Terms and Conditions

To get the full benefits of your yoga practice, please heed the following:

1. We ask you to attend the morning and evening meditation sessions and two yoga classes. The lecture in the afternoon is optional (applies to yoga vacation).
2. Black tea, coffee, meat, fish, eggs, onions, garlic, alcohol, cigarettes and drugs are strictly prohibited during your stay.
3. Please help maintain the peace and purity in the meditation room.
4. Please wear loose, modest clothing – no tights. Nudity is forbidden. Only spiritual books and pictures are permitted.
5. Important!! Please don’t step in to the fields or the pastures, stay on the path in the forest and don’t make any fires.
6. The Retreat House is not responsible for any loss of valuables.
7. Loud music, cooking, candles and incense are not permitted in the hotel/guesthouse rooms.
8. One hour daily community service (Karma Yoga) such as gardening, maintenance, organising etc. would be greatly appreciated.
9. Full payment for your stay is due on arrival.

I hereby declare that I have read the rules of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Retreat House stipulated below, that I will adhere to these rules and that I will be present at all activities.

I take full responsibility for myself and for my personal property. The decision to participate in the activities is exclusively my own and I do so on my own responsibility.

I further declare that I will not hold the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Retreat House liable for any injuries, damage or loss that may result from my participation in the activities. I am in good health and have no illnesses or preconditions that prevent me from practising the asana and pranayama exercises. Furthermore, I acknowledge that I perform all exercises at my own risk and on my own responsibility and that I can omit or discontinue exercises at any time if I so desire.