MONSOON TIME AYURVEDA, AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

Monsoon clouds bring good news to lovers of Ayurveda all round the globe. Kerala where Ayurveda is a way of life, and monsoons spectaenlar, is getting ready to receive tourists from around the world who flock to experience Ayurveda rejuvenation therapy during the monsoon. The reason: the monsoon season is known to be the best time to receive Ayurvedic treatment.
No, there is no harm in taking Ayurvedic treatment in any time of the year, if you take complete rest and do not tire your body. But monsoon is the best time any one can go for an Ayurvedic treatment without a second thought. Ayurvedic oil massage and other treatments excite the body. Monsoon hence becomes an ideal time for Ayurvedic treatment. Feeling the goodness of the gentle, soothing oil of mountain herbs, when torrential rains lash outside is an out of the world experience.

Traditional texts reveal that people of any body type can have Ayurvedic therapies during monsoon. Human body will respond better to treatment during monsoon season than any other time.

"Number of health tourists to Kerala will cross half a million mark, thanks to Ayurveda" says a prominent tour operator, analyzing the current trend. In Kerala for the past so many years Ayurvedic tourism has been a big draw. There is a steady growth in tourist flow owing to the interest in Ayurveda. Monsoon rejuvenation therapy is the fastest growing segment in health tourism here.

Ayurvedic tourism has a cultural component, which is best experienced in Kerala by the tourists from western world. This is one reason why the flow to Kerala keeps on increasing. Kerala, the first and only state in India that can boast of 100 percent illiteracy is on a par with developed countries, in social development. People of Kerala are gentle, and friendly. It is a culturally vibrant state where tourists love to come back again and again.

The state tourism department on its part is gearing up to meet the demand by upgrading the existing Ayurvedic facilities and commissioning new ones. Ayurvedic tourism is no more a passing interest to western tourist; it is fast becoming a trend. Britons, Americans, Germany, Spanish, French and even next-door neighbors Sri Lankans make a bee line to Kerala. So, see you in Kerala this monsoon.