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Given its location on the Kerala coast, the elegant spa at the luxurious Leela resort at Kovalam aptly focuses on yoga and Ayurveda. The 8,000-square-foot center is planted on a low bluff; its yoga platform overlooks tropical greenery, rocks, beach, sea, and sky. Individual and group yoga are offered, and the teacher, a veteran of solitary meditation in a Himalayan cave, customizes classes by skill level. While training can last up to 14 days, the most basic program is a several-hours-long de-stress session ($147) to alleviate jet lag: yoga, a full-body herbal oil massage, a brisk body patting with warmed bundles of herbs, and a head massage with a trickle of warm oil (massages, $26–$31).