The Deep Well of Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation Retreat in India with Judy Hirsh Sampath
New dates
Sunday 14 Jan – Monday 22 Jan 2024
This yoga, pranayama & meditation retreat invites you to step away from everyday life, play, breathe and find space for your Self, to rest and restore. Take a look at life from a different perspective, invite all your cells to participate ready to meet daily life back home in 2024.
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The Deep Well of Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation Retreat in India with Judy Hirsh Sampath
New dates Sunday 14 Jan – Monday 22 Jan 2024
This yoga, pranayama & meditation retreat in India is time for you to step away from your everyday life, separate yourself from your daily routine, awaken your senses, re-set your body, refresh your mind and nourish your soul. Go home with the gift of new friends, a refilled deep reservoir of love so you can continue to connect and offer love, there’s more than enough for all, and when reserves are low, you will have the resources to top up again.
We are holding this retreat back in our second home, Cherai Beach near Cochin in Kerala - it's a charming 3 star rated resort with beautiful gardens and waterways. The rooms are simple and each has a verandah, there's a fabulous swimming pool and private yoga space. it oozes local charm and homely atmosphere with friendly staff and a Yoga United rep on hand for any questions.
The beach is a few steps across a quiet dusty road, wonderful for walking and playing, and the warm sea is perfect for swimming, sunbathing, relaxing and becoming one with the sunset! Ayurvedic massage on the doorstep and connection with local people, this 8-night retreat includes physical practice, relaxation, mindfulness, meditation, restorative yoga, yoga nidra and some sharing of experiences to get to know each other.
Be prepared to listen and learn from your own inner teacher, make time for yourself and share your space with other like-minded health-seekers!
India is a special place to experience yoga, breath work and Ayurveda. We have been running magical retreats & groups in India since 2008 and it's a smooth operation. Come with us to celebrate with all your senses! it's a special place to experience yoga practice, and how it is woven through everyday life in its original place of birth. All around are powerful reminders to re-connect with your natural and loving state of being and joy.
Ayurvedic massage, dipping into the local culture as well as the ocean, add up to a wonderful self-care package.
Judy has been teaching yoga since the turn of the century and has her own yoga therapy school. She trains yoga therapists, offers 1-2-1 yoga therapy and CPD courses to yoga teachers. She is always a learner and encourages people of all ages, abilities and sizes to take part in discovering the magic of yoga. No experience of yoga or meditation is necessary to join this retreat. To find out more about Judy, go to her teacher/therapist website HERE
She says "when we go through our physical and mental tension, it allows us to drop some heaviness, feel lighter and more spacious, and to rediscover a sense of wellbeing and vitality. In a healthy human body, vital energy flows freely like a river - come and unblock your body and free your mind, enjoy, and feel your radiant self".
EARLY BIRD PRICE for 8 nights: £995 pp based on two sharing. If you do not have a room share, the single supp £200
Package includes villa with a/c and fridge, verandah. all yoga sessions with one day off, airport transfers (on designated dates & flights)
The £350 deposit is non-refundable and is the only way to confirm your place (t&c apply) - add to your cart and tell us what you need for your full package and we will arrange your whole trip and advise on flights.
The balance is due on 1 November 2023 and we can offer a monthly plan to spread the payments in advance of the due date (admin charge applies).
We love talking about our India holidays so feel free to email for more information to holidays@yogaunited.com or call 020 8361 1882 to speak to Judy or Saz.
For a longer stay, we are delighted to present our add ons for more Indian adventures:
Monday 22 - Friday 26 Jan 2024 - now 4 nights!
An extra night in Cherai allows you to savour, relax and pack before the add on. Then onto Tamil Nadu for 3 night cultural tour in Tamil Nadu - an hour internal flight takes you across South India from West to East. Stay in a fabulous resort in Mamallapuram (breakfast only), visit the UNESCO protected temple sites, with amazing architecture and stone carvings; another day trip deeper into Tamil Nadu culture with typical South Indian lunch, and relax by the pool. Fly back to the UK from Chennai (MAA).
We also work with our Indian travel agent to offer bespoke tours - whether you want to pamper and relax in South India for longer tours, or fly up north for the Golden Triangle and Taj Mahal, tell us what you desire.
If you cant' get enough yoga, go for the authentic yoga home stay with our dear friend and yoga teacher Solaman and his family, stay in your own en-suite room with a middle-class Indian family.
Email for more information to judy@yogaunited.com or call 020 8361 1882 to speak to us.
- Reviews (17)
Each year, you blossom into a more wonderful teacher Judy, love your style! It has been a privilege to work with you and the testimony is in the numbers who come back year after year. I certainly will be!
Just back from 8 days retreat with Judy and the Tamil Nadu Temple tour add on, my first visit to India. I was a newcomer to Judy’s class when I signed up for this, encouraged by her warmth and her teaching methods. The resort was excellent and the whole trip a fantastic experience, especially with the contrast and the temples with Saz and his local friends as guides.
Just such an amazing holiday. Loved every minute. I was so ready for it & really it was the best thing since sliced bread. I have come back feeling restored, positive & a nearly new woman! I can't thank you enough Judy, you've got me back on track.Lots of love to you both
My first holiday with Judy was also my first experience of India. I travelled with my mother, in her late seventies, and we were both made very welcome. I loved it so much, I returned the following year to join the holiday again. Judy's teaching was both inspirational and interesting, with her skills and experience shining through in her classes. The balance of Yoga, sight-seeing and relaxation were perfect. The Ayurvedic massages of Kerala are so restorative that you can see the tension in the group members being massaged away as the days go by. Yoga, God's Own Country and massage all in one perfectly wrapped holiday - what more could you want!
Just back from 8 days retreat at Poovar Island and the Tamil Nadu Temple tour add on, my first visit to India. I was a newcomer to Judy’s class when I signed up for this, encouraged by her warmth and her teaching methods. The resort was excellent and the whole trip a fantastic experience, especially with the contrast and the temples with Saz and his local friends as guides.
Just such an amazing holiday. Loved every minute. I was so ready for it & really it was the best thing since sliced bread. I have come back feeling restored, positive & a nearly new woman! I can't thank you enough Judy, you've got me back on track.Lots of love to you both
Poovar Resort with its island setting on the peaceful and tranquil backwater of Kerala was for me the perfect place for a relaxing and restorative yoga week with Yoga United. If this had been my first trip to India I would certainly choose to do one or more of the add-ons suggested. It’s a good and safe way of getting to know India. The day trip organized by Saz to the temple/palace was lovely. Well organized, everything seemed to run smoothly, including the thali lunch and it was quite exciting being the only ‘tourists’ around.
It was such a brilliant holiday in all aspects, the yoga, weather, people, food, and the wonderful relaxed feeling – a real holiday.Everyone was very helpful wherever we went. I can’t stop thinking about India, it had a great impact on me.
A wonderful ‘journey’ for the mind, body and soul – thank you!
It was wonderful to meet you and all those lovely people you seem to draw towards you with kindness, warmth and compassion - I can see why you have such a devoted following. I particularly enjoyed the ‘peripheral stuff’ - not the classic yoga but the ‘other stuff' which created a great deal of depth and unexpected insight which will stay with me
I loved my room and the gardens, it felt like home. The yoga fit perfectly with what I needed in my life – inspiring and spacious enough to go to places inside which meant a lot to me and Judy always encouraged me to feel into myself – I will never forget feeling like a fish swimming in yoga. I’ve already signed up for the next retreat!
Each year, you blossom into a more wonderful teacher Judy, love your style! It has been a privilege to work with you and the testimony is in the numbers who come back year after year. I certainly will be!
Terrific holiday – wonderful yoga, sunrise meditations over the backwaters and sunset meditation on the seashore. Sunshine, delicious food, interesting trips, range of ayurvedic massages to try, great company and the flexibility to spend your time however you chose – what could be better?
I came last year and will be coming again next year. A rich and exotic week with Yoga United feeling love, warmth, gentleness, calm, sun, sea sand, sights, insights. Excellent food and great coming together and connecting with a wonderful group of people. And of course…yoga…yoga..yoga – thanks Judy for an apparently effortless and seamless week of practice that has been an absolute joy! Om Shanti
The most wonderful way to do yoga & meditation in the home of yoga - It felt timeless and it couldn’t get any better than that! Judy & Saz are the most wonderful hosts – thank you!
My first holiday with Judy was also my first experience of India. I travelled with my mother, in her late seventies, and we were both made very welcome. I loved it so much, I returned the following year to join the holiday again. Judy's teaching was both inspirational and interesting, with her skills and experience shining through in her classes. The ballance of Yoga, sight-seeing and relaxation were perfect. The Ayurvedic massages of Kerala are so restorative that you can see the tension in the group members being massaged away as the days go by. Yoga, God's Own Country and massage all in one perfectly wrapped holiday - what more could you want!
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It was wonderful to meet you and all those lovely people you seem to draw towards you with kindness, warmth and compassion - I can see why you have such a devoted following. I particularly enjoyed the ‘peripheral stuff’ - not the classic yoga but the ‘other stuff' which created a great deal of depth and unexpected insight which will stay with me