New Delhi, 30 Oct. (Adnkronos) – King Charles enjoyed a holiday in an Indian spa on his return journey from his tour of Australia and Samoa. The 75-year-old monarch has just spent three days at the exclusive Soukya resort in Bangalore, famous for its yoga and wellness programs and Ayurvedic treatments. Her Majesty decided to break up the long 35-hour journey home from the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in the South Pacific with a short break with her wife, Queen Camilla, the Daily Mail has learned.
The renowned holistic center with the exclusive €3,600-a-week resort boasts clients such as Emma Thompson and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Soukya is managed by Dr. Issac Mathai, who was King Charles’ holistic advisor for decades. She has previously revealed that royals are “the least demanding of my guests”. The King and Queen’s days began with morning yoga sessions, followed by breakfast and rejuvenating treatments before a healthy vegetarian lunch. After the midday meal, a second cycle of therapies follows which ends with a meditation session before dinner and with the lights being turned off by 9pm.
The Daily Mail underlines that the stay and the therapies have nothing to do with the oncological treatments to which the king is undergoing. According to some sources, the break in the spa was simply an opportunity for Charles to rest and regenerate after the very tiring trip abroad, during which the sovereign suspended, with the consent of his doctors, his treatment against the cancer. The tour was considered a success, so much so that doctors have given the king the green light to undertake a normal program of foreign travel next year, subject to checks on his health.
The Soukya center is set in 30 acres of lush tropical ornamental gardens and organic farmland, where fresh milk is milked daily from the herd of cows that graze there and home-grown vegetables are harvested to create delicious vegetarian meals (meat, sugar and alcohol they are all banned, of course, as are cell phones). Guests can enjoy a relaxing stay, with yoga, meditation, massage and reflexology sessions based on the ancient principles of Indian medicine.
There’s also a daily morning dose of “shirodhara,” a calming treatment that involves applying oil to the forehead to express emotions, and massages with warm compresses soaked in herbs to relieve tension in the back and neck. Rooms are elegant but not opulent and boast wooden four-poster beds, outdoor showers, and hydrotherapy tubs. The cost of the journey would be borne privately by the king and would be carried out by commercial flights.
