Idea 102 of 500. Cluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
Jungle meditation retreats
The mechanism, from the book
Ayurveda is a system of medicine the world already recognises and seeks out. The demand is there; what Sri Lanka needs is more of its own names, known and asked for abroad.
Every idea in cluster 5 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Find a quiet forest property whose owner would host a 3 night trial, and agree a price per head for rooms and meals. Ask a meditation teacher you trust whether they would lead the sessions for a fee. Then post the dates and the full price in two online meditation groups abroad and count the deposits that arrive within a fortnight. Five deposits is a business.
- Who pays first
- A professional abroad who meditates at home and wants a week of silence in real forest, with every piece of logistics already solved.
- What leaves today
- The island's forest and its meditation tradition are known abroad, yet the retreat week itself is rarely sold from here with a date, a price and a teacher.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. TwoAn Island Nobody Has Counted
The island's resources, counted - Ch. SeventeenOne Building
The showcase that lists ayurveda among 100 to 300 Sri Lankan brands
Idea 102 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.