Finding myself in Varkala, Kerala - Holistic healing, ayurveda, yoga, beach sports

Kerala is famous for its many healers and ayurvedic resorts. Even an international tourist hub for Westerners like the beach paradise of Varkala offers a wide quality selection for health and wellness. When we arrived in Varkala last December, I hadn't been physically or mentally well for a very long time. While most other tourists were in a party mood for the New Year's, for me a week in the ocean, practising yoga and ayurvedic treatments were just what was needed for healing.
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Namaste friends 🙏 My name is Johanna and I'm an Indian wife, living and travelling in India for almost 4 years now. I'm originally from Finland, but currently we are settled in northern Kerala. I'm not a traveller, but vlogging and discovering India - 21/29 states.

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  • @huntsnoel
    @huntsnoel3 жыл бұрын

    No kerala tourism ad can match this endorsement of the beautiful state! Wonderful ❤️

  • @thatpunjabifamilyvlogs8471
    @thatpunjabifamilyvlogs84714 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed it! Love from Australia ❤️❤️

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @maneeshmohanan369

    @maneeshmohanan369

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JohannaNorth what is your husband's name?

  • @pokemonitishere202

    @pokemonitishere202

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maneeshmohanan369 Vinod

  • @BainesJR10
    @BainesJR103 жыл бұрын

    You r such a positive Person miss North!!! I wish you a happy life with Vinod!! Good luck with your new life!!!

  • @ajikottarathil3204
    @ajikottarathil32043 жыл бұрын

    വർക്കലക്കാരൻ... സന്തോഷം.... From varkala.. so very happy to see this

  • @RDnAC
    @RDnAC4 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully illustrated. The music portrays your grief and courage to heal. Your husband is showing his tender support here as well. It touched my heart. Ignore the negative comments by the ignorant dullards.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    😊🙏 yeah, he's my favourite!

  • @amritanshmishra9515
    @amritanshmishra95154 жыл бұрын

    I can definitely resonate with this feeling, I feel completely alive when I am near the sea.

  • @shreyapatel5270
    @shreyapatel52704 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful beach of Varkala, yoga, massage, yummy food!... my..my and two of my favorite beautiful people❤️ will be watching this again😍

  • @dr.binduajay5635
    @dr.binduajay56353 жыл бұрын

    Hi Johanna sorry to have made wait long for your medicines, your Ayurvedic physician ❤️🙏🏽

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was no problem at all, Dr! Completely worth the wait!! 😍

  • @riturajborah382
    @riturajborah3823 жыл бұрын

    The music you chose was very melancholic somehow. Love your vlogs anyhow!

  • @nihal1365
    @nihal13654 жыл бұрын

    what a narration!! It went like watching a movie. stay healthy and positive.peace out ✌️

  • @Ajithkumar-gw6zb
    @Ajithkumar-gw6zb4 жыл бұрын

    My place Varkala So happy to see u guys in Varkala.

  • @ankitatejee8386
    @ankitatejee83863 жыл бұрын

    I have some beautiful moments with my husband too. Stay strong and happy 😊 💓 Much love

  • @nynath
    @nynath4 жыл бұрын

    Probably the best video I have seen on Varkala, because you showed so many other places of interests like the yoga, aryuvedic and cool looking restaurants and the narrative of your own personal journey. Also, nice to see your husband, Getting more comfortable and participating in your vlogs. Selfishly, I hope this place doesn't become too popular and over crowded. In this side of the border heard of a place called Gokarna. Oh, enjoyed the waterboarding segment, envy anyone who can comfortably swim or enjoy the ocean. Tend to be terrified of doing things like that.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    He always participates when we travel 😊 that's something we do together, a shared experience. And as this material is from 2019, he was already comfortable doing it back then. But there's really no point of him getting on the camera when I just sit on a chair and talk to the camera about my opinions and things I've learned in India 😊

  • @hennashah521

    @hennashah521

    3 жыл бұрын

    I want to visit this place esp for the aruvedhaaa as I love hot oil treatments

  • @bishnupriyamandal9547
    @bishnupriyamandal95473 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful vlogs..... ☺☺

  • @manusukul7497
    @manusukul74974 жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed the vlog. Awesome laundry machine experience 😊 ! Wish I knew how to surfboard. Happy to see you guys happy.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bodyboarding is quite easy to learn! You just need to be comfortable in the water and know how to swim. 😊 Actual surfing is something I still struggle with too 😁

  • @kansaorganics8997
    @kansaorganics89973 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous, Johanna 😍 Love all naturals and Ayurveda ❤️ Ever heard of the kansa wand?✨

  • @lizbethquintero545
    @lizbethquintero5453 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful life 😌

  • @sumuvision6692
    @sumuvision66923 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful location..

  • @nasha21
    @nasha213 жыл бұрын

    How much your budget there? It seems interesting to explore Varkala😍

  • @shabeerkeyem
    @shabeerkeyem4 жыл бұрын

    My fav couple 🥰

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aww thank you :)

  • @rajmohan750
    @rajmohan7504 жыл бұрын

    Johanna In my opinion when foreigners see beach then they filled with sudden joy like they were fishes thrown out by the sea waves and when next sea wave touches them again they fill with joy to meet again with the sea water... that is what I saw in your eyes when you were enjoying in the sea water 🤣🤣😅😅 .....God bless you and your family ....keep sparkling as usual .🤩🤩

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well I can't say for others, but I've lived next to lakes or sea my whole life and I do love being in the water 😊❤️

  • @amanaditya3720
    @amanaditya37204 жыл бұрын

    Good to see an another vlog from the beautiful beach of Varkala. Nice place to 🏄 on 🌊, other water sports, Yoga and ☀ bath too. We get all Quintessence Soil, Water, Fire, Air and soil from our bodies made of on the site. Calm and peaceful morning on beach is really good for health. Cleanliness is other reason that attracts visitors. Ur selection of tourist spots is remarkable. And you get delicious Foody junction every where and I am pretty sure that you will arrange your food even in the wilderness. 😅 Ayurvedic 💆 is another thing which is attractive and very good for health. And Kerala is known for that. State has preserved its culture and traditions which is learnable for other states of India. Great fusion of modern and ancient culture. And I am always thankful for ur great effort to provide knowledge and hidden things of our states. But I am sad and depressed to know that u lost ur family members back to back , if it's true then it's heartbreaking and shocking news. But hats off to you that you came out strongly from this sorrow. God bless you so much that u forget that sorrow. Thanks for another beautiful vlog & sorry for my long-long comments. 😂👩💐🙏

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy your long-long comments 😁🙏 and also your appreciation for Varkala!

  • @adityavikramsingh8982

    @adityavikramsingh8982

    3 жыл бұрын

    But we Gujrati also have ayurvedic treatment here !! And we save our Garba Culture also 😊

  • @preet2692
    @preet26924 жыл бұрын

    You have a very descriptive way of narrating your experiences, and it is all natural. It's like a conversation with a friend. ☺

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    So glad to hear that! It's exactly what I'm trying to allow myself be like, instead of feeling pressure to be like those big, fancy vloggers 😊🙏

  • @rishikeshkesari90
    @rishikeshkesari904 жыл бұрын

    Nice vlog✌.Traveling helps a lot through tough times.Has many benefits. I too lost my Grandpa 2 years back in December'18 and yeah I know the wrenching feeling of losing someone dear. Beyond any words to explain.😕 But it's the truth of this life and yeah life moves on. Stay tough and positive. Life's full of ups and downs but never give up and stay smiling come what may! 🙂✌

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry to hear that, but thank you for sharing and your sympathy :)

  • @elisabetta4478
    @elisabetta44783 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for speaking out about mental stress and health which generally is a tabu topic. Let many more come forward to make a sort of awareness campaign in mental health. Not the least, the place where you had been is fabulous. Enjoy every bit of life.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's an extremely important topic to me and it's good to hear it matters to someone else here too! It's not a very trendy issue unfortunately even with many recent events that should suggest we pay more attention to it! Anyways, I pick my topics by how much they mean to me and not by thinking about max viewers only, so I am planning to make more vlogs about mental health in the next couple of months ❤️🙏

  • @elisabetta4478

    @elisabetta4478

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JohannaNorth delighted to hear that. Yes, mental health is an utterly important topic which no one dare/cares to pronounce as if, a tabu. I am sure, we can save many lives if each one of us caress and look carefully into the matter.. Each drops makes a great ocean. Together we can win over it. I know, it takes a lot of effort and patience but worthy. Looking forward to it. All the best and stay safe.

  • @manjiabanti
    @manjiabanti3 жыл бұрын

    you guys are special

  • @user-gc6ry2xq6f
    @user-gc6ry2xq6f3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video Love from Bihar (in...)

  • @Helen77SouthAfrica
    @Helen77SouthAfrica3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Johanna beautiful 🤩 relaxing 😎 watching you and husband ❤️👍🏻👋enjoy sweetie ❤️👋👍🏻❤️👋👋

  • @AkashSingh-gw1yy
    @AkashSingh-gw1yy4 жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @renji1679
    @renji16794 жыл бұрын

    Oh you in my place at varkala have you seen the natural water falls .but I miss my place because settled in uk .every 2/3 yrs coming to my house my own house still there

  • @dayryan100
    @dayryan1003 жыл бұрын

    U deserve more subscribers n more likes😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @Razdans
    @Razdans4 жыл бұрын

    I can relate to you when you mentioned how water relaxes you from inside. I call such people as water people. I am one of them and being around a water body helps me feel amazing.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    So true! I'm even a water sign, though I don't really believe in horoscopes :D

  • @abinrobert

    @abinrobert

    3 жыл бұрын

    Almost evry day in a year I live in the water . If you are cool water makes you cool Otherwise it's a disaster 😁

  • @hennashah521

    @hennashah521

    3 жыл бұрын

    Water relives ur all stress and gives kind of postive energy

  • @indiancr7352
    @indiancr73524 жыл бұрын

    🙏❤️💚🌴💚❤️🙏 love y❤️u from kuwait enjoy you my mother land 🌴😘💓

  • @5yfgh7hcbbg
    @5yfgh7hcbbg3 жыл бұрын

    Nice................

  • @akhilm1085
    @akhilm10854 жыл бұрын

    Nice💝💝💝

  • @prabhatlimbu2040
    @prabhatlimbu20404 жыл бұрын

    Big fan diii ♥️♥️♥️

  • @ambugrz16
    @ambugrz163 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @doinggreat3845
    @doinggreat38454 жыл бұрын

    Kerala today faced 2 major incidents..... Pray for those victims..... And stay safe😀

  • @adam-pk5ex
    @adam-pk5ex4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from kollam

  • @sreegangamp5490
    @sreegangamp54903 жыл бұрын

    I was actually smiling with happiness when u r at waves

  • @Rahul-ur3jy
    @Rahul-ur3jy3 жыл бұрын

    Trivandrum 🥰

  • @yogadawnuk8
    @yogadawnuk84 жыл бұрын

    Hi, lovely vlog, I adore Varkala. Can I please ask you the name of the Ayurvedic doctor and clinic as I would love to go for an ‘ayurvedic MOT’ next time I visit Varkala. You seemed so very happy with your consultation and treatment and it’s is not always easy to know who is properly qualified.

  • @tampabay2888

    @tampabay2888

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kottakkal arya vaidya sala is a pioneer Ayurveda Institution, if we consider kerala Ayurveda as a mountain arya vaidya sala is its summit.

  • @Nicoletta222contessa.castle
    @Nicoletta222contessa.castle3 жыл бұрын

    Do they have have the doctor online , I have suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and immune condition

  • @juliewest6114
    @juliewest61143 жыл бұрын

    One kochi if I remember in a side street

  • @singhdhami4822
    @singhdhami48223 жыл бұрын

    Welcome Patanjali Yogpeeth Haridwar Uttarakhand

  • @rasheed7086
    @rasheed70863 жыл бұрын

    Actually,I worked in resort where you done yoga,7 years ago

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh that's so cool! It was a really nice place :)

  • @sistersjourney6348
    @sistersjourney63483 жыл бұрын

    Payyanur were you living

  • @sandhyamalayil7374
    @sandhyamalayil73744 жыл бұрын

    Would like to see Annina (vlogger) and you together

  • @sruthiradhakrishnan9287
    @sruthiradhakrishnan92873 жыл бұрын

    If you want Ayurveda ,north Kerala districts is loaded with many authentic hereditary Ayurveda Doctors especially in the region you are living currently in Kerala

  • @sarath1812
    @sarath18124 жыл бұрын

    Hey are you safe in home. Its Kerala flood time so be safe and stay alert. Pack important documents and clothes . Also don't panic.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    No need to worry. This vlog was filmed last December/January 😊 our residential place is a safe area.

  • @sarath1812

    @sarath1812

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JohannaNorth I was talking about current situation in Kerala. Didn't you hear the news .

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like I said, our residential place is a safe area so no need to worry :)

  • @Civil_inside
    @Civil_inside4 жыл бұрын

    Why vinod is camera shy

  • @singhdhami4822
    @singhdhami48223 жыл бұрын

    STAY HOME STAY SAFE 🙏

  • @apurvavaidya12
    @apurvavaidya123 жыл бұрын

    who is the girl at 8:21 I think I saw her youtube channel bht I don't remember it

  • @james-ov5gj
    @james-ov5gj4 жыл бұрын

    nice love

  • @antonylambert5151
    @antonylambert51514 жыл бұрын

    are you still in varkala I stay close by take care Kerala India

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    This vlog was filmed last December/January :) We're not travelling during these covid19 times. Stay safe there.

  • @firstsecond98
    @firstsecond983 жыл бұрын

    Please make 1 video explicitly vinod speaking about you and his view about you Pleaseeeeeee

  • @hennashah521

    @hennashah521

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yessss

  • @hennashah521

    @hennashah521

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do make one video

  • @princekumar-yb4oq
    @princekumar-yb4oq3 жыл бұрын

    subscribed

  • @stawalai
    @stawalai3 жыл бұрын

    Kaipaan kovalamin rantaa ja Goaa

  • @juliewest6114
    @juliewest61143 жыл бұрын

    Love spicy food

  • @thecasual9258
    @thecasual92584 жыл бұрын

    Is that your longest vlog on your channel?

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not even top5 :)

  • @thecasual9258

    @thecasual9258

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JohannaNorth ok,

  • @rajeevparbhoo3659
    @rajeevparbhoo36592 жыл бұрын

    Where is Annika??? 😊

  • @juliewest6114
    @juliewest61143 жыл бұрын

    Cant eat enough spicy food

  • @harshadtp5687
    @harshadtp56874 жыл бұрын

    Hi Johanna... I am glad that your like to dislike ratio is too good (244/0 at the time of commenting)

  • @nikeshviolet7039

    @nikeshviolet7039

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now 1k /0👍🏻

  • @Tamaramartinezsantiago
    @Tamaramartinezsantiago3 жыл бұрын

    The beaches in kerala are aggressive

  • @pokemonitishere202
    @pokemonitishere2023 жыл бұрын

    For IBS just use a tablet called *Rifagut* I used to have IBS for 12 long years but mine got cured after taking those tablets for 10 days daily. I'm not joking. I can understand your misery & hope yours is cured soon.

  • @JohannaNorth

    @JohannaNorth

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found my help from Ayurveda. :)

  • @mariadias1266
    @mariadias12662 жыл бұрын

    I am shocked here that you are suffering from ibs you are eating everything

  • @singhdhami4822
    @singhdhami48223 жыл бұрын

    BOYCOTT ALL CHINESE PRODUCTS

  • @parthpatil7261

    @parthpatil7261

    3 жыл бұрын

    God bless you my finish daughter you are so full of energy and joy.

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