Ayurvedic Massage Rejuvenation Retreat

The Ayurvedic Massage Rejuvenation Retreat is a weekend ayurveda retreat at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California, led by Nitya (Hoa Tran). It is for anyone who wants to rest, release the tension of daily life and be cared for by people trained in Ayurveda, the ancient healing science of life. The ashram setting makes it a quiet place to slow down and detoxify.

What to Expect

The weekend offers guidance and nurturing from specialists trained in Ayurveda. It brings together three parts: body treatments, personal consultations and daily workshops. The treatments and consultations give you individual attention, while the workshops offer teaching you can take home with you.

The retreat runs for a weekend, and it is an optional add-on to the ashram's basic yoga vacation or personalized self-healing retreats. That means the weekend can sit alongside the ashram's wider rhythm of yoga and quiet living rather than standing apart from it.

The ashram describes itself as the ideal place to relax, rejuvenate and detoxify, and the weekend is built around that intention. Ayurveda aims at healthy living and a lasting sense of wellbeing, and it is traditionally paired with yoga to support goals in every phase of life.

About Nitya (Hoa Tran)

Nitya (Hoa Tran) leads this retreat and also teaches other Ayurveda-focused programs at the ashram, including the Ayurveda for a Good Life Retreat, where she teaches alongside Omkara. She also co-leads retreats on stress relief and on progress through the four paths of yoga. Her teaching is rooted in the idea that Ayurveda and yoga work together, helping people care for body, mind and inner happiness.

The Setting

Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm is in Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills of Northern California. It is a working yoga ashram, and its programs are offered within a day-to-day life of yoga, meditation, chanting and organic vegetarian meals. People who stay for this weekend are joining that wider community and its quiet pace.

Other gatherings at the ashram include kirtan concerts, classical Indian music evenings and a Sunday Ashram Sacred Tour introducing Sivananda Yoga. If you wish to extend your visit, the ashram offers yoga vacations and weeklong retreats on themes such as meditation in daily life and the foundations of yoga life.

Before You Go

The retreat is open to anyone seeking rest and renewal, and no prior experience with Ayurveda is described as necessary. Because treatments and consultations are arranged with the ashram's specialists, it is best to contact the ashram directly to ask about availability and to plan your treatments before you arrive.

Since this weekend is an add-on to the basic yoga vacation or personalized self-healing retreats, you can think of it as one part of a longer stay if your schedule allows. Come ready to unwind, ask questions about your own constitution and wellbeing, and let the weekend be unhurried.