Samahita Retreat Center

This yoga retreat will offer you the opportunity to practice yoga in-depth with experienced, knowledgeable and inspirational teachers who both share a passion, not only for yoga but for personal growth.
Each session will be carefully themed, planned and structured so that we educate and provide a specific experience in all aspects of practice, from meditation, pranayama and asana. At each class, one of us will be teaching whilst the other, guides and assists you to practice at your own unique level.
At each session, you will be encouraged to not only practice the physical postures but also to inquire a deeper sense of intimacy with self.  Attracting abundance, authenticity, acceptance, community, nurturing and loving self, as well as simplicity will be topics that we explore in more detail over the course of the 10 days.
On this retreat there will also be plenty of down time for treatments, excursions, adventures and fun. Our aim is for you to develop and evolve both your yoga practice and your life.

This practice of pr?n?y?ma is part of a living tradition. Paul has learnt the full practice in a special one-to-one capacity over the past 20 years with Tiwariji, who learnt directly from his teacher, Swami Kuvalayananda, an adept highly accomplished in pr?n?y?ma and the science of yoga. He was also a devotee and spent time with his teacher, Madhavadas, on the banks of the Narmada river, also being taught this exact practice of pr?n?y?ma. In this way it has been passed on very personally and effectively. Such a tradition survives all books, as it is only experience that ultimately counts. Over the years of study and introspection in this practice Paul has had the opportunity to better understand it from direct experience and how to help pass it on and help others to practice and teach it better. This course is designed to help you practice more effectively and understand pr?n?y?ma techniques to a deeper degree from both the information given and the depth of practice being done in this purpose-built, dedicated environment. Based on this, you can improve as a practitioner and teacher.

This course continues to dive deeper into understanding movement by exploring subtle biomechanics, fascial sensation and somatics. Hands-on adjusting experience will occur in a live setting. The Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate Series’ will be used as base for asana application along with specific restorative and therapeutic applications. There is no pre-requisite for this course, however students are encouraged to refresh their basic understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy and movement principles.
The morning session will be devoted to practice with a 60-minute Pranayama practice and sitting meditation and mantra practice. This will be followed by Asana practice. Most asana will be Mysore/ Self-Practice with some applied led classes. If your practice is other than Ashtanga you are still welcome. If you do not have a dedicated Asana practice then you may join a daily led class with one of our other teachers. The afternoon will focus on asana study, practical sequencing, movement workshops and restorative practice. Within this time will be the lecture focus for the day coupled with your questions and answers to the best of the teacher’s ability.

This training is focused on the practice of pr?n?y?ma under the careful eye of a long-lived life-long practitioner master and his senior student in all these practices. There is also the opportunity for those ready to further their practice of kriyas. Various options for ?sana practice are offered, both guided and self-practice, with the aim to reveal the link of how ?sana leads in to pr?n?y?ma and other seated pracitces. The afternoon lecture sessions will focus on selected teachings from Hatha Yoga texts followed by open discussion and Q&A.
The Hatha approach has tantric origins but exists as a method appropriate for both those of us living in the world with jobs and families, and for someone secluded and devoted to practice in an ashram or monastery. Many of the descriptions are relevant to an advanced practitioner, and this is why a teacher is needed to explain what is meant by each verse so it can be better understood by you, the student, at different levels of development.
Hatha yoga practice is a practical approach, initially using the body but ultimately working deeper into the mental faculties, to experiencing growth and development toward the realms of meditation and eventual liberation. The steps of Hatha are offered as the method to develop awareness and experience true meditation. Work on the body and breath are integral to this through ?sanas, kriyas (cleansing techniques), kumbhakas (the various pr?n?y?ma techniques) and mudras (a combination of ?sana and kumbhaka). At their culmination comes a change, a shift, so unique that the individual is transformed.
The breath and its practice are finally reaching public interest. With that come many who seek to sensationalize but understand little of these methods, their long term effect, how they really work, subtleties to how to practice them. It is a rare opportunity today to experience a clear explanation of such often obscure and esoteric lines by an experienced yogi in practical language in order to enhance both our practice and learning. In short, Tiwariji won’t be around forever, so make the most to learn. Paul also offers his unique experience as the most advanced and experienced practitioner of these practices and the tradition and what all that means in real terms today.

Yoga practice can set us free. It may also lead us astray and bind us within habitual patterns of mind, movement and emotion that keep us stuck for years if not lifetimes. Embodying the flowing form of breath, thought and movement as internal processes of awakening allows us to tap into the reservoir of strength and balance that can free us from the shackles of mind and circumstances that keep us stuck.
In this retreat we will explore ways of developing an ever deepening awareness of our practices of asana, meditation, pranayama, chanting and philosophical study. Working with the foundational structure of the Ashtanga Vinyasa system of postures and the wave patterns of sound, sensation and form, we will discover new ways to move safely on the breath so that postures are not only invigorating, but also ever deepening and transformative.
The complementary practices of subtle pranayama and chanting, as well as the study of philosophical forms will then take us deep into the clarity, relaxation and fun of full yoga practice.
In the mornings we will practice asana and in the afternoons we will work with chanting, meditation, pranayama and a study of the Hatha Pradipika as it informs this internal awakening.

This retreat will develop the senses as a yogic practice leading  to the fruits of inward looking for the senses pratyhara . We will explore the 5 traditional senses:
Smell – inhaling scents around the retreat
Sound – music and deep inner listening
Sight – visual outward and inward looking
Taste – vegan Thai delights through diet
Touch – paying attention to how things feel, partner suggestion and assists
As well as developing other senses like balance and proprioception where our bodies are in space.
Expect challenging morning Jivamukti classes infused with technique, alignment and devotion . Alongside afternoon classes to deepen practice , yin yoga theory and meditation.
Early morning pranayama every day and some evening sessions for chanting, philosophy and reflection.
Retreat starts with Welcome class at 5pm on Saturday 24th October.

• 20 years one-to-one (guru-shishya) learning in the authentic tradition of yoga
• Positioned to carry on the tradition of pranayama from the legacy of Swami Kuvalayananda in to the next generation
• Only yogi PhD scientific researcher in the world to research the full effect of yoga practices (upcoming publications 2020)
• Acknowledged expert in the breath, pranayama practice, asana practice, and the science of stress and aging in relation to yoga for modern living
• Highest level certification by Indian classical schools of Pranayama and Ashtanga vinyasa yoga
• Genuinely dedicated and committed to practice and teaching

We are extremely excited to announce our first ever fitness retreat for women. This is set to be an experience you’ll never want to leave. 5 jam packed days of training, eating, learning, relaxing and FUN!

Because the combination of daily yoga, sunshine, rest, delicious healthy food, good company and beautiful surroundings is a winner, trust us!!  Daily yoga, when at home, will certainly enhance your physical and mental wellbeing, but there is the inevitable rush to get to work, or your next appointment, or a meeting straight afterwards…cutting short the small oasis of calm you’ve created. Holidays in the sun can be a wonderful, restful escape, but too much inactivity, good food and drinks in the sun can leave us feeling sluggish and in need of another break!
On a yoga retreat you get to relax, rest, enjoy peace and quiet in beautiful surroundings, eat sumptuous meals, go exploring, go to the beach…all the things you normally do on holiday but with the addition of daily yoga. Each morning begins with a yoga session which will calm your mind and energize your body, with no pressure to do anything else afterwards except sit down to an amazing breakfast which has been prepared for you. Afternoon we shall practice soft Pilates sessions, will enjoy guided meditation and enjoy yoga restorative.
A week of this will leave you feeling not only rested, but glowing, healthy and happy!  Food will be vegetarian and made from the most delicious local produce – think fruits, veggies, local yogurt and milk…and more.  Morning Yoga sessions and afternoon Pilates workshops will be held in the shalla accompanying an ocean sound – also with the same breathtaking views!! The rest of the time is free for you to do as you please – you can relax by the pool, relax on a private beach or explore the island.   

Join Master yogi Ulrica Norberg and experienced teacher Chungmei Lee for a week of spring cleaning in body, mind and spirit.
With Ulrica´s and Chungmei´s individual approach to yoga, you will learn to tailor your practice to your personal needs – whether you are at your progression of this practice, a beginner, or advanced/yogateacher.
The practices are focused on brightening your inner potential, loosen tension and build strength from the core in order to reach a better flow in life.
The practices offered; asana, pranayama, alignment techniques, meditation and more, are designed to tune in to your inner power and potential and revitalize yourself back to balance.
You will liberate light and inspiration and redirect your energy in motion in order to live your life purposefully, healthy and powerfully.
Every morning starts with a 2 hr yoga session and every afternoon you will indulge in 2 hr on the mat. Some afternoons you can join in on extra philosophy talks and technique lab.

This retreat is for dedicated students and yoga teachers and works beautifully as an add on from the prior week and Get Your Groove Back Retreat. Here we will heighten the art of intention and manifestation in mind, body and spirit.
Over the course of the week you will be guided through techniques like mudras, mantras, chanting, intentional meditation, journaling, satsangs, yin and restorative, dancing, alignment classes, flow and Yoga Nidra in order to build yourself up from the inside out and learn how to work with clear intention to reinvent your life. ?
Every morning starts with a 2 hr yoga session and every afternoon you will indulge in 2 hr on the mat. Some afternoons you can join in on extra philosophy talks and technique lab.

Take your teaching to the next level with this practical 50 hours Advanced Teacher Training course designed as a follow up training for students who have completed their 200hr TT. In depth asana study complete with detailed education of alignment, movement, strength, mobility, assists, preparatory practices. Sequencing strategies will be studied from a variety of perspectives such as grouping related asanas, using peak postures, approaches to counter posing, developing strength, stability and mobility, using themes and safely developing challenging asana sequences with modifications.
Each Day will begin with meditation and pranayama followed by a structured asana session working on the theme for that day. The technical workshop will cover detailed alignment, movement & anatomy for the selected asanas and preparatory practices. This will be followed by a practical session to learn and directly practice assists and improve teaching skills such as verbal communication, demonstration, motivating students, how to structure and organize your class. This will include direct teaching practice and group feedback.

Experience the island beauty of Koh Samui.
Join us for a blissful magical Yoga and Wellness retreat on the beautiful Island of Koh Samui for 7 nights. Koh Samui is known for its beautiful palm-fringed beaches, coconut groves and dense, mountainous rainforest with beautiful resorts and spas. The food is fresh, healthy and vibrant. The locals are welcoming, warm hearted and hospitable.
Leave your cares at home and reconnect with your love for yourself, your body, mind and soul and daily yoga practice.
This is a retreat for the busy people who never take time off for themselves- join us to resource, re-nourish and relax- fill your batteries up with good vibes, positive energy and beautiful nature & landscapes- so that you get ready for the last stretch until Summer. Be your best true self. Sometimes it requires a break back to get back into shape physically and mentally.
Our retreat is hosted by Samahita Retreat, Koh Samui right at the beach – making it possible to enjoy morning meditations on the beach and evening practice at the beach front with ocean wave sound – the cherry on top.
Myriam is passionate  about all things health, well being and finding balance together with relaxation and fun. The Yoga classes will be held in English and are open for beginners too. Powerful Yang Yoga in the mornings and Relaxing Yin Yoga in the evenings.

Join us for a week of Ashtanga and Jivamukti Yoga in a tropical paradise. Immersion in this beautiful environment will provide an opportunity for your yoga practice to blossom. We’ll dive deeply into yoga asana, with an extended workshop each morning. The afternoon sessions will explore pranayama, meditation, chanting, restoratives, yoga nidra and yoga philosophy. Classes will be tailored to your needs and the week spent together will allow time to progress and evolve your practice.
Three excursions will be included on the retreat: a temple walk, boat trip with snorkelling and visit to the Night Market at the Fisherman’s Village in Bophut.

The yogis believe that human beings are not limited to physical form. There is a very powerful subtle force that is unseen but experienced. Since the process of yoga is to shine the light within, it brings our awareness to that subtle but powerful energy in all of us. With the help of breath work, we harness that energy, therefore, ‘breath’ becomes the most essential driver of our process. It is that strong subtle force that gives us grit, perseverance, heightened intuition and intelligence. It further boost our immunity and our ability to purge what does not serve us well. Another powerful destination on this journey is when all parts of our being feel integrated and in harmony. The yogic process is designed to remove any obstacles that prevent wellness, in mind body and spirit.

On planet Earth today there are over 7 billion people, speaking nearly 6,500 languages. With the advent of advanced technology and the internet, we can somehow manage to connect with people thousands of miles away. (Just like we are doing right now!)…and despite it all, the majority of us experience isolation and loneliness in our daily lives.
What about the Internet, though? What about connecting to yourself and what’s inside? More than ever before, we need a real energetic connection to each other and to Mother Nature.
How do we overcome the barriers that divide us and learn to empathize with our fellow brothers and sisters? How do we find that common thread? How can we feel a sense of oneness and union, connection?
Sometimes, all it takes to reconnect to oneself is closing the eyes and observing the sounds around us, taking in the sensations the body feels. The connection to the breath can bring us back to ourselves and remind us that we are all human beings.
No matter the color of our skin or our eyes, no matter our income, family background, or occupation, underneath it all, we are all the same. We all experience the same emotions of love, joy, anger, sadness, grief, and jealousy.
When we have a shared experience, we can relate to each other and create a powerful bond.

Yin Yoga has become one of the most popular approaches to yoga as a deep antidote and personal support for body, breath and mind within today’s stressful, fatigued and goal-orientated world, and as an essential balance to a dynamic, muscular yoga asana practice.
Initially informed and stimulated by yin yoga studies with international teachers Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers, during the last 20 years of his 30+ years of yoga study, practice and teaching, Simon has researched, developed and refined the ultimate approach to cultivating yin yoga’s deeply effective physical, energetic and psycho-spiritual benefits. Simon emphasises an intelligent, anatomically-sound approach, with particular reference to the myofascial body, joint care, the energy (or subtle) body, and the incorporation of pranayama and meditation within the yin practice. Simon’s multi-faceted approach is profoundly restorative, revitalising and reintegrative, promoting health and healing at a cellular level.

Join our Embrace Holistic Wellness week at the idyllic sea-front healing space Samahita Retreat in the South of Thailand. Manu and Rossana will combine their experiences and positive energies to help you unwind from daily life stresses through yoga and other movement modalities, meditation, pranayama, and creative exercises that explore self-awareness and self-expression. These practices are designed to help you cultivate tools for continued self-exploration and enhancement.

Have you heard that seaweed’s roots are called holdfasts? They don’t help nourish the plant, but simply ground it, and hold it fast to the earth so the tides and eddies of the water don’t uproot and overwhelm it. A Yoga retreat that focuses on renewing and restoring gives you much the same grounding. Our lives are constantly in a similar ebb and flow: our bodies change, our finances change, our family and friendships change too, even the world around us is constantly in flux. Sometimes we look at change with fear and trepidation and sometimes with excitement and anticipation. Some days we are just too busy with the stresses of the present to even notice the changes within and around us. So how do we create space to breathe, to connect with our innate Self and develop steadiness and grace as the world flows around us?
Join us for 8 days of tropical beaches, healing food and relaxed pace. Take some time out to recharge, and join Sarasvati and Danni for an immersive practice of yoga, meditaiton and mindfulness. For while a tropical getaway can be relaxing, yoga and meditation lead us to a deep easefulness. Yoga and meditation help us find our holdfasts, our roots to the universe that don’t so much nourish us as hold us steady and ground us against the tides and eddies of our ever-changing lives.
With a twice daily yoga and meditation practice, which you can take at your own pace and level, you will cultivate a greater sense of inner peace and calm, to carry back with you when the retreat has ended. And plenty of time left to explore the day activities at Samahita, or simply soak in the sun on the serene Koh Samui beaches. A perfect mid-year break to find the innate stillness and serenity of your unchanging Self – or simply squelch among the seaweed.

Experience the clarity of a healthy tropical Yoga Retreat. Spend 8 days & 7 nights fully immersed in yoga and relaxed in a holistic environment with healthy food and fresh ocean air.
This Yoga Retreat is for all levels of yoga practitioners. Take time out for yourself and deepen your practice. Leave with a greater knowledge of yoga, new friendships and a renewed sense of vitality, clarity and calm.
What’s included

• 8 days & 7 nights accommodation
• All meals (3 meals x daily) homemade, healthy and delicious Thai & Western cuisine made with love with local produce
• Daily yoga – dynamic vinyasa yoga, yin & restorative chill flows
• 1 x complimentary 60 min Thai massage at our onsite wellbeing & massage centre
• Yoga Workshops to learn about asana, strengthen and align your body, explore yogic philosophy, pranayama & chanting
• Guided Meditations, relaxation and blissful savasana and sound healing next to the ocean
• Complimentary herbal steam room & ocean front pool
• Filtered drinking water, juice and delicious coconuts provided daily
• Full access to fitness classes, water kayaks, stand up paddle boards, TRX, core & spin classes
• Complimentary Wi-fi access
• Cultural excursions – including a boat trip & snorkeling, shopping at the colourful Boput night markets + a guided temple walk

This is the experience of a lifetime…
Where you will not only practice yoga & explore the beautiful island of Ko Samui…
But you will have the opportunity to learn, integrate and transform into the best version of yourself… whether that is tackling big goals or simply living a life full of peace and happiness…
Bottom line… this retreat is A CATALYST FOR your EVOLUTION. 
April 11-18  LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE
We, Danielle and Tony, are overjoyed with the opportunity to host a unique and transformative yoga retreat on the small, tropical island of Koh Samui in Thailand. 
Combined, we have worked with thousands of students and transformed many, many lives. We THRIVE on guiding others into life-changing realizations, owning their power, releasing fears and insecurities, reconnecting with their bodies, attaining inner peace, and deepening relationships with others and themselves.
As your retreat leaders, we are here to guide you to explore all the possibilities and encourage you to live life to your fullest potential. Our promise is to create an environment that enables you to connect, to be vulnerable, to feel and communicate your emotions, then release them! “The only way through it, is through it.”

Paul and the Samahita team will guide guests across the range of yoga and meditation practices, core strength work and cycle classes. Yoga and its techniques include sitting meditation forms, focused breath work that develops into a pranayama practice, and the physical yoga practice of asana. As in our YogaCoreCycle program we also incorporate core strength sessions and cycle work outs. The aim is for you to experience and practice yoga across its spectrum, taking care of the mental and emotional side to the different aspects of the physical.
Every morning involves sitting and breath work practices.Yoga asana practice will be offered on a number of levels that includes experienced self-practice, guided vinyasa classes, explorative asana classes, and restorative afternoon sessions. Woven into this schedule are different core classes, and alternate cycle classes between silent-sunrise classes to mid-afternoon fun-cycle classes. You are free to attend all sessions or choose those that are working for you on a particular day. Our intention is for you to feel uplifted and clear in what to practice by the time you end the retreat.
There will be a Christmas Eve celebration with special gourmet feast and performances (and fundraiser for our local charities – ?). On New Year’s Eve there will be a special ceremony to acknowledge 2020 and welcome in 2021 as well as a feast and performances. The special ceremony will help you close and heal the past year, setting the energy and intention for the year coming with an impetus to follow through on it. The rest of your time will be a nice break from all the crazy holiday happenings and commercial onslaught. Come and really enjoy a genuine holiday break.

Paul and the Samahita team will guide guests across the range of yoga and meditation practices, core strength work and cycle classes. Yoga and its techniques include sitting meditation forms, focused breath work that develops into a pranayama practice, and the physical yoga practice of asana. As in our YogaCoreCycle program we also incorporate core strength sessions and cycle work outs. The aim is for you to experience and practice yoga across its spectrum, taking care of the mental and emotional side to the different aspects of the physical.
Every morning involves sitting and breath work practices.Yoga asana practice will be offered on a number of levels that includes experienced self-practice, guided vinyasa classes, explorative asana classes, and restorative afternoon sessions. Woven into this schedule are different core classes, and alternate cycle classes between silent-sunrise classes to mid-afternoon fun-cycle classes. You are free to attend all sessions or choose those that are working for you on a particular day. Our intention is for you to feel uplifted and clear in what to practice by the time you end the retreat.
There will be a Christmas Eve celebration with special gourmet feast and performances (and fundraiser for our local charities – ?). On New Year’s Eve there will be a special ceremony to acknowledge 2020 and welcome in 2021 as well as a feast and performances. The special ceremony will help you close and heal the past year, setting the energy and intention for the year coming with an impetus to follow through on it. The rest of your time will be a nice break from all the crazy holiday happenings and commercial onslaught. Come and really enjoy a genuine holiday break.

This unique retreat explores breath, yoga and freediving. Monica Ganame and Sarah Pierroz are joining forces to create a specialized program to help you explore your body and mind, both in and out of the water. This unique retreat will be split between two locations, on two islands where we work and love, at Samahita Retreat on Koh Samui and Apnea Total Freediving Headquarters on Koh Tao.

Cleanse – Fasting – Purification – Nourishment – Restoration
This retreat is for all levels of practitioners and teachers, who wish to connect to nature, to find inner peace and tranquility, to cleanse body, mind and spirit, and to evolve your practice of yoga.
Our focus in this retreat is to cultivate awareness and evolve practices that emphasize the power of breath and chakras. Experience the healing process through continued practice and explore 4 dimensions of yoga in terms of asana, meditation, pranayama and mantra sadhana.
In the morning, after sunrise meditation, kriyas and pranayama, we will flow with dynamic-themed practices, including core vinyasa, inversions, hip opening and backbends. Afternoons include restorative yoga and workshops covering Pelvic Floor Yoga, Somatic Stretch, Fascial Release, Nada Yoga and Sound Healing. One evening we will perform a musical kirtan gala.
Based on a week of both nutritional diet and daily yoga practice, we aim to detoxify and nourish our body and mind. Surrounded by the sea and forests, this is the right place and a perfect opportunity to retreat from all the stresses and strains in our city life, to recharge batteries, to transform, to get clarity about life, to re-learn to take care of ourselves.
There is plenty free time that you can choose to have time alone or enjoy the company of other guests from all over the world. You can just relax or unwind with a book lying on the beach, or try the complimentary steam room, swim, or a beach walk…
Over 8 days, your awareness will deepen and senses open. Daily practices will help you cultivate deep insight and leave the retreat feeling restored and ready to go back into everyday life with renewed vitality, clarity and calm.

Come to Thailand to inspire your yoga practice and rejuvenate your sense of adventure. Todd and Tamara of Native Yoga Center will be hosting this incredible once in a lifetime retreat experience. Enjoy the beautiful Samahita Retreat Center, known for it’s comfort and tranquility. Practice Yoga with Todd and Tamara daily before enjoying some of the amazing excursion opportunities this area has to offer. Immerse yourself in the exotic Thai culture. You have the freedom to kick back and relax pool or ocean side or take advantage of fun expeditions around the island.