great starting point for many health goals, this simple and effective program features Kamalaya’s delicious and healthy Detox cuisine as well as a range of holistic therapies for cleansing the body, mind and spirit.
• Basic Detox: Research-based and brings medical science and holistic therapies together. Nutritional and herbal support helps to reduce side effects and optimise the detoxification process. Combining various therapies, nutritional supplements and healthy cuisine with optional holistic fitness classes, these programs are an integrated approach to experiencing ‘lightness of being.
• Comprehensive Detox: This intensive program is recommended for experienced detoxers rather than first-timers. With herbal remedies and supplements and a complete program of daily therapies, including regular Colon Hydrotherapy sessions, this program is designed to optimize the detoxification process in every way. In addition to standard detox therapies, further treatments from both Eastern and Western medical traditions are combined to enhance wellbeing on all levels
Stress and Burnout:
• Relax and Renew: This program is designed for people in need of the time and place to step back from their life and recover balance, relax, renew their energy and replenish their spirit. Experience a range of therapies drawn from diverse healing traditions and a variety of holistic activities to de-stress, replenish depleted energy levels and boost the immune system.
• Asian Bliss: A rare and life enhancing immersion into the holistic healing traditions of Asia. Synergistically combining Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and traditional Thai therapies with exercises and practices from diverse Asian traditions, Asian Bliss is a powerful introduction to ancient healing realms designed to promote bliss, renewal, joy and vitality.
• Basic Balance and Revitalise: This program is designed to counteract the stresses of contemporary lifestyles and prevent adrenal burnout. Upon arrival you begin with a personal Balance and Revitalise Consultation and bio-impedance analysis to determine your specific health and wellness needs so that the program can be tailored for maximum effect and comfort. Restorative and healing treatments include Royal Ayurvedic Massage, Shirodhara, Vital Essence Oil massage and more.
• Comprehensive Balance and Revitalise: Created for those already suffering the affects of adrenal burnout. Deeply restorative and healing, this program deals holistically with the symptoms and underlying causes of adrenal burnout, and addresses stress prevention and recovery from a mind, body and spirit perspective. It also prepares you to make the best of future challenges and opportunities by helping you to maintain your balance during stress and change.
Emotional Balance:
Yoga:
Tailor Made:
Accommodation:
Hillside Rooms:
These are designed and accented with natural furnishings. Nestled amidst magnificent boulders and trees, these rooms are minutes away from the hilltop Yoga Pavilion and Yantra Hall.
Sea View Suites:
Koh Samui’s seascape flows into these suites designed to embrace the coastal view. Simple, stylish design and comfortable furnishings allow for nature’s tranquility to permeate your personal resort accommodation. Bathe under a canopy of stars on your private balcony. Situated at the top of the resort, close to Soma Restaurant and Alchemy Tea Lounge.
Luxury Sea View Villas:
Each villa is a private haven, designed with attention to create a nurturing space. Your large private balcony with daybed is the ideal place to spend languid moments taking in Koh Samui’s natural beauty.
Superior Suites Sea View:
Situated on three levels on a hillside location, Kamalaya’s new Superior Suites feature spacious interiors with sea views and large, open balconies overlooking the azure gulf of Thailand. Ground floor Superior Suites have indoor en-suite bathrooms, those on the 2nd and 3rd floors have indoor bathrooms with outdoor showers.
Garden Pool Suite Sea View:
This unique Garden Suite is situated on the ground floor of our new Superior Suites building. With a large, spacious interior, the Garden Pool Suite also boasts its own private pool within a serene garden featuring a pond and water features, while also overlooking stunning views of the Gulf of Thailand and its outlying islands.
Boutique Beach Front Villa:
Built on Kamalaya’s secluded beach, the villa put you in close proximity to the sea. Our villa is nestled atop granite boulders, by day you can relax on your covered balcony overlooking Kamalaya’s secluded private beach and by night you can fall asleep to the sound of gentle waves.
Rock Top Villa:
This accommodation embraces nature on two levels, with a natural rock wall, wooden pillars and lofty ceiling, twin and double bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, and open living space. Perched above Samui’s coastline, it offers nature views of boulders, trees and sea.
Pool Villa:
The sound of flowing water fills this unique villa. The intriguing layout reveals a living space with a view of Koh Samui’s seascape, a secluded outdoor bathing pool, and intimate bedroom suite. In this sea view Pool Villa, the pool is situated in a private courtyard adjoining the living area.
Beach Front Pool Villa 1 Bedroom:
Perfect if you’re looking for that extra bit of privacy, this villa sits atop granite boulders directly above Kamalaya’s beach. Step down from your living area to enjoy the expansive beach front decking and private pool, or walk down the stone pathway onto the beach.
Beach Front Pool Villa 2 Bedroom:
This secluded private villa is nestled amid the trees, overlooking the Kamalaya beach. With two private bedrooms, both with ensuites, and a private pool that overlooks the ocean, it is an ideal choice when you’re travelling with family or friends.
Penthouse Pool Suite 1 Bedroom:
The one-bedroom Penthouse Pool Suites Sea View are situated in a prime location on the top floor of Kamalaya’s new Superior Suite building. Featuring outstanding treetop level sea views, a large spacious living area, private balconies with a shaded Sala, and each with a private infinity pool, these Penthouse Pool Suites are ideal for those seeking privacy and relaxation in a sublimely beautiful, peaceful and serene location. An elevator will provide guests with easy access to the third floor.
Penthouse Pool Suites 2 Bedroom:
The two-bedroom Penthouse Pool Suites Sea View are situated in a prime location on the top floor of Kamalaya’s new Superior Suites building and feature outstanding treetop Sea Views, a large spacious living room, and private balcony each with a private infinity pool and Sala. Comprised of the One-Bedroom Penthouse Pool Suite Sea View that interleads with a Superior Suite Sea View to create a larger two-bedroom Penthouse Pool Suite Sea View. These accommodations are ideal for those seeking extra privacy and relaxation in a sublimely beautiful, peaceful and serene location. An elevator will provide guests with easy access to the third floor.
Penthouse Pool Suites 2 Bedroom:
The two-bedroom Penthouse Pool Suites Sea View are situated in a prime location on the top floor of Kamalaya’s new Superior Suites building and feature outstanding treetop Sea Views, a large spacious living room, and private balcony each with a private infinity pool and Sala. Comprised of the One-Bedroom Penthouse Pool Suite Sea View that inter-leads with a Superior Suite Sea View to create a larger two-bedroom Penthouse Pool Suite Sea View. These accommodations are ideal for those seeking extra privacy and relaxation in a sublimely beautiful, peaceful and serene location. An elevator will provide guests with easy access to the third floor.
Beach Front Pool Villa 2 Bedroom:
This secluded private villa is nestled amid the trees, overlooking the Kamalaya beach. With two private bedrooms, both with ensuites, and a private pool that overlooks the ocean, it is an ideal choice when you’re travelling with family or friends.
Cuisine:
Some of the oldest Asian healing philosophies, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, have always looked to food as the medicine of choice. Kamalaya combine this philosophy with current medical research to take a more informed and precise approach to healing with food. The inspired cuisine is healing in function and tantalising in form. Merging culinary traditions of East and West and using fresh, tropical and, where possible, organic produce, the menus include extensive vegetarian options as well as seafood, poultry and lamb dishes. The food changes with the seasons, as it should, and different months bring different delights. Fresh juices, signature tonics and herbal teas are bursting with nutrients, medicinal properties and taste-bud tempting goodness, and the delicious Detox Cuisine, which features only low inflammatory, low allergenic and low GI vegetarian dishes, dispels the myth that ridding your body of toxins means depriving yourself of sensory pleasure.
Soma Restaurant: Sanskrit for ´food of the gods´, Soma is close to the main facilities and overlooks Kamalaya valley, offering spectacular views of the coast and outlying islands. Intimate tables are arranged throughout the spacious room, in addition to a community table where guests may unite for dining. The seating capacity of Soma Restaurant is 90 persons. Special daily menus in addition to à la carte items include tantalising salads and raw food preparations, delectable vegetarian dishes, with fresh fish, seafood, poultry and lamb options. Selected wines and desserts are available, as well as customised dishes for those undertaking a Kamalaya Detox programme or with other dietary requirements. Open every day for breakfast and dinner.
Amrita Cafe: Sanskrit for ´divine nectar´offers informal dining nestled amidst lotus ponds adjacent the swimming pools. The sound of running water with private dining salas and intimate alcoves overlooking the beach creates a serene venue for fresh juices, inspired salads, and vegetarian dishes. A bbq for freshly grilled fish, poultry, meats and vegetables is an added feature, along with the special detox menu. Open for lunch every day.
The Alchemy Tea Lounge: The Alchemy Bar is located above Soma Restaurant, overlooking Kamalaya and the coastline. A serene spot for savouring appetisers, desserts, juices, herbal infusions, a wide range of teas, wines, and elixirs based on Taoist and Thai herbal blends.
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Children:
The facilities and services at Kamalaya are designed for adults who seek the time, place and expertise to improve their wellbeing. While children are permitted, no child concessions are available and no special facilities or services are offered. Children below the age of 16 are not permitted access to the wellness centre or its facilities.