Goddess Yoga Retreat, January 11-18, 2025 (Goa, India)
Update: The Goddess Retreat was a massive success, and the next retreat is the 7 Chakra Retreat, scheduled for November 3-6, 2025, at the same venue in Goa. Check it out and join the waitlist.
If you’ve found this page, it means you’re interested in transforming your mind, your body, and your breathing habits through Yoga by joining a retreat. Great, your future self will thank you.
Hi, I’m Sonal, an Indian Yoga teacher based in Germany who spends almost every winter in Goa (to extend summer).
I was looking for the “perfect yoga retreat” for my friends and myself and didn’t find exactly what I was seeking. So, I decided to design one by myself that includes the things that I think make a retreat super special.
That’s how the first seed of the Goddess Retreat idea was planted.
So ladies, get ready to transform your bodies, breathing habits, mindset, and lives with this 7-day retreat in paradise.
A wise woman once said – if you want to learn something better, teach it to other people so that you see the same thing from many different perspectives. (Actually that woman was me). That’s what happened when I started teaching. I teach Yoga to people of all ages and gender, but I’d say my speciality is teaching Yoga to women.
As women, our bodies are so different than men’s, our center of gravity tends to be lower than that of men’s. Also, what some women perceive as “weakness” can actually be their strength. I won’t go deeper into that because that’s a discussion for my retreat. So let me introduce it to you.
Introducing the Goddess Yoga Retreat - January 2025
This is the retreat that you’ve been waiting for.
Join us for a transformative 7-day journey as we move together every day with intention, love, and mindfulness.
Introducing the “Goddess Retreat”, which isn’t just about Yoga but finding your inner Goddess with the help of movement, meditation, breath-work and other rituals.
Expect a massive glow-up with daily face Yoga, Affirmations for abundance, and an ecstatic dance ritual to find your most powerful and confident version. Post Yoga practice, we will take saltwater dips in the ocean for grounding.
Our Yoga retreat will harness the energies of the full moon in January 2025 and together we will infuse it into our practice with healing affirmations, movement, and friendship. We will perform a women’s circle ritual on the full moon night which will help connect us on a spiritual level, align us with the lunar cycles, and raise collective consciousness.
Yes, this retreat is for all levels. My teaching classes usually include three variations for all the asanas (Yoga poses) and transitions so make them friendly for all levels.
The duration of this Yoga retreat in January 2025 in Goa is 7 days, which includes a weekend and Lohri holiday, so if you are a working professional, you have to take just 4 days of holidays from work. So, start your new year of 2025 on the right note with fitness and healing.
- Typical Schedule – Goddess Yoga Retreat Goa Jan 2025
- The Venue for the Goddess Yoga Retreat (January 2025), Goa
- Number of Remaining Slots
- Cost for Yoga Retreat, Jan 2025, Goa
- How to Book?
- Goddess Yoga Retreat, Jan 2025, Goa Inclusions:
- What is Not Included in the Retreat Price?
- Key Info for Goddess Yoga Retreat January 2025 Goa
- Know Your Yoga Retreat Trainers
- About Nalanda Yoga (Retreat Venue)
- About Goa
- About the Food
- How to Get There?
- Goddess Yoga Retreat January 2025 Goa – FAQs
- What is special about this Yoga retreat that others don’t have?
- I want to book a triple share or a twin share room but I’m booking alone. What should I do?
- I don’t practice Yoga regularly, is this retreat for me?
- Do I need to carry my own Yoga mat?
- What if I’m unable to attend, is there a cancellation policy?
Schedule for the Goddess Yoga Retreat Goa Jan 2025
Here’s what you can expect from Goddess Yoga retreat. We will send you a detailed plan with check-in and check-out details after booking your slot.
8:00 am
8:30 am to 10:00 am
10:00 am to 11:00 am
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tea / Coffee
Pranayama (Yogic breath work) & Gratitude affirmations
Morning Yoga Class (Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga with 5 min Face Yoga)
Brunch (Buffet Style with European and Indian food)
Free Time
Sunset Yoga (Yin Yoga or Light Mandala Based Yoga with a view of the sunset - depending on the day)
Dinner (Buffet Style with European and Indian food)
Ecstatic Dance Ritual (on 2 nights)
Full Moon Ceremony (on 1 night)
Sound Healing Mediation (on 1 night)
Yoga Nidra for Sleep (on 1 or 2 nights)
Beach Bonfire (on 1 night)
Live Music evening out (on the last night)
Enjoy your free time post lunch where you can discover the beauty of Goa, one of the most beautiful beach destinations in the world.
We will regroup every evening before sunset for a fluid mandala-based Yoga flow, or restorative Yin yoga depending on the day of the program.
Beach Bonfire – Goddess Yoga Retreat Goa January 2025
Post dinner we will also meet for ecstatic dance hour where you can embrace your inner goddess with intuitive movements, or sound meditation on other days. Some days will end with Yoga Nidra and the other with interactive healing practices.
On one of the nights, the “Goddess group” will accompany me to a Live music evening to experience the true vibe of Goa. After all, you are in the world’s most famous destination for live music nights.
The Venue for the Goddess Yoga Retreat (January 2025), Goa
The venue for our Yoga retreat in January 2025 in Goa is the stunning beachfront paradise – Nalanda Goa in Mandarem. It is conveniently located close to the new North Goa airport. This highly-rated retreat venue has wowed many people over the last few years.
We will provide you with the options of booking rooms on double share, triple share, or single. These rooms are tastefully furnished with earthy interiors.
Cost for Yoga Retreat, Jan 2025, Goa
Number of Remaining Slots
You can book a private room, a twin share room, a triple share room, or even a beachside room. All the rooms have a private bathroom, private balcony, Air Conditioner, hot water shower, and kettle for tea/coffee.
Please note that our pricing is in three phases. The early bird discount was till August 1, 2024 and has been completely booked out. The second “special price” was valid till November 11. Below are the current prices.
Price in Euros €
To book your spot, you must deposit EUR 100. After that, you have the option to pay the remaining amount in installments. You must pay the remaining amount before Dec 15, 2024.
Price in INR
To book your spot, you must deposit EUR 100. After that, you have the option to pay the remaining amount in installments. You must pay the remaining amount before Dec 15, 2024.
Twin Share:
- INR 85,082
- Booking deposit: INR 10,000
Pay the remaining amount INR 75,082 before Dec 12, 2024 (Installments are possible)
Triple Share:
- INR 75,230
- Booking deposit: INR 10,000
Pay the remaining amount INR 65,230 before Dec 12, 2024 (Installments are possible)
Early Bird Single:
- INR 1,38,818
- Booking deposit: INR 10,000
Pay the remaining amount INR 1,28,818 before Dec 12, 2024 (Installments are possible)
Please note that the minimum booking amount is EUR 100 or INR 9,000. This amount is fully refundable if you cancel before October 15, 2024. The balance needs to be paid before December 15, 2024.
If you have booked a shared room and have a preferred person you’d like to share with, please let us know and we will make it possible. Are you bringing a friend along? If yes, then contact us to ask for a “friend discount”.
How to Book?
Are you interested in participating in one of the best Yoga retreats of 2025?
In order to reserve your spot, you need to pay the full amount based on your choice of room OR pay a deposit of EUR 100 or INR 10,000. The remaining amount needs to be paid before December 15, 2024.
Click on the above button and it will take you directly to the payment page.
Goddess Yoga Retreat, Jan 2025, Goa Inclusions:
Here is what will be included:
- Room – single, double, or triple share, based on your preferences,
- Buffet-style Brunch and Dinner in a lovely beachfront restaurant,
- Tea, Coffee and Water,
- Two Yoga Classes per day, (Morning vinyasa yoga, evening relaxing stretch),
- Daily Pranayama (breath-work) / Meditation,
- Daily affirmations,
- Use of Yoga mats, blocks, and belts at the venue,
- Use of the Swimming Pool at the venue.
- Excursion to a lovely sweet water lake that’s surrounded by palm trees.
- Live music night out on the last evening – the host will cover the cost of one drink per person.
What is Not Included in the Retreat Price?
Here are the things that are not included in the retreat price:
- Any food and beverage items apart from the already included two buffet-style meals per day,
- Flights,
- Visa,
- Ayurvedic Massage Treatments (but we can help you with a discount),
- Alcoholic drinks,
- Excursions other than the ones that are already mentioned.
- Airport Taxi.
Key Info & Recap
Here’s a recap with key info:
- Check-in on 11 January 2025 morning and check-out on 18 January 2025. Check-in is at 1400, and we will regroup for an introduction round. The Yoga session on the first day will start post-check-in so that we can all watch the sunset together post-yoga. On all the other days, there will be two Yoga sessions – one in the morning on an empty stomach and the other at sunset time. Check-out will be on January 18 at 10 am.
- Weekends and special holidays – 11 January 2025 (Saturday), 12 January 2025 (Sunday), and 13 January 2025 (Lohri). This Yoga retreat occurs on the first long weekend of January 2025.
- The nearest airport to the venue is Manohar International Airport – Goa Airport (GOX), which is just 30 km away. Goa has another airport – Diabolim / Goa International Airport (GOI), which is 58 km away.
- The typical temperature in Goa in January 2025 is around 20-30 degrees Celcius.
- If you’re arriving in India from another country, then you need a visa for India. Consider applying for an EVisa for India, which is easy and quick.
- In order to arrive in Goa from another country, there may not be a direct flight to Goa. You can opt for a flight with a quick change in Delhi (like Air India) or you can take a break in Delhi or Mumbai. Delhi or Mumbai can be stressful if it is your first time in India, so consider flying to Goa directly. Goa is an easier destination for first-timers than the big cities. Once you get accustomed to India, then you can consider spending a few days in other destinations within India. Yes, I am aware that everyone who visits India wants to see the Taj Mahal. My honest opinion as an Indian is to be aware that Agra (the city where the Taj Mahal is situated) isn’t an easy destination for first-timers. You may consider the Golden Triangle route, which is Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), and Jaipur in a group tour or with a trusted taxi driver.
Know Your Yoga Retreat Hosts
Sonal Paladini
Sonal Paladini is an Indian living in Germany who was introduced to Yoga from childhood. She found her true purpose in teaching Yoga when she started practicing vinyasa Yoga regularly.
Sonal holds a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification from Aum Yogashala in India. Since then she has been teaching multiple times a week in Germany. At present Sonal teaches 6 times a week in Germany with anywhere between 6 – 30 people per class.
A message from Sonal to the Goddess Retreat participants:
“Dear ladies, we are stronger than we think we are. Our bodies are made to feel amazing when we learn how to move mindfully, create mind-body connections, and move with joy. Give me a chance to help you open up your energy channels with breath-work, and conscious movement so that you can find a new freedom of movement.
I invite you to join me in Goa, a destination that holds a special place in my heart for not just its natural beauty but also its healing energy.”
Julia Maria Heyer
Julia, founder of Tapah Yoga, is a Hatha Yoga Teacher from the heart – she teaches with passion and knowledge.
Since 15 years she is a student of Yoga and received the teachings of Hatha Yoga in India four years ago. In her classes she combines organic movements, vocal expression as well as trauma informed wording. Her classes are soft, yet challenging, intuitive, gentle and involve touch.
A message from Julia to the Goddess Retreat participants:
“Purify your body and mind and come into alignment with your essence.
As a devoted Yoga Student as well as teacher I cant wait to explore the space of cultivating the goddess energy with you. I am looking forward sharing vulnerable yet empowering moments with you. Nowhere else but in beautiful and powerful India is unlocking your spiritual gifts and your divine feminine more than achievable.”
About Nalanda Yoga (Retreat Venue)
Nalanda Retreat is situated on one of Goa’s cleanest and most beautiful beaches which is away from massive crowds. This retreat venue has a perfect setting designed to invoke a sense of calm and inner bliss.
This seaside getaway has beautifully designed rooms and a beachfront restaurant where you will be eating your brunch (post-morning vinyasa) and dinner (post-evening stretching session).
About Goa
Goa is the most beautiful beach destination in India, situated on the western coast of South India. Goa has the perfect scenic beauty that one needs on a holiday but it has so much more than that.
It is known for its culture, beaches, food, forests, music events, colorful street shops, and counterculture.
Goa was a Portuguese colony while the rest of India was a British colony. This is why Goa’s culture has evolved independently of the rest of India’s and has a very liberal and international vibe.
About the Food
The food at the Goddess Yoga Retreat will be a mix of European and Local.
The buffet-style brunch and dinner will have local delicacies as well as basic European food to suit everyone. As mentioned before, our brunch would be after morning Yoga and dinner with be after sunset stretching.
Goa’s cuisine has evolved over the years with Portuguese influences. The typical regional food is fish and coconut curry with rice. Nonetheless, Indian food always has a lot of vegan options and there’s going to be something for everyone.
If you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions, please let us know at the time of booking.
How to Get There?
- Step one: Fly to India (Delhi or Mumbai),
- Step two: Fly to Goa, (Delhi to Goa flights are 2.5 hours long, and Mumbai to Goa flight is 1.5 hours.
- Step three: Taxi from Goa airport to Nalanda Retreat (Mandarem).
Goa has two airports and the one closer to our retreat venue is Manohar International Airport – Goa Airport (GOX), which is just 30 km away. The other airport in Goa is called Diabolim / Goa International Airport (GOI), which is 58 km away.
Goddess Yoga Retreat January 2025 Goa – FAQs
This retreat has been organized by a host who knows the destination – Goa (and has lived there) and who wants to share her love of teaching Yoga.
The theme of this retreat is “Goddess” so expect a massive Glow Up with daily face Yoga, Affirmations for abundance, and an ecstatic dance ritual to find the most powerful and confidant version of yourself. As a result, you will fall in love with you deeper than before.
The minimum booking amount is EUR 100 to confirm your slot.
This pre-booking amount is fully refundable if you cancel before October 15, 2024. We require 100% of your booking package to be paid by 12 December 2024 (exactly a month before the retreat).
If payments are not received by the dates stated on your booking form, we reserve the right to cancel your booking without offering any refunds (unless this occurs before October 15, 2024).
After October 15, 2024, the pre-booking amount is non-refundable.
We highly recommend that you purchase travel insurance that covers the amount of your payments if you are unable to attend for any reason. All guests are required to have their own travel insurance.
If we are able to fill your spot, we may refund you in some instances or allow you to transfer the amount of your payments to a future retreat, but this is subject to our discretion.
It is your own responsibility to check the travel restrictions and requirements (including visas) for travel from your country to India.
If you have this question in mind, let me ask you - have you ever tried changing one of your habits? You probably have during the course of your life. Ever noticed that it takes a minimum of a week of conscious effort to change a habit and even more effort to let that stick?