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KAMALAYA "LOTUS REALM
Kamalaya is a
holistic spa and wellness sanctuary opening in November 2005
on the Thai island of Koh Samui, lauded by Condé Nast
Traveler as one of the ten most beautiful islands in the
world.
Centered around
a cave temple that once served Buddhist monks as a place of
meditation and spiritual retreat, Kamalaya means "Lotus
Realm", an enduring image of the growth and enhancement of
the human spirit.
Built at the
edge of an idyllic lagoon, Kamalaya's white sand beach,
cascading streams, and lush tropical gardens evoke
remembered wellness and provide a setting where life's full
potential can be rediscovered and health in all dimensions
cultivated and enhanced.
Kamalaya's Holistic Spa &
Wellness Sanctuary unfolds amidst waterfalls and towering boulders and
offers customized treatment programs that address each guest's physical,
emotional, and spiritual goals, inviting one on a journey towards
sustained creativity and joyous wellbeing.
A world-class conference center
, the Mantra Hall, will host speakers and seminars leaders
throughout the year in a wide range of inspiring topics.
Kamalaya's Soma
Restaurant and Amrita Café feature sumptuous cuisine with
sweeping views of ocean, sky, and outlying islands. The
adjoining Alchemy Bar serves ambrosial tonics based on
ancient Taoist, Thai, and Ayurvedic recipes. Other
facilities at Kamalaya include lap, leisure, and plunge pools; a
wood-floored Yoga Pavilion; the Shakti Fitness Center; a Library and
Study Center ; and an Art & Antiques Gallery. Recreational activities
range from sailing and sea kayaking to hiking, elephant trekking, and
golf.
Whether you visit Kamalaya for its, its educational seminars and
retreats, or simply to enjoy the invigorating energies of nature, art,
healthful cuisine, and community spirit, Kamalaya offers a realm of
unbounded possibilities in which to discover new levels of vitality,
adventure, creativity, and joy.
KAMALAYA'S WELLNESS SANCTUARY
Kamalaya's Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic Spa offers an integrated
approach to wellness that encompasses a diverse range of cultural and
medical traditions and promotes the harmonious development of the whole
person- physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Wellness
Consultations with each guest establish a foundation for
co-creating unique, customized programs leading you towards
radiant health and a creative and joyous engagement with all
life.
Optional
Life-Enhancement Programs focus on specific health and
wellness issues, combining customized therapies, fitness,
and nutrition to optimize wellbeing and synergistically
restore a sense of connectedness to universal energies and
rhythms - the ultimate source of all true healing.
Kamalaya's core wellness services:
* Consultations and treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine,
Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Western Medicine
* Diagnostic procedures, including biograph & bio-resonance evaluations,
nutritional analysis, and comprehensive laboratory testing.
Customized Detoxification & Rejuvenation Program
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Colonic hydrotherapy with ozone
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Steam cavern, infrared sauna, hot and cold plunge
pools
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Therapeutic massages, including lymphatic
drainage, traditional Thai massage, chi nei tsang (Taoist abdominal
massage ),t'ui na (acupressure), and craniosacral therapy
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Customized herbal formulas
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Yoga, chi gong, tai chi, and meditation classes
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Personalized fitness training including Pilates
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Recreational activities including sailing,
snorkeling, rock climbing, hiking, and mountain biking.
"When Health is absent, Wisdom
cannot reveal itself, Art cannot manifest,
Strength cannot be exerted, Wealth becomes useless, and Reason is
powerless."
- Herophilus, 300 B.C.
KAMALAYA'S OPTIONAL
LIFE-ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS
Each of Kamalaya's Optional
Life-Enhancement Programs focuses on a specific area of concern while
working holistically to restore internal balance and ensure optimal
health in body, mind, and spirit. Based on an initial Wellness
Consultation to identify your priorities and goals, Kamalaya's
professional team of practitioners will help you to customize your
individual program in accordance with your personal needs and desired
length of stay.
The following standard services are included in
all of Kamalaya's Optional Life Enhancement Programs :
- Wellness Consultation
- Bio-impedance Analysis (BIA)
- Program Orientation
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner or individualized meal plan
- Yoga, Pilates, chi gong, tai chi, and meditation classes
- Use of Shakti Fitness Center
- Steam cavern & plunge pools
- Presentations and films on fitness, nutrition, stress
management, and other subjects
"To recognize the elements in the
natural world,
their beauty and interplay, to enter the sacred dance of the elements,
is to inhabit a living world full of mystery and potential."
- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
True health begins with knowledge of one's underlying
constitution and the tools to correct both manifest and
latent imbalances.
At Kamalaya, diagnosis becomes a process of
self-discovery, beginning with an initial Wellness
Consultation and protocols to determine blood pressure,
heart rate, body mass index and nutritional status and
establish parameters for optional testing for allergies,
liver and thyroid disorders, hormonal imbalances, chemical
and heavy metal toxicity, etc.
All diagnostic and treatment modalities at Kamalaya are
backed by scientific research and overseen by experienced
professionals.
Constitutional and Metabolic Typing according to
Traditional Chinese Medicine help determine optimal
treatment, fitness, and dietary guidelines.
Additional tests available at
Kamalaya include:
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Biography Energy Assessment a assessment
measures and assesses the energy flow within the Chinese meridian
system, giving you a personal energy reading. Using bioenergetics we
are able to detect under or over function of meridians and their
corresponding organs, therefore useful in prevention to identify
enegy disruptions before physical manifestations occur.
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Body Bio-impedance Analysis gives valuable
information on cellular health, metabolism, toxicity to help create
naturopathic, nutrition, or exercise programs suited to your
individual needs.
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Holistic Fitness Evaluation based on
exercise performance, flexibility, balance, and aerobic capacity.
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Blood and urine screening to evaluate
cancer and heart disease markers as well as toxicity caused by
parasites and chemical and environmental pollutants. These tests can
also serve as a basis for establishing optimal levels of
anti-oxidants and other nutritional factors.
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nutritional Analysis based on gender,
biochemical individuality, genetics, exercise and fitness levels,
metabolic function, state of health, and place of residence to
assess individual dietary needs. This evaluation helps establish
specific needs for dietary supplements including vitamins, minerals,
phyto-nutrients, pro-biotics, and essential fatty oils for restoring
health and preventing illness.
Collectively, Kamalaya's optional diagnostic
procedures evaluate the following factors to help determine an optimal
program based on each guest's personal objectives and desired intensity
level and drawing from Kamalaya's wide range of therapeutic modalities.
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Genetic influences
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Residual effects of past trauma
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Diet & nutrition
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Hormonal balance
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Effects of environmental toxins, radiation, etc.
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Lingering effects of previous nutritional
deficiencies
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Past or current infection
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Stress effects
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Moods and emotions
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Past and current effects of each individual's
socio-cultural, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and
environmental context.
"The whole key to personal enhancement starts on a
cellular level. It's about the rejuvenation of your cells. When we clear
out and rebuild our cells they give us new messages . . . New cells
don't follow the same old programming . . . but yield new physical,
psychic, and spiritual energy."
-Dr. Robert Dozer, MD
HOLISTIC THERAPIES & SPA TREATMENTS
Kamalaya's
experienced practitioners in Western Medicine, Naturopathy,
Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as its yoga, chi gong,
and fitness trainers offer an integrated approach to total
wellness. Throughout the year, visiting consultants from as
far afield as Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and India will further
augment the Wellness Sanctuary's diverse offerings.
Kamalaya's
wellness programs include the following modalities:
Naturopathic
Medicine combines healing traditions of ancient India,
China, and Greece with modern scientific principles and
technology including nutrition, herbal medicine, and
homeopathy, a medical system using dilute preparations of
natural substances to stimulate the body's self-healing
mechanisms. Naturopathic consultations at
Kamalaya draw on a wide array of diagnostic and natural healing
techniques such as colonic hydrotherapy with ozone to promote optimal
health and to treat as well as prevent illness.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is the contemporary version of China's
3,000 year old medical practice, a comprehensive theoretical and
therapeutic system that includes well established techniques such as
acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, nutrition, and chi gong, a
Chinese form of internal alchemy for cultivating chi, or vital energy,
and directing it towards the healing of self and others. Diagnostic
procedures at Kamalaya include Biograph Energy Assessesment to measure
energy in the meridian system and diagnose imbalances within related
organs. Treatments include herbal remedies, acupuncture, deep tissue Tui
Na massage, and Chi Nei Tsang, a classical Taoist abdominal massage.
Ayurveda, the 'Science of Life', is a holistic system
of natural medicine first described around 3,500 B.C. in the Vedic texts
of ancient India. Kamalaya offers a variety of Ayurvedic treatments
including serotonin-releasing Shirodhara sessions, "Royal" Ayurvedic
Traditional Massage, and Marma Point Therapy which works systematically
on energy points along the body.
Additional medical facilities at Kamalaya include full allopathic
services through a resident MD as well as custom formulated herbal
remedies based on comprehensive blood and urine analyses.
Therapeutic Body Treatments at Kamalaya include a
wide variety of restorative massages including traditional Thai massage,
lymphatic drainage massage, craniosacral therapy, and exfoliating skin
treatments.
Kamalaya's Wellness Sanctuary also offers a
spectacularly located steam cavern, far-infrared sauna, and hot and cold
plunge pools to stimulate circulation and improve health.
The human body is designed to reach increasing
levels of health and vitality, supported by diet, exercise, nutrition,
and treatments that restore the organism's ability to heal itself and to
reach its highest potential."
"In discovering health, we discover ourselves."
YOGA & FITNESS
Yoga means "union" and, in its original form, is a path
leading to the integration and total fitness of body, mind,
and spirit.
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With
extraordinary resources ranging from the
Monk's Caveto the Yantra
Hall, Yoga Pavilion, and surrounding nature, Kamalaya offers
seminars, classes, and private instruction in various styles
of yoga, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara, in
addition to classes in chi gong, tai chi, and dance.
Complementing
the resources for yoga, Kamalaya's Shakti Fitness Center
provides a well-equiped gym with personal instruction in
Strength Training, Functional Resistance Training, Pilates
and other exercise modalities.
Kamalaya offers
guided hikes and also provides training in a variety of
meditation and breathing practices to balance the emotions,
illuminate the sub-conscious, and help enhance ordinary
awareness into deepening levels of insight and joy.
" Kamalaya- Unfold Your Infinite Potential "
CONFERENCE & YOGA FACILITIES
The Yantra
Hall, Kamalaya's hilltop conference center (pictured at
right with its 189 square meter floor plan) is a spectacular
architectural creation offering an inspiring setting for
conferences, seminars, and special events that celebrate the
diverse range of human imagination and intellectual
tradition.
Kamalaya
provides marketing for prospective conferences, seminars,
and events and, when desired, offers private retreat
accommodations.
Teachers of
yoga and other mind/ body disciplines may also reserve
Kamalaya's Yoga Pavilion (pictured lower left), an open-air,
semi-circular, wood-floored building overlooking sea and
mountains with a capacity of 40 for classes and up to 80 for
lecture-style seating.
Kamalaya is now offering introductory
offers for early bookings. Scheduling, costs, marketing, and
special needs can be addressed to Kamalaya's "Conference,
Seminar & Retreat Sales Executive" . We look forward to
working with you in establishing Kamalaya as a sanctuary for
holistic learning that nurtures each person's highest
potential.
"Thus may one think of these symbolic flowers and
their blossoming as referring either to the macrocosmic order, the
flowering of the universe within whose bounds we dwell, or to the
microcosmic opening of the individual's consciousness to its potential
amplitude."
-Joseph Campbell
CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & RETREATS
Conferences,
seminars, and special events are central to the Kamalaya
Experience and are held throughout the year in Kamalaya's
Mantra Hall. Professional speakers and world-renowned
teachers in the fields of integrative medicine, yoga, and
related disciplines are invited to Kamalaya to offer
seminars and workshops for groups and individuals seeking
personal or professional development in areas including
health & alternative medicine, yoga and other mind/body
disciplines, spiritual inquiry & practice, enhancement
psychology, creativity and the arts, leadership training,
and social and environmental issues. A calendar of
forthcoming events is updated on a regular basis.
Kamalaya's
educational programs and learning vacations complement the
services of the Wellness Sanctuary and encourage guests to
rediscover the creative diversity, possibilities, and
enchancement of human life. They offer a context for deep
play and intensive study as well as opportunities to expand
one's sense of work and relationships and to rediscover
connections between diverse cultural, intellectual, and
spiritual traditions. The Yantra Hall can
also host film festivals, lectures, dance performances, and musical
events to inspire the mind, delight the senses, and explore the
multi-dimensional world of spirit and imagination.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty,
the contemplation of mystery, or the search for truth and perfection, is
a poverty stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human
life."
-Lewis Mumford
DINING AT KAMALAYA
Kamalaya's Soma
Restaurant, Amrita Cafe, and Alchemy Bar offers tantalizing
and nutritius cuisine based on the changing seasons.
Soma Restaurant
derives its name from the "food of the gods" of the ancient
Vedas and offers flavorful fusions of Oriental and Western
cuisine. With magnificent sunset views over the sea and
outlying islands, Soma accommodates a wide variety of
dietary preferences, from tantalizing salads and raw food
preparations to fresh seafood, organic poultry, and
specially selected wines. A range of individually customized
dishes will also be available at Soma for those undertaking
Kamalaya's Detox and Rejuvenation Program.
Soma will also
feature a "long table" where individual guests can unite as
a group to sample a shifting assortment of Kamalaya's
culinary delights.
Amrita Café
lies at the edge of flowering lotus ponds that encompass a
bathing and lap pool and refers to a divine substance
described in Hindu mythology that confers immortality on all
who taste it. Amrita Café serves fresh juices and salads as
well as a variety of wok-prepared and vegetarian dishes.
The Alchemy Bar emerges from Kamalaya's Art & Antiques Gallery and
nourishes body and soul with ambrosial appetizers, cocktails, wines, and
elixirs based on Chinese, Indian, and Thai traditions of herbal medicine
and internal alchemy. Foremost among the Alchemy Bar's signature
alcoholic drinks are the "Moon Elixir" for women and "Sun Elixir" for
men, served in goblets of colored glass. An extensive selection of
herbal teas is also available as well as different grades of oolong,
jasmine, green, and pu-ehr teas from China and Taiwan, all served in a
traditional manner in aesthetic surroundings.
In addition to its restaurant and cafe, Kamalaya
offers specially prepared hampers for picnics on uninhabited outlying
islands and private luncheons in Kamalaya's Elixir Garden teeming with
medicinal plants, passion fruit, and tamarind, mango, and papaya trees.
"How I wish that somewhere
there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such
a place even I should be an ardent patriot."
-Albert Einstein
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