The Yoga Retreat, Thailand

Situated in the Northwest of  Koh Phangan, Thailand. The Yoga Retreat is located in the forest only ten minutes from Haad Salad beach and gives a supporting environment to add to your practice and develop a better life. Self-healing is our major belief also that students are their own best instructors. Our aim is providing you with the necessary tools to make your personal awareness deeper.

Whether you are a learner or expert yoga educator, the Yoga Retreat is the ideal balance to a relaxing tropical vacation. We urge you to pay attention to your body and will serve as advisers to assist you through your own individual change. You will learn things to positively transform your life: yoga, detox, chakra healing, meditation and pranayama. Hopefully you will go home with them.

The Yoga Retreat Owners/organizers, Teresa and Kes Kennard, intertwined their broad experience in yoga, Pilates and dance with their affection for one another and opened the Yoga Retreat in Thailand in 2000. Grasping and embraced by nature, the Yoga Retreat is an environment that is quiet and Eco-friendly with an stable-realistic- methodology which they believe to actually be the key to a genuine change.

To our guests who wish to make use of wifi, we offer it free

Yoga in Thailand

Yoga Classes

Yoga classes at the retreat are a blend of familiar positions (asana), and also more difficult postures, with changes and varieties given to learner. The breath is constantly emphasized on, which conveys attention to the mind and body at the same time. The outcome is that the body gets to be stimulated, the brain gets to be focused, and there is an increase in awareness. The major aim is increasing vitality and also promoting a sense of healthiness at the same time.

Hatha Yoga

Hatha yoga classes 4-5.30pm daily

A gentler, more remedial type of yoga, Hatha Yoga intends to get both sides of the human body into balance. Interpreted from the Indian Sanskrit "Ha" means sun and "tha" has moon as it meaning moon this alludes to the balance of male/female, positive/negative, day/night, Yin and Yang. Hatha Yoga works through the mastering of body postures (Asana's) and techniques of breathing (Pranayama,) it encourages dynamic wellbeing and uses the body's vitality chakras. Constant practice increases the longing to practice and builds up love within. Yoga gives the professional a device to work with in everyday life. 

Do I Have to Be Vegetarian to Practice Yoga?

The primary guideline of yoga reasoning is ahimsa, which implies not hurting oneself as well as other people. A few individuals translate this to incorporate not eating animal-related foods. There is a dispute about this in the yoga group, I feel that it is an individual choice that everybody needs to decide on for themselves. On the off chance that you are thinking about turning into a vegan, make sure to consider your own wellbeing issues and also how your decisions will influence those who live with you. Adopting a vegan diet ought not to be a practice that you force on others—that sort of forceful behavior in itself is not a declaration of ahimsa.

Ashtanga yoga.

Located in the lush tropical jungle at Koh Phangan is the Yoga retreat-Detox Thailand centre. This is a wonderful place, only minutes from the beaches at Haad salad and surrounded by lush vegetation. On your visit to Thailand why not spend some time at the yoga retreat and immerse yourself in some yoga for a week or so. You can also add a detox Thailand experience to your visit and cleans your mind and body.

At Yoga Retreat-Detox Thailand you can stay with us in one of our ensuite or shared bathroom rooms or if you already have booked accommodation nearby you can stay there attend the yoga retreat on a daily basis. The choice is yours. Our classes start from 8am every morning and include Ashtanga yoga for all levels of experience, meditation and Pranayama classes and of course our detox Thailand experience that will cleanse your body as well as your mind.

Our teachers are all experienced in Ashtanga yoga and their special subjects such as chakra or meditation practices. They each have many years experience working for us or as a teacher at other yoga retreats.

As well as yoga or detox we also have a great list of activities you can join in. There is snorkelling, swimming and diving at the beach, kayaking, elephant rides, walking tours through the jungle to see magnificent waterfalls and the beautiful scenery of the area and of course there is usually a party or 2 to go wild cat.

We also some Kirtan chanting and singing to really get into the yoga retreat mode and immerse yourself in our Ashtanga yoga.

The facilities here take advantage of our wonderful scenery and we have a Shala or outdoor platform for yoga that looks across the valley. A river runs through at the bottom and the air is filled with the sound of cicadas. There is a great herbal steam to relax in and we have a restaurant that caters for all appetites and types.

The Ashtanga yoga classes are on each day in the morning and there is a Hatha flow class each afternoon. Combined with our informative talks on meditation, theory and the philosophy of yoga you will be able to enjoy a great yoga retreat experience.

You can also choose to take part in our detox Thailand program and cleanse your body as well as your mind.

The Yoga Retreat, 65/4 Moo 8, Koh Phangan, Surat Thani 84280, Thailand. +66 77 374 310

What is the meaning of Om?

What’s Hatha?

The meaning of the word hatha is willful or forceful. Hatha yoga is that set of physical exercises also known as asanas or body positions, and series of asanas are meant to support your skin, bones and muscles. The postures are also fashioned to open up several paths into the body, most importantly, the spine, so as to allow for the free flow of energy.

Another translation of Hatha is ha, which means “sun” and tha means “moon.”  Going by the translation, Hatha yoga simply refers to the balance relating to the male gender (active, hot, sun) and that of the female gender (receptive, cool, moon). Hatha yoga is a way of establishing balance and causing unity between opposites. In our physical bodies, we build up a balance between vigor and flexibility and as well learn how to balance our endeavors and admit defeat in every pose. Hatha yoga is a great means for self-development. It helps bring to our notice the way we breathe, which assists us to pause and notice the infrequent movement of the mind and makes us more active in unfolding each moment.