Samanta Dougal - Back to Ancien Roots; Traditional Hatha Yoga
with Samanta Duggal
RetreatsJoin Samanta Duggal at Ulpotha for a retreat that combines traditional Hatha yoga, breathwork and healing sound therapy. Her Sound Flow sessions weave movement with vibration to bring balance, ease stress and encourage deep relaxation in the calm of nature. Mornings focus on asana, pranayama, and meditation, while afternoons weave in chakra work, mudras, and mantras. Gentle somatic techniques help release tension and dissolve mental fog, while sound baths with bowls, chimes, and voice calm the nervous system and support deep rest. This retreat is especially restorative if you have spent too much time online, helping you regain focus and clarity while reconnecting with yourself.
Each yoga practice with Samanta is an invitation to feel lighter, more peaceful and more connected, while discovering a quiet strength in both body and mind.
Samanta Duggal at Ulpotha
What's included:
Accommodation at Ulpotha is on a twin-sharing basis in comfortable, beautifully designed adobe huts open to the surrounding nature.
Yoga classes twice daily (there is no yoga on Thursday afternoons and Sunday mornings)
A yoga-friendly breakfast and two sumptuous organic vegetarian meals, plus snacks, juices, and teas.
Transport for 1 excursion (half or full day) per week to nearby cultural heritage sites (entrance fees not included).
Indulge in a relaxing free massage per week from one of our visiting massage therapists. (Summer 2026 only - from the winter season, free massages are only available to past guests).
What's not included:
Transport to and from Ulpotha
Travel insurance is not included and is recommended.
Ayurveda treatments are not included in the price; please see prices on our booking page.
A Typical day at Ulpotha:
All times are indicative, as is this description of a day in Ulpotha. There's no regimented or obligatory schedule as such. You're free to do precisely as you wish.
07:00 - 07:30: Tea and Fruit
07:30 - 09:00: Yoga
After yoga: Breakfast (available from 7 onwards for those not practising yoga)
From 10 onwards: Massages/Ayurveda/Swimming/Relaxing/Reading
12:30: Lunch
After Lunch: Massages/Ayurveda or a siesta; alternatively, go for bicycle rides, swim, read or explorative walks
16:00 - 17:00: Tea and Snacks
17:00 - 18:30 Yoga/Meditation/Sunset Walks/Relaxing
19:00 onwards: Dinner by Firelight
Your Teachers & Therapists
Samanta Duggal
Yoga TeacherSamanta is one of Mumbai's leading yoga teachers. She unites expertise in Yoga, Thai Massage and Sound Healing to help you rediscover your storehouse of energy. Her Integrated Teaching Method offers benefits of Sivananda, Iyengar and Vinyasa yoga styles, deep relaxation and detox therapies.
Samanta has been dedicated to mind-body health for over 20 years. With a lifetime spent practicing Yoga, Jazz Technique and Bharatnatyam, she is able to combine unique perspectives about wellbeing, healing and physiology.
Samanta’s work centres on Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Ayurvedic and Thai Bodywork Therapies, Sound Healing with Tibetan Singing Bowls and Handpan and Vedic Chanting. The Yoga she teaches centres around aspects of Movement therapy coupled with the more traditional and esoteric practices of Chakras, Mudras, Bandhas, Mantra and Yoga Philosophy.
