Yoga Retreat in India: Nadiprana Energy Movement
Eight days of breath and movement on Agonda Beach — feeling the body rather than forcing it into shapes.
- Runs for
- 8 days
- Each day
- 6:30 am – 8:30 pm
- Taught by
- Choyin Dorje
- Where
- Agonda Beach, Goa, India
- Taught inEnglish, every course
- Teaching since2005, on Agonda Beach
- Group sizeSmall enough to correct every table
Feeling, rather than forcing
Feeling your breath matters more here than managing it. Feeling your body matters more than getting it into a shape.
That sounds like a small distinction. In practice it is the difference between a movement you perform and one that goes somewhere.
Nothing is asked of you except attention. Most people find, two or three days in, that they have stopped bracing against something they had not noticed they were bracing against.
When it runs
This one is not on the schedule this season. Dates are set by the school — tell us you are interested and we will let you know when it next runs.
Courses run October to April. Places are limited because every afternoon is hands-on practice in pairs.
Is this for you?
What the retreat includes:
- Four energy-movement sessions a day
- A morning cleansing breath to begin
- The morning Nadi stretch, opening the energy channels
- Three vegetarian meals a day, and homemade drinks
- Accommodation for the length of the retreat
- Time to share your own journey with the group
How the day is shaped
- 6:30 – 8:30Cleansing breath and Nadi stretch — opening the energy channels
Nadiprana Energy Movement
What a yoga retreat in India looks like here
What Nadiprana is
A powerful but very simple form of physical yoga, drawn from ancient vajrayana, kriya and Taoist practice. Less a class than a way of going about things.
Feeling your breath and your body matters more here than manipulating either. The posture is a means of growing awareness, not the point in itself.
What it does
People leave stronger, more grounded, more centred. It is liberating in a specific sense: you stop being steered by impulse and emotion.
It comes out of the Buddha’s teaching, and it is first of all about loosening the grip of the same old habits and patterns that keep producing suffering.
Why a retreat and not a weekly class
A retreat gives you the thing daily classes cannot: enough uninterrupted time to properly relax, to sink into your own sensory experience, and to get to know yourself rather than fit a practice around a working week.
You will also be among people who are all there for the same reason, which turns out to be most of the energy in the room.
What students say about Nadiprana Energy Movement
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Students talk about Nadiprana
Deposit and cancellation terms
- The initial deposit is non-refundable in all circumstances, including travel restrictions, lockdowns, pandemic, war, act of God or any other unforeseen event.
- If you cancel, reschedule or do not take part, the deposit is not refunded. If you choose another date for personal reasons, the deposit stays forfeited.
- If you have an accident or become pregnant and cannot join, a valid doctor’s certificate and at least 30 days’ notice by email are required; failing that, the deposit is forfeited and any transfer is at the school’s discretion.
- Once you have physically joined, the full course fee becomes payable, and is non-refundable, non-cancellable and non-transferable.
- The balance of the fee is paid on arrival, or by transfer at least 15 days before the course begins.
- If illness or restrictions stop the course part-way, the school may transfer your pro-rata balance to a future course, at its discretion.
- The school may end your participation if it finds your presence disturbing to the group process.
- If the school cancels before the course begins for reasons beyond its control, you are entitled to a full refund except the initial deposit. The school is not liable for travel, insurance or other associated losses.
- Any dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of Canacona, Goa, India.
What the fee covers
Included
- The course manual
- Oils used throughout the course
- Massage tables and sheets
- Your certificate on completion
Arrange separately
- Flights and travel insurance
- Airport transfer
- Accommodation and food
We help every student find a room within walking distance of the school — tell us your dates and budget when you enquire.
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Come and see what happens
Tell us roughly when you could travel and we will write back within two working days. If we think a different course suits you better, we will say so — we would rather you came to the right one.