Families usually arrive at Aavya thinking in familiar categories—room, schedule, activities, downtime. What they discover instead is a place that works more like a small ecosystem. You don’t stay in your room very much. You move between levels, between indoor and outdoor spaces, between quiet corners and places where something is happening. You walk past
Let’s start with the truth. If you’re looking for silence, zero distractions, noise-cancelling everything, and eight straight hours of laser-focused productivity every single day, this may not be the perfect work-from-home place for you. Because when you work from Aavya, the day doesn’t always behave the way your calendar wants it to. You sit down
By Abha Sharma When I arrived at Aavya, I believed I was joining the team for guest relations. In just one day, it became very clear to me that guest relations was not the best use of my skills or patience levels. So yes, I felt unsure, wondered if I had made the right decision
 At Aavya, our three-day pottery retreats are designed as a gentle immersion into creativity, healing, and stillness. Each day unfolds like a rhythm — balancing movement, art, meditation, and free time — all held in the quiet embrace of the Tapovan hills. Begin the Day with Movement Your mornings start early, with a choice
Yes, you read that right.I’m asking you to be undisciplined. For most of my life, I believed discipline was the key to every change I wanted to make.Twenty times I tried to lose weight.Thirty times I tried to quit smoking.Hundreds of promises to myself that this time I’d stick to it. None of them lasted.
A few days ago, I wrote a blog titled “Gambling Since Age 9.” It was raw.It was personal.And it wasn’t what most people expect from the founder of a wellness retreat. I knew that when I hit publish.And yet, I wasn’t prepared for how much it would stir — in others, and in me. People
I started gambling at the ripe old age of nine. It began with three-card poker with childhood friends. A few coins on the line. The thrill of winning — or losing — didn’t matter much. What mattered was the rush. That strange, heady cocktail of hope and fear. Adrenaline in the veins. And that feeling
What does it mean to truly have space? At Aavya, space isn’t just square footage. It’s a feeling. A rhythm.It’s the comfort of knowing you can do a little—or a lot.Be around people—or be with yourself.Work in silence—or dance under the stars. It’s not luxury in the conventional sense.But it’s comfort—real, earthy, grounding comfort.From the
Or why we created something called “Battle & Bond.” Who even does this? In a town overflowing with yoga retreats, trauma releases, cacao circles, breathwork breakthroughs, tantra this and somatic that — someone decided to throw a family dance battle in the middle of the jungle? Yes. That someone is us. It began, as the
Let’s be honest: pain isn’t fixed with a single pill and a two-line diagnosis. [Blog 6: Healing Isn’t Just Relief – Why We’re Doing the Pain Retreat] Let’s be honest: pain isn’t fixed with a single pill and a two-line diagnosis. And yet, most of us have been trained to treat it that way. The
