The Midlife Metamorphosis Retreat in Tamil Nadu, India
February 14 - February 26, 2026
In February 2026, I invite you to join me for a 12 day retreat in Tamil Nadu, India where will visit the bustling city of Coimbatore and then sink into a restorative 10 days at Vaidyagrāma, a healing village and living expression of Āyurveda. This is a pilgrimage to the roots of holistic medicine, a return to rhythm, and a deep cellular remembering of who you are beneath the noise.
Vaidyagrāma is not only a renowned Āyurveda hospital accredited by India’s AYUSH Ministry—it is a sanctuary where healing wisdom is alive and embodied. Each day, you will receive personalized Āyurveda treatments prescribed by experienced vaidyas (physicians), prepared herbal medicines, and locally grown meals designed to restore equilibrium to your body, heart and mind.
This immersive retreat includes daily spiritual practice, guided contemplation, shared community, and the grace of being deeply held—by nature, by lineage, and by intention. Whether you are navigating a life transition, healing from burnout, or longing to reconnect with your inner compass, this journey offers profound regeneration on every level: physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual.
At Vaidyagrāma, healing is not something done to you, it is something awakened within you.
At Vaidyagrāma, you are seen not just as a body in need of care—but as an ensouled being on a sacred journey. The physicians don’t treat dis-ease. They tend to the wholeness that has been obscured. They listen not just with their ears, but with their hearts, their ancestral knowledge, and their disciplined awareness of the elemental forces within and around you.
And in this setting—regenerative, relational, alive—we begin to remember what is possible.
We begin to ask different questions of our lives:
What if healing is not just about getting better, but about becoming more human?
What if tending to the body can help birth new futures—not just for us, but for the Earth?
This is a place that thinks in 1,000-year timelines. Not for ego. But for offering.
Vaidyagrāma is building a legacy of intergenerational healing—a model of what health care, community, and life could look like when guided by dharma, when service replaces extraction, and when wisdom traditions are honored in their fullness.
Come with us, and experience what it means to be truly held by medicine that is old, alive, and whole.
Vaidyagrāma appears not like a spa or a resort—but like a village dreamt into being by healers. Clay and brick walls. Open-air verandas. Quiet courtyards full of cows and birds nesting in roof nooks. The buildings are arranged like a mandala—intentional, reverent, Āyurveda not just in practice, but in architecture.
The flavor is not opulent, but devotional. Meals are simple and served in silence—rice, bland rasam, healing herbs stirred into warm ghee. A smear of honeyed medicine. The pace is slow, like the rhythm of your own breath remembered after a long forgetting. You might hear chanting in the morning or attend an afternoon puja. You’ll hear the peacock calling to the peahen in the dusk. The thump of a mortar and pestle preparing your medicine in the next room.
Vaidyagrāma is not a place you go to heal. It is a place that mirrors the healing intelligence already within you—quietly, profoundly. It is both sanctuary and crucible. You do not come here to escape the world. You come to be returned to it—clearer, quieter, more whole.
The country of India is shaped, roughly, like a diamond. At the southern tip of that diamond is the state of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is one of the oldest continually inhabited regions on Earth, where ancient temples rise from the earth like living prayers and the air itself hums with memory. This is Dravidian land, Tamil-speaking and proud, deeply rooted in ritual and rhythm. Here, time slows. Or rather—it opens.
Coimbatore, the city nearest Vaidyagrāma, nestles into the western edge of Tamil Nadu, just before the land lifts into the sharp blades of the Western Ghats. It’s a city famous for its textiles and temples—but look past the honk and bustle, and you’ll feel a pulse much older than industrialization. It’s a threshold—between city and forest, modernity and mythology.
Meet Your Guides
Kimberly Giunta, Āyurveda Guide, Mentor & Visionary
Kimberly Giunta is a multidisciplinary educator, healer, and speaker working at the intersection of Āyurveda, indigenous wisdom, and somatic practice. For over 25 years, she has guided individuals—especially women navigating chronic illness, burnout, and the menopausal transition—back to themselves through the wisdom of the body.
Kimberly’s teachings are grounded in the belief that healing is a remembering: of rhythm, of rest, and of our profound relationship to the earth. Drawing from Āyurveda, yoga, massage therapy, intuitive movement, and ritual, she helps restore equilibrium and awaken embodied vitality.
More than a provider of information, Kimberly is a space-holder for remembrance. As a speaker, she brings clarity, warmth, and soulfulness to every gathering. Her presence resonates deeply with midlife women, wellness professionals, and those walking healing paths beyond the mainstream medical model—offering not just insight, but a sacred invitation to return home to the body and the earth.
Jennifer Boyd, PA-C, Ecopsychologist & Healing Arts Guide
Jennifer Boyd’s work bridges functional medicine, earth-based ritual, and spiritual remembrance. With decades of experience supporting complex chronic illness, hormone imbalance, and emotional and energetic dysregulation, Jennifer offers a multidimensional path of care that honors both science and soul.
Rooted in the belief that healing is not a fix, but a return—to nature, to intuition, to wholeness—Jennifer’s approach weaves together somatic therapy, psychedelic integration, energy medicine, and deep listening. Her offerings are grounded in clinical rigor and softened by a reverence for beauty, mystery, and the wisdom of the body.
Jennifer brings a rare combination of clinical fluency, mystical insight, and grounded warmth. She is especially attuned to guiding women at thresholds, practitioners navigating burnout, and seekers reclaiming their inner voice outside of conventional paradigms. Her work invites a re-enchantment with life—and a deep remembering of our place within the living world.
A note from Kimberly . . .
I know what it feels like to arrive in India—excited, raw, disoriented, humbled by the intensity, and yet somehow more alive than ever. I navigated language barriers, cultural dissonance, spiritual awakenings, and interpersonal puzzles.
I know what it feels like to experience authentic, indigenous Āyurveda.
I don’t pretend to have mastered anything. But I do know how to walk with you—gently, reverently, and with deep respect for your unique process.
And Jennifer Boyd—my co-guide—is a seasoned retreat leader, skilled healthcare practitioner, and gifted space-holder. Her decades of experience means that she knows how to create containers that feel safe, spacious, and deeply nourishing. Her calm presence, clinical skill, and intuitive wisdom offer a grounded anchor throughout the entire journey.
Together, Jennifer and I are here, not to lead you away from home, but to support you as you return to yourself—gently guiding you through the cultural, emotional, and spiritual terrain of this powerful experience.
We are here to help you:
Translate the teachings of Āyurveda into the language of your own body and life
Navigate the unique culture and biome of southern India as well as the subtle initiations and stirrings that inevitably arise in this sacred land
Integrate the deep healing of Vaidyagrāma into sustainable daily practices once you return home
This is not a retreat where you’re left to fend for yourself. It’s a relational field. A sacred container. And having wise, experienced, and heart-centered guides makes all the difference between a meaningful trip and a truly transformational one.
You are not meant to do this alone.
It's our honor to walk with you.