KERALA YOGA RETREAT WITH SHUDDHA (INDIA)

8 nights 7 days Yoga retreat in the stunning seaside town Varkala with the option of an additional week tour up the coast of Kerala.

Yoga retreat 2nd-10th January 2026

Week Tour 10th-18th January 2026

Receive Ayurvedic Herbal Massage daily, an Ayurvedic medical consultation/constitution analysis with a local Dr Sibi George, relax and unwind with Yoga, Breathing, Yoga Nidra, and Meditation.

$2250 Non AC/ $2350 AC per person

Additional week tour $1250 per person, according to your accommodation choice, meals are included in most venues. All taxi fares between towns are included.

Airfares are not included.

Daily Schedule

7-8.30am Morning Yoga

8.30am Breakfast at Savithri Inn

Receive your Ayurvedic Massage treatment (exact timing will be set when you have your consultation)

Free time to go to the beach, relax, read, explore.

5-6.30pm Yoga, Pranayama and relaxation

6.30pm Dinner at Savithri Inn

7.45-8.45pm Yoga Nidra and Meditation

Varkala is a beautiful coastal town in Kerala (South India) that is known for its unique 15m high 'Northern Cliff' adjacent to the Arabian Sea. There is easy access to the beach for a walk, swim or sunbake. On the cliff top are many restaurants, cafes and shops that look over the vast expanse of the ocean. A perfect spot to see the sun set in the evening. There are winding streets leading to the beach where more cafes and restaurants are tucked away.

We will be staying at Savithri Inn. Everyone will have a private cabin and en-suite. Rooms are fitted with Keralan style furniture. Each cabin has a balcony overlooking the gardens. There is a large free standing Yoga hall where will be have our Yoga classes and meditations. Savithri Inn has a cozy ambience and is just 5 minutes walk to the beach.

Ayurvedic treatments will be with Dr Sibi. Dr Sibi comes from a lineage of 13 generations of Ayurvedic Doctors and has been practising for 38 years. He is passionate about Ayurveda and has a calm, kind demeanour. I studied and did Panchakarma (Ayurvedic cleansing) with Dr Sibi in 2014. He is a well respected traditional Dr who also runs courses in both Kerala and Dharamshala (North India). Consultation and Massage treatments will be done by his staff at his centre which is 5 to 10 min walk from our accommodation.

Optional additional week tour (Additional Cost)

After our retreat, there is an option to travel with me along the coast where you will have the opportunity to:

Visit the nearby coastal town Kovallam. Swim, relax at a cafe looking over the water, do some shopping.

Visit to Sivananda Ashram Neyyar Dam. We will have 3 days at the Sivananda Ashram which is located 2 hours from Varkala and 1 hour from Trivandrum Airport. The daily schedule includes 2 meditation and chanting sessions, 2 yoga classes, 1 hour of Karma Yoga, and an hour Yoga talk. Visit their website for more information here. (https://sivananda.org.in/neyyardam/)

Experience a relaxing backwaters cruise along with Kerala’s winding waterways. This is a day boatcruise with a chef on board to cater for you. We will be staying for 2 nights at Orchid Lake View Guest house that over looks the beautiful back waters.

Spend a night in Fort Cochin, known for its local art scene. This town also has many gift shops and high quality clothing stores like Fab India.

Tour Week Schedule:

10th-12th Jan Kovalam Lighthouse Beach

12th-15th Jan Sivananda Ashram Neyyar Dam

15th-17th Jan Alleppey

16th Jan Backwaters Day Boat Cruise

17th-18th Jan Fort Kochi

Reservation

Places are limited to 11 people. The investment for the Yoga retreat (one week) starts from $2250 (Non AC) which covers airport pick up, accommodation, breakfast and dinner, daily yoga, meditation, an Ayurvedic consultation, daily Ayurvedic massages and treatment (total 7 treatments). If you would like to have additional Ayurvedic treatments during your stay you can pay extra at that time. Airfares are not included.

The Yoga Retreat AC accommodation and Tour week is a total of $3600.

A deposit of $1150 secures your spot on this wonderful India experience.

Please contact me if you would like to join or have any questions regarding the retreat.

Shuddha Chittam:

shuddhachittam@hotmail.com

WhatsApp +61466248627

Travel

You will need to arrange your airfares to arrive in Trivandrum Airport. If you are joining the week tour of Kerala you will fly out of Kochi (Cochin). We will arrange a pick up from the airport. If you would like to travel with someone from the group contact me to arrange this. More information on travel will be sent to you in an info pack.

About Shuddhachittam

Shuddha teaches Traditional Hatha Yoga, guiding students to witness the body, breath and thoughts, creating mindfulness through Yoga. She believes that mind and body healing can be experienced through the traditional Yoga postures, bestowing benefits to the practitioner by holding the poses and repetition. Shuddha also has an ardent interest in alignment in her classes and regularly attends Iyengar classes to deepen her experience of postural awareness.

Shuddha’s interest in spirituality started from a young age when she practiced meditation with the desire to astrally project and see auras… unfortunately she didn’t succeed at that time! She has travelled to India 10 or more times and has attended various courses in the Tantric traditional practices of Chakra Shuddhi, Prana Vidya, Tattwa Shuddhi, Puja, Havan and Yajnas.

Shuddha started practicing Yoga when she was 14 years old at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Perth. 9 years later she completed her first teacher training and started teaching in 2005. Shuddha has completed over 1900 hrs of Yoga teacher training and lived as a Yoga Monk (Sannyasin) at the Bihar School of Yoga from 2011-2013. She has her own daily practice of Yoga and Meditation and frequently attends Vipassana meditation silent retreats to deepen her practice. Meditation is one of the main passions in her life as it has helped her to gain greater insight into herself and the tools to help maintain emotional equilibrium through the ups and downs that life offers.

Shuddha is also a qualified Hypnotherapist, Theta Healer and Ayurvedic Consultant and Massage therapist.

Shuddha was previously known as Anna Ellery.

Kerala Yoga Retreat with Shuddha January 2026