SPA AND FITNESS
"Swedha Karma" is the name given to ancient medicinal therapy where Nature provides the 'drugs'. It literally means stimulating the body and comprises massaging the entire body with medicinal oils made from herbs, spices and selected oils - the same course using Ayurveda preparations from plants and herbs. Science has shown us that while these treatments induces perspiring, stimulating and toning of muscles and nerves, it also mitigates the accumulation of cholesterol, making it ideal as treatment for cardiac discrepancies.
Ayurveda translates into English as the Science of Life (Ayur - life, veda - science). Ayurveda is a holistic system of curative and preventive medicine, focusing on the prevention of disease through a deeper connection between the mind and the body. Widely practised in both Sri Lanka and India , it is considered to be the oldest healing science in the world. This curative art was passed down from time immemorial through an oral tradition, through old masters to their disciples.
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