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Hot Spot: Barberyn Ayurveda Resorts
Looking for new ways to detox? Try Ayurveda – an ancient holistic system of health originating from India.
Ayurveda is fast becoming a household name with those interested in "alternative medicine." Not only is it capable of keeping your life healthy and balanced, but it can also treat a huge list of ailments.
Sri Lanka’s authentic Barberyn Ayurveda Resorts is comprised of Barberyn Reef, located in Beruwala and Barberyn Beach, located near Weligama. Barberyn Resorts provide all the advantages of a resort hotel with the facilities of a professional Ayurvedic health center. Both resorts share the same philosophy of promoting authentic Ayurveda, yoga and spiritual enrichment. They are designed to improve guests’ health and wellbeing through Ayurvedic diagnosis, healing treatments, herbal medications, Ayurvedic diet, yoga and meditation.
The original Barberyn Reef resort was founded in 1968 by Sudano Rodrigo and remains a family business to this day. Barberyn Reef is known for being the first health resort in Sri Lanka to offer authentic Ayurveda treatments to Western tourists. The resort was extensively renovated and upgraded in 2005. Following the success of Barberyn Reef, the second property, Barberyn Beach, was opened in 2003.
Many of the Barberyn Reef staff have been with the resort for many years, and, like the Rodrigo family members, look after the resort as if it were their home, contributing to the strong sense of warmth and hospitality.
Both Barberyn resorts have in-house Ayurvedic health centres. The team consists of resident Ayurvedic doctors, physicians, therapists, dieticians, and visiting specialists. Both health centres prepare their own Ayurvedic medicines and oils for the guests.
Newly arrived guests visit the health centre for the consultation and diagnoses with the Ayurvedic doctor who creates an individual programme of treatments for each guests consisting of oil, herbal massages, herbal baths, herbal medicines and liqueurs, as well as an individual diet for the period of their stay at Barberyn.
A healthy diet is an integral part of Ayurveda. At Barberyn, each meal provides various examples of all the Ayurvedic food taste categories that influence our body energy – sweet, salty, spicy, hot, cold and bitter. There is a trained
Ayurvedic dietician on hand at every meal to advise guests on the foods to take and avoid according to their prescribed treatments.
Single room: from $98cdn per day; ayurvedic treatments: from $98cdn per day.
Barberyn encourages self-awareness and spiritual development of its guests offering yoga, Tai Chi and meditation classes. There are no TVs in the room to encourage guests’ self-reflection and create a tranquil environment. There is a library at the resort with a wide selection of books. Both resorts also organise regular sightseeing trips to the surrounding countryside for the guests.
Barberyn has been awarded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards in the category “The Best Niche Operation” in 2007 and 2009; in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the resort won in the category “The best host hotel – Ayurveda Tourism”.
Source & Images: Wellbeing PR and Communications
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