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18 Day Mindfulness: Yoga, Meditation, Qi gong Retreat for Inner Balance Near Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Blue Indigo Yoga, Kandal village, Puk Reussey Commune, Khsach Kandal District, Kandal Province, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Cambodia
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Cambodia.
Strengthen the core and overall stability with yoga poses for the center of the body. Discover Blue Indigo Yoga Cambodia, a yoga and meditation center located on the banks of the Mekong. Reconnect with yourself in a peaceful and inspiring setting. Their experienced teachers will guide you through yoga classes suitable for all levels. Enjoy the natural beauty of their location and let yourself be carried away by the serenity of the Mekong. Join them for an unforgettable yoga and meditation experience.
Meet the instructors
Nina, Patrick, & JAN
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Highlights
- Daily yoga, meditation, and Pranayama sessions
- Bouddhiste Theravada
- Deepen concentration and presence with advanced yoga and moving meditations
- Practice emotional balance with mindfulness techniques and visualization
- Reflexology massage
- Sound healing session
- 17 nights accommodation
- Delicious homemade vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
15 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French
Group size: Maximum of 12 participants
Airport transfer available:
Phnom Penh International Airport (US$ 22 per person)
Phnom Penh International Airport (US$ 22 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Blue Indigo Yoga is designed as a spiritual retreat center. Their center comprises of seven comfortable rooms, each 35 square meters.
You’ll have the choice of staying in a dorm, shared twin room, or private room.
All rooms have a hot shower, van, and mosquito net. All rooms are provided with a ceiling fan and mosquito nets to keep the atmosphere cool and comfortable. Each room has a lovely bathroom with shower. Note that none of the room has air condition and this is not a resort. Their accommodation is basic, but clean and comfortable.
The double bed room has its own bathroom, mosquito net and fan. The shared twin room has two twin beds, with its own bathroom, fans, and mosquito nets.
The dormitories can welcome 6 peoples. Each dorms has its own bathroom, mosquito nets, and a fan.
Yoga shala
In the center of their property, there is a 100 square meter yoga shala. It’s an open air shala: no walls, but with a roof. Also, there are fans to keep your head cool during the hottest days. Besides this big yoga shala, there’s a smaller shala to practice in smaller groups front of Mekong River.
Nature and art
With lush gardens and cozy accommodation (simple and beautiful like nature itself), Blue Indigo Yoga is a oasis in the hectic city. Full of art made by the owners, students, and volunteers which have stayed with them over the years, it’s like a place right out of a fairy tale. You can also tap into your own creativity during your time at Blue Indigo. They offer a number of art supplies and a space for you to unlock the artist within at their center.
Cats
You share their beautiful land with the six cats who live here. If you’re a cat lover, you’re in luck, as most of them are always up for a hug. If you are less fond of cats, don’t worry, if you don’t open your door for them, they’ll leave you alone.
Program
Blue Indigo Yoga invites you to this progressive retreat. This retreat is an opportunity to study yourself while making room for growth and personal development. They offer a place dedicated to the well-being of the body, mind, and spirit.
Such yoga retreat comes with a distinctive lifestyle. Therefore, they serve healthy vegetarian meals with ingredients from the local market. They have simple but comfortable cottages, honor a structured daily routine, and provide an environment conducive to reach your goals.
The instructors are certified by Yoga Alliance, but more importantly, they have a solid teaching experience and their goal is to help you develop safely.
Retreats are designed to help participants connect to their inner power, improve their health and well-being, and find peace and clarity. The retreats include a variety of yoga practices, including Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin yoga, and more. Participants can also enjoy Vipassana meditation sessions and massages.
Benefits
Here are some of the benefits of Blue Indigo Yoga Cambodia retreats:
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Improved health and well-being
- Increased energy
- Improved sleep
- Strengthening concentration and memory
- Improved creativity
- Improved self-confidence
- Discovery of your inner power
- Connection to one’s spirituality
- Find peace and clarity
If you are looking for a yoga and meditation retreat that will help you connect to your inner power, improve your health and well-being, and find peace and clarity, they highly recommend you register for a Blue Indigo Yoga Cambodia retreat.
Balance and harmony
Their retreat package incorporates daily group discussions and full yoga program, while focusing on developing your inner tools. This enables you to create and maintain balance and harmony in your life, no matter what circumstances you may face.
A space to nurture the frazzled mind and nervous system but most of all, shed the obligations and pressures of work and life. There is time to walk or ride a bike through town. Rest, read a book, chat with others or just take in the yoga retreat gardens. You will feel instantly relaxed in the tranquil and inclusive environment of Blue Indigo.
Program
Yoga and meditation program for inner balance
1: Establish intentions and find basic stability with standing balance poses
2: Cultivate mental balance with guided meditation practices
3: Balance the body and mind with fluid yoga sequences and breath exercises
4: Strengthen the core and overall stability with yoga poses for the center of the body
5: Meditation Practice emotional balance with mindfulness techniques and visualization
6: Deepen concentration and presence with meditations
7: Integrate balance into daily life and create a plan to maintain a regular practice
Daily program:
06:00 Anapana Sati and Vipassana Sati – Buddhist meditation to start the day in full awareness
07:30 Nutritious breakfast to revitalize you.
10:00 Vinyasa or Flow practice – a dynamic session to fluidity the body and mind
12:00 Lunch break
16:00 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Pranayama: an essential practice of yoga that consists of controlling breathing to improve physical and mental well-being
16:00 (Friday) Aerial yoga: combines elements of traditional yoga with the use of suspended hammocks. Work on balance and stretching
!6:00 (Sunday) Qi gong: Introduction to Chinese meditation, feelings, and contact with air, as well as nature. Harmony of body and mind
17:00 Restorative Yin Yoga or Hatha Yoga – work on body balance, postures and stretching
19:00 Dinner in a friendly atmosphere
21:00 Rest time to prepare for the night
Note: Mondays are rest days, without classes. You can choose to do a silent day, to chill at the swimming pool, explore the neighborhood, practice yoga and/or meditation on your own… The day is yours to make whatever you want to.
Instructors
Nina Kot Navel
Nina will be one of the instructors for this retreat.
Patrick Firouzian
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Patrick is an Aerial Yoga Alliance certified teacher and practices yoga regularly for the past 10 years. He has over 30 years of experience in web technology and over 20 years of experience with photography and multimedia, working as a humanitarian photographer for multiple organizations. His goal is to see each of you complete this teacher training course with a beautiful website, blog, video of yourself, and your practice or teaching to share with your family and friends or use to apply for your next volunteer or teacher job. You will learn this art and science all along in this program.
JAN KOYAMA
Jean-Yves has over 8 years experience in Yoga, meditation and Buddhist philosophy with Vipassana.. He obtained an Aerial Yoga TTC (50h) and teaches regularly, and practices Ayurvedic massage when time allows. He is the founder and owner of Blue Indigo Yoga Cottage in Siem reap, an intimate, all inclusive center dedicated to Yoga. Operating since 2014, the cottage has hosted hundreds of practitioners and multiple TTCs and workshops.
Retreat location
Blue Indigo Yoga is an intimate yoga cottage front of Mekong river, only minutes away from the city center Phnom Penh, but tucked in lush natural gardens. This place was built from the ground up, with the vision to be a place to immerse yourself into wellness.
They are located on the banks of the Mekong, opposite the island of Koh Dach, the island of silk, and 14 kilometers from the capital Phnom Penh, province of Kandal. Many Cambodians from the capital live here, on the other side of the river. It's very pleasant, because the villages are authentic, and life is peaceful.
Surroundings
Mekong, lakes, villages, rice fields, pagodas, and most importantly, the genuine kindness and friendliness of the Khmer people. You can find it all in and around Mekong river.
Distances
- Phnom Penh, 14 kilometers
Unique features
Activities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
General
- Dining area
- Garden
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
Services
- Dry cleaning
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Library
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Within their program, they will provide you with 3 vegetarian homemade meals, made from ingredients that their local cooks carefully select daily in the market. Any dietary requirements or allergies can be carefully catered.
All meals are shared in the restaurant and are seen as a social occasion, a chance to bond and share stories with fellow guests and teachers. These are mainly Khmer dishes, vegetarian, with seasonal fruits and vegetables. The meals are perfectly balanced.
Breakfast is adapted to Westerners, and consists of fresh detox and fruit juice, homemade yogurt, Cambodian honey, homemade jam, oats, etc.
Vegetarian cooking with organic produce emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. These foods are rich in essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, and plant proteins. You can create a variety of delicious and healthy dishes using these basic ingredients.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Organic
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)
You may try the following activities during your free / personal time at
- Biking through the beautiful rice fields
- Explore local Cambodian cultural village
- Explore trekking tours and day trips
- Visit the Mekong river with its floating villages
- Explore the countryside: This is a 25-kilometer ride, having a fun time in rural areas by experiencing a genuinely different atmosphere. You will ride among rice fields, vegetable farms, haycock, local markets (tasting local delicacies such as fruits and cakes), experience daily village life, and rest in a Buddhist pagoda
Spa treatments
Spa treatments
- Ayurvedic yoga massage: 25 USD / 60 minutes
- Reflexology: 15 USD / 60 minutes
- Thai massage: 15 USD / 60 minutes
- Sound healing: 30 USD / 60 minutes
What's included
- Daily yoga classes
- Daily classes meditation
- Access of Qi Gong
- All classes are taught in English
- Reflexology massage
- Sound healing session
- Personal time for you to explore, meditate, or just be
- Experienced and professional teachers dedicated to your health and wellness development
- 17 nights accommodation in comfortable cottage: Dorm, shared, or private
- Delicious homemade vegetarian breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Water and tea on offer throughout the day
- Wi-Fi in the whole retreat center
- Access to pool
What's not included
- Plane to Cambodia
- Taxi to the center
How to get there
Recommended Airports
PNH
Phnom Penh International Airport
21 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 22 per person
Arrival by ferry
From Phnom Penh, you take the Japanese bridge, and you can get there by taking the boat from Svay Chrum ferry port. After, take a Tuk Tuk (7 USD) to Puk Russey village.
Airport: Phnom Penh International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Phnom Penh International Airport (US$ 22 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% 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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