Traditional Hatha Yoga and Stress Release
with Samanta Duggal
RetreatsHatha Yoga and Sound Healing with Samanta Duggal
Join Samanta Duggal for a yoga retreat that bridges the wisdom of Hatha Yoga with somatic and vibrational healing. This two-week journey at Ulpotha weaves traditional practice with philosophy, precise asana, pranayama and the exploration of chakras, mudras and mantras. Each element is brought together to nurture awareness, balance and vitality.
What makes this yoga retreat distinctive is the integration of sound and somatic therapy. Singing bowls, chimes and voice are used to calm the nervous system and release energetic blockages, while gentle somatic techniques help to ease physical and emotional tension. Together, they create the conditions for deep rest and clarity.
Whether you come for spiritual depth, physical renewal or emotional balance, this yoga retreat at Ulpotha offers a space to reconnect with yourself through body, breath and being.
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.
Indulge in one 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).
What's not included:
Transport to and from Ulpotha
Travel insurance is not included.
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.
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.
Beth Weightman
Visiting TherapistUK based Beth has been working and training in holistic health for the past 25 years. She first trained in Ayurvedic medicine and massage in India in 2000. She then qualified in several Holistic therapies including Swedish massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Anatomy and Physiology at Brighton College, UK. She has also studied Cranio-sacral therapy (2003) and qualified as a yoga teacher in Taiwan with Stephen Thomas (2007).
