Retreat

Navajivana
South India Retreat

Descent & Renewal
with Ayurveda, Depth Work, & the Sea

December 27 -
January 07 2027

Join Us!

Navajivana, 
a Sanskrit word meaning "new life."
Join us for an intimate 12-day retreat in South India. We Begin in Bangalore, and continue to Kerala,
god's own country, 
limited to only 5 participants.
let the old skin fall away.
reveal a new layer.

What's Included

  • 24+ hours of Jungian workshops, rituals, group meditations, Authentic Movement, journaling, dreamwork, and creative arts
  • 11 nights in your own room across luxury hotels in Bangalore, Haripad (Sreemoolavasam), and Kovalam Beach, with a traditional welcome at each
  • All meals included, with special additions to come
  • 5 days of Ayurvedic treatment, with specialty meals prescribed and prepared under the Naturopathic Doctor at Sreemoolavasam
  • All ground transportation in air-conditioned private cars
  • Domestic airfare for Bangalore–Kochi and Trivandrum–Bangalore, per the itinerary
  • A houseboat lunch cruise on Vembanad Lake (pending final confirmation)
  • A possible day trip to Amma's Amritapuri Ashram (logistics TBD)

The Gathering —


The Leela Palace, Bangalore,
The Garden City


We enter thru Bangalore, the Garden City, for a soft landing at the iconic Leela Palace. We meet one another, unpack what we carried here, literally and metaphorically. Amidst the beauty and grandeur of The Leela, astrology and journaling open the space. Spa treatments, lush gardens, and fabulous meals facilitate our inward journey.

The
Threshold —


Vembanad Lake

We land in Kerala. Between touch-down and check-in, we christen our visit to God's own country with a tour of the iconic Kerala backwaters. A private houseboat takes us for a leisurely lunchtime cruise, where the onboard chef prepares specialty local cuisine while we take in the lush coconut palms, paddy fields, and daily village life.

The Descent —

Sreemoolavasam Wellness Retreat

Five nights at a 450-year-old ayurvedic heritage home, carrying a direct lineage to Sree Narayana Guru. This is where the retreat holds its center of gravity. Ayurvedic treatment works slowly on the body, undoing what needs undoing. Alongside it, the deeper psychological work begins, the kind Sherene is known for. In Jungian terms, this is the underworld: not a place of despair, but the place where old patterns finally meet the light, and where something in you is allowed, at last, to dissolve.

A day trip to Amma's ashram at Amritapuri may be folded in here too, a chance to sit beside the water in the presence of a very different kind of devotion.

The Surfacing —

The Leela Palace, Kovalam, Arabian Sea


We close where the land runs out. A clubhouse retreat space set directly on the Arabian Sea becomes our final container, the place where integration happens. What was released in Sreemoolavasam finds new form here. What dissolved finds new life. Navajivana, after all, means exactly that.

What's Included

  • 24+ hours of Jungian workshops, rituals, group meditations, Authentic Movement, journaling, dreamwork, and creative arts
  • 11 nights in your own room across luxury hotels in Bangalore, Haripad (Sreemoolavasam), and Kovalam Beach, with a traditional welcome at each
  • All meals included, with special additions to come
  • 5 days of Ayurvedic treatment, with specialty meals prescribed and prepared under the Naturopathic Doctor at Sreemoolavasam
  • All ground transportation in air-conditioned private cars
  • Domestic airfare for Bangalore–Kochi and Trivandrum–Bangalore, per the itinerary
  • A houseboat lunch cruise on Vembanad Lake (pending final confirmation)
  • A possible day trip to Amma's Amritapuri Ashram (logistics TBD)

Navajivana South India Retreat
Dec 27 - Jan 07, 2027 

 

**Absolutely no refunds after Oct 1st, 2026

FULL PAYMENT SINGLE OCCUPANCY

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An e-tourist visa is necessary for visiting India. It's rather simple and quite fast these days. You can apply here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html

 

If you have any questions about the itinerary or retreat details, payment plans etc, please contact: support@sherenevismaya.com  

 

Post-registration we'll send a detailed PDF with the full schedule itinerary, recommendations of what to pack, and all the recommendations and essentials. 

 

Average temperatures in South India during December/January range between 57-82 degrees Fahrenheit in Bangalore, and 73-90 degrees Fahrenheit in Kerala with very little chance of rain and mostly blue skies.

 

It is highly recommended to get good travel insurance to recover the cost of cancellation fees should you need to cancel participation on the trip due to unforeseen medical reasons.

 

 

*colored pastel images of Lakshmi and Amma by Danielle Bhavya Winter

 

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