article_snippet.sent: At the end of filming Channel 4’s Indian Summers last year, I headed to Koh Phangan, an island off Ko Samui, and did a week-long meditation and yoga course.
article_snippet.sent: Olivia did yoga at Sri Panwa’s Cool Spa, on a breathtaking platform called Baba Nest, which offers 360 degree views of Cape Panwa (pictured) Bangla Road in Phuket comes to life when the sun goes down.
article_snippet.sent: I whiled away the afternoon reading by my infinity pool, slathering on the factor 50 at every opportunity, as my skin needs to be eased into even the most minimal sun exposure unless I want that a tantalising combination of prickly heat and sunburn.
article_snippet.sent: I then headed up to Sri Panwa’s Cool Spa, where you can practise yoga on a breathtaking platform called Baba Nest, which offers 360 degree views of Cape Panwa.
article_snippet.sent: Our Thai yoga instructor, who coincidentally had a body which looked as if it had been carved out of mahogany, performed the chaturanga at sunset with a sinuousness that reminded me of that scene featuring the yoga instructor from Couples Retreat, for anyone who knows that film.