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India Wellness Retreat

Sambodhi Yoga Retreat invites you to join this seven-day anti-stress wellness retreat with Ayurveda yoga and Zen meditation in beautiful Kerala, India.

Meet the instructors

John & Jessy
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Highlights

  • 7 days of activities
  • Daily yoga and pranayama classes
  • Philosophy and mantra chanting lessons
  • Daily Zen meditation sessions
  • Individual private discussion with the yoga teacher and Ayurvedic doctor consultation
  • Personalized Ayurvedic Panchakarma rejuvenation program
  • Excursions and cruising in backwaters
  • 7 nights accommodation
  • Daily meals

Skill level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate

7 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil
Group size: Maximum of 12 participants
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Accommodation

Check-in Time:
13:00
Check-out Time:
11:00

Facilities

  • Garden

Throughout the stay of retreat, you will be hosted at the Yoga Homestead located in Poonthope in Ashramam Ward, a quiet suburb in the northern part of Alleppey. They are easily accessible for people visiting or holidaying around Alleppey Backwaters or Town or Marari area. The Homestead consists of three simple ethnic Mangalore-tile slope roofed private rooms with common deck spaces and backyards.

The accommodation at Sambodhi Yoga Retreat Beach Center (earlier named as Ananda Beach Home) is surrounded by a pristine lush green coconut grove and with a quiet and serene secluded beach. It is next to the Alleppey beach, and before Marari beach nestled in a lush green coconut grove and with a quiet and serene secluded beach.

Alternatively

The accommodation and retreat will be arranged at the Sambodhi Yoga Retreat Thumpoly Beach Center which consists of five traditional Kerala cottage rooms and four private rooms, each with a few cottages having semi-open bathrooms, and a restaurant with simple traditional cuisine.

Program

Situated on a serene village beach in Alleppey, the panoramic view around the retreat center’s campus is very refreshing and energizing. You will have the opportunity to experience this unique and spectacular Kerala Backwater of Alleppey Vembanad Lake. The Sambodhi Yoga Retreat Beach Center located in Thumpoly Beach and Sambodhi Yoga Retreat and Zen Center located in Poonthope in Ashramam Ward, a quiet suburb in the north part of Alleppey, they are easily accessible for people visiting or holidaying around Alleppey backwaters or town or Marari area.

Your days will be filled with soothing Ayurvedic treatments and therapies, therapeutic yoga practice with fun, delicious, and detoxifying food, insightful talks or interactions about natural well-being, knowing the self, basking in the sun on the beach, village walks, backwater cruises on Shikara or motor boat, cycling, or sightseeing, or enjoying some occasional music or cultural program. No rushing, no schedule, and no responsibilities.

Ayurveda is a fascinating science of natural health and its focus is on Agni - proper digestive fire (nutrition, digestion, assimilation, and evacuation). Maintaining proper Agni is key to preserving health - the most precious asset in life - and to healing a host of diseases, physical, and mental. Your program will start before you arrive at Sambodhi Yoga Retreat Alleppey. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire so the Ayurveda doctor can design a program tailored to your unique needs and physiology.

Your unique Ayurvedic genotype and your current state of imbalance (if there is any) will be determined during your initial consultation with your Ayurveda doctor and yoga teacher. Start the day with yoga, pranayama, and Zen meditation sessions. Experience traditional yoga practice on a daily basis for seven days, suitable for all levels. Learn more about your bodily constitution and the diet suitable for your constitution.

Relax and rejuvenate both your body and mind with yoga, pranayama, Zen meditation, and Ayurveda programs. This program includes Abhyangam (traditional Ayurvedic whole-body massage) with Shirodhara dripping of lukewarm fluid on the forehead in a rhythmic manner accompanied by a gentle head massage, Ella Kizhi (Ayurvedic sudation therapy using numerous medicinal leaves (herbs), Ayurvedic healthy eating, and learning new lifestyle skills according to your Ayurvedic type.

The retreat is designed for you to de-stress and get strong, full of calm energy and peace. You will also enjoy deep relaxation therapies, therapeutic yoga, Yoga Nidra, “me time” to silence the mind, and more. This retreat is centered on getting you to relax as much as possible because healing and restoration begin with deep relaxation. This experience is definitely life-changing. The daily schedule is subject to change as per conditions.

This retreat might be running in parallel with other retreats. When the number of students is less, classes may be combined for the morning meditation or philosophy classes with other groups. You will have some spare time in-between yoga classes for sightseeing and activities in the local area including village walks, Ayurvedic services, cooking classes, backwater boat, kayak tour, or temple visit, and more can be organized at its cost.

Activities

  • Morning yoga with Zen meditation - one and a half hours (group session from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. at the suburb center, two and a half kilometers away, free transfers by Rickshaw will be arranged)
  • Afternoon yoga or meditations session at the beach center or suburb center as per the discussion and your convenience
  • A consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor - body constitution analysis by chart

Daily schedule

Day 1

  • 12:00 Arrival and settle in
  • 18:00 Meet in yoga shala for the introduction. Covering styles of yoga, meditation, and nutrition
  • 18:15 Individual private discussion with the yoga teacher to discuss any personal needs, or areas of the body, mind, and spirit you would particularly like to work on during your week
  • 18:30 Pranayama and Hatha yoga (60 minutes)
  • 19:30 Dinner

Day 2

  • 06:00 Zazen, Kinhin, and heart Sutra (seated and silent walking Zen meditation)
  • 06:30 Hatha yoga (75 minutes)
  • 08:00 Breakfast
  • 16:00 Ayurveda doctor consultation, body constitution analysis, and Ayurvedic diet and how it affects the mind and body
  • 18:15 Asana pranayama practice with different styles of yoga (60 minutes)
  • 19:30 Dinner

Day 3

  • 06:00 Zazen, Zazen period, Kinhin, and heart Sutra (seated and silent walking Zen meditation)
  • 06:00 Hatha yoga (75 minutes)
  • 08:00 Breakfast
  • 11 Exploring backwaters on motor or country boat
  • 18:15 Asana alignment workshop (60 minutes)
  • 19:30 Dinner

Days 4, 5, and 6

  • 06:00 Zazen, Zazen period, Kinhin, and heart Sutra (seated and silent walking Zen meditation)
  • 06:30 Hatha yoga (75 minutes)
  • 08:00 Breakfast
  • 11:00 Explore at own Ayurveda, local tour to temples or beaches
  • 18:15 Asana alignment workshop (60 minutes)
  • 19:30 Dinner

Day 7

  • 06:00 Zazen, Zazen period, Kinhin, and heart Sutra (seated and silent walking Zen meditation)
  • 06:30 Hatha yoga (60 minutes)
  • 08:00 Breakfast

Included excursions

You will experience an enchanting excursion and cruising in the backwaters of Punnamada and Vembanad Lake and the Villages of Kuttanad (two hours of cruise on an exclusive motor or Shikara boat) and an Alleppey local sightseeing by tuk-tuk.

Instructors

John Jose

Jessy John

Location

The retreat will take place in Thumpoly, Kerala, India. The center is located exactly in front of Thumpoly Beach, which is very easy to find, when you come from Cochin toward Alleppey on the high way take a deviation at Thumpoly Junction, just three kilometers before Alleppey town take a deviation for Thumpoly Beach.

The retreat is also reached from Alleppey railway station in around 20 to 25 minutes. You will be taken care of and pampered in a beautiful beach home in the midst of a natural paradise at Thumpoly Beach, near Alleppey, 15 minutes from the town center. Just being in this beautiful space is healing.

Distances

  • Alleppey railway station - 20 to 25 minutes

Food

You will be served daily vegetarian and organic breakfast and dinner included in the price.

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Vegetarian
  • Organic
  • Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

  • Additional spa treatments
  • Cultural program like Kathakali art form (Temple ritual dance)
  • Houseboat cruise
  • Kalaripayattu (ancient Kerala martial art)
  • Mohiniyattom (classical dance form)

Spa treatments

You will have a seven-day personalized Ayurvedic Panchakarma rejuvenation program including massages, shirodhara, and steam bath.

What's included

  • 11 yoga classes
  • 11 meditation sessions
  • 1 local sightseeing
  • 1 excursion cruise in the backwaters
  • Daily relaxing meditation walks and excursions
  • Pranayama classes
  • Yoga philosophy and mantra chanting
  • Individual private discussion with the yoga teacher
  • 1 Ayurvedic doctor consultation during your stay
  • 7 days personalized Ayurvedic Panchakarma rejuvenation program
  • 7 nights accommodation
  • 2 daily vegetarian and organic meals
  • Yoga mat and accessories

What's not included

  • Airfare
  • Additional activities
  • Additional spa treatments
  • Airport or railway station transfers

How to get there

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Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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