Set on the banks of the River Kabini in the quiet Mysore district of Karnataka, this yoga and ayurveda retreat offers a deeply restorative escape across 18 acres of riverside organic खेत—sorry, organic farm—and a growing medicinal forest. Guided by founder Krishna Chaitanya and his wife Lillie, guests are invited into an atmosphere of authentic learning, healing, and spiritual growth through traditional practices and attentive care.

Retreats are available year-round, with 7, 14, 21, and 28-night Ayurveda treatment programmes, as well as set-date group yoga retreats ranging from 5 to 28 nights. The retreat welcomes up to 25 guests.

Bespoke Ayurveda Programme
Available All Year
From $1000 pp for 7 nights in a private room, including all treatments, meals and herbal drinks.
Designed for 7 nights or more, this programme is created to help you relax and recharge with a personalised plan of treatments, meals, medicated oils and herbs, plus yoga, breathwork and meditation.

Ayurveda for Weight Loss
Available All Year
From $2500 pp for 21 nights in a private room, including all treatments, meals and herbal drinks.
This 21 or 28-night programme is designed to balance the body’s five elements and three doshas through a tailored ayurvedic plan featuring baths, steam therapy, massage, fermentation therapy, medicated oils and herbs.

Ayurveda for Detoxification
Available All Year
From $1800 pp for 14 nights in a private room, including all treatments, meals and herbal drinks.
Available for 14, 21 or 28 nights, this intensive Panchakarma programme supports detox for body and mind while helping restore your natural constitution. The personalised cleansing and rejuvenation plan may include enemas, purgation, vomiting, medicated oils and herbs.

Ayurveda for Anti-Ageing
Available All Year
From $1800 pp for 14 nights in a private room, including all treatments, meals and herbal drinks.
Created to revitalise body and mind, this 14, 21 or 28-night programme focuses on improving metabolism, vitality and immunity through a personalised ayurvedic plan with massage, steam therapy, muscle toning, enemas, medicated oils and herbs.

Ayurveda for Stress Relief
Available All Year
From $1800 pp for 14 nights in a private room, including all treatments, meals and herbal drinks.
Available for 14, 21 or 28 nights, this programme is designed to ease stress while supporting balance in the cardiovascular and nervous systems, hormones and emotions. Treatments may include massage, steam therapy, baths, medicated oils and herbs.

Experiences
Set-date group yoga retreats run throughout the year for all levels, lasting from two to four weeks. Guests can enjoy meditation, hatha yoga practice, and classes on yoga lifestyle or philosophy, with optional one-to-one consultations. Ayurveda treatments may be added at an extra cost.
Ayurveda treatment programmes can also be booked at any time for concerns such as stress, ageing or weight management, including a 28-night Panchakarma for complete detox.
Expert ayurvedic doctors oversee each stay, tailoring the programme to your medical history and current health condition. Treatments make use of medicinal plants grown on the ashram grounds.
Nature walks are available in the surrounding countryside and along the clean riverbank, where guests may relax, read, reflect, enjoy nature and take in the sunset hour. If you choose to swim, go with company and be mindful that crocodiles are present.
The ashram can also arrange day trips to nearby places of interest, including Mysore, a forest, a coffee and tea plantation, a Jain Temple, the Edakkal Caves and shopping at Sultan Bathery.

Spaces
Treatments are held in The Dhanwantari Ayurvedic Clinic, a large traditional Nalukettu-style building made of laterite stone with five spacious treatment rooms.
There are four yoga halls on site. Chakra Hall is the largest and overlooks the river, Surya Hall is smaller and surrounded by bright flowers, and Rama Hall is especially peaceful for meditation.
The 18 acres include gardens and organic farmland filled with vegetables, lentils, millets, spices, fruit, coconut and medicinal trees, along with nearby rice paddies, mango groves and a public river bank. A rooftop terrace looks out over the ashram’s forest canopy and offers wide sunset views beyond the western hills, while a riverside patio provides another place to unwind.
Accommodation includes 40 simple, eco-friendly bedrooms. Guests on ayurveda retreats stay in large cottages made from hollow clay bricks, set along the gardens and overlooking the river. There are also deluxe twin-share rooms with garden views and private rooms facing the river. Rooms sleep two, but may also be used for solo stays.
Each room includes a desk area separating two small double beds, a wardrobe, and table and kitchenette facilities. Windows are fitted with mosquito nets, and bathrooms include a shower, toilet, sink and a bucket for collecting extra water for washing clothes.

Sustenance
Guests and staff dine together in a communal dining area at wooden tables with beautiful garden views.
A small team prepares a nourishing vegetarian buffet, sourced as much as possible from the organic kitchen gardens, with dairy-free and gluten-free options available.
Two buffet meals are served daily in traditional silver thali dishes, with brunch at 9am and dinner at 7pm. Lunch is lighter, usually fruit and a snack, to keep the stomach clear for afternoon yoga or treatments.
Meals may include salads, flavoured millets or rice, Indian bread, and curry dishes made with a range of vegetables and lentils, served with chutney sauces or pickle.
Fruit such as papaya, pineapple, watermelon and banana is served every day at 1pm. Alcohol, caffeinated tea and coffee are not offered.

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