At Kalari Rasayana, every hour is prescribed, from five mornings of ghee at 8am to the silence at dinner. In part two of her Kerala Diaries, Robyn Foyster settles into the rhythm of an Ayurvedic hospital in India.

At Kalari Rasayana, in southern Kerala, Ayurveda is practised as medicine rather than spa indulgence, with a doctor guiding every step of your stay. Part one: Kalari Rasayana The sign above the entrance says it plainly: leave your world behind. So I took it at its word. Kalari Rasayana sits in a coconut grove overlooking…