Ayurvedic Detox & Yoga Wellness Week at The Beach House Goa

The Beach House Goa sits on the coast in Goa, India, and operates as a wellness and boutique stay rather than a hotel with a spa attached. The founder's approach is built around what they call the three systems — physical, physiological and psychological — and every programme is designed to work on all three at once. In practice that means you get screened and measured first, then a plan is written for you: specific meals, specific therapies, specific yoga sessions. Nothing is generic.

The signature programmes include a Total Body Rebalancing week, a Juice Fasting Detox, an Ayurvedic Indian Detox, Yoga and Intensive Yoga retreats, Yoga & Detox, Weight Management, Diabetes Management, Fertility Enhancement, an Executive De-Stress/Stress Buster week, Vision Therapy, Hormonal Yoga Therapy, Arthritis Management, Transformational Meditation and Panchakarma. Most run for seven nights. The detox weeks combine a personalised vegetarian meal plan built around juices, broths and superfoods with daily yoga, pranayama and meditation, plus Ayurvedic treatments and 1-1 NLP or hypnotherapy sessions.

What separates this from a standard yoga retreat is the medical layer. Before you start you get a pH balance test, body composition analysis covering BMI, body fat, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat and muscle mass, a biological age assessment, total body measurements and vital signs checks (blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate). The same assessments are repeated at the end so you can see what actually changed in a week. A doctor reviews everything with you and adjusts the programme as you go — there's a free initial consultation available before you even book, which is unusual.

The yoga here is described as practical rather than spiritual-performance. Sessions run every morning and include asana, pranayama and meditation, and the style is adapted to what your body can do — there are specific therapeutic yoga programmes for hormonal issues and arthritis, so you don't need to be flexible or experienced. Beginners are genuinely welcome.

The property is a boutique beach house with villa-style rooms, a pool, gardens and direct beach access. It's quiet, alcohol-free and small enough that the staff know your name and your programme by day two. Rooms range from superior villa rooms up to suites, and triple, double and single occupancy are all available. Check-in is 3pm, check-out 11am, and the reservations team coordinates arrival and departure directly.

What's included

- 7 nights accommodation (triple, double or single occupancy, superior villa rooms) - Personalised vegetarian meal plan (juices, broths and superfoods on detox programmes) - Daily yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions - Before and after assessments: pH balance, body composition (BMI, body fat, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, muscle mass), biological age, total body measurements - Vital signs assessment (blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate) - Initial and ongoing consultations with the resident doctor - Ayurvedic treatments as per your programme - 1-1 session of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) or hypnotherapy - Access to pool, gardens and beach - Free doctor's consultation before booking if you can't decide on a programme

Note: exact inclusions vary by programme — confirm with the reservations team when booking.

What's not included

- International and domestic flights - Airport transfers (arrange with reservations) - Travel insurance - Visa fees - Suite upgrade (supplement of GBP100 applies) - Voucher extensions and date-change supplements - Additional treatments beyond your programme - Personal expenses - Online holistic wellness consultations (booked separately)