This 10 day / 9 night retreat will be held at the beautiful Ashok Tree Ashram in the sacred rural surroundings of Paliapattu, Tirvannamalai, Southern India.
Set in 13 acres, this beautiful environment brings with it a simplicity and tranquility and in this way is so supportive to our practice and the efforts held within our practices.
This retreat is born from a process of exploring how and where both Indian and Chinese Medicine and philosophy dovetail. This is The Healing Retreat. The purpose is to experience that wholeness and potential for health that exists within your own form. We will marry Meditation, Pranayama Yin and Yang styles of Yoga with Chinese Medicine Ancillary treatment (moxibustion) and Acupuncture.
Nestled between the gardens, orchards, and fields, Ashok has a large Yoga shala, Meditation bowl, a small temple, swimming pool and hammocks along with the main kitchen and dining area.
On the Ashok Tree grounds, there is an incredible Ayurvedic clinic with fantastic treatments available. There is also the Sita Devi Charity School which offers free education to around 120 primary school children per year.
The environment is simple, our meals are fresh and organic yet, based around dhal and it is this environment that becomes one of our most useful tools - simplicity. This is not a Yoga holiday because although Ashok, the rooms, the Shala are all stunning and beautiful, the people just incredible, the focus is on healing and self learning.
We will be walking hand in hand on the path of self enquiry. This enquiry will become the healing journey within because you will be learning in every moment about yourself, your life, your body and this is important because self learning is the foundation of life.
Each morning will begin with Meditation or Pranayama and in some practices we will blend the two. From here we will move into Yang Yoga. This is a two hour practice in total before we break for breakfast. In the late afternoon, we will have a practice that on some days is 3 hours long. We will practice Yin for around 2 hours and then move into Meditation and Acupuncture or Ancillary treatments.
This is a nine night / ten day retreat with a choice of private room or shared all with private bathroom. Included is a group minibus return transfer from Chennai airport, three organic Sattvic vegetarian meals a day which are simple dhal based nutritious meals with breads, rice and salads. Fruit is available throughout the day along with chai, herbal teas (some grown onsite) and mineral water. For those of you who like coffee I suggest you bring an Aeropress and your favourite coffee powder - I will!
I have some wonderful trips planned to Girivalam, Arunachaleswarar Temple; A Mount Arunachala Cave Tour; The Holy Cave - Skandasramam ; Kugai Namachivayam Temple & Virupaksha Cave. We will also go to Ramana Ashram and take a tour of Annamalaiyar Temple. Lastly, we will circumnavigate Mount Arunachala stopping at the 8 lingams on the 14km path.
These trips will alter some of our practices times but expect 7 days of Yoga spread across the 9 nights / 10 days at Ashok tree Ashram.
THE HEALING RETREAT
A YIN YANG YOGA, MEDITATION, PRANAYAMA AND EASTERN MEDICINE.
Thursday 19th February to Saturday 28th February 2026 (flights out 29th AM)
Ashok Tree Ashram, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Standard Private Room - £ 1300
Deluxe Private Room - £ 1400 - SOLD OUT / WAITING LIST ONLY
Super Deluxe shared Room - £1310 per person
Super Deluxe private Room - £1550 per person
A £500 deposit is required to hold your space.
I am in the process of building a webpage dedicated to this retreat with room details, schedule, visa information and flights. In this I will include all you need to know once booked in so if you have any questions, send me a message. Em x