This deep-dive intensive training combines expert-led instruction and practical techniques to give participants valuable insights into the principles of Ayurveda and their application to yoga, self-care, and holistic health.

Embark on an enlightening weekend of exploration and profound learning in Ayurveda, the ancient sister science of yoga, and discover how it can enrich and transform your yoga practice while enhancing your overall wellbeing.

This programme offers a structured, evidence-based approach, sourced from the original Vedic texts and delivered by experienced teachers with years of lived practice. The course content lays out the steps to personalised yoga practices, equipping you with modification techniques that can be seamlessly integrated into your daily routine and existing yoga discipline.

Whether you practise Kundalini, Vinyasa, or any other form of yoga, this training will elevate your practice and provide tools to achieve tangible, transformative results in your journey to holistic health. This weekend is ideal for those seeking to deepen their understanding of Ayurvedic principles, including diet, massage, and yoga as tools for self-care.

• Beginners will gain an accessible introduction to yoga, building a strong foundation for a successful journey.
• Advanced practitioners will uncover new layers of personalisation, enabling them to deepen and refine their practice.
• Yoga teachers and facilitators will benefit from proven techniques to elevate their classes, helping their students tap into their unique vitality and inner strength.

This intensive is designed for those seeking to align their yoga practice with their natural temperament and tendencies. Participants will leave equipped with practical strategies to strengthen their wellbeing and support their personal goals.

Customised Asana Practice:

• Explore how to adapt your yoga practice for the three Ayurvedic elemental types: Vata (air), Pitta (fire), and Kapha (earth and water).
• Practise each style to experience its distinct effects and learn to identify these types by assessing physical, mental, and emotional characteristics.

Therapeutic Ayurvedic Techniques:

• Gain hands-on experience with Ayurvedic massage techniques, learning how to apply them effectively to yourself and others.
• Go beyond asana with mantra, pranayama, and meditation practices designed to balance each elemental type and diversify your approach to yoga.

Ayurvedic Food and Nutrition:

• Enjoy nourishing Ayurvedic meals throughout the weekend while learning the principles of elemental eating.
• Gain practical knowledge on how food can act as medicine, helping you adapt your diet to achieve specific goals such as weight management, redefining your relationship with food, or simply thriving through an Ayurvedic understanding of intuitive nourishment.

Voice Activation and Personalised Learning:

• Participate in a guided voice activation workshop to connect with your authentic self.
• Engage in open Q&A sessions with Ayurvedic experts, giving you the opportunity to address your specific questions and interests.

Immersive Natural Environment:

• Begin each morning with wild swimming in the Thames and enjoy scenic walks through forested hills.
• Spend your evenings by the campfire with kirtan, music, and song, all set against the stunning backdrop of the Thames Valley.

Exclusive Learning Materials and Support:

• Access our online partner course with lifetime availability, allowing you to prepare and review at your own pace.
• Benefit from a one-to-one Ayurvedic consultation included in your training, ensuring a personalised and confident start to your wellness journey.

Riverside Sauna and Glamping Experience:

• Relax in our newly built mobile sauna, situated by the river for breathtaking views of the Thames, offering a truly rejuvenating experience.
• Rest in luxurious comfort in our cosy glamping accommodation in your off-grid, canvas home-from-home.

We will be eating fresh, organic, locally grown plant based meals lovingly prepared according to the Ayurvedic principle of food as medicine. Ayurveda views food as both nourishment and a primary tool for self healing, essential for balancing the mind, body, and spirit.

This approach blends flavourful ingredients with health benefits, creating meals that satisfy your senses while enhancing your vitality with culinary richness and balance. It is also an highly intuitive way of eating, which can be easily applied through learning a few basic premises. These fundamentals will be explained in workshops over the training weekend, giving you the tools you need to choose a diet that perfectly suits your unique body and digestive fire.

We use a palette of sattvic ingredients to ensure that your food supports your yoga, mediation and cleansing practices, leaving you feeling nourished, balanced and strong. Move beyond calories and macronutrients to embrace food as a tool for creating harmony, balance, and optimal health.

We will learn how to choose and prepare foods that align with your unique Ayurvedic type (Vata, Pitta, or Kapha) to support your overall wellbeing. Discover which foods help you thrive by addressing specific goals, such as improving digestion, managing weight, or boosting energy through personalised nutrition.

Understand how to adapt your diet according to seasonal changes and personal needs, ensuring your body receives the right nourishment at the right time through seasonal and adaptive choices.

Gain hands-on knowledge about meal preparation, ingredient selection, and intuitive eating practices to apply Ayurvedic principles in your daily life.

As much as possible of our gorgeous fruit and veg will come from Tolhurst Organic farm, based on site, who use stock free farming to produce the lowest possible carbon footprint, cruelty free food. Their work is truly inspiring and aligned with our ethos of re-connecting and re-aligning with mother nature to live in more harmony.

We have two incredible glamping accommodation options available for booking. All accommodation is in our gorgeous riverside campsite, with fresh water, outdoor hot shower cabin, riverside sauna, composting toilets and a sparkling river to swim in! Luxury indoor showers and toilets are right next to the camping field, surrounded by lush green forests and wildflower meadows.

Gold Package

⚜️✔️⚜️ Glamping Bell Tent 

A gorgeously cosy home-from-home with everything you need for a luxurious stay. 

This spacious and light canvas bell tent is pre-erected for your arrival and available for your private accommodation throughout the retreat. 

The bell tent comes equipped with framed camping bed and mattress, pillows, duvet, freshly laundered bed linen, Indian Kantha quilt, cushions, table, mirror, lamp, floor matting, rag rugs, interior and exterior fairy lights, decorative garlands and bunting. 

Pack just your clothes and a toothbrush and you're good to go!

Silver Package

🗝 ✔️🗝 Furnished Canvas Bell Tent

Pre-erected, spacious, cotton canvas bell tent for your private accommodation. Comes with all the fundamentals for a comfortable and cosy stay. 

The bell tent comes equipped with one double air mattress, table, lamp and rug to provide you with all the essentials for a comfortable stay. 

Just bring your own bedding and blankets, yourself and your essentials.

Never camped before? Drop us email on info@sadhama.com and we'll be happy to answer all your questions and concerns.

Your Tickets include:

4 Day immersion into sacred lands and your beautiful self!

✔️ Personal Ayurvedic consultation

✔️ All 4 days of the live training course.

✔️ All activities, classes and workshops.

✔️ Exclusive access to online learning.

✔️ Glamping accommodation.

✔️ Delicious Ayurvedic food: Friday dinner, 3 meals a day on Saturday and Sunday and breakfast on Monday. A selection of hot drinks will be available throughout the day.

✔️ Certificate of Completion

The retreat begins on Friday evening 22nd August and ends on bank holiday Monday morning 25th August 2025.  

Camper vans & caravans are welcome, dogs must stay at home! 

This retreat is free from drugs, alcohol or intoxicants which cloud the mind.

For those who would like to combine the fun of the retreat and karma of the service we have few Seva Tickets. These tickets are designed for those who enjoy getting involved in the running of the retreat by giving the core crew a hand with whatever is needed to be done on the day, or those who can't afford the full price of the tickets but still want to come.  If you’re keen to be involved, please click here to complete our online application.

Surround yourself with hundreds of year old trees, wild flower meadows, stunning scenery, magical sunset views, wonderful wildlife & your community.

Our retreat takes place in a secluded and serene riverside setting on a community run rural estate in the Thames Valley. Surrounded by lush green forests with ancient oaks, rare wildflower meadows with astounding biodiversity and the glistening waters of the upstream Thames, this unique location is easy to get to, yet feels deeply held in wild nature.

All accommodation is in our secluded riverside campsite. There is fresh water available, hot shower cabin, riverside sauna, composting toilets, and a sparkling river to swim in! Luxury indoor showers and toilets are right next to the camping field.

Workshops are held in the gorgeous panelled drawing rooms of the tudor Hardwick House mansion, or in open structures out in the meadows and forests to truly experience immersive nature.

Hardwick estate is only 40 minutes by train from London (Paddington), and just 20 minutes by car from Junction 12 on the M4.  Easily accessible from the main transport hubs at Reading, yet set in the rolling countryside of the Chilterns AONB, Hardwick is ideally located for a weekend getaway of peace and tranquility.

By Air

The closest airport is London Heathrow - LHR - which is only a 1 hour car journey from the retreat venue. There are direct train and coach services from LHR to Reading, our closest city. From Reading it is a seven minute onward train journey to Pangbourne, our closest village or a 20 minute taxi or car journey to the retreat venue.

By Train/Taxi

There are direct trains to Pangbourne, our closest village, from London (40 minutes) , Reading (7 minutes) and Didcot Parkway (20 minutes). From Pangbourne it is a 40 minute walk or a 10 minute taxi or car ride to the retreat venue. We give out some local taxi numbers in our booking confirmation, and we recommend you make a reservation with them for your journey if you plan to travel this way - we are in a rural location so they do not wait by the station and there is no Uber!  

By Car

The retreat venue is just 20 minutes from Junction 12 on the M4, halfway between London and Bristol.

If you have a spare seat in your car and are happy to share a ride, or if you need a lift to the gathering, join the link to the our retreat community WhatsApp group.

3-5pm Welcome There will be time to settle and orientate, put up your tents and relax into your space before we gather for our first meal together.

6pm Dinner

7.30pm Opening Circle around the camp fire. As we settle in, grounding deeper into ourselves and the land surrounding us we will take the opportunity to embrace the elements through song around the evening fire.

*You are welcome to participate in the program as much or as little as you would like, and all scheduling and workshops are subject to change.

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7am Wild Swim Dive straight in with a refreshing wild swim in the river Thames as we wake.

8am Morning Yoga Revived from the waters we will flow into a morning yoga practice, focusing first on pacifying Vata, the element of Air.

9.30am Breakfast

11am Identifying The Doshas Workshop We will discover how to spot the different elements present in people based on some physical, emotional and mental tendencies associated with each type.

12.30pm Lunch and Rest Begin your learning of Ayurvedic eating with a lunch comprised of ingredients to pacify Vata.

2.30pm Ayurvedic Massage Spend the afternoon with our talented therapist learning all about ayurvedic massage techniques, and how you can easily incorporate them into your classes.

4pm Rest and Optional Therapies

6pm Dinner The culinary journey continues with a meal designed to pacify Pitta

7.30pm Expert Q&A Our Ayurvedic experts circle in an open session with you - answering all of your questions and queries on the topics that you feel most drawn to expanding on.

8.30pm Ayurvedic Mantra We gather by the campfire to chant mantras for each dosha, deeply embodying the diverse vibrations of each element.

*You are welcome to participate in the program as much or as little as you would like, and all scheduling and workshops are subject to change.

7am Wild Swim Another unique opportunity to experience the cleansing water of the Thames, as we wild swim when we wake.

8am Morning Yoga Sunday's yoga asana practice will look at embodying peaceful Pitta, the element of fire.

9.30am Breakfast

11am Ayurvedic Pranayama and Meditation Learn how to bring the elements within into balance using differing pranayama techniques, and ways of meditating that best suit each constitutional type.

12.30pm Lunch and Rest The final element is represented on the plate with a lunch created to pacify Kapha.

2.30pm Elemental Eating Workshop Starting with a guided eating meditation to tune in our sense, we discover the six ayurvedic tastes and how they effect each of the elements within the body. We learn how to build meals for each dosha along with the eating habits which enable long lasting holistic health for each individual.

5pm Rest and Optional Therapies

6pm Dinner Put into practice all the learning you have done and engage your sensory intuition by choosing your own meal from a palette of Ayurvedic ingredients.

7.30pm Voice Activation Workshop Our talented vocal coach joins us on Sunday evening to lead you into discovering your authentic voice as a teacher, guide and conduit for yogic knowledge.

8.30 pm Devotional Kirtan Our evening around the campfire continues and we lift our prayers to the sky in a devotional kirtan led by gifted musicians.

*You are welcome to participate in the program as much or as little as you would like, and all scheduling and workshops are subject to change.

7am Wild Swim We start the day with the third morning swim of the retreat to wash away the layers you have shed during this cleansing weekend.

8am Morning Yoga Our final morning yoga asana session will bring our awareness into energising and balancing Kapha, the element of earth and water.

9.30am Breakfast

11am Closing Circle We gather to bring complete fullness to the retreat weekend. Our final day and we reflect on our experience and intentions going full circle back to our daily lives.

We expect the closing circle to end around 11.30am, after which time you will be invited to pack down your belongings and begin your journeys back to your homes, resting in the freshness of your new self.

*You are welcome to participate in the program as much or as little as you would like, and all scheduling and workshops are subject to change.

Karen Buckland

Crafting beautiful, nourishing and heartfelt food is Karen's way of fulfilling her highest purpose. Serving people with joyful, nutritious meals made from earth-kind plant ingredients, is honouring the abundant and sensuous gifts of the planet's divine nature.

Karen spent many years at the top of the restaurant industry working as a Head Chef in London running fine-dining kitchens, and successful event catering businesses at large events getting top reviews in Guardian and other media. Using this experience combined with a keen interest in holistic health and environmental sustainability, along with an understanding of Ayurvedic approaches to cookery and diet, Karen weaves the alchemy of food to make your whole self feel more vibrant, more alive, and more healed.

Karen is a co-founder of Sadhama, running wellbeing retreats throughout the year and teaching online courses and classes.

Dmitry Glazkov

Dmitry has been teaching yoga, meditation and breathwork for more than ten years. He shares a deep and powerful toolkit of techniques, drawing from Yogic traditions, as well as concepts of meditation and mindfulness taught by Buddhas.

Dmitry has undergone teacher training in Hatha and Kundalini and as an Ayurvedic practitioner and Pancha Karma facilitator. He dedicated himself to studying and practising Satipatthana Vipassana through sitting extended silent retreats and teaching yoga at a Vipassana centre in Thailand.

He is passionate about studying the original texts to get to the ultimate and authentic sources of knowledge. By highlighting the fundamental and infinite number of characteristics which make each one of us unique, practices taught by Dmitry are tailored, bespoke and deeply transformative for each individual, as they connect with their true nature.

Dmitry is a co-founder of Sadhama, running wellbeing retreats throughout the year and teaching online courses and classes.

Dr Milind Jani MBBS FRCS

Dr Milind Jani is a GP and leading expert in Ayurvedic medicine and Holistic Health in the UK and beyond.

Dr Milind Jani was brought up in Uganda East Africa, studied medicine in Gujarat Northern India and has practiced medicine in the UK for the last 30 years. A highly skilled surgeon, GP and Ayurvedic doctor he runs a private general practice which uses his own synthesis of modern medicine with Ayurvedic medicine. This allows him to offer a unique and holistic programme for disease management and general health, focusing on the mind, body and spirit.

Dr Milind Jani regularly gives lectures to Doctors and complementary practitioners in UK and abroad. Dr Jani is a medical journalist and column writer for The Observer magazine and the Sussex Argus, presenter at the Good Health Show, honorary lecturer of ‘Holistic Health,’ ‘Hindu Beliefs’ and ‘Ayurvedic Medicine’ at Brighton University and Thames Valley University.

Dr. Milind and Asmita Jani are a unique husband and wife team — a modern holistic GP and a qualified Ayurvedic Doctor who first pioneered the practice and awareness of Ayurvedic medicine as a personal wellbeing lifestyle and complementary medicine in the UK in 1985. They were the first to set up an Ayurvedic and Panchakarma clinic in Brighton and Hove (UK) in 1987.

Dr Asmita Jani BSAM

Dr Asmita Jani is a qualified Ayurvedic doctor and expert in Panchakarma, trained by Dr Kasture, an internationally renowned doctor who has trained many practitioners around the world.

Dr Asmita Jani runs the Ayurvedic health clinic and Panchakarma center in Brighton, she strongly believes in the holistic approach to health based on natural medicine and spirituality. She pioneered the availability of authentic and safe Ayurvedic natural products in the UK and Europe and is well respected amongst her peers within the world of Ayurveda.

The dynamic husband and wife team of Milind and Asmita Jani introduced Ayurveda into yoga teacher training in 1992, working with yoga teachers, and have extensively practiced, trained, lectured and written about how Ayurveda can be integrated into a more effective holistic healthcare in the UK, help everyone in the West to maintain personal wellness, and empower the individual to take control of their own mental, emotional and physical wellbeing on a daily basis. The BBC made a documentary, “Hindu Health Check,” on their valuable work in 2009.

It is their love for Ayurveda and the healing power of India's natural herbs and holistic traditions that prompted them to share this knowledge which they have gained over the past 30 years. It is their mission to help people maintain their natural wellbeing and lead a balanced and happy life.