Guests and Volunteers
We invite you to join our international yoga community at our Eco Yoga Ashrams in Cali, Colombia and Cusco, Peru.
Stay at Yogendra Eco Ashram
Lodging
Three vegetarian meals
Yoga and Meditation Class
Coworking space with 5G internet
Lodging price
Plan 1: $55 USD per night per person. Accommodation, meals, 1 morning pranayama & meditation session, and 1 yoga class.
Plan 2: $40 USD per night per person. Accommodation and meals (dinner, breakfast, and lunch).
Plan 3: $30 USD per night per person. Accommodation only, with access to the kitchen.
Plan 4: $25 USD per night per person. Accommodation only.
Our Ashram is located in the mountains of Cali, with breathtaking views of the city and the Farallones.
Guests are welcome to enjoy all common areas of the Ashram, including the swimming pool.
Recommendations
What you can bring to the Ashram
- Bring socks and a jacket or something warm because it can get cold sometimes.
- Bring comfortable shoes and sandals, as we must enter some areas of the ashram barefoot, and it will be easier to take off your shoes if you wear sandals.
- Comfortable clothing.
- An umbrella for the rain.
- Snacks in case you want to eat something in addition to the meals included in the package.
- Bring a thermos of water to stay hydrated.
- If you have a yoga mat, bring it. If you don't, we can lend you one
- Bring sunscreen and repellent (natural sunscreen in a cream, stick, or roll-on format is even better, as this way we avoid contamination from aerosols).
Please Do Not Bring to the Ashram
- Foods based on animal meat (any type of animal) and eggs are not allowed.
- Butter, yogurt, cheese, and milk are fine.
- Coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, vapes, and tobacco are not allowed.
- Do not bring or come under the influence of ancestral medicines such as mambe, ambil, yage, ayahuasca, mushrooms, marijuana, etc., or any type of hallucinogenic substance.
- This is a sacred space and we must treat it as such.
Ashram Rules
During your stay at the Yogendra Center we ask that you follow the following rules to maintain harmony and promote growth and transformation.
• Respect the peaceful atmosphere of the Center by choosing positive actions, words and attitudes.
• All Ashram participants agree to be punctual in the morning for the meditation and yoga program.
• This is a 100% alcohol, cigarette and drug free space.
• We encourage and invite you not to drink, smoke, drink coffee or use drugs during your stay so that you can get the most out of your stay here.
• This is a lacto-vegetarian home. We ask that you do not consume animal products (except dairy) while on the premises.
• No meat or eggs on the property.
• We ask that you treat this space like a temple and keep public spaces and your room clean.
• This includes the type and volume of your music and keeping your personal belongings out of public spaces.
• Avoid playing loud music.
• Noble silence from 9:00 pm to 7:00 am. This means we observe silence to reflect, meditate, and respect the rest and meditation schedules of others.
We close the main gate of the Ashram at 8:30pm
• If you are participating in an Ashram program you can decide to go out in the afternoons or evenings.
• However we recommend you to focus on the yoga course and to follow the vegetarian, caffeine and drug free lifestyle even outside the Ashram.
• If you have any difficulty with someone from the center (volunteer, student or teacher) or a personal problem, please talk to someone from the team as soon as the problem arises.
• Difficulties between people in a group are usually cases of misunderstanding or lack of communication and can be easily resolved.
We reserve the right of admission
Volunteer Program
The volunteer program accompanies our yoga teacher training programs.
The fee is $15 and includes participation in our morning program of pranayama, meditation, kirtan, and Vedic philosophy, plus a yoga class taught by teachers with over 25 years of experience, as well as various workshops on yogic topics such as Ayurveda, chakras, yogic nutrition, Thai massage, and more.
Volunteers help for 4 or 5 hours in the morning and afternoon, primarily in the kitchen and general cleaning, or by sharing their own inspirations.
The fee for the same program on a yoga retreat is $50 per day.
Are you interested in reserving your place as a volunteer?
Practices in the Ashram
We start at 6:45 am Pranayama and Yoga Class (1 practice per day). Then we continue with Kirtan (chanting of mantras). Each personsworks in Karma Yoga (selfless service) 4 hours a day.
Ashram Yogendra,
Cali - Colombia
