7 Days Yoga Pilgrimage Retreat in Sri Lanka

Facilities

All available accommodation and facilities for yoga life are provided and run by a very hospitable host Don. All the outside environment of the premises is bringing your mind inside allowing you a unique chance to release any tension or stress, inspiring to further advance in your practice, contemplate and concentrate on your true nature.

For the first 4 days, you will be doing yoga practice at Yoga Light-House Retreat. For the following 3 days you venture into the mountainous part of the island. Sky scraping tree giants, with paths trodden by rain, animals and finally humans; magic fountains created by waterfalls where you will be able to bath and wash away all the urban fatigue; inspiring and pacifying landscapes.

You will also learn how to balance the 3 Doshas, that is to investigate and discover the weak points of your constitution (prakriti). If there are any recurring diseases, you will learn how to combat and eradicate them by managing your lifestyle. Not only that, you will increase your body endurance and vitality.

On a mental level, you will learn to master the methods and kriyas of the mind, sense of control and stability. Through your individual practice, you will learn how to acquire stability and serenity in your mind; you will grow positive traits and features of your personality so that you remain centered, focused, confident and relaxed in your day to day living.

Yoga Light-House also provides a consultation of traditional doctor of Sri Lanka (a doctor that is knowledgeable in herbs and naturopathy) if you have any physical concerns. He will use pulse diagnose (Nadi Vijnana) to determine your Prakruti (given at birth) and Vikruti (obtained through living) conditions of physical and energy bodies. Based on the consultations, you will be proposed a food and lifestyle plan for you to consider.

On the 6th and 7th days, you will embark on a pilgrimage to the highlands of the island - an excursion that is intended to reflect on your yoga practices. Your retreat comes complete with a climb to the sacred peak of Sri Pada (known as Adam's Peak).

Salutation to the dawn of new day at the Adam's Peak. Adams Peak raises high in the sky at 2243 meters. On top of it there is a hollow vaguely resembling a footprint. The road to the summit of the sacred mountain passes through a string of spectacular waterfalls, winding among the densely overgrown with tropical vegetation slopes and tea plantations.

To reach the top you need to go through around 5,000 steps. The Sri Lankans try to make the climbs to the summit comfortable, but the ascent still seems to be endless - at every turn, another flight of stairs opens and looks steeper than the previous one. However, the spectacular views are definitely worth the entire grueling journey to the summit.

Yoga Light House is located on the western coast of Sri Lanka, in a quiet and prosperous area called Waikkal, on the shore of the magnificent Indian Ocean. Where beats of industrialized life come to a complete stand still giving way to super natural tropical environment, and you a chance to get new insight and experience of unprecedented yoga state of mind, body and soul.

Yoga Light-House Sri Lanka recommend vegetarian diet during your stay with us to bolster personal benefits of the practice. However you are not restricted in your choice. A recommended food plan will be produced at the consultation and will be based on your Guna-Dosha constitution as well as on your present physical and mental conditions.

You can explore the outdoors with exciting activities such as riding a bicycle, taking a raft or swimming in the ocean, strolling through the mangroves as well as jogging on the beach.

• 6 nights' accommodations
• Bathe in the waterfalls, swimming in the Indian Ocean
• Daily breakfasts, lunches and dinners
• Daily morning and evening yoga sessions
• Trips on the raft, cycling adventures, and mountain trekking

• Air fare
• Lunches

Arrival by airplane

Arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB). A taxi ride from the airport will take around 30 minutes and the cost is about 15-20 USD.

• A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
• The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 30 days before the arrival date.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.