I Embarked On a Mother–Daughter Retreat at RXV Wellness Village Sampran

SAMPRAN

The mandalas told the truth. Two rings of crystal laid out in front of us — mine precise, ordered, almost obsessively neat; my mother’s scattered, lively, spilling into every direction at once. The healer, serene and unhurried, read them aloud as if they were horoscopes etched in stone. You are deeply introverted, a thinker, an organiser — your symmetry reflects your inner structure. Then, turning to my mother: You absorb the emotions of those around you, carrying other people’s chaos like an invisible backpack. I laughed at the accuracy, but it landed with the same thud of recognition as a well-timed photograph: undeniable, unflattering, but ultimately illuminating.

This crystal mandala workshop — whimsical, mystical, surprisingly piercing — was the final act of our two-night, three-day retreat at RXV Wellness Village, a wellness sanctuary just outside Bangkok. The experience, more than any diagnostic machine or doctor’s consultation, summed up the magic of RXV: a place where science and spirit dance together in unexpected harmony.

Wellness, for me, has long since stopped being a solo pursuit. These days, I prefer to travel with my family. We’ve done JOALI and JOALI BEING together, indulging in the high-octane luxury of Maldivian island wellness.

RXV is the sister property to RAKxa, Bangkok’s benchmark in integrative wellness, and while RAKxa dazzles with futuristic villas and high-tech therapies, RXV offers a softer kind of embrace.

The Setting: An Oasis Near the City

Set in lush greenery about an hour from Bangkok, RXV features 83 rooms — a mix of Superior, Deluxe, and Suites. What RXV offers is space: wide lawns, shady trees, a hydrotherapy complex called Bor Naam, studios for yoga and movement classes, intimate treatment rooms where traditional Thai medicine meets physiotherapy, and a central restaurant — RXV Kitchen — that could convert even the most cynical into a believer in “wellness cuisine.”

For all its modesty, RXV feels deeply intentional. The brand calls its philosophy Harmony — lifestyle, mind, and body in sync. And over three days, our mother–daughter journey unfolded not as a checklist of spa treatments but as a choreography designed to bring exactly that.

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The Programme: A Symphony of Science and Soul

Our retreat was a blend of RXV’s curated offerings — diagnostics, therapies, classes, and meals — customised to each of us. My itinerary mirrored my mother’s in parts, diverged in others, and converged again over shared meals and workshops. That interweaving of individual focus with collective experience felt uniquely suited to family wellness: we weren’t tourists doing the same thing side by side, but travellers with parallel stories.

The rhythm was structured but never oppressive. Our first morning began with Realigning Yoga, mats laid out in the bright studio. Unlike yoga-as-gymnastics, this was contemplative: movements designed to coax the body into alignment, the kind of subtle recalibrations that make you sit taller at breakfast.

Then came diagnostics. For my mother, the Body Composition Analysis (STYKU) was a humbling reality check, though she emerged with glowing results — “super healthy,” as the practitioner put it — and, more importantly, a set of new weight-training exercises she had been craving for years.

I, less triumphant, underwent the Spine Health Analysis. The scan revealed just how misaligned my back had become, a quietly accumulating problem I had long ignored. Yet instead of shaming, RXV’s practitioners offered practical, compassionate corrections: posture tweaks for daily life, desk adjustments I could implement immediately, and simple strengthening exercises that felt achievable rather than daunting.

Movement followed measurement. We both undertook Personalised Functional Training in the Wellness Gaya centre — RXV’s hub for physiotherapy and sports therapy. For my mother, the thrill was in discovering weights as empowerment; for me, it was the relief of being guided back into a body I had neglected.

Complementing the science was RXV’s medical arm. Our Anti-Aging Wellness Doctor Consultations were refreshingly grounded, focusing less on miracle cures and more on sustainable choices. Mine segued into an IV drip therapy, nutrient infusion tailored to my needs, which left me feeling quietly revitalised: clear-headed, hydrated, as if the edges of fatigue had been smoothed.

But RXV isn’t only about diagnostics and drips. Its Wellness Jai wing specialises in traditional medicine and alternative therapies. Here, we were folded — quite literally — into the ancient choreography of the Traditional Thai court-type massage, limbs stretched and joints pressed with firm yet reverent precision. On another day, it was the Botanical Aromatherapy Massage.

Hydrotherapy threaded through the days like a refrain. At Bor Naam, jets of water, thermal pools, and circulation circuits worked invisibly but effectively, leaving us lighter, flushed, reset. By the second evening, the hydrotherapy became less novelty and more necessity, like pressing a reset button before dinner.

Classes punctuated the programme with surprising playfulness. One morning we joined “B for Bone”, a barre class for strength and resilience. It was simple, effective, and even fun.

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And then, the sound. We had chosen to add on a Sound Bath, a session that washed over us with vibrations so low they seemed to rearrange internal furniture. My mother drifted, unburdened; I found myself oscillating between deep calm and sharp awareness.

The Crystal Mandala Workshop was the exclamation mark on the programme. The healer did not tell us anything we didn’t already know — but seeing our patterns externalised in crystals was unnervingly powerful. It left us reflective, laughing, and somehow closer.

The Cuisine: Food as Philosophy

If the therapies healed, the food sustained. At RXV Kitchen, every meal was a revelation: not diet food, but dishes alive with freshness and flavour. Mornings brought tropical fruit and broths; lunches were herbaceous salads, light curries, and melt-in-your-mouth beef cheeks; dinners, fragrant soups and inventive plant-based creations that felt indulgent without ever tipping into excess. The menus — part of RXV’s wellness cuisine philosophy — embody nourishment as pleasure, not penance. We adored every bite, and the staff’s warmth made the dining room feel like home.

What RXV Offers Families

Wellness, RXV insists, is not an indulgence but a fundamental right. That ethos makes it ideal for family retreats. Unlike ultra-luxury sanctuaries that can feel forbidding, RXV is approachable without being pedestrian. It allows mother and daughter, husband and wife, even multi-generational families to move in tandem — sometimes together, sometimes apart — yet always within a shared framework of healing.

The Afterglow

We left RXV lighter, clearer, more attuned — not just to ourselves but to each other. My mother with her new weight-training exercises; me with posture corrections and a softened view of crystal healing. Together, we carried home not only the memories of hydrotherapy pools and yoga mats but a sense of balance that had eluded us in our busy, city-bound lives.

The mandalas may have looked different, but their message was the same: in wellness, as in life, contrast is not contradiction — it is complement.

Location: 88, Yai Cha, Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom 73110, Thailand | Phone: +66 34 151 822 | Email: customerrelations@rxvwellness.com | Instagram: @RXVWellness | Facebook: facebook.com/rxvwellness

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