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Planning Your Stay:
7 to 14 Days Before You Arrive

Simple steps to get the best value from the time, money and faith you invest in your stay at Athreya.

Last updated 2026-10-08 · Questions? Contact us or write to bookings@theathreya.com

Please Read This Guide Time required to read this info: 8 minutes

Purpose of this mail: Following the below-mentioned recommendations are very important for your healing journey to us.

01What to Avoid — 7 Days Before Arrival

To avoid the first 5 days of "healing crisis" of discomforts and difficulties of detox, please start avoiding or substantially removing the following items from your daily life 7 days BEFORE arriving here:

Items to Remove

  • Tea, coffee
  • Beer, alcohol
  • Cigarettes
  • Online addictions, social media
  • Energy drinks
  • Non-vegetarian food
  • Ice creams
  • Salty, spicy food items
  • Water with ice cubes
  • White sugar in all forms
  • Dairy products, milk and yoghurt
  • Raw salad
  • White flour (maida)
  • Germinated sprouts
  • Drugs / habit-forming substances

Habits to Avoid

  • Daytime sleep
  • Nighttime sleep postponing

We do NOT provide any of these and we really wish you do not crave for the same in our campus.

To achieve FASTER & DEEPER results at ATHREYA, please start the following 7 days before your journey:

Start These 7 Days Before

  • Drinking hot water
  • Using more fibre in food
  • Adding more vegetarian food
  • Steamed vegetables
  • Curcuma / turmeric in food
  • Garlic in food

02What to Pack & Bring

On a different note, please bring with you your preferred brands of personal toiletries / shampoo / soaps / including a hairdryer / yoga mat of your choice of quality just in case ours do not match your taste on the same.

We note we do NOT provide television sets in room / dress / bathrobes towards therapy room, hence if you wish it is best you bring with you old clothes worth throwing off as it may get oil and herbs smell that are strong and may not be useful for wearing later on.

You may bring your favourite anti-mosquito spray too even if we provide Neem oil for external application here.

Therapy procedures can start as EARLY as 5 AM [ not always – exceptionally few days ].

03Mandatory Articles to Read

The below are MANDATORY to-read articles which will prepare you in a perfect manner for getting the best impact of therapies at Athreya:

Why Athreya

04Your Medical Form & Contact

Dr. S P Sreejit BAMS, MD (Ayu), Honorary Medical Director personally takes printouts of your medical form about 2 weeks prior because he prefers STRICT confidentiality of your details.

If you have any last moment info to be conveyed to us please reply to this email id bookings@theathreya.com.

Medical Discussion — WhatsApp / Telegram

Dr. S P Sreejit is ready to receive WhatsApp text or Telegram text:

+91 80 4717 2227 — Dr's medical discussion number

05Airport Pickup

Our Driver will be waiting for you at Pillar Number 9.

Just in case you do not find him, NO PANICS — we will find you. Please call from a telephone booth our numbers:

+91 80 4717 2227

06Your Accommodation

A comfortable accommodation — cottage in main campus / room in Annexure building — is reserved (based on your seniority in confirming with us) for you.

For the smooth conduct of our operations in the peak season of October to March, we will NOT be able to make any changes in your accommodation that has been allocated. WE WILL TRY our best possible though.

In the March to September segment, we will have a few spare cottages to be flexible to your wishes.

07Food Allergies

Please inform us of any allergy to any food so that we can SPECIALLY prepare something SPECIAL — exclusively for you just in case our published food menu has something unacceptable / allergic to you and you realize it on arrival.

Even if you have booked through an agency, please communicate this to us directly.

08Refund & Programme Transfer Policy

A gentle reminder on our position regarding refunding — just in case there is any change in your plan / abandoning the programme:

Finance Policy

Anyway you would have read this before booking with us. You can always utilize your funds or transfer your programme to any friend / relative of your choice for utilizing the same for the next 3 years.

If you have booked through an agency, please ignore the funds transfer point above.

09Bonus: Ancient Ayurveda Wisdom

If you have spare time, please utilise practical life-oriented ancient Ayurveda wisdom health tips from:

agnivesh.info ↗

This is Dr. S P Sreejit's initiative for training doctors and helping in the healing of patients unknown to him. This can be done even after arrival here and will be a good preparation for post-Athreya lifestyle and food habits.

10Important Notes

NB — Female Clients Female clients may bear in mind — internal cleansing will be NOT done during your monthly periods / menstrual days time.

NB — Male Clients Male clients are requested to shave or trim their hairy abdomen to help strong quality abdomen massages from day one itself.

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