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Yoga Holidays in Sri Lanka

Have you ever dream about having yoga holidays in Sri Lanka? This is a quiet but graceful country that you can easily fall in love with once you have a chance to visit. Although, compare with other countries, there is not much convenient in Sri Lanka, you can still have fabulous yoga holidays, especially if you are looking for some serene place to discover yourself.

Followings are the recommended yoga holidays destinations to go.

Ulpotha

Cradled on one side by low mountains and a lotus ringed lake and on the other by emerald green paddy fields, Ulpotha is a traditional working village in Sri Lanka where, for part of the year, guests can come and have yoga holidays, undertake ayurveda treatments, or just indulge the tranquil atmosphere of this wonderful otherworld. Ulpotha is largely operated by the villagers themselves. In this sense, Ulpotha is not a resort or hotel and does not aspire to be one.

Accommodation is provided in elaborately but simply detailed wattle and daub huts. They are built using traditional methods and materials, and consist of open living areas covered with a pitched roof of thatched palm fronds.

Yoga HolidaysAt Ulpotha, there are yoga classes twice a day, usually held in the early morning and late afternoon, led by some of the world's leading yoga teachers. Various style of yoga classes are offered here for your yoga holidays; Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, for example. Meditation and pranayama sessions are also available.

There is a treatment center where guests can have authentic ayurveda treatments managed by Ulpotha’s resident doctor. This makes your yoga holidays more therapeutic. In addition to other activities, guests can have massages, relax in herbal steam baths and saunas, go for walks in the mountains, swim in the lake, go bird watching, explore many amazing cultural sites around Ulpotha, or just hang out in hammock or hanging bed that dot the grounds or in tree houses or lake huts.

Visit the Ulpotha website for more information.

Barberyn Beach Ayurveda Resort

Barberyn Beach Ayurveda Resort is located on the southern region of Sri Lanka, in the coastal village of Weligama, approximately 140 km from Colombo. This place has a beautiful and harmonious space where you can enjoy ayurveda and yoga holidays at their best. Contemporary architecture blends beauty with native design to create a feeling of space and light, which brings nature in - for guests to enjoy the healing that comes from within.

The yoga class at Barberyn is the traditional Hatha Yoga with pranayama. Yoga sessions are held daily, and they are free of charge for resident guests. The extensive grounds at Barberyn beach are well suited for yoga practice, and a yoga pavilion is built overlooking the ocean.

Beside yoga holidays, Barberyn Beach is a popular venue for special yoga workshop, and yoga teachers from overseas often come with their students to practice yoga combined with the ayurveda treatment.

Visit the Barberyn Beach Ayurveda Resort website for more information.

Yoga holidays in Sri Lanka make you feel close to nature and local community, like you are a part of them. And then you can realize that the more you close to the ground, the more you close to yourself.

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