SATYA in India

Living SATYA

The inner workings of yogic tradition

10-day retreat
16-25 February 2025

Early bird discount

The SATYA system of self realisation and spiritual emergence is empowered in its native terrain. 

Through Umā’s way of sharing her lived experience of satya (realness), synergistic elements of Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda come alive in the storytelling. Authentic experience morphs into living the myth.

The SATYA in India experience offers:

  • 10 all-inclusive days of eating, breathing, living the principles of the Yogic systems, surrounded and supported by their origin culture
  • Accommodations in a royal heritage hotel in an ancient Karnataka village
  • Key practices of mantra, meditation, yoga asana, pranayama
  • Seva, karma yoga—giving back to the village community that hosts us
  • Puja in temples world-renowned and hidden
  • Private rituals of protection and abundance for you and your family
Uma is born into Hindu Indian culture and has been teaching yogic sadhana for three decades in both the East and the West.

SATYA with Umā, in India, is a distinctive opportunity for you to question and participate in the inner workings of the yogic traditions.
Early bird discount
Early bird discount ends 16 Nov. 2024
This journey felt like an access point into an India I have never been able to access before. It was an opening to slip into, and receive the codes and the medicine that the land holds.

I feel I was shown the real magic—how rituals and ceremonies done were the real deal. And this can be assimilated into my life in so many places, because it taught me that magic is real, and it is based on my CHOICE. To see that ceremonies are done because it actually does something in the geometry immediately, it changed something profound in me.

I’m so very appreciative of every place that was seamlessly woven into the geometry of our journey together. Thank you for holding a space allowing the mysticism and fairytales to be revealed.”
READ MORE >> Marthe Magerøy, Psy.M., Yoga Teacher & Craniosacral Therapist, Norway

Why India

From far and wide, for thousands of years, pathfinders seeking life-enhancing technologies crossed oceans and mountains to reach Bharat, now known as India. These names literally testify to the spiritual wealth of motherland and traditions yoked to the quest of self-knowledge, self-healing and self-mastery.

From India we inherit extant cosmology, philosophy, sciences and arts founded on natural laws, including Tantra, Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology.

SATYA in India is an experience of stepping into these systems of Nature and living them for 10 days—a distinctively powerful practice in the land where they were born and still flourish today amongst the people you will meet, in the temples where you will pray, resonating from the sacred ground upon which you will tread.

Heritage accommodations & delicious South Indian meals

For 10 days/9 nights, we base ourselves in the beating heart of Kishkinda—ancient land of myth and legends, of timeless beauty, where holy rivers snake through verdant fields and temples top bouldered hills around each bend.

We will be hosted by a royal heritage hotel in a warm Karnataka village. The cost of this SATYA training includes shared accommodation in double rooms and three meals a day of wholesome, freshly cooked Karnataka-style food, and non-caffeinated beverages. Meals will be sattvic and digestible, based on Ayurvedic principles. 

Dedicated time with Umā is priceless. For me, being in India with her is an experience of one door opening to more opening doors, allowing for the magic of each moment to be realised.Uma’s ability for a plan to co-exist with having no plan unravels into a beautiful orchestration of profound experience.

I feel invited to to fully participate and embody faith, will and action in my spiritual and daily life—awakening to the realisation they are not separate and equally as important.”

Luca Mezzofanti — stone mason, Australia

Daily rhythms

Aligned with our studies of Ayurveda, the schedule is guided by the natural rhythms of day and evening that support our wellbeing and optimise our natural capacities. 

Our days will generally flow within a structure similar to this, with variations to be expected along the way:

Engaging in India’s sacred art of exchange, seva (service), is an integral aspect of this journey—giving back just as we receive, a practice of circulation with the world around us.  At times this may be a spontaneous occurrence, and there will be specific times we practise seva through community service.

Additional practices may include times of silence, personal mantra practice, pujas or guest teachersʼ programs.

  • Dinacharya (morning self-care regimen)
  • Sunrise sadhana
  • Breakfast
  • Satsang, formal teaching &/or excursion
  • Main meal and break
  • Satsang, formal teaching &/or excursion
  • Light dinner
  • Sunset sadhana
  • Early to bed

When I’m in India with Umā I’m deeply *in* India—no longer a foreigner on the outskirts glimpsing in, but a practitioner carried into India’s multifold richness by someone of this culture, bringing me in.

India’s sacred traditions abound from Umā, and she is incredibly skilled at unfolding them for us. She is known and honoured in the villages where we stayed, and door after door opened for us—to ancient cave drawings, to mysterious monoliths, to sacred pujas conducted in our names and, perhaps best of all, into the homes of wonderful people who welcomed us with open hearts.”

Lisa Bailey—writer & Vedic astrologer, Sweden

Frequently asked questions

No. SATYA in India is an experiential education in SATYA: the Synergistic Alignment of Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda. No prior education or experience of these Indian sciences is necessary. If you have specific questions or concerns, you’re welcome to ask us about these in advance.

If you have an interest in Ayurveda, lifestyle design and self care, we recommend you also take the SATYA module Utmost Care: Ayurvedic training for self healing. 

 

Well in advance of the retreat, you’ll be provided with a list of recommended items to pack, including the type of clothing that is culturally appropriate. 

 Among other things, you’ll want to have clothing that is easy to move in; a warm layer for mornings and evenings; a yoga mat or ground cloth that might get dirty; sun protection; insect protection; toiletries; notebook and pen; etc.

We recommend you plan to arrive in India at least one day early to purchase clothing that is appropriate for temples (details provided after enrolment). A small mat made of woven natural fibre like grass or bamboo can also be useful to have in temples, where sitting on cloth is sometimes not allowed.

 

We recommend you plan to arrive in India at least one day early to purchase clothing that is appropriate for temples (details provided after enrolment).  

The most important preparation for this SATYA training is to be in a self-responsible practice of being physically, emotionally and mentally healthy before you arrive.

Meditation will likely be a part of our practice together. Please be prepared to be in seated meditation for at least 30 minutes. 

Also please note that caffeinated beverages are not a planned part of our daily menu. You are requested to wean yourself off coffee, black tea, cacao or other stimulants before arriving so you don’t have headaches or other withdrawal symptoms during SATYA in India. 

You’re welcome to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have about these preparations. 

 

SATYA in India includes a shared transfer with private driver from Jindal Vijayanagar Airport to the heritage hotel where we will be based.

Jindal Vijayanagar—also known as Vidyanagar Airport or VDY—is near Bellary in the state of Karnataka.

At the time of writing, there is one direct flight to VDY from Bangalore each day. Your transfer from VDY will be timed with the arrival of that flight on 16 Feb. 2025. Being on that flight is the most direct route for you to reach our location for SATYA in India. If you plan to take that flight, we recommend you book your ticket ASAP after enrolment in SATYA in India, as it is a small plane, and seats do fill up.

If you would like to, you can arrange other transport directly to the heritage hotel where we’ll stay, at your own expense.

Please note that the location of our accommodations may be changed at the discretion of the organisers. If this should happen you will be notified as soon as possible, and your transfer from and to VDY airport will still be provided.

 

On the final day, 25 Feb. 2025, a shared vehicle will transport SATYA participants back to VDY airport, in time for the one daily direct flight to Bangalore. 

If you plan to take that flight, we recommend you book your ticket ASAP after enrolment in SATYA in India, as it is a small plane, and seats do fill up.

If you would like to arrange your own transport on the day of departure, you are welcome to do so at your own expense.

 

No. Coffee, black and green tea, cacao or other stimulant beverages are not a planned part of our daily menu. 

Black tea chai may sometimes be available when we go out for excursions, but please do not rely on having it daily. You are recommended to wean yourself off caffeine or other stimulants before arriving so you don’t have headaches or other withdrawal symptoms during SATYA in India. 

 

For the ‘early bird’ discount, enrol in SATYA in India by 16 Nov. 2024. The final deadline to register is 16 Jan. 2025. However, spaces for SATYA in India are limited, so you’re advised to enrol as soon as possible.

 

Yes. The SATYA core curriculum consists of 6 modules. SATYA in India is one of those—a foundational training in SATYA experiential education.

The 1-year SATYA Immersion is a collective experience of all 6 core curriculum modules in a 12-month period (May to April). Completion of the 1-year SATYA Immersion will be honoured through a special culmination ceremony, a certificate of completion and eligibility for advanced SATYA trainings from 2025 onward.

 

SATYA in India

Early bird price — until 16 Nov. 2024

€2520 €2133

an early bird savings of 15%

Early bird discount
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