GOAN RETREAT
7 DAYS YOGAMAGIC ECO RETREAT
Start the Year the way you mean to go on!....
Join us at the Yogamagic Eco Resort ( award winning venue, with normally a two year waiting list to book) in Goa, India, this place is truly a piece of paradise.
The moment you will arrive and pass through the main portal you will leave the world behind and will enter a truly magical place. The resort is welcoming and up-lifting. The facilities are clean, comfortable and perfectly integrated into an exotic tropical setting. Discover the food of vibrant blends and flavours, beautifully presented with love.The ingredients are locally sourced to nurture the body and excite your palate.
This peaceful haven is nestled in the south of Goa just over 1 hour from the airport and will be our healing sanctuary for 1 week.
You can be sure that you will leave feeling like you have a new mind and body, leaving the winter blues behind and ready to reintegrate into Spring.
Each day will include; two magical yoga workshops, by myself, energising in the morning and restorative/chilled in the afternoon, guided meditation, pranayama (breath work), chanting of mantra and 3 sumptuous Ayurvedic meals
As an additional treat to our daily schedule we will also have two very talented musicians, Jason Kalidas and Tritha Sinah, who will be blessing us with concerts in the evening, Jason with the Indian classical flute and Tritha with traditional Indian ragas.
And for those who would like to have the opportunity to dance then Tali will be offering some ecstatic dance techniques (movement matters) with the most amazing eclectic music. This can be an incredible way of unlocking trapped energy in a fun and playful manner.
There will be plenty of free time between the workshops and meals for you to relax, read, swim in the on site pool, go for a trip to the local beach ( just 5 minutes by auto rickshaw from the lodge) or visit the world famous Arjuna flea market, (a massive shoppers paradise). The flea market will be perfect for those seeking artisan goods from throughout India, which will all be under palm tree canopy. Or you may choose to pamper yourself from a wonderful range of Massages and other Ayurvedic treatments, available at the resort.
About Tritha
One of India’s most promising musicians and gifted singer, songwriter and composer; Tritha is a rising figure in India and Europe, not only as a performer but also as a strong and modern Indian woman fighting for Women’s freedom and independence.
Tritha was also featured on BBC World, European TV channels ARTE:Tracks and Canal +, where she was termed as a “Music Activist’. Her picture has been traveling all over the world since 2011 and 2012 from her exhibition – ‘Women Changing India’, organized by Magnum Photos from Paris & BNP Paribas.
Tritha had also been a speaker at the TEDx Delhi, where she got a standing ovation for her speech and songs about the New Indian Woman’s Voice and relevance on the global front today and has an artists collective SPACE in New Delhi directed towards women empowerment in India
She also teaches Indian classical music in Europe and India combining it with Music Healing, Activism and Music Meditation workshops.
Tritha Sinah
ACCOMMODATION
The Yoga magic resort is an ecological paradise. All of the rooms have been built with minimal impact on the natural surroundings, creating a comfortable immersion in nature with the smallest ecological footprint.
ECO LODGE
TENTED ECO LODGES NOVEMBER TO MAY
Luxurious Rajasthani hunting tents hang under a bamboo and coconut thatch roof with traditional mud walled living room and open air, en-suite bathroom. Colourful saris drape the elevated palm fringed roofs keeping the lodges cool, with natural cross ventilation and a private veranda with sunset views across the paddy fields where water buffalo and peacocks roam.
BEDROOM
Large tent bedrooms are light and airy, lined with hand block printed cotton dressed in rich silks, each lodge a different colour theme corresponding to one of the seven chakras. Village crafted wooden furniture, wall hangings and large comfortable beds with big fluffy pillows, natural silk cushions and bolsters, illuminated throughout with soft solar powered lighting. Beds can be single occupancy, double, twin or triple.
DRESSING ROOM
The mud lounge is a cool haven for dressing or relaxing, with arched terracotta windows, thatched roof and a sculpted sofa bed, perfect for shading from the midday sun or for a third person sharing.
BATHROOM
Open air bathroom in Indo-Moroccan tadalkt style with high mud walls and mini garden featuring traditional Indian hand bathing from clay urns, a magical experience under the sun or stars. Some lodges have western toilets and some have natural eco composting squat toilets which are odour free, using waste mango woodchips and effective micro-organisms (EM) to return everything back to nature, providing compost for the gardens. Hot solar showers are just a short walk away from each lodge.
MAID SERVICE
Serviced daily with fresh flowers and evening turn down. Natural soaps, towels and robes changed as often as required.
MASTER SUITES
The Maharaja and Maharani suites form a wing of the main house, built from local laterite stone with high wood beamed ceilings and clay tiled roofs. Inspired by traditional Goan Portuguese manor houses and the castles of Rajasthan, they feature reclaimed haveli doors and traditional village crafted windows with shutters and furniture from recycled teak wood or reclaimed railway sleepers
BEDROOM
Split level bedroom lounge/dressing room with corner sofa, luxurious cushions and bolsters in khadi silks, organic cottons, natural bamboo and colourful saris. King size bed, sofas and floor are hand molded and fashioned in a contemporary Indo-Moroccan tadelakt style with smooth lines and softened corners. Plenty of light streams in through the many windows whilst the high ceilings, cross ventilation and fans keep the rooms cool during the hot season.
MEZZANINE AND VERANDA
The mezzanine is up a curved iron staircase in the eaves with a simple futon bed for a third guest. Double doors from each suite open onto a large shared veranda with swing bed, coffee tables and wicker chairs overlooking a private lawn and gardens by the swimming pool to the paddy fields beyond.
The poolside terrace under a shady kutir has the most spectacular sunrise views.
EN SUITE BATHROOMS
Bathrooms are sculpted, shaped and rounded with a sunken bath for two and a rain shower with plenty of hot water from the sun.
MAID SERVICE
Serviced daily with fresh flowers and evening turn down. Natural soaps, towels and robes changed as often as required.
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 20TH
4pm - Check in and welcome juice
5pm - Welcome circle
6pm - Yoga
FRIDAY 21ST - TUESDAY 25TH
7am - Wake-up with hot water and lemon
7.30-8am - Silent meditation
8-8.30am - fruit and hot drinks served
8.30 -10.30am - Yoga
10.30am - Brunch
11.30 - 5.30pm - free time to relax, swim. take a massage explore and read.
3pm - light afternoon snack or juice
5.30- 6.45pm Gentle Yoga
7pm - Dinner
After - Optional agni hotra fire ceremony
Tuesday 25th evening we will have a live performance of Indian ragas with Tirtha Sinha.
WEDNESDAY
7.30 am - Wake-up with hot water and lemon and fruit served
8am - Yoga
10.00am - closing circle
10.30am - Brunch
12pm - Check-out
INVESTMENT FEE:
Eco Lodge triple £792
Eco Lodge twin £957
Double suite or twin (per person) £1210
Private suite £1760
Take advantage of our Loyalty discount of 10% off the above price, if you have booked on any other retreat in the last 18 months, for referring a friend or if you area regular student of ' Yoga Tree of Life '.
To secure your spot a non refundable deposit of £150 should be made and the remainder of 50% of the total amount should be made my January 31st.
The total balance should be completed before arrival, February 20th, 2020.
Please contact us via email or the form below to make your booking.
Location:
GETTING HERE
YogaMagic is peacefully situated in a lush coconut grove surrounded by paddy fields, 2km inland from the beaches of Anjuna & Vagator and 7km from the nearby market town of Mapusa in North Goa. We are intentionally tucked away with no signboard and a little hard to find so the easiest way to get here is to ask us to send a taxi to collect you.
By Air
Dabolim (GOI) is Goa’s airport, 45 mins – 75 mins drive from YogaMagic, depending on the time of day.
International Services to/from:
Doha/Qatar – Qatar Airways
Muskat/Oman – Oman Air
Dubai – Air India
Sharjah – Air Arabia
Domestic Services/connections to/from all major Indian cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad
Domestic Airlines : Air India, Spice Jet, Indigo, GoAir, Air Asia, Vistara, Trujet
By Rail
A wonderful experience if you are feeling adventurous and have the time. There are several trains a day from Mumbai to Goa. Early morning train for stunning views and evening for the overnight sleeper. Journey takes about twelve hours with plentiful food and refreshments available onboard.
Mumbai and Trivandrum trains alight at Thivim, 45 mins from YogaMagic.
Bangalore and Delhi trains alight at Margao, 2 hours drive away.
Booking is essential at least two weeks before your journey on the Indian Railways website which can be quite a challenge to navigate. We have a wonderful travel agent in Anjuna who can arrange trains or busses for you, much easier than booking yourself: Brian at Speedy Travels: or 0091 7030 153253.
By Sea
A completely new service last season which we have yet to try for ourselves. An overnight cruise from Mumbai to Goa/Goa to Mumbai which leaves 3 times per week. See the website for timings & reservations:
By Road
The easiest way to find us is to put us into Google Maps. From Mapusa take the road to Anjuna and Vagator, up the hill and down the other side. After about 3km turn right signposted Vagator just before the large white church of St Michael the Archangel, Anjuna. Follow the road around the front of the church to the small crossroads by Bobby Bar. Go straight on towards Vagator for 300m with fields on both sides, then turn left just after the large blue and white Portuguese house on the left, opposite ‘Labour of Love’. We are right at the end of the lane, through the iron gates.
Getting around
Taxis and rickshaws can be arranged anytime at reception. We can also arrange jeep, car, scooter or motorbike hire, though we emphasise that this is not the place to ride on two wheels if you are inexperienced.
We are about 2 kilometres from Vagator and Anjuna beaches, 5 minutes drive away or about 35 minutes walk. Morjim, Aswem and Manderim beaches are much longer and quieter, about 20 minutes away by taxi.