AYURVEDIC BALANCE ProgrammesDuration: 3 – 21 days
Hours of Treatments per Day: 4 hours
Programmes Description: Our unique Ayurvedic Healing programmes cater to individual needs. Natural and preventative in nature, they provide a balanced approach to good health and well-being. All treatments offered have their roots in natural healing sciences. Our knowledgeable health specialists who play the role of a facilitator, counselor and friend, guide you at every step. The specialist helps create personalised life regimes which include diet, exercise, massage and beauty therapies.
It is a very individual approach focusing on delivering tangible positive results. Depending upon your current dosha (energy) analysis, our health specialists plot a series of Ayurvedic therapies combining the finest oils, herbs and techniques in order to balance the increased or decreased dosha levels.
The core of this programme is to eliminate the root cause of the imbalanced doshas, aided by few complimentary therapies. The recommended life regimes and the dietary instructions followed during this programme while enjoying the peaceful and tranquil environment of our resort would leave you feel ultimately relaxed, with a clear mind and a balanced body.
The Dheva Spa and Wellness Centre offers eight options of Multi-Day Lifestyle Programmes targeted for your individual needs.
Each programme may be customized to help you work towards your optimal health. Our dedicated health specialists will help you achieve a state of balance and awareness, both essential to find the harmony in every day life.
The tranquil surroundings and the natural setting of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi is a harbour of perfect health. For the soul seekers around the world, balance comes to those who visit.
Events & Ceremonies
Life inspiring, life enhancing, life giving – The Dheva Spa at The Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi offers Signature Ceremonies adapted from traditional practices from Northern Thai, Burmese and Indian cultures. Unique skills, a genuine passion for guest care and a personal understanding of individual needs are important to ensure that each experience really is a Signature Ceremony: 3 hours and 30 minutes of maximum relaxation in our private Spa Suites.<//span>maximum relaxation in our private Spa Suites.
Royal Thai Ceremonies
Inspired by ancient Thai customs, the "Royal Thai" experience is the ultimate!
The ceremony begins with a royal footbath using Indian pennywort, sandalwood, milk and evening primrose. These herbs are well known to help improve circulation, relieve stress and improve the texture of the skin. It continues with centuries-old herbal steam and sarong bath, scented with a blend of cinnamon and Samoh Thai to cleanse and detoxify the body. A safflower scrub is spread on the body to increase circulation and calm the mind, followed by a kraw khruea wrap, known for its toning and beautifying properties. The skin is left feeling extremely soft and smooth.
The ceremony ends with a Royal Thai Massage – the perfect tranquility for the mind and body.
Mandalay Ceremony
Cleansing and protecting the skin have always been an important part of the Burmese culture.
The Mandalay Ceremony incorporates this ancient tradition, as is reflected in the natural ingredients selected for this ceremony. The journey begins with a fresh kaffir lime foot bath, followed by a Burmese steam that includes zingiber and "naiyaraap", known for soothing aching muscles. This is followed by a refreshing thanaka and lime scrub, commonly used by Burmese people to bring a beautiful glow to the skin. Thanaka is also a natural sun-block and it protects the skin from environmental toxins. The ceremony continues with a green tea body wrap, which detoxifies, prevents infections and moisturizes the skin.
A Traditional Mandalay Massage completes the experience. It uses similar techniques to traditional Thai massage, but its uniqueness lies in the stronger pressure applied to the body.
Lanna Ceremony
The Lanna Signature Ceremony draws inspiration from the Northern Thai culture, and reveals the hidden treasures of Chiang Mai’s beauty rituals.
The ceremony begins with an herbal footbath infused with fresh miang, a popular healing herb from this part of the country. Then, a luxurious herbal bath prepares the body for the Oriental Body Glow. The ceremony continues with a body wrap, using fang, another Lanna ingredient used to awaken and refresh the skin.
A Lanna Massage finishes this experience. The body is tapped rhythmically with a stick made from the bark of tamarind tree. This relaxes the muscles in preparation for a warm herbal oil massage and warm herbal compresses for the head and feet.
Indian Ceremony
In India, emphasis is placed on herbal formulations that aid circulation and enhance beauty, known culturally as shringar.
Our Indian Ceremony starts off with a welcoming footbath using fresh rose petals. This is followed by a camphor scented steam bath and an Ubtan scrub that uses turmeric, cinnamon and mint blended with rose water, leaving your skin soft, radiant and impregnated with the scent of flowers. An Indian herbal wrap infuses your body withwarm scents and spices.
This ceremony concludes with deeply relaxing Shirobhyanga and Abhyanga Massages using warm Ayurvedic oils.
