About Us

Govinda Valley is a yogic school grounded in thousands of years of tradition and Vedic science. We are committed to providing education and sharing the science of optimised human potential and spiritual development.

We provide individuals with an opportunity to experience immersive spiritual transformation through our Four Month Yoga Residency Program while also supporting retreat guests during their stay.

We are an ashram community following traditional yogic traditions. We live a simple, clean and spiritually fulfilled lifestyle, role-modelling a practical balance between material and spiritual life.

Our foundations are built on the Bhakti yoga tradition - the yoga of love and service - which is the essence that runs through the heart and soul of everything we do. It is our aim to provide a calm, nurturing and nourishing space for our guests and community; that allows all of us to come home to ourselves, into a higher level of self-awareness, personal alignment and contribution to the greater good.

We provide an inclusive and open-minded platform for people at all stages of life, practices and backgrounds, to grow and deepen their experience of true health, wellbeing, spirituality and conscious growth.

We welcome and celebrate individual differences, knowing that if recognised as strengths and nurtured properly, we can enrich and bring out the best in each other.

Coming from a place of care not only for each other, for the environment and mother earth at large, we work towards creating a completely eco-friendly and sustainable community.

One that showcases 'simple living, high thinking' and inspires our guests to integrate elements of mindfulness, sustainability and - if they desire - spiritual practice into their own lives.

Even our business model itself, being a non-for profit, is based on the idea of contribution to each other and the greater good. By providing for mind, body and soul equally, we develop an inspired team and from there, can make the world a better place, one retreat and one guest at a time.

Sustainability

Govinda Valley takes sustainability seriously by doing our best to minimise our impact on the environment.

We are self-reliant in regards to our water consumption, using purified rainwater from our tanks for drinking and cooking and other collected water for showers and washing.

We have an organic garden onsite where we grow herbs and vegetables throughout the year and we try to obtain everything we need through recycling and upcycling.

Our Community

Govinda Valley is an intentional and holistic yoga ashram with purpose. Our community believes that true fulfilment starts with cultivating a daily disciplined spiritual practice, a balanced Sattvic lifestyle, and respect for self and other living beings.