Host Your Retreat at Samadhi Yoga Ashram, Rishikesh

Our Laxman Jhula campus comfortably hosts 6 to 40 participants. Fewer than 6 we consider case by case, depending on your dates and room availability. For more than 40, contact us and we will tell you plainly what the campus can hold.

Yes, and most hosts do. Your curriculum is yours. If you want to add depth from our side, our E-RYT faculty can take sessions in pranayama, yoga philosophy, Sanskrit chanting, Ayurveda or Yoga Nidra, drawn from the classical Himalayan lineage this ashram teaches in. Entirely optional and entirely at your request.

A 30% deposit confirms your dates. It is non-refundable on cancellation but transferable: with 60 days’ notice we will move it to any available future date. The balance is due 30 days before arrival. March to June and October to December are our busiest months, and the Ardh Kumbh window in early 2027 will tighten availability across the whole Rishikesh corridor, so commit early for those dates.

Yes. One retreat at a time, and no general accommodation guests during your dates. The shalas, the dining hall and the gardens belong to your group alone for the length of your stay.

Our kitchen is sattvic and vegetarian, cooked to Ayurvedic principles with produce from the Doon valley. Vegan, gluten-free, Jain, nut-free and individual allergies are accommodated at no extra charge. We also adjust the spice level for groups arriving from outside India, which is the most common request we receive.

Completely. You give us the timetable and we build around it. Most groups here anchor to the light: practice before sunrise when the valley is still silent, a long afternoon gap, and an evening session timed so the group can walk down for Ganga Aarti if they wish. That is a suggestion drawn from 15 years of watching what works, not a rule.

Three nights is our minimum, though 5, 7 and 14-night formats are the most common. For groups flying in from Europe or North America we would suggest at least 7. The Delhi arrival, the road journey and the change of altitude all take a day out of your group before they are really present.

Three to six months ahead for most dates. Peak season runs March to June and October to December, and those months fill first. For anything between January and April 2027, book as early as you can: the Haridwar Ardh Kumbh runs 14 January to 20 April 2027 and the officially designated mela area extends into the Rishikesh corridor.

Yes, we provide them. Mats, bolsters, blocks, straps and meditation cushions are stocked in both shalas. Participants need to bring only their own clothing and whatever you have asked them to prepare.

It means plan carefully rather than avoid it. The Haridwar Ardh Kumbh runs 14 January to 20 April 2027, and although the centre is Haridwar, roughly 20 km downstream, the designated mela area reaches into the Rishikesh corridor. Expect heavy road traffic, full trains and buses, and the largest crowds around the Shahi Snan bathing days, currently 6 and 8 March and 14 April 2027.

We will still host your group, and for the right retreat it is an extraordinary thing to witness. But we will tell you honestly if your dates fall badly, and we will route transfers and any excursion around the bathing days rather than through them.

Yes. Our staff can hold a Noble Silence environment for your entire stay: meals served in silence, signage in place, interruptions removed. The campus suits it well, and silent, Ayurvedic, wellness and ecology retreats run here as readily as asana-led ones.

On request. We can put your retreat in front of our international audience of practitioners and teachers through our site and social channels, and we will provide campus photography, location detail and facility specifications for your own materials. We take no commission on your bookings.

Yes. A Havan (fire ceremony) on the campus is the most common request, performed by a pandit we have worked with for years. We can also arrange kirtan with local musicians, a guided evening at the Parmarth Ganga Aarti, or a blessing to open and close your retreat. These are genuine observances, not performances staged for visitors.

We arrange them and you pay the transport cost directly, with no markup from us. Jolly Grant (Dehradun, DED) is the closest airport at about 21 km, roughly 35 to 45 minutes to Rishikesh and another 15 to 20 minutes up to our campus near Laxman Jhula. Many groups fly into Delhi instead, which is 250 km and a 5 to 7 hour drive, or take the train to Haridwar. Send us your group manifest and we will advise which combination makes sense.

Most nationalities use the India e-Tourist Visa, available to citizens of more than 180 countries and applied for online at indianvisaonline.gov.in, which is the only official portal. It comes in 30-day, one-year and five-year forms. Applications open 120 days before travel and close 4 days before arrival, so ask your group to apply once their flights are booked rather than in the final fortnight.

It depends on group size, room mix, how many sessions you want from our faculty and the season, so a single published rate would mislead most groups. Send your dates and numbers and we will return an itemised proposal within 48 hours, with accommodation, meals, shala time, staff and add-ons each priced separately so you can remove anything you do not need.

A hotel rents you function space between other bookings. We are a Yoga Alliance accredited school where the shalas, the kitchen and the staff exist for practice and nothing else. Nobody is holding a wedding in the next hall. The kitchen already knows what a retreat group eats at 6am, and the staff have seen what your participants will go through in week one, because they have watched it happen for 15 years.