NATUROPATHY Centre in Gujarat Nimba Nature Cure Naturopathy Ayurveda therapies Healthy food 720p

So this is what a health holiday feels like. Hi everyone and welcome to Sugar Spice Nice. My name is Shweta and in this video, as you can see, I'm amidst a lot of greenery. I'm at a place called Nimba Nature Cure. This is one of the largest naturopathy centres in India. It focuses on natural ways for healing and wellness. And this is located very, very close to Ahmedabad. It is actually barely an hour to an hour and a half away from the Ahmedabad airport and the road to get here is also pretty smooth. So I took a flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and then a taxi to get here. The welcome that you get at this place is very, very special. A beautiful tikka with some jaggery and a refreshing coconut water drink. The minute you get here, you're handed over their daily schedule. Dhinacharya is a very, very important aspect of an Ayurvedic or a naturopathy-based healing centre. And they claim that it is this daily routine that is the most important in trying to maintain optimum health. This is the daily routine schedule and it has everything starting from a morning walk at 5am, to meal timings, to consultation timings, to therapies, to even sleeping timings. And this you're supposed to follow to the T to make the most of your time here. When I entered the campus, I realised just how big this is. I mean, it's a really good walk to go around the entire centre on foot but I think everybody gets an orientation tour in a golf cart where they can see the whole of the campus really quickly and really easily. So this is actually the balcony of the room where I'm staying. You guys have to come here and see the balcony. This balcony area is literally surrounded by all kinds of bird sounds and I totally see myself sitting and chilling here probably over a nice healthy drink and enjoying the nature. But come, let me show you the rest of the room. So this is the bedroom, you can see it's quite nice and spacious. This is the bed area and this here is like a little tea counter. Now one thing that they told me when I was checking in is that you don't get milk tea here and I was a little bit disappointed but I'm really looking forward to all of their different masala teas and green teas that they have here. Here there's the washroom, there's one more balcony in the room. I think this is the only room where I've stayed where there are like two balconies and this one is one where I can literally see myself doing probably a little bit of morning stretching and clicking a lot of pictures. And here we have space for luggage and there's also a wardrobe you can keep all of your stuff inside and there's a safe. Now let me show you the room downstairs. This is the lower room, it's a little bit more basic than the upper one but still really cozy and comfortable. The good thing is that this one has a huge bathroom. So if you're coming here with somebody like a friend or a family member then you can try and choose this type of accommodation where you get one villa and the rooms up and down both can be taken over by you and your accompanying person. I think the very very different thing about this place is that I literally feel like I'm enveloped by greenery on all sides. Other places you know you can see the greenery but it's a little farther away in the distance or at a you know much greater height but here it's just like literally all around me. Seeing so many trees I already feel like I'm refreshed internally and I've not even yet gone for any therapy or treatment so I think I'm off to a great start here. I've been roaming around the entire campus and I don't think I've seen even 50% of it and the good thing is that there's a lot of green cover on top when you're walking around so the harsh sunlight doesn't feel all that harsh and there are also this kind of earthen water spots all over which ensure that you're hydrated all the time. Matke ka paani hits different. Let me know if you guys agree. Entire campus is spread across 150 acres and there's not a single part of it which is not green or not beautiful like you can see this beautiful background of flowers that I have right here. I think when you're entering this place you'll definitely come across this magnificent Buddha statue. Statue or a fountain I think it's a bit of both and just the sheer vastness of it I don't even know if that's the right word but that's what I'm feeling. It's a huge statue and they've actually put on the fountain right now and just listening to that water and looking at the serenity on Buddha's face is an experience in itself. In the night this is probably lit up and may look even better but even this is so beautiful. Right opposite the fountain is Annapurna. Annapurna is their dining hall and I will take you guys inside in just a little while but first let me show you more interesting places here. So this is actually their consulting block. They have two separate ones one for men and one for women and this is also the place where all of the therapies happen. They actually even have a small temple inside the campus. Let me show you. This is actually a small Shivji temple and there's also Ganeshji and Hanumanji. The murti actually seems to be carved out of wood. Probably the trunk of a tree. Extremely unique. It's probably the biggest wind chimes I've seen but this whole area around me is like an outdoor gym. They also have an indoor one but having some kind of a workout facility in this kind of nature I'm sure will be appreciated by so many. So this is actually a nakshatra, a zodiac garden. As per the zodiac signs there are different trees that are planted. I think this is one of the most unique gardens that I've seen ever. You can actually see the name of the zodiac sign and the characteristics of that particular sign along with the respective tree that's planted for it. Pretty interesting. This entire part is like such a huge massive walking area. Walking is a very important part of the daily routine here and they've actually made a place which is not just very conducive to walking but also very very beautiful to look at. Even the floor, there's like a whole bed of grass and then there are different plants growing everywhere. Like here there's a little pond of lotus. So I think all in all this is a very recharging kind of an environment. At Nimba they follow a health first approach. Prevention, cure and promotion of health is their ideology and they have doctors equipped in the field of naturopathy, ayurveda to help their patients achieve their health goals. They actually do this by following an extremely unique approach. Basically they try and create the most perfect environment possible for somebody while they are here and they give you different aspects out of that perfect environment to take home with you so that you can maintain your health goals. So I'm just going to share with you what it's like to stay for one night in this beautiful place. It's quarter to 5 a.m and I'm starting my day with a compulsory morning walk. I don't remember the last time I woke up this early to actually walk in the morning. I probably have never done that but this feels so different. The air is so different and it's just so fresh and just hearing the sounds of those one or two birds, it's wow. The next thing that we're doing is Shatkriya. Shatkriya is basically morning rituals. You get into this place which is dedicated for Shatkriya and then they give you a bag. This bag contains this kind of a lota or a pot and two small eye wash cups and first you're supposed to take the big lota and rinse it with water and then fill it with their slightly warm water. This water is not just slightly warm but it's also slightly saline and with this you're supposed to gargle about four or five times and then you're supposed to Jal Nepi. Jal Nepi is the procedure of putting water up from one nostril and removing it out from the other and this is the first time I've done Jal Nepi. I was having a hard time grasping it but probably I did it correctly for a couple of seconds. Following that with the other side as well and then what we're doing is we're taking these two small eye wash cups and filling it with this different water from the jug. Now this is Trifala water and this you're just supposed to wash your eyes with. They kind of check if you have any other eye issues or any other contraindications then they'll tell you not to do it but mostly everybody is able to do it. This is just an eye rinse and after this I definitely feel like my throat feels slightly more open and actually when I wash my eyes with the Trifala solution the first couple of seconds it did burn but now I think I'm okay. I don't feel a vast difference as such but I definitely feel more awake. Now until it's time for the next activity I'm supposed to be walking so that's what I'm going to be doing. The next activity for the day is an hour-long yoga and pranayama session. This morning has been filled with all kinds of unique things for me. This activity is actually known as a hydro reflex walk. So there is like this whole ground of pebbles and then they filled it up with water and you're supposed to walk on it and the pebbles kind of massage just the right points of your foot. It took me a while to get used to the kind of pain and pressure that they give but there's definitely something relaxing about this. There's one part of the pebbles that has cold water and then there's the other part that gets filled up with warm water so you can choose what suits you. It's hot so I'm just walking in the cold water area. It almost feels like foot reflexology but probably the most powerful one because it's constantly giving you pressure on the right points in the foot. The next activity for the day is breakfast and for breakfast we're heading to Annapurna which is their dining hall. Now in breakfast you get to choose between cooked and uncooked meals based on the doctor's recommendation and the treatment or therapy for which you're in. So in cook today they have patra and this is probably the most simplest and the blandest version of patra that I've had in my entire life. Basically the flavor of taro leaves is extremely apparent. They're just steamed and the tadka on top is that of sesame seeds and inside usually patra has this really yummy paste inside which is gram flour or besan and a bit of tamarind and some spices but here that is not there. This and chutney is today's breakfast. In uncooked you actually get a bowl of soaked nuts and dry fruits and seeds so pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, almonds, walnuts, a few raisins and you can remove the water and have them and you also get a bowl of fruit. They only mix fruits that go together so today we have papaya, apple and pears. Irrespective of whether you're eating cooked or uncooked meals you can enjoy some tea here but mind you it is not the regular milk tea it is herbal tea. In fact that aspect of this tea is probably the most difficult one for me not being able to have access to tea even like once a day. It does take getting used to so this here is lemon grass tea that I'm enjoying right now. After breakfast there is some time that you get for freshening up, taking a walk or basically just relaxing and then there's time allotted for therapies. Between 11 to 12.30 is a slot that you can reserve for any kind of therapies and treatments that are prescribed to you So right now I'm actually going for my first therapy session here. Since I'm here just to experience the place and I'm just familiarizing myself with the place I'm going to be trying out something which is a little bit more relaxing but also has various other benefits it is called the bamboo therapy. Now in this it's basically a body massage but it's done with the help of these bamboo sticks so you can see there are different sizes of bamboo sticks here the longer one is used on the legs, on the back the smaller ones are used on the arms and the therapy begins with first rubbing a little bit of warm oil on the body just to create an enough amount of slip and then these bamboo sticks are rolled up and down with pressure as needed. Some areas need a little bit more pressure and somehow this didn't feel like the most relaxing massage for me it kind of felt a little bit painful in certain body parts like my back I don't think I could handle it but my calves, my feet, my arms this felt okay. So this bamboo therapy I tried in a particular room which was meant for this kind of a therapy and now I'm trying a therapy which is a little bit more ayurveda based this is the dhara treatment in dhara basically there's a continuous flow of certain kind of liquid which happens on the body part this of course starts with a little bit of a body massage so that's what they're doing here then you can see they fill it up in this container which has a spout and accordingly the portion is poured throughout the body for me this continuous flow of liquid is the most relaxing feeling ever and this kind of a treatment has to happen on a specific kind of bed because the liquid that is poured has to also smoothly flow out of that bed so that is why we had to change the room for this the next treatment that I tried is a portly treatment now this is a little bit different this portly contains mashed cooked red rice and then it is dipped in milk and then they actually pierce the portly now I've had multiple portly massages but I've never seen this piercing part so this was the first for me and what happens with this piercing is that you can actually feel that rice on your skin you can actually feel that milk on your skin a little bit more it doesn't feel so much like a compress it ends up feeling a little bit more like a scrub but this is another detoxifying therapy that I tried here a lot of kitchen and natural ingredients are used in naturopathy therapies and one such ingredient that they use here is coffee now this is a scrub which is made with coffee granules and probably some shea butter or almond butter or something and this scrub is applied to the whole body the scrub is grainy of course so it does physically exfoliate the skin the rubbing motion also adds to that exfoliation so this is applied all through the body and then they actually use a cling wrap to cover that part so that kind of makes the scrub stick on longer and it's of course less messy and it also gives a little bit of a steam I feel to the skin which kind of helps in purifying the skin further so this you're supposed to keep on for maybe 30-40 minutes and then the cling wrap is off and then this is washed off I think a very common thing with naturopathy and ayurveda is to heal the body from within and one way to do that is to be able to cleanse your body from within there is one therapy, colon hydrotherapy which I didn't end up trying but ended up learning about and let me just tell you more about this this is the room where colon hydrotherapy takes place this treatment uses water to flush out unwanted waste from the body these two pipes are attached to this machine here the patient basically lies on this machine and one of the pipes is directed at the rectum with the continuous flow of water the waste that comes out is disposed of by the machine itself through the other pipe attachment this procedure uses almost 40 litres of water to cleanse the body thoroughly this treatment actually helps remove any kind of accumulated waste and toxins and the screen in front of you shows what all has been cleansed out of the body this goes on for about 40-50 minutes and the trained professionals here assist you during the entire process I think after this you have to follow a simple liquid or a lighter diet and carry on as per the doctor's instructions to go through this therapy the body needs some amount of preparation time now there are different lines of therapy here there are ayurveda based rituals there are naturopathy based rituals and right now I'm going to be taking you to one department which is known as physiotherapy which is a very very important department in kind of healing an area which has been through trauma adding agility to body and muscle so let's just go inside and check it out this is where the physiotherapist does the consultation and checking and here are the therapy rooms this here is the interferential therapy room in this a minor electrical simulation is used on damaged tissues to help them heal on their own another therapy which uses electric simulation this one is to heal tissue damage that is a bit more deep in the body they also have ultrasound therapy this thing here is rubbed onto the body to reduce pain and improve circulation this here is a more physical sort of therapy a shoulder wheel and you hold it and use it as per your doctor's instructions to free up the muscles or reduce pain then this here is a short wave diathermy this part here is wrapped on a body part and it provides heat to increase soft tissue healing there is also a larger section for other physical exercises there's a separate female therapy block and there's a separate male therapy block which i think is pretty good and now it's time for lunch and i have worked up an appetite so that's where i'm going to be heading next this is the thali meal here i like that they serve in this thali sort of a format every single day every single meal and today we have idlis there's coconut chutney with them there's a sprout salad there's a sabzi and i don't know whether this is sambar or dal i'm really hoping this is sambar without further ado i think i'm straight going to be trying the idli first idli and coconut chutney their coconut chutney is very well done it's a little bit more subtle on the tadka still they've got the flavor perfect now let's find out whether this is actually dal or sambar it's dal it's a little bit disappointing but it's okay i'm gonna have the idli with chutney this here is a sabzi it is seeming like bottle gourd or lauki very simple just some tomato most days their food doesn't have any onion and garlic i don't think this one has either but this is like the lauki that i make at home next i'm going to be trying the sprout salad this i really like it's got sprout, cucumbers, tomato, capsicum not too much of a seasoning i don't think it's even got salt and pepper i also feel like the sprouts here are raw and i personally prefer eating sprouts that are cooked finally for the raita cucumber raita on this hot day feels amazing i told you guys before the food here is mostly without onion and garlic but i think garlic does have medicinal properties and sometimes the doctor recommends it for some patients so they do have a little bit of like tossed garlic it's not fried it's garlic tossed with a little bit of oil do keep it on the side so in case you would like to have or add that flavor you can during all meals you'll find some kind of herbal or infused waters here and there was bhindi water which i saw last evening and right now the one that i'm seeing is fennel seed water fennel is soft and soft is the best thing that you can have to digest a meal more easily and this just makes the whole power of soft i think a little bit more potent this is something that i actually also have at home but i also add a little bit of peppermint to boiling water and drink that so here's some fennel seed water in the afternoon you get plenty of time to relax and chill around here and although the whole place is just so calm and serene i especially enjoyed the pool area you can lounge on the pool beds or take a swim if you can and feel fresh you can also practice water exercises and aqua yoga which are part of their daily routine and recreational activities as well so every day between 4 and 4.30 there's a concept of post-lunch snack where they give some healthy juices and probably a little bit of snack i'm still waiting for my snack but let's just try this juice i don't know what this is whether it's cucumber or it's ash gourd or what it's got barely any flavor absolutely no sugar, no sweetening agent, no flavoring agent but i guess this is what health in a glass would feel like so this is my snack here these two khakhras and in between are chopped tomatoes and cucumber with a little bit of pepper this is almost like a masala papad but not really because of the cucumber like i personally think a masala papad is incomplete without onion but for a quick evening snack this feels good one thing about having a dinnacharya is that you can make time for things that you like to do things that are not like mandatory tasks but maybe some form of recreation which energizes your mind it could be anything like reading, some activity or maybe even a sport for me a recreational activity is something that i rarely make time for i'm being very honest here for now let's try this so this is dinner for the night we have a mix with sabzi, it's kind of like a tomato gravy then we have some roasted tomatoes then we have another chutney, i think this is bell peppers then there's some nachni roti and we have stir-fried mixed veggies after this dinner you get time for yourself you can either read, walk around a little bit and then go to bed early maximum by 10 to repeat this entire routine again one part that i really didn't want to miss before leaving this place is going and seeing their gaushala it's in the campus but a little bit away from the accommodation facilities and all of that so you actually have to sit in a cart and come until a certain point and then there's a bit of a walk so i'm heading to the gaushala next this is as rustic as it gets so the minute you enter inside it almost feels like you've come to a village in gujarat because they've tried to maintain that feel here you can see the olden style pots, the khatia seating then we also saw a bigger plough the one that used to be pulled by either donkeys or cows this is heavy duty stuff it's not like plain, there's something or the other going on on it i think about once a week they also have a pottery session here so here you can see this is something which probably has been made earlier now i still haven't seen the gaushala yet but this whole part is a very very different experience at nimba i think this is the closest that i've been to a gaushala and there are just so many cows there are two or three little calves as well i did go inside for a little bit somehow it's very overwhelming for me to be inside and also i get a little scared but this site is just making me so happy oh my god they're coming here so this behind me are bajra fields i'm really really enjoying the air inside in nimba is fresh but out here near the gaushala it's like a different level of freshness and the land is huge like there's no factory or anything nearby there's no pollution it's just the purest i have breathed in a while i shouldn't have done this but fresh bajra i actually happen to see fresh lemongrass plantations over here no wonder you get lemongrass tea ever so often when you're at nimba another unique thing about this place is this gufa or a cave this is actually a cave shaped therapy room and i have seen so many different ayurveda and wellness centers i've never seen something like this sure i've gone and meditated inside a gufa having a therapy inside a gufa is probably a very very different experience in terms of accommodation there are three different room categories one is pramukha which is a deluxe room this is what the deluxe room looks like i'll try and mention the charges on the screen and in the description box below essentially there are two twin beds you can also get a king bed and then there's this little dressing table and the one thing that caught my eye in this room is that it has a foot massager alleged foot massager in a hotel room i've never seen that before and then there's this little wardrobe area of sort almost like a walk-in closet and that's the bathroom and then there's this door which opens straight back out into the yard the second category is sumukha this one is a villa with two bedrooms and a common living area this is the one that i'm staying in right now and i showed you guys how it looks earlier in the video and the third category is amukha which has a bit more simpler living arrangement the accommodation here also includes all the meals and consultations but some of the therapies and treatments are charged separately so that was my health holiday experience here at nimba nature cure i'm going to leave all of the details in the description box below they do have some special packages which are there on their website even their room tariff details are given on their website so make sure you check the links given in the description box and for me the greenery of this place that aspect really really really stood out just being able to come in such an environment listen to the words breathe that fresh air and you know get back to feeling like yes i got my health sorted that's the feeling that i got in my short stay over here now i was here just to experience the place and decided to share it with you guys they were very kind enough to host me here for two nights the minimum stay that they recommend here is seven nights and yeah all the other details you'll find in the description box so make sure you give this video a big like and share it with your 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