The Burnout
Reset

A 5-night, 6-day retreat in Tapovan, Rishikesh designed for when your system needs to slow down before it breaks down: working professionals running on empty, creatives who've lost the thread, anyone whose exhaustion has stopped responding to weekends. Unlike our other retreats, this one is deliberately less social and less active: more solitude, more rest, and a schedule built to calm your nervous system, not stimulate it.

Your 5-night stay, daily meals at our in-house café, a private wellness consultation on arrival night to shape the retreat around you, gentle yin yoga on day one, morning movement sessions every day, two hands-on pottery sessions, two Ayurvedic spa treatments, one Fire & Ice contrast therapy circuit, a sound healing session, and two evenings of music and dance, with afternoons deliberately left free for Tapovan walks, rest, or nothing at all.

Because monsoon does half the work. Rain gives you permission to stay in, the cool grey light takes the pressure off "making the most of the day," Tapovan is at its quietest, and there's arguably no better nervous-system medicine than lying down to the sound of rain on a forest. If your burnout comes with the guilt of resting, monsoon is the season that makes rest feel natural rather than lazy.

No, this is the gentlest movement we offer. Think slow mobility, breathwork, and restorative practice designed to downshift your stress response, not raise your heart rate. Sessions are mixed-level and optional; if your body says skip a morning, skip it. Nothing at Aavya is compulsory, and on this retreat especially, listening to your body is the programme.

Because clay is one of the few things that reliably gets an overthinking mind out of its head and into its hands. Wheel work demands just enough attention to crowd out the mental noise; it's meditation for people who can't sit still in meditation. No experience needed; our studio team guides you gently, and monsoon humidity makes clay forgiving for beginners.

No, and it's important we're honest about that. The Burnout Reset is a rest-and-restoration retreat: movement, breathwork, bodywork, creative practice, and genuine quiet. It is not clinical treatment, and there are no therapists or medical staff on the programme. If you're experiencing severe depression, anxiety, or a mental health crisis, please work with a qualified professional; this retreat can be a beautiful complement to that care, not a substitute for it.

Only as much as you want. This retreat is intentionally low on group energy: your spa and sound sessions are yours, meals can be taken quietly, and nobody at Aavya will push conversation on someone who clearly needs silence. Solo travellers are the majority on this retreat, and the unspoken understanding among them is part of what makes it work.

You can (we have WiFi and power backup through monsoon storms) but we'd gently suggest you don't. Five days is short; the reset works best when the inbox waits. If a full digital detox feels impossible, try a middle path: one contained hour a day, then the phone goes in the drawer. Many guests tell us day three is when the urge finally quiets.

Upper Tapovan, the quiet forested hillside above Rishikesh, 45 minutes from Dehradun's Jolly Grant Airport. For a burnout retreat, we strongly suggest the flight to Dehradun over the 6-hour Delhi drive: arrive rested, not rattled. Roads to Tapovan stay open through monsoon; send us your dates and we'll advise honestly.

Very little; that's part of the point. Comfortable loose clothes, a warm layer for cool rain evenings, clothes you don't mind clay on, sandals with grip, a light rain jacket, and a book you've been meaning to read for two years. Umbrellas are on us. Leave the laptop if you possibly can.

Both instincts are common. Five nights is our recommendation because nervous systems don't reset on a weekend; most guests say the real shift lands around day three or four. But the retreat flexes: start with 3 nights if that's what your calendar allows, or extend when you get here and realise you're not ready to leave (it happens often, just ask us about availability). Talk to us on WhatsApp and we'll shape it around your reality.