JOALI IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JOALI BEING WILL MAKE ITS EAGERLY AWAITED DEBUT IN LATE 2021. 

Designed as a nature immersive wellbeing retreat island, the first of its kind in the Maldives, JOALI BEING offers completely personalised and results-driven transformative programmes, with the ultimate aim for guests to return home feeling renewed, uplifted and inspired, with a new sense of ‘weightlessness’. The retreat will offer an array of finest wellbeing facilities and unique transformational spaces, including hydrotherapy, movement, and sound healing experiences.

The Picture-Perfect Setting

JOALI BEING resides on the secluded natural island of Bodufushi in Raa Atoll, an easy seaplane flight away from Male International Airport, with the option of a private transfer. The retreat is home to a total of 68 private exquisite beach and water villas, each with their very own personal butler or “Jadugar”, meaning ‘skilled magician’ in Dhivehi. Each accommodation come with private pools and a variety of special inclusions, such as customized mini-bar setups, tuned meditative balancing musical instruments, wellbeing games and more. JOALI BEING also features unique four-bedroom fully equipped exclusive overwater villa with a magnificent uninterrupted ocean view, a wellbeing room, and a movement room.

With the island’s wild forest remaining untouched, JOALI BEING has been built using Biophilic design principles, a scientific system of integrating architecture and design with nature, aiming to achieve harmony by eliminating negative vibrations and enhancing the energy flow of the island. The architectural concept of the retreat was guided by an architect Cuneyt Bukulmez from Atolye4N Architectural Design Studio and an interior design studio Autoban – both also led the design concept of JOALI Muravandhoo island.

Nature immersive wellbeing offerings

THE PILLARS:

JOALI BEING aims to provide guests with  a transformational wellbeing experience centered around four pillars of wellbeing: Mind, Skin, Microbiome and Energy. Following an in depth consultation with a personal wellbeing  consultant upon arrival, JOALI BEING offers  each guest an individualised journey, fusing both  traditional and modern methods to illuminate a path  to transcendence, self-discovery and renewal.  

The community of wellbeing experts approaches this  task with passion, integrity and empathy, crafting  Immersion Programmes based on the Four Pillars for  each guest. The retreat’s programming can be tailored  to areas such as strength and vitality, mental clarity and  wellbeing, hormonal balance, women’s health,  digestive and weight rebalance, restorative sleep, as  well as movement and alignment for good Health and  Immunity.

THE EXPERTS: 

With a dedicated inhouse team of naturopaths,  therapists, movement specialists and nutritionists,  each guest can work closely with their personal  wellbeing consultants to ensure they achieve a sense of  “weightlessness” – a feeling of joy, freedom and  lightness.To develop the Four Pillars of Wellbeing,  JOALI BEING partnered with Professor Gerry Bodeker of Oxford, a Harvard-trained expert on  traditional and integrative medicine and wellness who  chairs the Mental Wellness Initiative of the Global  Wellness Institute. 

THE SPECIALIST SPACES: 

With wellbeing in the heart of the retreat, JOALI BEING  is a collection of transformational spaces which are  spread around the island.

AREKA opens doors to fully immersive wellbeing   experiences, beneficial scientific therapies and diagnostic services, learning programmes, specialised therapeutic and alternative healing treatments, as well as expansive fitness facilities and an over-water meditation deck. There are 39 thoughtfully designed treatment rooms and transformational spaces which include the Hydrotherapy Hall: a Sensory Deprivation Room, a Russian Banya, water therapies, salt inhalation room, hammam; Pilates studio, Ocean Sala, and an intelligent Movement Analysis tool. The guests of JOALI BEING can also experience the unique benefits of the Sound Therapy Hall and the Discovery Sound Path, created in collaboration with the retreat’s sound healing visionary and consultant.

AKTAR is JOALI BEING’s herbology centre, inspired by the rich heritage of healing through the power of   herbs. Guests can address concerns around Mind, Skin,   Microbiome and Energy with the resident herbalist, who specialises in preparing natural remedies using herbs, spices and essential oils. With a curated library and a calendar of interactive workshops, guests can discover the benefits of herbal teas and learn to make natural body creams, face masks and massage oils. The AKTAR shop also offers a handpicked selection of dried herbs, oils and natural cosmetics for purchase.

The Culinary Arts 

Culinary arts at JOALI BEING focus on an Earth-to Table initiative, promising ingredient traceability and  offering fresh, locally harvested foods that support small  farmers and are sustainably sourced. All food and drink  options at JOALI BEING have been expertly curated with  the help of the retreat’s nutritionists, offering a  selection of flavours and cuisines with healthy yet  indulgent dining options. If desired by guests,  personalised nutrition sessions and co-created  menu recommendations are available. 

JOALI BEING is home to a large, open-plan and  interactive dining space, known as FLOW, which features signature kitchens. Plantae, offering vegetarian cuisine;  Su, serving ocean-to-table pescatarian fare; and   B’Well, featuring a signature JOALI BEING menu,  including a selection of Earth-to-Table meal. 

Mojo is the island’s tropical beach sanctuary, located on a  three-layered sundeck, and offering an ideal lunch and  sundowner spot by the pool. It is also home to SAI, the  tea lounge, where guests can explore an incredible range  of brews and join tea ceremonies and learning sessions  hosted by the resident tea sommelier. 

Guests at JOALI BEING can also enjoy interactive  nutritional cooking classes at the retreat’s Culinary  Learning Centre, which will offer fully equipped kitchen  spaces for each participant.

Conservation and sustainability 

JOALI BEING will be home to one of turtle  conservation sanctuaries in the Maldives, as well as a  Reef Restoration Project and coral nursery. The  brand is collaborating with EarthCheck on impactful  long-term sustainability initiatives. The sustainability  infrastructure of the island includes a desalinating water  bottling plant, a rainwater harvesting, and greywater recycling system, a glass crusher and recycler, a 1750  food waste composter, and plant waste shredder for fertilizing, and a biological wastewater treatment plant for  safe discharge. 

More about JOALI BEING 

Launching in late 2021, JOALI BEING invites wellbeing  seekers to reconnect with themselves and with the beauty of  nature. Based on the belief that understanding is the key to  creating and sustaining wellbeing, the island’s Learning Centre  offers a series of educational workshops and experiential  classes with wellbeing experts, culinary maestros, and  herbalists. 

This distinctive wellbeing retreat is home to a total of 68  exclusive guest villas with pools, consisting of 34 beach villas  and 34 water villas. With eleven categories to choose from,  guests can opt for one-, two-, three- or four-bedroom  accommodations. JOALI BEING features unique  transformational spaces that allow guests to immerse in  elemental therapies and healing experiences. Nature is at the  centre of life at JOALI BEING, with the retreat being  completely committed to nature immersive and responsible  travel – the pathway to true “weightlessness”.