I'm still here in the deep jungle of Kerala for my 5 week wellness program. I stay with an Ayurveda family of doctors and receive daily treatments and consultations to discuss the ancient traditions of making Ayurveda herbal medicines.
These herbs are growing everywhere when you have the knowledge to see and pick them. Here they make many of the medicines used in their treatments. This process often take days of boiling, drying, cutting and grinding then using the concentrated kashayam juice of the herbs and making into pastes and oils.
I'm also enjoying the home-cooked Indian meals which are lovingly prepared and specific for my Ayurveda requirements ... and of course I'm being well looked after. I have plenty of time each day staying connected with the outside world to keep up with my work. After breakfast and lunch I take walks exploring the local valleys and then rest during the late afternoon before dinner.