6 night Semi- silent Meditation & Community Yoga Retreat
28th December, 2025 - 3rd january, 2026
in Tamil nadu, India
Join us for a unique blend of nourishing community connection and silent spiritual practice.
We will harness the transformational power of the New Year period for growth, deep meditation and manifesting abundance in the year ahead.
Take an adventure and carve out some sacred space for deepening your self-connection and clarity.
Discover the sacred city of Tiruvanamalai from the comfort of Ashoktree Ayurveda therapy resort.
Nature of this retreat
Our semi-silent community retreats focus on creating deep rest and alignment with our deeper layers. The schedule is spacious and there’s a strong component of relaxed, community connection. Expect to find rejuvenation, exciting clarity and a loving connection to your hidden layers and your essential, universal Being.
What to Expect
You will be picked up by complimentary airport transfer from Chennai Airport.
Ashoktree is a simple but beautiful, clean and all inclusive Ayurveda healing resort. You will be served buffet style, amazing South Indian food, with complimentary tea and fresh fruit throughout the day.
Rooms are airy, clean and newly refurbished, with balconies to take in the breeze and natural surroundings.
There is time to relax, explore the holy mountain of Arunachala, as well as get therapies from the well-priced Ayurveda centre on-site.
Day 1 & 2 we will arrive and adjust to the powerful space with a spacious schedule of practice.
Day 3 – 5 we will immerse in silent yoga, meditation and awakening work.
Day 6 & 7 we will gentle emerge from the deep field of stillness and use practices to integrate it into our lives.
Dates
Arrive: Sunday Dec 28th 2025
Leave: Saturday Jan 3rd 2026
*Full information available after booking. Get in touch with any questions
Retreat details
Payments & Bookings
Includes 6 nights accommodation, retreat, airport transfers and all meals.
Check-in Sunday 28th December 2025
Check- out Saturday 3rd January 2026
*extra nights before and after retreat can be organized with the retreat center.
late bird pricing:
- Standard Room 17 sqm (private) $1899
- Super Delux Room 33 sqm (private) $1999
- Delux Room 25sqm (private) $1999
- Delux Room 25 sqm (shared) $1699
- Super Delux Room 33 sqm (shared) $1799
Room preferences are limited!
*All rooms have an ensuite
**Add $79 for any payment plan options
Feel free to email us with any questions.
- Step 1: Choose your room
- Step 2: Read the retreat guidelines on the website
- Step 3: Fill out an application form
- Step 4: Secure the room of your preference through payment plan or pay in full options
Refund policy:
Before July 31st: Full refund
Between July 31st and November 1st: Full credit
After November 2nd: 50% credit
Purpose of the retreat
This retreat is to give us the much, much needed space away from the stress and unhealthy conditioning of normal life.
Its highest intention is to reconnect us with the spiritual heart, which is our true self & real nature - an absolute background of stillness. By giving us space from everyday life in which we are typically disconnected from the truth of our Being, we have a better chance to realise what we really are. In the harmonious and supportive environment of retreat, the teachings and practice have better space to seed and blossom. You can expect months of strong benefits to echo after such an experience. Each of us is invited to taste what it is like to live with an open heart.
Who's your teacher?
Ava Irani is the retreat leader for our India retreat. She has been guiding silent yoga and meditation retreats since 2013.
Ava is the director of Functional Spirituality and the popular yoga and meditation centre Spanda School. She is a philosopher with a degree from the University of Sydney, retreat leader, business owner and somatic therapist.
Her deepest passions are non-dual philosophy, community healing and looking at the impacts of spirituality.
Ava's path started with a fervour for awakening and non-duality. However over the years her path has matured with a more functional approach. Her work now considers the wide-spread complex trauma that lies at the heart of almost every obstacle to happy, healthy and connected living. She intelligently marries profound mystical approaches with nervous system regulation.
Ava is predominantly known for her thriving yoga studio, silent retreats and the phenomenal teachers that emerge from her yoga and trauma-informed certifications. She lives in beautiful Western Australia with her family and animals.
Sample Schedule
- 07:15AM All levels yoga & meditation practice
- 09:15AM Breakfast
- 10:15AM Q&A
- 10:30AM Lecture Topic
- 11:00AM Restorative stretches
- 12:00AM Meditation
- 12:30PM Lunch & Break
- 04:00PM Afternoon topic
- 04:30PM Yin Yoga & Meditation
- 06:15PM Dinner
FAQs
Testimonials
“I absolutely did receive what I needed. I found the retreat to be very well run and facilitated. I loved and connected to all aspects of the offerings from the physical movement to the talks and guided meditations. I left feeling inspired and light. So a deep heartfelt thank you to all of the Spanda team. I hope all the support you need to continue sharing your medicine comes your way and may the people that need it find you. ”
~ Matt
“I am so grateful. I don’t know what my life would have been without this retreat and constant wisdom being poured into me. These months have been crazy and this space has been really grounding and nurturing. So thank you!!!”
~ Anonymus
I have come out the other side; my heart overflowing with loving-inspiration, my mind full of perspective, my belly burning with a fiery passion and a deeper understanding of self.
