YOGIC LIFESTYLE RETREAT

Take the chance to spend a week in sangha – your yogic family

We are very happy to announce this opportunity to meet in person in the natural ashram environment in Szolad, Hungary. This is our first “on-site” program in many years and we are very much looking forward to sharing this SPECIAL TIME with you.

You will meet and interact with the teachers and course directors of SYAE, who will deliver a versatile program to deepen your awareness and experience of yogic sadhana and lifestyle. Further you will have interactive sessions, where in group discussions you have the opportunity to deepen your understanding on yogic way of living.

“Yogic lifestyle is not defined by how many hours of yoga and meditation you practice. That is irrelevant. Yogic lifestyle is the concept of living a harmonious and correct form of life.”

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

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Objectives of the Retreat

A wide variety of classical yoga techniques of the Satyananda System will be taught by our team of experienced teachers and in theory sessions knowledge will be transmitted and personal experiences shared.

To deepen the ongoing effort of integration of personal yoga sadhana into activities of daily life and to guide this process towards the realistic expression of yogic lifestyle.

Yogic Lifestyle

Yoga converts itself into a lifestyle, when one begins to live the principles of yoga on a moment-to-moment basis. Then one’s life becomes an expression of living in accordance with the ideals and principles that yoga adheres to, and happiness and joy become natural expression in our daily life.

It is easy to live in the spirit of yoga when we are in a conducive environment of an ashram, when we are together in sangha, when we are following rhythms of the nature, and when we use yoga in our interactions and do yogic practices in various times of the day. To live in the spirit of yoga is to apply karma, bhakti, jnana yoga in the normal daily activities and interactions.

“When you integrate different yoga practices to aid the development of potentials in life, you begin to live a yogic lifestyle.”
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

NEW dates

Start of program: Sunday 22. June 2025 at 17.00 (please arrange yourself to arrive between 14.00–16.00)

End of program: Saturday 28. June 2025 at 11.00 (please arrange yourself, so you can stay till the end of the program)

Please apply well in advance as spaces are limited.

Application closes on 6th June 2025.

Experienced international Satyananda Yoga teachers.

Hungarian Yoga Association in Szolad (a quiet village near the beautiful lake Balaton), a 90-minute drive from Budapest airport (Hungary). Travel guide to Szolad

We will provide simple, nutritious vegetarian meals (included in the retreat fee).

A list of available accommodation will be provided for you to book individually (price approx. EUR 20–25.-/night).

You are most welcome to use the ashram grounds for staying in your own tent (this accommodation option is free of additional cost).

  • Ability to meet the time commitments required
    All participants are expected to arrive well before the opening session (22.6.25 at 17.00) and stay till the end of the closing session (28.6.25 at 11.00).
  • English language competence
    As all lectures, practical classes and discussion groups will be in English, participants need to have a good grasp of the language.
  • Minimum age is 18 years

Students will be expected to be present in the venue at all times, to participate fully in all aspects of the retreat and to maintain yogic discipline during their stay. An aspect of this discipline will be to minimise use of mobile devices. 

Due to substantial differences in average income of participants from different areas of Europe, retreat fees apply as follows:

€570.- for participants from: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

€480.- for participants from: Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Spain

€390.- for participants from: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lebanon, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey

€310.- for participants from: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine

The retreat fee covers all practical and theoretical tuition and the food during the 6-day retreat.

The accommodation is NOT included in the retreat fee.

Participants with limited financial resources can apply to pay the retreat fee by two instalments.

If you would like more information please contact: application[at]syae.eu

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Cancellation fees:

  • up to 4 weeks before the course begins: 20% of the fee will be held and 80% refunded.
  • 4 weeks until the course begins: 80% of the fee will be held and 20 % refunded (unless the place can be filled).
  • after the course begins: there will be no refund.