In Kerala, India a couple years ago now, I experienced Pancha Karma at an Ayurvedic retreat centre. Pancha Karma is a cleansing and rejuvenating process that involves five (pancha) stages. It's intense but so worth it! It treats body, mind and spirit ~ bringing into balance the humors (doshas) of the body. After an initial consult I was taken to the treatment room where my robe was removed and two women went about the business of massaging my body with warm oil - a common tre