Essential Alignment Yoga
with Molly McLaughlin
RetreatsEssential Alignment with Molly McLaughlin
15-29 March 2026
In this retreat, Molly guides alignment-focused Hatha yoga with special attention to individual needs and to the principles of nature. You will explore how aligning the body supports health, vitality, and energy flow, while alignment with your true nature and authentic self deepens presence, clarity, joy, and purpose.
Morning sessions include an active asana practice focused on intelligent alignment, combined with pranayama and meditation. Sequences build progressively throughout the week, moving from the feet to the crown. These sessions are energising, inspiring, and suitable for all bodies.
Evening classes provide therapeutic movement, restorative yoga, and yoga nidra, creating space for integration and healing. You will also learn how to create your own sequences for home practice, to support your unique needs and enhance optimal alignment.
Molly Mclaughlin at Ulpotha
What's included:
Accommodation on a twin-sharing basis in comfortable beautifully designed adobe huts open to the surrounding nature
Yoga classes twice daily (No yoga on Thursday afternoons and Sunday mornings)
A yoga-friendly breakfast and two sumptuous vegetarian meals, plus snacks, juices, and teas
Indulge in a free massage/week from one of our visiting therapists
Transport for 1 excursion (half or full day) per week to nearby cultural heritage sites (entrance fees not included)
A Typical day at Ulpotha:
07:00 - 07:30: Tea and fruit
07:30 - 09:00: Yoga
09:00-09:30: Breakfast
09:45-12:30: Massages/Ayurveda/ swimming/relaxing
12:30-13:30: Lunch
14:00-16:00: Massages/Ayurveda/swimming/relaxing
16:00 - 17:00: Tea and snacks
17:00 - 18:30 Yoga/Meditation/Sunset walks
19:00 - 20:00: Dinner
Transport to and from Ulpotha and travel insurance is not included.
Ayurveda treatments are not included in the price, please see prices on our booking page.
Your Teachers & Therapists
Molly McLaughlin
Yoga TeacherIntroduced to yoga and meditation at a young age, Molly is a lifelong student with 17 years of teaching experience. Based on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, Molly offers classes, workshops, retreats, and yoga teacher trainings locally and internationally.
Known for her warmth, inclusivity, and depth of knowledge, she teaches from extensive study with master teachers from India and around the world across a wide range of traditions, including hatha, tantra, vinyasa, yoga therapy, restorative yoga, and yoga nidra.
Molly is also an Ayurvedic Practitioner and healing bodyworker. She has a passion for dance and martial arts, and enjoys learning from all forms of conscious movement. As a lover of nature, she invites you to reconnect with the natural world and feel free to be yourself.
Pi Jem
Visiting TherapistPi Jem is one of Thailand’s ‘amazing gems’ – a very skilled traditional Thai massage therapist who trained with many of the great Thai masters and now teaches worldwide.
