India, Feb. 4 -- I was tempted to snap photos of every tree. But once I powered down, the buzzing in my mind stopped. I felt centred for the first time in weeks (if not months). Like many, the hardest part of my trip to the jungles of Coorg was the tech-detox. Also read | Is stress wrecking your health? Study says living close to a forest may be the cure

In a world that demands we move faster, I was able to slow down and spend the most peaceful three days wandering the forests of Poomaale Estate, a tranquil 300-acre wilderness collective in the Western Ghats, managed by Beforest.

At the serene eco-friendly estate (Poomaale literally means garland of flowers) - where the air smells of damp earth and wild coffee blooms - I tasted a new ki...