Warning: wellbeing retreats may be bad for your health
She claims she suffered a mental breakdown and gained excessive weight. Lawyers for the yoga company, meanwhile, deny that any staff were at fault and say there wasn't a psychological element to their yoga training.
The row is the latest sign of how retreats have taken over the holiday market: wellness tourism is predicted to be worth about $1.35 trillion in 2028. But expectations can often vary wildly from the reality — as any seasoned retreater knows.
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