International Scalar Yoga Retreat: Līlā

International Scalar Yoga Retreat: Līlā is a seven-day yoga retreat at the European House of Yoga Light in Volary, in the South Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. It gathers yoga practitioners, instructors and teachers from different European countries, and it is open to beginners as well. The week is led by professor Predrag Nikic and explores Līlā Yoga, which looks at life as a conscious and developmental play. Kirtan with the group Samadhi is part of the daily rhythm.

What to Expect

The retreat offers a full-day yoga programme built around a few questions. How do we recognise acquired patterns and imposed life roles? How do we move past them, bring more ease into daily life, and take part more consciously in everyday experience? Līlā Yoga invites participants to see life not as a string of random events but as a field of development, where each experience can become a chance for self-recognition, inner maturation and creative action. The freedom it points to is described as inseparable from responsibility.

A typical day moves through these elements:

- Morning yoga class with gentle stretching and energizing breathwork
- Meditative walk in nature
- Meditation with Predrag Nikic
- Practice of various yoga techniques
- Energetic support session with Predrag Nikic, an energy harmonization session led by a yoga master
- Evening yoga class covering asana, pranayama and dharana
- Yoga volleyball, a playful game for noticing your own reactions and emotions
- Satsang with Predrag Nikic, where you can ask questions anonymously
- Kirtan evening, mantra chanting with the kirtan group Samadhi

The programme is intensive, so you choose how much to take part in. Every activity is included in the price and none is compulsory. The week also serves as an introduction to themes explored in greater depth in the Līlā Yoga Teacher Training Programme.

About Predrag Nikic

Professor Predrag Nikic leads the meditations, the energy harmonization sessions and the satsangs, and he joins the kirtan evenings with Kirtan Group Samadhi. He is presented as a yoga master, and the retreat's energy work is guided by him throughout the week.

The Setting

The European House of Yoga Light is an ashram in peaceful natural surroundings near Volary. Meals are vegetarian or vegan, prepared in the ashram kitchen from fresh, natural ingredients, and the team can accommodate food allergies and special requests. Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, though limited use is encouraged to support mindfulness. Outside the practice hours, the week includes a guided exploration of the ethno village of Kladruby and an excursion to the Doubrava river valley. An optional trip to Prague is available at extra cost.

The closest airport is Prague. From there you can come by train from Prague main station, or arrive by car or your own transport. The team can help with transportation if you ask.

Before You Go

No prior yoga experience is needed, and the programme is adapted to each person. If you have a health condition, tell the team in advance. They can arrange a brief, free consultation with the ashram's doctor and adapt practices for your comfort.

The retreat is held in English, Spanish, German, Czech, and the Balkan languages Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and Croatian.

The price includes:

- Six nights and seven days of accommodation
- Two daily vegan or vegetarian meals
- 12 yoga classes
- 6 energy healing sessions with Predrag Nikic
- 6 kirtan meditations with Predrag Nikic and Kirtan Group Samadhi
- 6 meditative sessions with Predrag Nikic
- The Kladruby and Doubrava outings

Not included are transport to the venue, the local residence tax, the optional Prague trip and travel insurance.

Bring comfortable yoga clothes, a warm long-sleeve layer, comfortable shoes for walking, a refillable water bottle and your toiletries. Mats are provided for indoor classes. If you want to practise outdoors, bring your own.