Ageing Well

At Chiva-Som, we focus on diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices specifically designed for senior health and wellness. Our holistic approach helps you age well and preserve your health, enabling you to enjoy life to the fullest. Join our health and wellness retreat in Thailand to discover how to enhance your well-being and embrace a vibrant, fulfilling life as you age.

Recommended for
Boosting longevity
Increasing metabolism
Pain Relief
Included in this stay

The understated design of our 54 rooms and suites helps you slow down and enjoy the tropical gardens and sea views of our natural surroundings. Thai motifs: bamboo, silk, teak, and muted colours, blend with spacious proportions and soft plays of light, for an overall tranquil atmosphere. Robes, pyjamas and complimentary laundry services are available.

To get your wellness journey safely underway, it’s useful to establish your starting point and your goals. Shortly after you arrive, you’ll meet your Health and Wellness advisor for a consultation. From this conversation, we’ll help guide your selection of treatments and activities that best fit your current health status and objectives.

Wellness cuisine focussed on organic, whole foods in beautifully presented dishes, full of flavour.

Enjoy a variety of wellness bites and drinks, thoughtfully curated to support a healthy lifestyle. Our wellness minibar is replenished daily to ensure you have fresh options throughout your stay.

Experience our short assessment for consultation and analysis of your posture and musculoskeletal balance. Our physiotherapists will then guide you to the treatments, classes, services, or programmes that best suit you as an individual.

Discover your skin’s needs with our Skin Facial Analysis. Our advanced analysis reveals hidden sun damage, pores, fine lines, and pigmentation concerns. Get personalised insights and prevention strategies for radiant skin. Gain expert guidance and tailored treatments for a revitalised complexion.

Our wide-ranging and ever-evolving activities include up to nine daily fitness and leisure classes. Joining group sessions brings you together with like-minded guests, enhancing your experience.

Our extensive facilities are designed to enhance your Chiva-Som retreat, offering steam rooms, saunas, jacuzzis, cold plunge pools, swimming pools, and a gymnasium. Enjoy the perfect environment to support your chosen activities and treatments.

One daily treatment per night of stay, choosing from: Thai Massage, Chiva-Som Signature Massage Invigorating Massage, Relaxing Foot Massage, Oriental Scalp Massage, Chiva-Som Skin Haven Body Polish, Hydrotherapy (Detoxifying Balneotherapy, Floatation or Body Jet Blitz), Manicure or Pedicure.

Experience the convenience of our complimentary laundry service, perfect for refreshing up to 4 pieces of your wardrobe.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Spine Mobilisation (30 mins)
    • Spine mobilization is a manual therapeutic technique that fosters movement in stagnant tissue and joints. Spine mobilization uses massage to break down scar tissue and restrictions that are typically associated with trauma to soft tissue such as strained muscle or pulled ligament. This treatment is ideal for anyone who requires a gentle approach to enhancing mobility and releasing tension.

  • Bone Density Analysis
    • A specialist scanning technology showing the density of your bones to inform your activity and exercise recommendations for avoiding osteoporosis and mobility restrictions in favour of your strong structural integrity and rehabilitation.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Gyrotonic®
    • Gyrotonic® exercise offers 360-degree freedom of movement, resulting in increased equilibrium through comfortable stretches that build strength in the spine. Exercises are performed on a fully-adjustable pulley tower that supports a variety of body types and levels of strength. The even and constant resistance in the handle unit and pulley tower ensures a smooth and safe experience for maximum positive effect.

  • Gyrokinesis
    • This unique form of exercise incorporates many key principles of yoga, dance, gymnastics and Tai Chi as it works the joints and muscles of the entire body in a gentle yet invigorating way. Rhythmic, spiralling and undulating movements set the spine in motion and send waves of circulation through the inner organs and all other tissues of the body. These harmonious movements and their corresponding breathing patterns oxygenate the blood and stimulate the nervous system. The body and mind are re-trained to move with greater fluidity, relaxation, elegance and power.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Bone Density Exercise
    • A low-impact, weight-bearing exercise designed to promote and maintain healthy bone density.

  • Joint Retraining
    • Joint Retraining is an exercise to enhance awareness of the sense of motion inside your joints. It could be described as ‘joint position sense’, to control limb postures and movements by the nerves mechanoreceptors into neural signals to the brain from sensors in the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. This exercise combines Ai Chi technique and Berg balance training. The benefits include an improved joint position sense and body awareness, improved balance, prevents the risk of falling, strengthens the core muscles, improves coordination and cocontraction of muscles.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • H2O Therapy
    • This non-impact cardiovascular exercise is individually designed to provide the benefits of exercise without putting stress on the joints. H2O Therapy is a tremendously effective way to tone and shape your body, regardless of any preexisting physical problems such as musculoskeletal pain. The water supports your body weight and decreases tension in the joints, making this exercise safe and comfortable for people of all ages.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Personal Training (50 min)
    • Our experienced fitness specialists work with you individually to provide expertise and motivation, assisting you in achieving your personal health and fitness goals. Designed mainly for the gym but still relevant for your home workouts, your programme is uniquely assembled to achieve results both during your stay and after you leave Chiva-Som. This session is suitable for those at any exercise level and is ideal for those individuals uncertain of how to start a fitness programme.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist Therapeutic Massage)
    • A speciality at Chiva-Som, Thailand’s unique abdominal massage works directly over the navel and surrounding abdominal areas where stress, tension and negative emotions accumulate. If this area is congested, the circulating energy of the body is blocked, slowly weakening internal organs and decreasing energy and vitality. Chi Nei Tsang helps to quickly release negative emotions and tension, bringing comfort to the abdomen and vital energy to the organs. This technique is particularly effective for those who have digestive problems. A course of three treatments is recommended for optimal benefits.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Naturopathic Consultation
    • The human body is a complex organism with the innate ability to heal itself when we learn how to listen to it and respond by supporting its needs. The Naturopathic approach seeks to find the underlying causes of your symptoms, remove obstacles to healing, and implement appropriate changes that restore the body’s natural tendency to return to health. Naturopaths use herbs, homeopathy, nutritional supplements, lifestyle modification, exercise, detoxification and the concept of food-as-medicine to help put your health back on track. Chiva-Som offers a full naturopathic dispensary of herbs and supplements which may be prescribed during the consultation.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Bio-Feedback Rebalance
    • Bio-Feedback Rebalance is a heart-focused breathing technique that helps you to understand how your emotions can either deplete or renew your mind, body and spirit, and how these reactions profoundly impact your wellbeing. By practising Bio-Feedback Rebalance, you can manage stress more effectively and reduce its impact. The technique will objectively show the dynamic interaction between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, as well as demonstrate how breathing patterns can promote balance within the autonomic nervous system.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Spine Mobilisation (30 mins)
    • Spine mobilization is a manual therapeutic technique that fosters movement in stagnant tissue and joints. Spine mobilization uses massage to break down scar tissue and restrictions that are typically associated with trauma to soft tissue such as strained muscle or pulled ligament. This treatment is ideal for anyone who requires a gentle approach to enhancing mobility and releasing tension.

  • Bone Density Analysis (25 mins)
    • A specialist scanning technology showing the density of your bones to inform your activity and exercise recommendations for avoiding osteoporosis and mobility restrictions in favour of your strong structural integrity and rehabilitation.

Choose 1 services from the list below.
  • Gyrotonic® (50 mins)
    • Gyrotonic® exercise offers 360-degree freedom of movement, resulting in increased equilibrium through comfortable stretches that build strength in the spine. Exercises are performed on a fully-adjustable pulley tower that supports a variety of body types and levels of strength. The even and constant resistance in the handle unit and pulley tower ensures a smooth and safe experience for maximum positive effect.

  • Gyrokinesis (50 mins)
    • This unique form of exercise incorporates many key principles of yoga, dance, gymnastics and Tai Chi as it works the joints and muscles of the entire body in a gentle yet invigorating way. Rhythmic, spiralling and undulating movements set the spine in motion and send waves of circulation through the inner organs and all other tissues of the body. These harmonious movements and their corresponding breathing patterns oxygenate the blood and stimulate the nervous system. The body and mind are re-trained to move with greater fluidity, relaxation, elegance and power.

Choose 2 services from the list below.
  • Bone Density Exercise
    • A low impact group class to encourage an enjoyment and awareness of natural movement and to gently build bone density.

  • Joint Retraining
    • Joint Retraining is an exercise to enhance awareness of the sense of motion inside your joints. It could be described as ‘joint position sense’, to control limb postures and movements by the nerves mechanoreceptors into neural signals to the brain from sensors in the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. This exercise combines Ai Chi technique and Berg balance training. The benefits include an improved joint position sense and body awareness, improved balance, prevents the risk of falling, strengthens the core muscles, improves coordination and cocontraction of muscles.

Choose 2 services from the list below.
  • H2O Therapy
    • This non-impact cardiovascular exercise is individually designed to provide the benefits of exercise without putting stress on the joints. H2O Therapy is a tremendously effective way to tone and shape your body, regardless of any preexisting physical problems such as musculoskeletal pain. The water supports your body weight and decreases tension in the joints, making this exercise safe and comfortable for people of all ages.

Choose 1 service from the list below.
  • Personal Training (50 mins)
    • Our experienced fitness specialists work with you individually to provide expertise and motivation, assisting you in achieving your personal health and fitness goals. Designed mainly for the gym but still relevant for your home workouts, your programme is uniquely assembled to achieve results both during your stay and after you leave Chiva-Som. This session is suitable for those at any exercise level and is ideal for those individuals uncertain of how to start a fitness programme.

Choose 1 service from the list below.
  • Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist Therapeutic Massage)
    • A speciality at Chiva-Som, Thailand’s unique abdominal massage works directly over the navel and surrounding abdominal areas where stress, tension and negative emotions accumulate. If this area is congested, the circulating energy of the body is blocked, slowly weakening internal organs and decreasing energy and vitality. Chi Nei Tsang helps to quickly release negative emotions and tension, bringing comfort to the abdomen and vital energy to the organs. This technique is particularly effective for those who have digestive problems. A course of three treatments is recommended for optimal benefits.

Choose 1 service from the list below.
  • Pilates (50 mins)
    • Pilates is a unique form of exercise that caters to the specific needs of each individual. Slow, precise movements allow you to become aware of any weakness and postural misalignment caused by injury or muscle imbalance. Your individual programme will tone up muscles and increase flexibility as well as your ‘core stability’ (functional abdominal and lower back strength, which is essential for managing back pain and other injuries). Our professionally equipped Pilates Studio will allow you to work out using many forms of Pilates, regardless of your fitness level.

Choose 1 service from the list below.
  • Naturopathic Consultation
    • The human body is a complex organism with the innate ability to heal itself when we learn how to listen to it and respond by supporting its needs. The Naturopathic approach seeks to find the underlying causes of your symptoms, remove obstacles to healing, and implement appropriate changes that restore the body’s natural tendency to return to health. Naturopaths use herbs, homeopathy, nutritional supplements, lifestyle modification, exercise, detoxification and the concept of food-as-medicine to help put your health back on track. Chiva-Som offers a full naturopathic dispensary of herbs and supplements which may be prescribed during the consultation.

Choose 1 service from the list below.
  • Bio-Feedback Rebalance
    • Bio-Feedback Rebalance is a heart-focused breathing technique that helps you to understand how your emotions can either deplete or renew your mind, body and spirit, and how these reactions profoundly impact your wellbeing. By practising Bio-Feedback Rebalance, you can manage stress more effectively and reduce its impact. The technique will objectively show the dynamic interaction between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, as well as demonstrate how breathing patterns can promote balance within the autonomic nervous system.

During your consultation, our Health & Wellness Advisor will advise the most suitable wellness treatments for you.