As the car halts at the gate of Swastik Wellbeing, your wellness journey begins in seconds. Shoes off, feet washed, you stand in a metal bowl and are asked to ring the giant brass bell overhead while a staff member rings the bowl. “Feel the vibrations and cleanse your energy,” we are told. The staffer welcomes us to the reception area with an “Atmanaman”. Over the next three days, every staff member we encounter greets us with the word, which means “bowing to you with my soul”.

A few steps up into the lobby, and the pace of the outside world begins to fall away. The view stretches across the quiet Peacock Valley, complete with the glint of the Khadakwasla river, and the distant rooftops of the NDA campus. At the centre of the resort’s activities and the view, the Dhyan Mandir, Swastik’s meditation dome, sits framed by the forest.