
Madhu Santulan
Diabetes & Metabolic Wellness
A steady, practical stay for those living with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes — learning to work with food, movement and rest, alongside your doctor's care.
Who it's for
Adults living with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes who want structure, knowledge and calm around food, movement and stress — alongside their doctor's care.
What your stay holds
Your stay, gently arranged.
Three nights is an introduction and a reset; six nights allows the full sequence of therapies and workshops.
The Full Retreat
7 days / 6 nights · All-inclusive · Both kits included
Arrive & Assess
A welcome ritual and your Welcome Kit. An unhurried consultation with the Ayurvedic physician — prakriti and vikriti, nadi pariksha — baseline readings, and an opening bhakti evening.
Cleanse & Calm
Abhyangam, gentle steam where suitable, light sattvic meals, and foundation yoga and pranayam to settle the body and breath.
Deepen
Shirodhara and programme-specific therapies, workshops, chakra healing sessions and guided time in nature.
Integrate
Rasayana — rejuvenation — therapies, a cooking class, and a personal home-routine plan shaped with you.
Depart
A closing consultation, your 7-Day Post-Retreat Ayurveda Kit and a closing circle. A follow-up call a week after you return home.
Therapies
- Udvartana — dry herbal powder massage
- Abhyangam
- Swedana
- Shirodhara
- Padabhyanga — Ayurvedic foot care
Yoga
- Paced Surya Namaskar
- Mandukasana
- Ardha Matsyendrasana
- Paschimottanasana
- Dhanurasana
- Fifteen-minute walks after meals
Pranayam
- Anulom Vilom
- Bhramari
- Kapalabhati, where suitable
The kitchen
Low-glycaemic, millet-forward plates; bitter and leafy greens, methi, karela and dals. No refined sugar or refined flour.
Monitoring
Fasting and post-meal glucose readings each day, reviewed by the retreat physician.
Workshops
Two workshops in The Short Retreat; all in The Full Retreat.
- Understanding your glucose readings
- Building your plate
- Sleep and stress
- Eating out and travel
Safety note
Guests on insulin or glucose-lowering medication must share their prescription in advance. Medication is never changed without your own doctor's guidance.
Please continue any prescribed medication and consult your doctor before joining.
What's included
All-inclusive, throughout your stay.
- Three or six nights' accommodation
- All organic meals, herbal teas and infusions
- Arrival and closing Ayurvedic physician consultations
- Daily Ayurveda therapies
- Twice-daily yoga and pranayam
- Evening bhakti sessions
- Chakra healing sessions
- Two workshops in The Short Retreat; all programme topics and a cooking class in The Full Retreat
- Optional: Vigyan Bhairav Tantra and An Introduction to Osho
- A guided nature outing
- Local transfers from the designated arrival point
- Welcome Kit
- 7-Day Post-Retreat Ayurveda Kit
- A follow-up call a week after you return home
Optional, for those who wish. These sessions are entirely optional and open to all faiths and none.
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