The Yoga Retreat

I really enjoyed my 2 weeks of practicing ashtanga yoga here. I believe right now this is the only place with SYC authorized teacher.

Apart from yoga, I really enjoyed having breakfast and conversations after practice! I really recommend joining the Friday Indian buffet. Very very delicious food they cook!

We hope to be back

Xoxo

It's a great place to learn Ashtanga Yoga. Kes and Teresa tought me a lot and I really enjoyed my classes. Also the breakfast and Indian buffet are very good!

Great yoga studio. The owners are really friendly and knowledgeable, and gave lots of instruction and correction during the class. Would highly recommend.

Great experienced as a beginner in ashtanga yoga, The teacher's are very accommodating with such potent knowledge. The place is spacious and open with the forest view, they also provide free yoga mat, free water, wipes for sweat and a free trial for the first timer.
If You're into this, you gonna love it, it's a great way to sweat, have the balance, practice your focus, flexibility, and will sustain your lutos for long time which is very useful in my meditation practice.
I'm so grateful to learn, from this Couple Teacher's.

My wife and I decided to try yoga for the first time during our 2 week stay on the island. We committed to their 10 class package without knowing what we were in store for. With zero experience, Kes and Teresa very patiently and passionately guided us through the morning Mysore classes as we learned the basics of Ashtanga. What an experience. After 10 classes, the bug bit and we have continued to practice as much we can since then.

Thank you so much this experience. All the best you.

Thank you so much.

Great Ashtanga Yoga practice, dedicated teachers, even more warmhearted, funny and almost wise ;) beings. Beautiful shala and good vibes. When I come back to Koh Phangan I will definitely be again at The Yoga Retreat. Thank you Teresa & Kes

It was my first yoga session ever (you get the first one for free on 8: 30 in the morning), and i had a great experience. Everyone helped eatch other out and it was a good community where everyones happy, grateful and motivated. Would recommend it

I really enjoyed my two weeks of yoga at The Yoga Retreat in April 2023. I attended mysore sessions every morning and led classes on Saturdays. The shala was a beautiful space to practice in, overlooking the jungle. The teachers Kes and Theresa were supportive and challenging in the right ways. My practice has benefitted from the experience. The Yoga Retreat is a friendly and sociable space which was great for meeting nice people. I enjoyed having breakfast after yoga, and the Friday night buffet was a chance to socialise in the evening over a home made Indian buffet.
Nice cats and a dog to hang out with too
It's not a fancy place, it's rootsy and heartfelt and was perfect for me as that is what I was looking for
I would love to come back again. I miss my morning practice!
Thanks for having me
Susie

Really really good place to learn, to refresh, to relax and to know more people who have the passionate of Ashtanga Yoga Practice.
Food - reallllllly toooo gooooood and delicious!
Practice - Mon to Sat Morning class, and really goood class too
Masters Kes & Tres (Yoga Teachers) - realllly goooood on Adjustment, Conducting class, Meditation and Philosophy and etc. And ofc, they are so funny and easy to get to know
This is a really really good place to practice and to charge your energy for your Yoga journey
If you make to come here, please learn as much as you can do. A week for me here (just for now) this time, I have learnt and got lots of idea for my Yoga journey and I still believe that there are lots of thing here I have to learn more from the Masters.
I am sure I will be back here for the practice, and this place is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for everyone to come, to join and to experience.
Kes & Tres, See you next time:)
-MJ-

Laid back yoga retreat in the jungle with welcoming atmosphere and friendly owners/instructors. I came here for the detox program. After the 7 day detox felt light as a feather. Many thanks go out to Theresa for support and advice during the program. Both Kes and Theresa are excellent yoga instructors with Kes providing the more dynamic Ashtanga yoga classes every morning using the traditional Mysore form of instruction (you will sweat!) and assisting with helpful adjustments. Theresa offers the more gentle Hatha and Vinyasa yoga in the afternoons with a focus on preparing for meditation.
They also have an excellent Indian buffet on Friday night.
All in all a great experience with some lovely hosts.left the retreat feeling great and lucky to have found it!

Namaste everyone, I want to share my stay at the Yoga retreat. It has been a pleasant and fullfiling experience, Teresa gently help me with my visa documents and Kes lead my into Asthanga Yoga firmly but from the tenderness of his heart. My room was simple, comfortable and the shower was outside, looking at the sky and the tropical vegetation. The Yogashala has a stuning view on the jungle, the front montain is covered by threes, flowers, coconuts palm, plants, and the birds, all together, were enjoy "la sinfonía de la natura" an wild open and free opera! Highly recommended,
Cheers, Bhaskar

They are wonderful heart warming people. So welcoming and patient.
The both of them are amazing teachers. They follow the true lineage of Pattabhi Jois.
I really enjoy the time here and will come Back soon.

This is a special place! Kes and Teresa have not only the most beautiful shala you can imagine but an energy that it really amazing. Their teaching reconnected me with the practise after having a baby and I am so grateful for having spent my vacations mornings up with them. Highly recommend you go there. Can't wait to be back!

This retreat centre is by far my most cherished and favoured retreat memory. Everyone, from the staff to the yoga teachers, were so inviting and friendly, I felt like it was my second home. I took part in the Mysore program and felt my practice evolve over the 14 days that I was there. I can’t recommend this place more; I can’t wait to go back!

Ich hatte einen fantastischen Mango Smoothie mit einer feinen Honig Note. Preise sind durchschnittlich.

I have been coming back to this retreat for many years. The teaching is always if a high standard, the food healthy and I love the views from the shala. There is something magical about the place. It’s a place you can be still, heal from the inside out and connect to the simplicity of nature.

I have done a 6-day yoga retreat with Mysore Ashtanga in the morning, meditation and Hatha yoga in the afternoon. In general I think that this was a good value for money as I learned about Ashtanga (had never practiced it before), had fantastic food (the best on the island) and met amazing people.

However, there are a few areas for improvement. Firstly, when I came I was a bit bumped to be just escorted to my room without any introduction what is where, I didn't feel the yogic atmosphere at all. I could feel the good yogic vibe only later on when talking to the fellow students. Secondly, as new to Ashtanga, the first classes were very confusing and I finished earlier not knowing what to do and if I did things right as the teacher didn't seem very interested in me. Though I have to say it has changed a bit towards the end of the week, where I got more attention from the teacher. I also think that I would have benefited a lot from more adjustments during the week, as now I only received a few. It was also not the teacher but my fellow students who explained me a lot about how Ashtanga yoga is practiced, and I am so grateful to them. I enjoyed the meditation practice a lot, however I expected from Hatha practice more, as now I found it was very repetitive of the asanas from Ashtanga. Finally, the accommodation could really benefit from some renovation, it was not so pleasant to be there (but that was expected as I saw the pictures on the website).

They run early Mysore style classes, hatha in the afternoon, philosophy, meditation, retreats with various detox options, plus a 200hr TTC, and the owners, Kes and Teresa Kennard are great teachers, and their staff are friendly and helpful. It’s about 15 mins to the Haad Salad beach and it’s a cool little place. They also have several rooms so you can also stay here. Their food is great too. Super healthy and delicious

I'm a big fan of the place! Have had breakfast the past two days in the retreat and I can only recommend the variety of healthy, raw breakfasts they offer. Raw bowls, Joghurt and a lot of fresh fruit juices/smoothies.

If I could, I’d give them NEGATIVE 10 stars. The quality of yoga teachers here is abysmal. Just because you have an advanced asana practice doesn’t mean you’ll make a good teacher. And just because you’ve spent a lot of time in Mysore practicing with Sharath, doesn’t meant you know how to teach mysore or give good, safe adjustments. When I was there, the mysore teacher was giving adjustments to a select few students—in tight short and shirtless. Completely unprofessional and made me feel very uncomfortable. I NEVER want to come here again. The rooms and buildings are old and dated, in desperate need of renovation. The only good thing about this place is the local staff.
Avoid this place like the plague.