MULSHI LAKE RETREAT

KARE, set atop mystic Sahyadri ranges, overlooks the calm water of the Mulshi Lake, against a backdrop of flowers and green surroundings. To get pampered in the cradle of Mother Nature - rejuvenating the body, mind and soul, this scenic valley is scattered with beautiful cottages adorning cultural interiors that allow the Guests a beautiful locale to live in.

A one hour drive from city, Pune (Maharashtra, India) through the thickly wooded Ghats, with Mulshi Lake for company, leads you to KARE.

The Kerala Ayurvedic Rejuvenation and Research Establishment (KARE) is a dream-cum-true for Pune based Dr. Prakash Kalmadi who is illustrious son of Dr. Shyam Rao Kalmadi. At KARE, guests, as the frazzled patients are called, are provided relief by a combination of changing lifestyle and the time-tested therapies and massages of Kerala's long Ayurvedic tradition. Not only that, up-to-the-minute Iyengar Yoga techniques are essential part of rejuvenation program.

The charming Meditation & Yoga Hall, the hygienic treatment/therapy rooms, welcoming and well-trained hospital staff of the KARE facilitate guests feel rejuvenated after their stay at KARE. Along with treatments such as traditional Abyangam, Shirodhara, Panchkarma, Netrabasti, Alternative Medicine, Weight Loss, Age Reversal guests go through Iyengar Yoga & discourses on Vedanta & Ayurveda. Herbal Garden and Cooking classes are also for the guests who generate deeper interest into a holistic & healthy lifestyle. Mealtime at the centre is a pleasure, especially after a combination of treatments through the day and guests have meal customized according to their body constitution (prakruti). KARE not only takes care of diet, also stresses the fact that it is necessary to make a positive difference to people's life through right diet. "Why should you go through a bypass surgery if you learn to control your diet and adopt a more disciplined lifestyle?" - says Dr. Kalmadi. KARE attracts corporate clients such as TATA, Mahindra, Renault, Crompton Greaves, etc for de-stressing program and severe syndromes like frozen shoulders especially in the IT sector is offered a special customized packages. People from all over the world formulate KARE a tiny global village. Guests checking into the centre can opt for any of the available packages that range from couple of days to sometime even a month and they go back home more relaxed and refreshed.