Second to the beach, yoga is another one of the main reasons people are flocking to the state of Goa each and every year. From daily classes to accredited teacher training courses & wellness retreats, Goa's got it all! So here are a few suggestions on where to look when heading to South Goa. You'll find info on North Goa retreats & courses in Bardez (Anjuna, Assagao, etc) here & those in Pernem (Ashwem, Mandrem & Arambol) over here.
Kranti Yoga | Patnem
Kranti Yoga School is based on Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa Flow, offering teacher training courses in Patnem, South Goa. By far one of the most popular centres in Goa, their short term yoga courses are ideal for beginners and help students to quickly learn the different aspects of Yoga. The trainees can learn the basics of various yoga poses, techniques required to execute, and the science behind them. "Consequently, yoga is a sensible philosophy involving every facet of a person’s being. Anyone regardless of era, health conditions of life and faith may practice yoga. Yoga can help discipline our sense of energy with the power of our own." (All photos via Kranti Yoga School's Facebook page)
Courses run for three weeks and are held regularly throughout September to June each year.
Cost per 3 week teacher training course is 1,250 Euros and includes all meals and refreshments, filtered water, Ayurvedic teas and fresh fruit juices, course tuition with up to 8hr of tuition per day for 6 days a week, course materials and manual, complimentary school bag, water bottle, new Yoga mat, use of shala facilities, wifi internet, and accommodation with hot water (for residential students).
Bookings & information please call: +91 9823984494 (Anusha)
Whatsapp Only : +44 7912985754 (Julia Gavin)
Website: https://www.krantiyoga.com/
Email: ashtangagoa@gmail.com
Lotus Oasis Yoga | Patnem
Lotus Oasis Yoga Retreat is located in Patnem, peacefully on the quiet beach. It is fairly well priced with rates from $80 onwards inclusive of one meal and unlimited yoga classes. Various other packages are also available along with daily yoga classes for guests. Voted one of the 10 best yoga retreats in the world in 2012, they specialize in body and spirit well being along with Ayurvedic treatments and meditation. (All photos via Lotus Oasis Yoga's Facebook page)
Lotus Oasis Yoga offers on-going 4, 7 and 10 day retreats as well as a 200 hour teacher training course beginning on the 5th of every month. Bookings can be made for single occupancy (100-115 Euro per night) or twin shared accommodation (68-75 Euro per night). All of which include vegetarian meals, teas, and juices, along with group excursions for those booking longer stays.
Bookings & information please call: +91.8939924020 or +91 9823020992
Website: http://www.lotusoasisyoga.com
Email: manav@lotusoasisyoga.com
Sampoorna Yoga School | Agonda
Sampoorna, named after the Sanskrit word meaning ‘full’, ‘total’, or ‘absolute’, is a yoga school in Agonda that offers yet another of Goa's most recommended teacher training courses. This extremely popular centre can be found just off the beach on the other side of the village's main road, down a small lane next to Mandala Cafe.
Sampoorna Yoga School offers a range of courses including 200-Hour & 300-Hour Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as multilingual 200-Hour trainings in German, Italian, Spanish & French. In addition to these, they also host 100-Hour Pre-Yoga Teacher Training, a 100-Hour Meditation & Ayurveda course, 60-Hour Yin Yoga Level 1, 50-Hour Meditation & 50-Ayurveda courses along side week long yoga retreats.
For an updated list of prices and up-coming course schedules, check out their website here or stop by for one of their drop in classes held throughout the season from October 15th to May 15th:
08.30 – 10.00 {Monday to Sunday}: Vinyasa Flow / Vinyasa-Ashtanga-Fusion
16.00 – 17.15 {Monday to Saturday}: Vinyasa Flow / Hatha
17.15 – 18.30 {Monday to Friday}: Yin
Bookings & information please email: apply@sampoornayoga.com
Website: https://www.sampoornayoga.com/
Call if necessary: +91 8322647229 (Between 9 am-7 pm only)
Purnam Yogashala | Agonda
The Purnam Yogashala is one of the most recent additions to Agonda's yoga community. Opening its doors in 2017, Purnam offers both 100 and 200 hour teacher training courses along with 5, 7 and 10 day yoga retreats. Their facility is found just off the beach at the southern end of Agonda and provides shared accommodations with private rooms available just next door and on the beach itself at Orange Sky Beach Huts. (All photos via Purnam Yogashala's Facebook page)
Multi day retreats costs 40-50 Euro per day.
100 Hour courses run for 2 weeks, Monday-Friday, 6am-7pm, Saturday 6am-12pm, and Sundays as holiday. Course cost is 1,000 Euro for 2 weeks.
200 Hour courses run for 4 weeks, Monday-Friday, 6am-7pm, Saturday 6am-12pm, and Sundays as holiday. Course cost is 1,500 Euro for 4 weeks.
Both include housing, three seasonal vegetarian meals a day (local fruit salad, yogurt, paratha, green salad, fruit raita, vegetable raita, various Indian dhal, Kitchari, Palak Paneer, chapati, rice, fresh fruit juice, etc), green tea, herbal tea, masala chai and unlimited filtered water.
Bookings & information please call: +91 7767 879095
Website: https://www.purnamyogashala.com/
Email: info@purnamyogashala.com
Click the links for more information on our suggested yoga retreats & courses in Pernem, North Goa (Ashwem, Mandrem, & Arambol) & Bardez, North Goa (Anjuna, Assagao, Saligao, etc). For an extended list of all the yoga schools, centre & retreats in Goa, we can suggest you check out the following resources:
And feel free to send us information on your own Yoga experiences in North Goa. Whether it was a training course, drop-in class or retreat you indulged yourself in, we'd love to hear how it went! Email your thoughts to goa@goa.me and tag us @goa in any of your #yogaingoa related posts!