“Experience extraordinary natural surrounding”
4 Day Yoga Holiday in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
The Kandy Samadhi Centre, Kukul Oya Road, Narampanawa, Kandy 761, Sri Lanka
Yoga Retreat Sri Lanka
Join The Kandy Samadhi Centre for a short break where you will deepen your yoga practice in the lush nature of Sri Lanka. Samadhi will weave its magic on you from the moment you enter the retreat through the massive Kandyan doorway set into stone. This is where you will find peace, tranquility, and balance. You will leave home feeling more empowered and inspired.
Meet the instructors
Mahesh & Yumi
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Highlights
- Daily yoga classes
- Peaceful natural surroundings
- Trip to the waterfall and river bathing
- Introduction tour around Samadhi
- Daily vegetarian breakfast and dinner
- 3 nights accommodation
- Cookery lesson
Yoga styles
3 days with instruction
Accommodation
Facilities
- Terrace
Samadhi will be your home during the retreat. Inside the entrance hall at Samadhi, you are watched over by a silk tapestry depicting seven Buddhist monks each holding a lotus blossom in their hand. Each monk is a different shade of brown. Likewise, the cultural diversity of this island is reflected in the villagers, who form the core of what makes Samadhi run smoothly.
They are unspoiled and courteous - every man, woman, or boy will calmly break from sweeping the stone pathway, lighting the oil lamp, or picking fresh produce for your lunch to wish you “Ayubowan!” the traditional Sinhala welcome which means “Let there be long life!”. The inspiration for the design and architecture was born of meditation. And so you willingly leave your city husk behind at the gate with no signal for mobile phones. It is the perfect opportunity to let nothing interrupt the sounds of forest birdsong, of tree frogs and crickets, and the whisper of the breeze from the trees.
The thirteen pavilions, which lean out of the hillside, are veritable temples of tranquility. They are designed to make you feel you are the only person staying here. Privacy is everything. Yet there are no unnecessary walls. This results in a truly serene environment surrounded by urns, art, and treasures dating back to a time when Kandy was a royal realm. There, everything is king-sized. The Indonesian teak bed in a double room is spacious enough to sleep three people comfortably. But even the smallest suite provides a four-poster bed to dream in.
The spacious verandahs of each suite of rooms give onto paddy fields, nearby mountains, and bench terraces filled with herb gardens or pineapples. Bamboos reach out with their four-fingered leaves to fan a breeze at you. In the surrounding natural forest, mango, toddy palm, mahogany, and jak trees rub necks with giant bamboo, avocado, and Chinese guava.
Program
On waking in the early hours, listen to tree frogs whose cacophony seems like a child tinkering with a xylophone, the birds call to their mates, the deer cough, the wild boars are evident only by the rustle in the bush and the porcupine is even more timid. In this retreat, only you can experience such an extraordinary surrounding and ambience.
The concept of Samadhi is a testament to a new era in Sri Lankan development where the ambience of old village life and the Westerners desire to escape to nature can merge. But take heed - no two visits to this unique place can ever be the same. The visitor constantly finds new levels of intrigue and inspiration. You need time to absorb the intricate nuances, which begin to unravel between visits.
There is no Sinhala word for goodbye. The person about to depart calls out “mama gehilla enang!” which means “I will go and return”. To which the response is “gehing enna!” which means, “yes, go and return!” Once you find your way to Samadhi, you will understand why returning there is also part of your journey. This will give you a cultural experience that you have never experienced before.
Included excursions
Included in your retreat package is a waterfall trip and river bathing.
Instructors
Mahesh Kodikara
Meet Maheshe Kodikara, our resident Yoga Tai Chi and Qigong teacher. With over 40 years of teaching experience in Yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong , Maheshe has trained under renowned teachers in Sri Lanka, Australia, Japan, and India. He specialises in Iyengar Yoga, Taiji Quan (chen style), and Qi Gong, and conducts classes for both locals and foreigners at our center. Maheshe is also a certified Taiji teacher from the World Chen Xiaowang Taijiquan Association, making him the first Taiji teacher in Sri Lanka.
Yumi Jayasinghe
Yumi is the wife of Waruna, the owner of Samadhi. She brings the Japanese element into Samadhi. Originally a cartoonist in Tokyo, she has taught Hatha yoga since 2005. Yumi choreographs dance for children at a local international school. She brings a creative impact to enliven any session for beginner or experienced yogi.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place near Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Distances
- Kandy - 50 minutes
Features
Activities
- Massage
- Reiki
General
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Restaurant
- River nearby
Services
- Library
- Tour assistance
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
You will have breakfast in the dining pavilion, which is open on four sides to the forest and the river sounds, is sumptuous by any standard. Steamed manioc (cassava) with grated coconut, gotukola mallun, egg curry, pumpkin, sambol, and milk-rice are preceded by home grown pineapple, papaya, and guava.
All the food prepared at Samadhi is organic and freshly picked before each meal. It is vegetarian cookery at its best. The rice you eat is home grown and one of thirteen ancient Sinhala varieties organically farmed in the paddy fields across the river. The water you drink is sourced directly from an unpolluted mountain spring on Samadhi land.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
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)
Optional activities
- Astrologer
- Ayurvedic consultant
- Ayurvedic massage
- Barefoot Shiatsu
- Bird watching
- Organic vegetarian home cooking
- Reiki
- River bathing
- Sinhala cookery lessons
- Woodland walks
Optional tours
- City of Kandy tour and elephant bathing
- Dambulla cave temples
- Delgaldoruwa cave temple
- Elephant orphanage
- Fortress of Sigiriya
- Gadaldeniya and Lankatilaka Viharas and Embeeka Devale
- Golf at Victoria Golf links
- Hantana tea museum and botanical gardens Peradeniya
- Udawatta kele Sanctuary and the Temple of the Tooth
- Udawela cave temple
Spa treatments
Full Ayurvedic body massage and steam bath
This is a very old traditional therapy by two therapists who work in tandem, synchronizing their strokes and massages according to the circulatory and marma points for one hour. This is the most rejuvenating treatment of Ayurveda. This can be treated for various ages and for common disorders.
The benefits of Ayurveda body massage and steam bath include:
- Relieves pains and relax stiff muscles
- Improves blood circulation
- Rejuvenates the entire body
- Beautifies skin and slows down aging
- Promotes vitality, reduces stress, and stimulate sound sleep
- Reduces obesity, diabetics gangrene, and more
- Eliminates toxins in the body
- Increase efficiency of athletic performance and improves sportive vitality
Shirodhara
Medicated oil is poured slowly over the forehead. Shirodhara is highly beneficial in treating headaches, mental tension, insomnia, and stress and disorders of the central nervous system. Medicated oil is also poured on to the body, which is beneficial in curing neuromuscular disorders, rheumatism, and general debility.
Shirodhara gives the best results when taken after an Abhyangam. Dhara is good for all ailments. Changing the liquid as per the dosha condition with necessary alterations in the procedure is useful to alleviate any dosha.
The benefits of Shirodhara include:
- Strengthens central nervous system
- Strengthens sensible organs
- Eliminates stress and anxiety
- Reduces hypertension
- Helps to have a sound sleep
- Effective for mental diseases, headaches, nervous disorders, insomnia, blood pressure, general weakness, and urinary disorders
- Prescribed in clinical conditions like epilepsy, diabetic, neuropathy, and paralysis
Ela Kizhi (Pathrapotali Swedam)
This is a common treatment for various diseases, including inflammatory conditions of the bones and joints, arthritis, spinal problems, and sport injuries. Herbs, leaves, or powders with warm oil applied over the affected areas of the body for massaging.
The benefits include:
- Relieves pain, numbness, and edema
- Controls vitiated vata
- Stimulates the nerve endings
- Effective in the cases of spondylitis, sports injuries, muscular pains, and back pains
- Improves central blood supply
- Cures arthritis, paralysis, and convulsions
What's included
- 3 sessions of yoga
- An introduction tour to Samadi
- Waterfall tour
- Cookery lessons
- 3 nights accommodation
- Daily breakfast and dinner
What's not included
- Flights
- Lunches
How to get there
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB).
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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