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Waterfall Villas, Barú, Costa Rica
Waterfall Villas is a retreat centre hidden in the virgin rainforest of Baru in Costa Rica. Offering ongoing private yoga retreats, occasional group retreats, there are also Buddhist spiritual studies, ayurvedic therapies including pachkarma and shirodhara, and detox / rejuvenation and healing programs available.
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Sushumna Yoga, Goa, India
Sushumna Yoga is a retreat centre in a quiet area of Goa, India. Nestled amongst the lush vegetation typical of this area, the yoga studios at Sushumna are surrounded by palm trees and tropical flowers. Sushumna offers a regular class schedule during their season, as well as programmed retreats and teacher trainings.
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The Spa Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Imagine an oasis in tropical hinterland where you can wake up to the sounds of the forest before practicing early morning yoga on a raised platform overlooking the mountains? If this sounds like your idea of relaxation, you will probably like The Spa Resort in Chiang Mai.
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Suryalila Retreat, Cadiz, Spain
Suryalila is brand new retreat centre due to open in March 2012 in Cadiz, Spain. Founder Vidya Heisel has been teaching yoga for thirty years, and has spent the last six teaching and travelling extensively around the globe. Vidya’s quest to find the perfect retreat centre, where nothing was missing finally brought her to put down roots in Spain and create her dream centre.
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Sunflower Retreat Holidays, Casperia, Italy
Relax, rejuvenate and rejoice at Sunflower retreat centre – in the mediaeval village of Casperia, near Rome in central Italy. This is a place where visitors can step away from their busy lives and relax and enjoy the real Italy untouched by mass tourism.
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Om Palace Sanctuary, Ontario, Canada
The Om Palace is a small hermitage in Queens valley in Grey Bruce County, in the wide open spaces of Ontario, Canada. It is a secluded DEVI mandir dedicated to studies of the Navgraha worship of the nine planets, through mantra, yantra and tantra and daily pujas to the divine mother.
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Huzur Vadisi, Lycia, Turkey
Huzur Vadisi is a retreat centre in forest covered setting of Lycia in south-west Turkey, facing the sparkling aqua waters of Mediterranean sea. The English partners in the centre were bought up in Istanbul and had connections with Turkey.
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The Abbey, Oxfordshire, England
Rooted in the judeo-christian tradition, since its inauguration as a modern day retreat centre, The Abbey opens its doors to all spiritual seekers wishing to either stay at the centre for retreat and spiritual enquiry, or to attend one of the courses it runs.
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Yoga Rocks, Crete, Greece
When the opportunity to run a retreat centre in Greece was presented to them, Helen and Phil felt that fate; ever present in the literature of ancient Greece literature, had intervened to offer them something they couldn’t refuse.
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The Natural Yoga Centre, Auvergne, France
Founded in Australia, The Natural Yoga Centre has been operating since 2008, though it has now relocated to the Massif du Sancy Mountain Range in France where it is surrounded by lakes, river spa sources and the mineral springs of the Dordogne.
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Blue Spirit, Nosara, Costa Rica
The stunning Blue Spirit Retreat Centre is situated on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, near the town of Nosara. The retreat centre is the vision of Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD – a founder of Omega Institute in New York, who had long-time dream of creating a similar facility internationally.
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Absolute Sanctuary, Koh Samui, Thailand
Absolute Sanctuary was opened in 2008 with the aim of becoming one of the leading wellness and retreat centres in Asia for yoga teacher trainings, workshops and events. Located on tropical Koh Samui and taking architectural inspiration from Morroco, the centre has thirty-eight well-appointed rooms with en-suites, accommodating up to seventy-six people in double occupancy.
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Villa Sumaya, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Villa Sumaya in the highlands of Guatemala is a full service retreat center and hotel perched at fifteen hundred metres above sea level on the picturesque shores of Lake Atitlan in an area that is sacred to the local indigenous people.
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The Sanctuary, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand
The Sanctuary retreat centre on the picturesque island of Koh Pha Ngan in southern Thailand opened in 1992, and was the realization of a vision of its English founders to offer a place where people could enjoy the same benefits they had received from the pratice of yoga, a healthy diet of fresh food in a dreamlike tropical landscape.
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