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21–28 February: Bali, Shadow Yoga Experienced Practitioners & Teachers’ Retreat

Guided by Sundernāth and Emma Balnaves

We invite you to join us at the Shadow Yoga Retreat for teachers and experienced practitioners.

Schedule

  • Full Moon Sunday 21 February 16:00 – Welcome & class
  • Monday 22 – Sunday 28 February
    07:00 Group classes for experienced practitioners & teachers
    16:00 Individual Sadhana (open for all levels)

If you would like to join just the afternoon Individual Sadhana class (open to all with an existing sadhana) please email us and we will invoice you just for this.

Teachings – Hamsa Sadhana
This sādhana is offered in reverence to the guru Matsyendranath, sun of the eight directions and his disciple Gorakshanath, moon of the sixteen adharas of the waxing and waning cycles.
Their creation, Shadanga Yoga, the origin of contemporary Hatha Yoga, rests on the yoking of the energies of the sun and moon. This yoking is accomplished by the mastery of the following three phase angahara (arrangement). This mastery takes one to the soaring heights of khechari mudra and thus obtains the key that unlocks the door to kundalini śakti.

The Feeding of the Fish – Matsya Bhojana Dānam
The Lightning Path of the Swan – Hamsa Pat Vidyut
The Dreaming Swan Meditation – Svapna Hamsa Dhyanam

These sadhana-angaharas will be introduced in 2027 and taught in retreat settings. They consist of Nrtta angaharas, kriyas, mudras interwoven with pranayama, mantra and dhyāna (meditation).

The classes will be held in the Yoga Pavilion at COMO Uma Ubud Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Banjar Lungsiakan, Kedawatan, Ubud, Gianyar.

Accommodation
We have negotiated special rates for Shadow Yoga participants at COMO Uma Ubud. Please see below.

Booking Accommodation

You are also welcome to find accommodation outside the Como but please ensure to arrive punctually before each class.

Fee of US$1,550 includes

  • Tuition
  • Refeshments (fruit, juices, coffee/tea) after each morning class at Uma Bar

Optional

  • Daily Brunch 7 days (see note below) US$350. This is already included for Como Uma Ubud residents.

Note
If you choose to stay outside the COMO you may like to join those at COMO for the main meal of the day – a buffet offerings and a la carte items – late morning at Kemiri Restaurant.
This may be paid for below now or after you have decided upon your accommodation.

We also recommend Runita who is a trusted guide and tour operator in Bali. Sundernath and Emma have known him for many years as he used to work at COMO.
For alternative accommodation, airport transfers etc please send him a WhatsApp but let Runita know you are part of the Shadow Yoga teachers group. +62 812 3948522

WhatsApp group
We have set up a WhatsApp group to aid communication.
Join the group.

Details

Start:
21 February 2027
End:
28 February 2027

Venue

Como Uma Ubud
Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Banjar Lungsiakan, Kedewatan, Ubud Gianyar 80571 Bali Indonesia + Google Map
Website:
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Organiser

Shadow Yoga

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Daily Brunch

Guided by Sundernāth and Emma Balnaves

  • For teachers and more experienced practitioners.
  • Independent accommodation available.
  • 14 sessions at the Yoga Pavilion at COMO Uma Ubud.
US$ 350.00
Unlimited
Experienced Practitioners' Retreat

Guided by Sundernāth and Emma Balnaves

  • For teachers and more experienced practitioners.
  • Independent accommodation available.
  • 14 sessions at the Yoga Pavilion at COMO Uma Ubud.
US$ 1,550.00
Unlimited
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Frequently asked questions

Each course will be designated a particular ‘Level’. It is the responsibility of the practitioner to determine, based on the description of the course and their own experience, whether or not they are suited to a particular course. If, after checking the course and the descriptions below, there is any uncertainty, kindly email us. Shadow Yoga cannot be held responsible for you purchasing a course which is not suitable for you and we regret that no refunds will be available. Levels for courses are: Open Level: suitable for all levels of yoga practitioners. Intermediate Level: proficiency with the intermediate level of asanas. Advanced Level: proficiency in Nrtta Sadhana – Pure Dance of Shiva and ability to sit in Padmasana for one hour.
Payments can be made via PayPal or Stripe (credit card). Shadow Yoga teachers receive a 10% discount on full-price courses only. This discount does not apply to retreats or in combination with other discounts.
Discounts may be offered for bookings made one month in advance of first class. Payment must be made upon booking. Check individual courses for details.

We appreciate that your circumstances may change.
We must receive your cancellation by email to: shadowyoga@baci.com.au

The following penalties will apply.

Courses
You are able to cancel your course registration 6 weeks prior to the commencement of the course without penalty and with a full refund.

If your cancellation is received any later, the following fees apply:

  • 4–6 weeks before the first class, a cancellation fee of 25% will be deducted.
  • 2–4 weeks before the first class, a cancellation fee of 50% will be deducted.

If your cancellation is received with 2 weeks of the commencement date, we regret we are not able to refund your payment.

Note: Your place in a course is not confirmed until your invoice is paid in full.
Payments are not able to be transferred between courses.

Retreats
Since Shadow Yoga must commit to retreat dates so far in advance and pay deposits etc the policy is slightly different.

If your cancellation is received:

  • More than 3 months prior – full refund
  • 8–12 weeks before the arrival date, a cancellation fee of 25% will be deducted
  • 4–8 weeks prior, a cancellation fee of 50% will will be deducted
  • Less than 4 weeks prior – no refund will be available

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Finance terms

If you wish to take advantage of interest-free terms, please email guiding@shadowyoga.com once your application is approved.

For the first course in April, payments will be due as follows:
  • Four weeks from your request (latest mid November): Eu1,360
  • Mid January 2026: Eu800
For the second course in October, payments will be due as follows:
  • Four weeks from your request (latest mid May): EUR1,360
  • July 2026: EUR800

Booking COMO

The offering from COMO Uma Ubud.

Please email Wira Setiawati directly to make your booking or for further information

Group Name: Shadow Yoga Retreat

Accommodation for seven nights from 21–28 February 2027
Package Rate: Based on 10% discount from published rates
Prices in USD.

If sharing, you must book for both people at the same time.

Inclusions
  • Daily usage of yoga studio
  • Daily fruits and juice refreshment set up at Uma Bar after class
  • Daily brunch at Kemiri RestaurantComplimentary daily replenished in-room fruit basket
  • Complimentary WIFI access in the room and certain other areas of the hotel
  • Complimentary scheduled shuttle to Ubud area (up to Museum Puri Lukisan)
  • Complimentary use of the steam, gym and swimming pool
  • Rates are inclusive of 21% government tax and service charge
Check In & Check Out

COMO Uma Ubud requests that guests check in after 14:00 on day of arrival and check out by 11:00 on day of departure.
Any early check in or late check out request will be an additional charges and subject to the availability to be confirmed one day prior to arrival.

Booking Status

First payment of 50% of the total invoice to be paid upon making the reservation
Balance Payment to be paid 30 days prior to the arrival date.
Other expenses will be charged upon checkout
All payments should be received as per above timeline, otherwise rooms will be subject to cancelation.

Cancellation Policy
  • Cancellations made from the time of reservation up to 61 days prior to arrival will be subject to a 30% charge of the total invoice.
  • Cancellations made between 60 and 30 days prior to arrival will be subject to a 50% charge of the total invoice.
  • Cancellations made between 30 and 3 days prior to arrival will be subject to a 90% charge of the total invoice.
  • Late arrivals, no-shows, and early departures will be charged 100% of the total invoice.
  • All cancellations must be received in writing by the hotel or its authorised representative.
Payment

Payment can be made via Credit Card or Wire money transfers.

Other terms can be confirmed when booking.

Shadow Yoga Cancellation Policy

Perpignan Information

Access
By plane:

Various budget airlines (Transavia, Ryanair) have direct flights to Perpignan from Paris, London Stansted, Amsterdam, Dublin among others.

There is a shuttle service from Perpignan airport to the town center.
More information here 

The closest big international airports are Barcelona and  Toulouse. Depending on where you are coming from, these airports mights be relevant: Girona, Montpellier, Bezier and Carcassonne. 

By train

From Barcelona Sant station: Both RENFE and SNCF travel by fast train to Perpignan train station (75min) From Paris Gare de Lyon: Direct fast train with sncf/renfe (5h) 

By bus

From Barcelona Int Airport, Toulouse Int Airport, Girona Airport
Flixbus travels direct to Perpignan train station

By car

From Barcelona airport (2h)
From Girona airport (60min)
From Montpellier airport (90min)

Where to stay
The best areas
  • The Old Town (not all, see below) 
  • Torcatis 
  • Les Poètes 
  • Les Fleurs 
  • Clemenceau 
  • Les Platanes 
Please avoid
  • St Jacques 
  • St Martin 
  • St Mathieu 
  • La Real 
  • La gare (except along the quai, Place de Belgique and around Place Catalogne) 
  • St Assiscle (except around the studio but not the best area) 
Finding accommodation

Low budget option

  • Appart’city & Appart-hotêl 
Food / Drinks 

Fresh local organic products

Restaurants / Brunch/ coffee 
Arriving at the studio
  • Bus: The closest stops from the studio (2min walk) are: Conflent, Robin and Gare TGV1
  • Walking: best to go via Rue Jean Baptiste Lulli or Avenue de Grande Bretagne and Avenue de Prades.
  • There is an interactive map to help find time and route from your address.
  • Bike/scooter rental Get the Pony

For further more specific advice, Valérie Sanzey has offered to assist : info@yogamandapa.com

Important Retreat Information

Included in your fee
  • Accommodation for the specified nights. We will do our best to provide your choice of accommodation
  • Three vegetarian meals a day
Airport taxi pickup and drop are available.
Approx US$30-$50 depending on how many travelling.
When you know your flight details, please advise directly to Veronica referencing ‘Shadow Yoga 21–28 June’
 
We regret that the Teacher’s Discount is not available for the retreats.

Meditations of the Thunder Dragon (Taranyali Dhyanam)

with Sundernath

Over the past twenty years, we have introduced and taught all the preparatory practices required to cultivate the subtle energy and initiate the gathering of vital power that leads to the spontaneous or natural state of Sahajavasta which is the highest peak of meditation.

These practices and technical tools were laid out in Sundernath’s book Taranyali Tridha Dhyanam in the chapters on Krantam and Kriya. In the last chapter, he introduces the principles and characteristics of the final phase to which they lead – the acquisition of Shambhavi Mudra. These properties can be summed up in the term prasādājñā which implies that this mudra has a double nature – Rudra Shakti, the command of authority for the removal of impurities and Kundalini Shakti, the command of grace. When these two energies are drawn together into a single point the portal of transmission is opened. In this explanation I gave enough for genuine seekers to gain some sense of the path ahead and the demands that it would make.

The time has come to teach those individuals who are suitably prepared and open, by practical steps and in a systematic manner, the complete process through to this final stage.

This will be undertaken in four stages as follows:

  1. The Sheathing of Thunder and Lightning
  2. Stabilising the Thunder and Lightning
  3. Opening the Sky and Flooding
  4. The Arousal of Hamsah – the Anahata Nad, (the unstruck sound of the heart).
    Shambhavi Mudra

Each stage will consist of three-weekend workshops, each weekend consisting of three sessions. Between these stages, the students will be given suitable time to practice and absorb what they have learned before proceeding further.

Copyright © Shadow Yoga. All rights reserved. No part of these teachings may be reproduced, distributed, recorded or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, recording, or other electronic or mechanical means, without the prior written permission of Shadow Yoga. All advice given is strictly in confidence.

Vitry-lès-Cluny

About the region

Tourism center information

Close by: Remember to call ahead for visit conditions

Roche de Solutré: Not to miss, on the Great Site of France Solutré Pouilly Vergisson

Musée de préhistoire: Jardin archeological and botanical garden, the Maison du Grand Site to complete the tour.

Château De Pierreclos: In the midst of organic vineyards.

Chateau De Berze-Le-Chatel: Historical monument, one of the most well-preserved medieval fortified castles of Burgundy (where Ridley Scott shot ‘The Last Duel’!)

Chapelle Des Moines: In Berzé-la-Ville (the next village!)  – not to be missed.

Château De Cormatin: (only possible to visit its magnificent garden) Between Tournus et Cluny.

Les Communs: Local ceramists.

Chapaize – L’église Saint Martin & L’église De Lancharre: The village offers bed and breakfasts, 3 restaurants a Sunday organic market, an art gallery, and artists’ ateliers.

Grottes D’azé: Earth under life: in -350 000, a primal man appeared in the cave, then rhinos and antique elephants…the prehistorical cave and the underground river hide one of the largest European cave bears fields.

Grottes De Blanot

Château De Saint-Point-Lamartine: If one appreciates the writer

Solornay sur Guye: The neighbouring town – includes a restaurant, small food store, salon de thé – pâtisserie 

Cité- Abbaye De Cluny: The Benedictin Abbaye Of Cluny Shined On The Whole Middle Age Europe, Being The Widest Of Western Christianity Before The Building Of Saint-Peters In Rome.

Communauté De Taizé: Christian Ecumenical Community Founded In 1940 By Brother Roger.

Abbaye Saint Philibert – Tournus: One Of The Largest French Monastic Cities.

Important Information

Inclusions

  • Accommodation for the specified nights. We will do our best to provide your choice of accommodation
  • Vegetarian meals catered by local chef with local produce.

If you are flying to Auckland, when your flights are confirmed, please pass the info to Jaymin Gansell who will co-ordinate transport to the retreat on the Tuesday. This will be an additional shared cost. If you are already in Auckland you are welcome to contact her too.

Discounts

  • 5% For EarlyBird booking and full payment received before 15 July will be applied at checkout.
  • We regret that Teacher’s Discount is not available for this retreat.

Cancellation Policy

  • After 15 August: Cancellation fee of 20%
  • After 15 September: Cancellation fee of 40%
  • After 15 October: Cancellation fee of 100%
  • We will do our best to replace your booking in which case the fee will be halved.

Limited to 20 participants. We expect places to fill quickly.

Important Retreat Information

Included in your fee

  • Accommodation for the specified nights. We will do our best to provide your choice of accommodation
  • A consultation with the Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor)
  • Treatments as specified
  • Three vegetarian meals a day with two beverages (ideally herbal tea if not, tea/coffee) and fruit bowl
  • One group session on Diet and Ayurveda

Exclusions

Extra meals, fruits, tea, coffee & juices

Extras

  • Airport taxi pickup and drop are available (see below)
  • Additional specific treatments are available
  • Astrology Session – INR4,000

We regret that Teacher’s Discount is not available for the retreats.

Venue information

Poonthottam

Closest domestic airports (in order) are Kozhikode, Cochin, Coimbatore.
Cochin takes longer because of very heavy traffic. The asram will help organise a taxi for you – see contact details below.

Contact

For taxi bookings and information about additional treatments or extending your stay, please contact Jishnu Ravendranath
WhatsApp is prefered +918075435242

Cancellation Policy

  • After 15 September – Cancellation fee of 30%
  • After 15 October – Cancellation fee of 60%
  • After 15 November – Cancellation fee of 100%

Limited to 20 participants. We expect places to fill quickly.

Meditations of the Thunder Dragon (Taranyali Dhyanam)

with Sundernath

Over the past twenty years, we have introduced and taught all the preparatory practices required to cultivate the subtle energy and initiate the gathering of vital power that leads to the spontaneous or natural state of Sahajavasta which is the highest peak of meditation.

These practices and technical tools were laid out in Sundernath’s book Taranyali Tridha Dhyanam in the chapters on Krantam and Kriya. In the last chapter, he introduces the principles and characteristics of the final phase to which they lead – the acquisition of Shambhavi Mudra. These properties can be summed up in the term prasādājñā which implies that this mudra has a double nature – Rudra Shakti, the command of authority for the removal of impurities and Kundalini Shakti, the command of grace. When these two energies are drawn together into a single point the portal of transmission is opened. In this explanation I gave enough for genuine seekers to gain some sense of the path ahead and the demands that it would make.

The time has come to teach those individuals who are suitably prepared and open, by practical steps and in a systematic manner, the complete process through to this final stage.

This will be undertaken in four stages as follows:

  1. The Sheathing of Thunder and Lightning
  2. Stabilising the Thunder and Lightning
  3. Opening the Sky and Flooding
  4. The Arousal of Hamsah – the Anahata Nad, (the unstruck sound of the heart).
    Shambhavi Mudra

Each stage will consist of three-weekend workshops, each weekend consisting of three sessions. Between these stages, the students will be given suitable time to practice and absorb what they have learned before proceeding further.

Copyright © Shadow Yoga. All rights reserved. No part of these teachings may be reproduced, distributed, recorded or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, recording, or other electronic or mechanical means, without the prior written permission of Shadow Yoga. All advice given is strictly in confidence.

Vitry-lès-Cluny

About the region

Tourism center information

Close by: Remember to call ahead for visit conditions

Roche de Solutré: Not to miss, on the Great Site of France Solutré Pouilly Vergisson

Musée de préhistoire: Jardin archeological and botanical garden, the Maison du Grand Site to complete the tour.

Château De Pierreclos: In the midst of organic vineyards.

Chateau De Berze-Le-Chatel: Historical monument, one of the most well-preserved medieval fortified castles of Burgundy (where Ridley Scott shot ‘The Last Duel’!)

Chapelle Des Moines: In Berzé-la-Ville (the next village!)  – not to be missed.

Château De Cormatin: (only possible to visit its magnificent garden) Between Tournus et Cluny.

Les Communs: Local ceramists.

Chapaize – L’église Saint Martin & L’église De Lancharre: The village offers bed and breakfasts, 3 restaurants a Sunday organic market, an art gallery, and artists’ ateliers.

Grottes D’azé: Earth under life: in -350 000, a primal man appeared in the cave, then rhinos and antique elephants…the prehistorical cave and the underground river hide one of the largest European cave bears fields.

Grottes De Blanot

Château De Saint-Point-Lamartine: If one appreciates the writer

Solornay sur Guye: The neighbouring town – includes a restaurant, small food store, salon de thé – pâtisserie 

Cité- Abbaye De Cluny: The Benedictin Abbaye Of Cluny Shined On The Whole Middle Age Europe, Being The Widest Of Western Christianity Before The Building Of Saint-Peters In Rome.

Communauté De Taizé: Christian Ecumenical Community Founded In 1940 By Brother Roger.

Abbaye Saint Philibert – Tournus: One Of The Largest French Monastic Cities.