Residential Retreats
We offer fully residential ashram retreat courses of between 2 days and 1 month in length, and in-depth courses combining multiple residential retreats with guided home-study.
Upcoming retreatsIn-Depth Courses
These courses cover various advanced yogic subjects in greater depth than a single retreat allows. They range between 6 and 12 months and combine multiple retreats here at the Ashram with guided home-study.
Ashram Retreats
Our ashram retreats range between 2 and 10 days and cover subjects relating to the main branches of yoga, as well as advaita and tantra. Our emphasis is on cultivating direct insight within our supportive Ashram environment.
1-Month Retreat
Our month-long Developing Sadhana Course provides opportunity for an extended experience of ashram life with teachings and practices from many different paths of yoga including daily classes in hatha yoga, chanting and meditation, and so much more.
In-Depth Courses - Upcoming
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
With Tulsi, Swami Krishnapremananda and Swami SatyaDaya
This 7-month course is for qualified yoga teachers who wish to deepen their studies and further their experience of the subtleties of yoga and meditation.ย
The course will explore of a range of practices and provide a deepening of knowledge and skills to enhance your personal practice and bring greater confidence, clarity and depth to your teaching.
Dates
Residential retreats:
March 25-30 2025; June 9-14 2025; October 15-19 2025
Online days 2025:
May 4th; August 3rd; September 20thย
Personal mentorship also provided in between training days
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The Chakras
Tutors: Swami SatyaDaya, Swami Krishnapremananda & Tulsi, and with periodic satsangs with Swami Nishchalananda (Swamiji)
The Chakras are the energy centres within the subtle body which influence all levels of our Being - our emotional responses, mental processes, energy levels, clarity of perception and states of Consciousness. When awakened and harmonised, they expand our perception and capacities as human beings, enabling us to experience greater vitality, joy and wisdom.
Dates
An 18-day training comprising 3 residential retreats.
Sep 27 - Oct 4 2025; February 14-21 2026; April 22-26 2026
Home practice & personal mentorship also provided between the retreats.
Full Details >>Ashram Retreats 2024
Wed 23 October -
Sun 27th October 2024
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From Sound into Silence
With Swami Gyandharma
This is a much-loved course that has been running at the Ashram for several years, with many participants returning regularly. It draws upon Swami Gyandharma’s extensive experience of using mantra to induce silence or stillness.
Wed 27 November -
Sun 1 December 2024
Rest, Restore and Renew
With senior Ashram teachers
A restorative retreat which is suitable for all levels of yoga experience. Nurture yourself with this 4-day immersion into the replenishing energies and practices of the Ashram.
Ashram Retreats 2025
Tue 25 - Sun 30 March 2025
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
With Tulsi, Swami SatyaDaya & Sw. Krishnaprem
This 7-month course is for qualified yoga teachers who wish to deepen their studies and further their experience of the subtleties of yoga and meditation.ย
This is the 1st retreat of three.
Sat 8 March -
Sat 15th March 2025
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Meditation Training Course
With Swami SatyaDaya, assisted by Tulsi and Swami Krishnaprem
This is the 2nd of our ongoing Meditation training retreats. It willย explore practices from both the Yogic and Buddhist traditions that focus on the awakening and healing of the heart โ the developing of compassion towards self and others.
Fri 11 - Sun 13 April 2025
Exploring Ashram Life
With Swami SatyaDaya & Tulsi
This weekend retreat is designed to introduce you to the teachings and purpose of the Ashram, and help you go deeper in your yoga and meditation practice.
Wed 16 - Mon 21 April 2025 Easter Retreat
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Bhakti Yoga - an offering of the Heart
With Swami Krishnaprem, Swami SatyaDaya and Tulsi
Bhakti yoga has always been one of the central paths of the yoga tradition. It is translated variously as, for example, the yoga of the heart, or the yoga of love and compassion. It is a practice of offering the energies of the heart to the Divine, whether perceived in nature, or in a teacher, or subtly present within All.
Wed 7 - Sun 11 May 2025
Mantra Immersion
With Swamiย Krishnapremananda
Mantras are like potent seeds planted within, which, with regular ongoing practice, have the potential to release their alchemical power into our heart, mind and energy body, transforming our self-understanding.
Wed 14 May -
Sun 18 May 2025
A Celebration Of Kirtan
With Yoga Bijananda
This popular Ashram retreat will offer you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the energies of Kirtan, as well as other practices such as yoga classes and yoga nidra (deep relaxation).
Thur 22 May - Sun 1 June 2025
PranaVidya
With Swami GyanDharma
Prana Vidya means โknowledge of energyโ and it is a yogic practice for liberating energy and using it for healing.ย Join us for these 10 days to explore how the practices of PranaVidya can awaken the innate potential within your energy body and mind.ย
Sat 21 June -
Sat 28th June 2025
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Meditation Training Course
With Swami SatyaDaya, assisted by Tulsi and Swami Krishnaprem
This is the 3rd of our ongoing Meditation training retreats.ย The ultimate purpose of the practice of meditation is to render us receptive to insight into the fundamental level of our being. This week will explore practices that cultivate the experience of (inner) spaciousness that is key to developing such receptivity, including practices from the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra.
Thu 31 July -
Sun 10 August 2025
Silent Retreat
With Swami SatyaDaya, Swami Krishnapremananda & Tulsi
This 10-day retreat is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself into the practice of mouna, silence, and to connect with the deeper stillness that underlies life's surface activity.
Thuย 13 Augustย -
Sun 17 August 2025
Advaita - The unveiling of Self
With Swami Nishchalananda and Swami SatyaDaya
Thisย 4-day summer retreat will explore the Vedantic philosophy of non-dualism, using pointers from yogic texts such as Ashtavakra Samhita and the Kena Upanishad as a basis for meditation.
Thu 21 August -
Sun 31 August 2025
Facing Death, Embracing Life
With Swami SatyaDaya, Swami Krishnapremananda & Tulsi.
The practices of Yoga offer us the opportunity to change our relationship with death not by creating fantasies and stories about what may or may not happen to the โmeโ beyond death, but by fundamentally changing our understanding of what weย think we are โ of what โitโ is that dies and therefore lives.
In-Depth Courses
Yoga Teacher Training Course
With Swami Krishnaprem, Tulsi and Swami SatyaDaya
Mandala Yoga Ashram has been conducting Yoga Teacher Training Courses (YTTC) for over 30 years. Our 2-year, 500-hour programme provides a comprehensive teacher training while also supporting participants to develop a strong foundation of personal practice and spiritual understanding.
Our current YTTC started in September 2023 and will run until July 2025. It comprises 7 residential teaching retreats here at the Ashram interspersed with online teaching days, alongside closely guided continuous self-study and practice.
Our next yoga teacher training course will start in 2026, and more details will be available closer to the time.
Dates
A two year course comprising 7 Residential Ashram Retreats, interspersed with online training days
Full Details >>1-Month Retreat
Developing Sadhana Retreat
Dates for 2026 to be confirmed
With Tulsi, assisted by Senior Ashram Tutors
The Ashram is offering a month-long residential retreat that will include teachings and practices from many different paths of yoga including daily classes in hatha yoga, chanting and meditation, yoga nidra, and much more. Throughout the month the practices will be explored and deepened leading to the development of a quality and sustainable sadhana that can serve you for years to come.
Retreat participants will live and practice alongside the Ashram team for the month. Alongside teachings and karma yoga, each course participant will have a designated mentor and receive weekly one to one mentor support.
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A Spiritual Sanctuary
As one of the few authentic ashrams to be found outside of India, Mandala Yoga Ashram provides a vibrant link between the spiritual teachings of the yogic sages and sincere seekers of the modern Western world. Founded in 1986 by Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati on his return from 14 years of intensive training with his guru Swami Satyananda Saraswati, and nestling in 25 acres of beautiful, remote hill-country in Southwest Wales, UK, the Ashram has over the years been a source of profound learning and transformation for thousands of people from all walks of life. Our residential retreats are rare opportunities to go deep into the mysteries of yoga in an environment of great natural beauty and focused spiritual energy.
More about the Ashram
Our Online Offerings
Live Online Courses
Study with us live via Zoom. Our 1-day and 2-day courses offer opportunities for you to take short study and practice retreats with us in the comfort of your own home.
Self-Study Online Courses
Study at your own pace. Our self-study courses cover a range of core yogic topics with options for beginner, intermediate and more advanced practitioners.
Ashram Sangha
The Ashram Sangha is our new online hub, a space for us to support all those who feel a connection with the Ashram, its teachings, and its vibrant yoga community.
