The Beach House, Goa, India

Published: 7:00AM GMT 01 March 2010

The Beach House, Goa, India

The spa: Right on Sernabatim beach in southern Goa, the Beach House prefers to be called a "wellness centre" rather than a spa. There"s a doctor, nutritionist and hypnotherapist on the staff, and treatments take place in thatched huts in the well-tended grounds.

The symptoms: A stressful lifestyle and ubiquitous blazing of the candle at both ends had left Spy not in lustre, with lifeless skin, indolent digestive process and an neglected magisterial feeling.

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The prescription: The seven-night Total Body Rebalancing package, a finish MOT for both physique and mind that claims to leave the target cleansed and rejuvenated.

The procedure: Spy was softly dumbfounded to sense her ostensible sauna legal holiday concerned a despotic detox no plain food all week, only ripened offspring and unfeeling juices and transparent broth, accompanied by twenty-eight opposite supplements and aloe vera shots. More intolerable were the twice-daily enemas, thankfully self-administered, and written to clean the colon. There were additionally dual requisite every day treatments at the spa, as well as sessions with a nutritionist and hypnotherapist, life-coaching and talks on wellbeing. As piece of the package, Spy was tested for assorted diseases and conditions; bone-mass density, astringency levels and abdominal fat were additionally measured.

The verdict: Not an easy week. It"s a bit of an romantic roller-coaster, with the initial dual days a sold struggle, involving headaches and uncanny dreams. Perfecting the enema technique took Spy a while, too. After the third day, however, things picked up, and by the finish of the week Spy found her skin was clearer, digestive process was behind on track, she had strew a couple of pounds and felt most some-more enterprising and positive. Visceral fat was suggested to have forsaken over the week, too.

The healing opinion: "When doctors verbalise of detoxification, they customarily meant entrance off dangerous remedy or unwholesome substances such as extreme alcohol," says Dr Eric Asher, healing executive of Third Space Medicine in London. "Detox in this box equates to lightening the body"s metabolic bucket by shift of diet, peaceful movements, rub the body and benefit with bowel-emptying. Some doctors think this is a rubbish of time, but patients compensate great income for it since they feel better."

The feelgood factor: What done the week acceptable was the place right on the beach, the sauna treatments, and the loyalty of the staff. The review suites are luxurious, often widespread over dual storeys, with dual bathrooms and the comfiest beds in the world. The main residence has a immeasurable open-plan sitting area, a patio for sunrise yoga, and floor-to-ceiling potion doors seeking out on to the ocean.

Details: Seven nights on the Total Body Rebalancing programme at The Beach House (www.thebeachhousegoa.com) costs �1,375 per person. Kingfisher Airways (www.flykingfisher.com) flies to Goa from London Heathrow, from �520 return.