GOA
New Year's Yoga Retreat
January 3rd - 9th 2027
Insight Out in Goa
Set within the lushness of Goa, this retreat is an immersive space for practice, study, and the lived experience of yogic community. We gather not to step away from life, but to understand it more clearly — through the body, the breath, and the intelligence of yogic teachings.
This is not just a wellness retreat, but also an educational environment where ancient practices are explored as tools for lasting change — tools that continue to work long after the retreat has ended. Through the practices we love and live, we explore how inner shifts become sustainable ways of living.
Many of our participants value the effect of the practices, the uplifting community, the balance of offerings and time-off and the distinct sense of clarity the experiences leaves them with— a feeling of being both grounded and open.
If you are looking for something restorative but real — something experiential, embodied, and applicable to everyday life — you may find what you are seeking here.
What happens
when your nervous system gets space?
When your practice becomes your being
instead of doing?
January 3rd-9th 2027 • Goa • Ashiyana
A schedule to lean into
We love what we do and do our best to craft a heart-centered program for you to lean into to. It's colorful, diverse, and structured in a way for you to take the practices home after you leave.
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Morning Meditation at the beach
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Morning Yoga Journey – Tought by Sattva Master Teachers. Learn to master your energy and begin the day with the experience of gratitude and purpose.
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Free time & Workshops - To explore the local area, the vast beach, warm ocean, local shops and coffee hangouts. Voice opening, Mantra and yogic lifestyle workshops with Simon & Char.
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Afternoon Practice - A shorter guided practice to ground you after the day.
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Evening Workshop – Explore transformative (and fun!) topics like kirtan, dance, soundbaths and more.
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Excursions to local sights, nature spots and the extended Insight Out family.
Nourishing
Food
Community
Yoga
Jungle
Voicework
& Singing
Beach
Yoga
Education
Reflection
Time
We're here to serve you
• deepen your practice beyond the mat
• build habits that endure
• increase emotional and nervous system capacity
• cultivate resilience, attention, and softness
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Relieve anxiety and depression
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Explore spiritual connection and meaning
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Live in community
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Sing much more than what you'd thought you needed
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Meet like minded friends from the conscious community
We are here to ensure that your heart, body and mind are nourished.
Testimonials
Hannes W.
I signed up for Charlotte’s and Simon’s Goa retreat on a whim, and it turned into something I’m really grateful for. The location was calm and welcoming, and it felt easy to slow down and arrive. The days were a thoughtful mix of asana practice and pranayama, and unexpectedly, a lot of kirtan (singing), which became one of the most meaningful parts of the retreat for me. Charlotte and Simon held the group with care and clarity. I met quite a bit of inner resistance during the retreat, and their way of holding the space made it possible for me to stay with it and work through it in my own time. This created a genuine sense of trust and connection within the group that I hadn’t felt in a long while. The retreat also included two really lovely excursions, and the food was an absolute highlight throughout. I left feeling touched by the experience and reconnected with a part of myself I thought I had lost. I’m very thankful for the time I got to share with this little family.
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Included in the retreat
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6 nights accommodation at Ashiyana, Goa
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Nutritious vegetarian meals
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Daily 90 min morning yoga journey
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Daily 75 min evening yoga practice
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Workshops
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Cacao ceremony
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Sound bath & Kirtan
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Meditation Initiation
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Water, chai, and lemon ginger tea on tap
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Access to swimming pools & relaxation spaces
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Wi-fi access at reception
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Access to spa, ayurvedic treatments
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Access to book 1-2-1 sessions
About Insight Out Yoga
We’re Char and Simon—lovers of yoga, music, life, and the beach—living between India and Europe. We created the Insight Out Yoga platform to share the teachings that changed our lives, helping you cultivate calm, vitality, and intentional living wherever you are. These retreats are our way of inviting the extended community to spend time together in real-life connection, and we find that these gatherings are always deeply nourishing and powerful.
We live in Rishikesh, India for most of the year, and you can often find us there teaching teacher trainings and being part of the Sattva Yoga Academy ashram. This trip to Goa, however, is a personal highlight for us—a place that holds the perfect space for deep practice, nourishment through lush and powerful nature, eternal sunshine, beach life, and the natural alignment that happens when the mind softens and the heart opens. We hope you follow the calling and see you in Goa.
Daily Schedule
This is how a day at the Retreat could look
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7:00 - 7:30 - Guided meditation at the beach
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7:30 - 8:30 - Chai & Silent Journaling
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8:30 - 10:00 - Morning Yoga Journey
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10:00 - Brunch
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11:30 - 16:30 - Free time or workshops
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17:15 - 18:45 - Evening practice
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19:00 - Dinner
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20:15 - Evening activity (optional)
There is no end goal in Yoga:
Creating lasting habits
There is no final destination to arrive at —
no future moment where life suddenly becomes complete.
What matters is how you are living now.
How you meet this breath, this body, this day —
without postponing presence for some imagined "later”.
The practices you cultivate during this week are meant to find their way into you every day life. Through steady practice and refined attention, we learn to meet life differently. Not just during retreat, but long after you return home.
From experience, we know that lasting change does not come from insight alone. It comes from continuity — from a stable relationship to ourselves and the world around us to be able to find ease with what is. No matter what is. We care about how your practice, not only here, but in your everyday life — we want it to become something you genuinely want to return to every day.
As part of this retreat, you will be introduced to a yogic meditation practice intended to support you for a lifetime. To help anchor what opens here, we continue practicing together for three weeks after the retreat — a 21-day commitment that allows insight to settle into lived, sustainable change.
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