Guests enjoy Chiva-Som for an assortment of reasons. Some for relaxation and rejuvenation, others for more specific goals such as detoxifying, improved fitness, weight loss or stress relief. Some arrive for a few days and others stay much longer.
Our minimum stay is three nights but we recommend staying for at least a week to help bring about long lasting changes.
The Chiva-Som Experience Retreat is a good place to start, as it allows maximum flexibility. During the initial Health & Wellness consultation we help you select those treatments that suit your goals the best.
All retreats are the same price and include the following:
- 3 Chiva-Som Spa Cuisine meals in Emerald room per night of stay (arrival day will begin with dinner)
- Choice of daily massage per night of stay (Thai, Chiva-Som or Invigorating Massage)
- Health & Wellness Consultation on arrival Participation in our daily fitness and leisure activity program.
- Complimentary use of our Water Therapy Suite which include Steam, Sauna, and Jacuzzi
Retreats Summary
A Taste of Chiva-Som
New to Chiva-Som? Looking for flexible choice and variety? A Taste of Chiva-Som is the retreat for you. Giving you multiple choices from a variety of areas, this retreat allows you to choose which services and therapies suit you best. The first person you meet is your health
and wellness advisor who will guide you to create your ideal programme. Then you can decide from the generous allocation of treatment minutes if you want more time in the spa, with our physiotherapists, improving your fitness or sampling the diverse holistic therapies.
The choice is yours.
Inner Peace Retreat
Stress is cumulative and its impact is often ignored. The long term result is a slow breakdown in physical and emotional health.
Chiva-Som’s Inner Peace retreat will teach you positive ways to manage stress. With choices from emotionally therapeutic sessions such as flower remedies, Emotional Freedom Technique, meditation or heart math you can learn techniques that will suit your own style and requirements. Exercise is one of the strongest stress relievers there is. Private sessions with our personal trainers introduce you to a range of exercises and power walking - which should become a sustainable habit.
Longer retreats include relaxing massages and therapies, to help you learn to really unwind – including our famous Watsu water therapy.
If you stay 10 nights or more a naturopathic consultation will give you insights on how to manage stress through nutritional and herbal therapies, and lifestyle and dietary changes.
Art of Detox Retreat
Detoxification is an important ritual to purge the liver, kidneys and intestinal tract of unwanted toxins. We have successfully guided guests for over 15 years through the detox process and recommended either radical or gentle dietary change. Your retreat must be personalised to your physical and emotional condition, so the first person you meet is your health and wellness advisor. They will direct you in choosing the right duration and treatments, discuss whether to incorporate colonic hydrotherapy and will monitor your progress throughout your stay.
Longer retreats include additional therapies to assist the process such as, body scrubs and cocoons. Emotional therapies help you detox your mind at the same time. Steam and sauna will help hasten the removal of toxins.
Chiva-Som’s famous spa cuisine is the ideal transition back to nourishing food that will hopefully influence your way of eating for the future.
Fitness Retreat
What does being fit mean to you? Apart from looking good, you should also feel good emotionally and spiritually. Our primary objective is to help you achieve this complete state of fitness - from the inside out. Whether you are experienced or you are starting out with a
fitness and exercise programme, the Chiva-Som Fitness Retreat will help inspire, motivate and educate you to achieve all of your desired goals.
Our internationally qualified, extensively experienced trainers will take into account your goals, health history and lifestyle to develop an all-round fitness program for you.
This may include muscle toning, core stability, endurance training, joint mobilisation and stretching.
Visualisation techniques, motivation and inspirational ideas are combined with the latest technology, research and equipment to drive you towards optimal physical performance.
Natural Healing Retreat
We all wish to have more control over our health. Illness disempowers us, leaving us dependant on medication, the care of others, and unable to function as we would like. If you have a chronic health problem, or don’t feel 100% healthy, this retreat is your key to
education and exploration of how to regain ownership of your health.
Your retreat will centre around a naturopathic consultation during which you can explore your health concerns. Nutritional and herbal therapies can be prescribed, along with lifestyle and dietary changes. Your naturopath will work together with your health and wellness advisor to recommend the best choices from our holistic bodywork sessions, emotional therapies and energy therapies, so that your retreat becomes customised to your needs.
In longer retreats activities ensure a rounded approach to managing health.
These include yoga or tai chi to help you break patterns of stress and education sessions such as Lunch and Learn or an Organic Garden tour with our chef. Additional therapies such as Traditional Chinese Medicine or homeopathic consultations add further dimensions to your healing path.
The key to lasting health is taking positive steps. Each change and beneficial lifestyle habit is an investment in your future health.
Physical Renewal
Everyone, regardless of age, values physical independence. Whether you have a sedentary lifestyle or are a competitive athlete, aches and pains are a common experience. Injury, poor posture and inflexibility can easily and effectively be remedied on this retreat.
Chiva-Som physiotherapists begin with a thorough assessment of your current state, and will prescribe a series of therapeutic (structural) sessions and exercise based (renewal) sessions in order to treat your conditions.
The team will aim to reduce pain, stabilise the condition, and improve your range of motion and strength so that you can resume a full range of activities during your visit and in years to come.
Spa Pampering Retreat
If you need to spend quality time pampering yourself in a supportive, caring environment, and emerge beautiful and groomed at the end, this retreat is designed for you. Building on a daily massage, and adding in layers of treatments, working from head to toe, this retreat is a spa lover’s heaven.
If you stay 10 nights or more retreat onwards, we include a holistic therapy choice, and a service from Niranlada (non-invasive cosmetic beauty).
These therapies will help you learn to nourish from the inside, as well as enhance your natural beauty through modern cosmetic treatments.
Our Chiva-Som signature treatments all use our custom-designed spa products, formulated in Thailand since 2004. These products are 100% natural and aromatherapy and are available in the boutique. If you love a treatment, you can now take it home to continue your Chiva-Som experience!
An opportunity to restore, revive and rebalance, this retreat is your gift to yourself.
Weight Management
Being overweight is one of the most significant health risks. Even though there is no magic solution for weight loss, being overweight is completely reversible. At Chiva-Som, our practitioners understand the importance of maintaining a correct weight, and how hard it can be to achieve that goal. This is why education plays such a large role in achieving your ideal weight.
You will work closely with personal trainers and nutritionists to correct your lifestyle; increasing your activity to the right level, and your dietary patterns to include foods that help you lose weight, rather than gain it. These services are tailored to your level of ability, and can be complemented with our extensive facilities and activity calendar.
Achieving your ideal weight will take longer than your stay with us but, you should leave with a clear idea of the road ahead. You can expect increased energy, better resistance to disease, and improvements in many symptoms of ill health.
Additional services available include hormonal blood testing, physiotherapy, holistic therapy and non-invasive treatments. Chiva-Som provides an integrative approach to health conditions that maximises the benefits of the time you spend with us.
Yoga for Life
Yoga has become one of the most popular health practices. A good yoga practice can rejuvenate the body, calm the mind, and help heal the spirit through a greater sense of awareness.
Immerse yourself in yoga; enjoy daily group classes and private one-on-one tuition. Our instructors teach less common aspects of yoga including meditation, pranayama, and some Ayurvedic cleansing techniques for a complete experience. They can guide you through various styles, incorporating Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Ashtanga, or Iyengar yoga. You will work together to design a personal programme to achieve overall improvement. We help you stay inspired for a consistent, fulfilling practice that lasts a lifetime.
Regardless of your age, ability, background, medical history or lifestyle, our experienced therapists will assist you in discovering yoga as a complete, holistic approach to health and wellbeing. Your yoga practice becomes a tool of self-empowerment and healing in every aspect of your daily life – a lasting, powerful transformation.
Eternal Youth
At Niranlada, Chiva-Som’s medi-spa, you can benefit from enhanced aesthetic virtue within the comfort and nurturing environment of our holistic resort. Treatments require minimal recovery time and deliver maximum results.
Our US-qualified cosmetic doctors are facial plastic surgeons who specialise in the art of aesthetic medicine, especially cosmetic laser surgery and anti-aging practices.
During your pre-skin analysis consultation, computerised facial imaging and colour photography evaluates your skin condition.
The information is used as a basis to discuss your personal requirements and to evaluate which treatments best suit you. The photos become part of the before and after comparison so you can evaluate your improvements, during your post skin analysis consultation.
Chiva-Som uses only US-FDA approved laser technology provided by the world’s leading brands including Fraxel, Titan Cutera, and D-Actor 200.This is the first time that Niranlada treatments are offered within a retreat.
