Loving Presence – Silent Retreat
July 10 @ 5:00 pm - July 13 @ 2:00 pm
Free
Beyond noise, distractions, and emotional overwhelming,
there is a deeper place within you — calm, loving, aware.
Loving Presence – Silent Retreat is a 3-day sanctuary to return to that place.
Through noble silence, meditations, mindful movements, and heart-centered practices, this retreat offers a space to reconnect with your essence and loving presence — beyond the roles, stories, and stresses.
Whether you are new to silence or seeking deeper clarity, this retreat offers you the nourishing space to rest, reflect, and remember who you truly are.
Retreat Highlights
🕊️ Noble Silence: 3 days of deep inner listening
🧘♂️ Breath Awareness & Meditation Practices
🪷 Gentle Yoga, Somatic Flow & Prana Energy Practices
💗 Loving-Presence & Heart Meditations
🌳 Nature Walks & Embodiment practices
꩜ Self-Inquiry Quest
🔔 Sound Healing
What are the Benefits ?
* Cultivate deep inner peace and emotional clarity
* Release anxiety, overthinking, and inner noise
* Physical, Mental, Digital Detox
* Reconnect with your body, breath, heart and soul
* Expand your capacity for compassion and presence
* Leave feeling renewal, rebalancing, remembrance and rejuvenation
Who Is This For?
* Anyone feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or disconnected
* Yogis, Meditators, and Seekers longing for inner clarity
* Those healing from transitions, grief, or burnout
* Anyone curious to explore silence as a gateway to loving presence
What should I bring?
– Open mind, heart and body 🙂
– Loose and comfortable clothing & optional white clothing (for specific meditations)
– A Yoga Mat
– And please be prepared to bring all essentials for your personal needs
We are looking forward to welcome you on this Inner Journey !
⏳ Schedule of the Retreat
Thursday
Arrival before 5pm
5:00 pm – Registration
Retreat Schedule
5:30 AM – Wake Up
6:00 AM – Active Meditation
7:30 AM – Meditation
8:00 AM – Seva
9:00 AM – Breakfast
11:00 AM – Dharma Talk/ Questions and Answers
12:00 PM – Meditation
1:00 PM – Lunch
3:00 PM – Meditation
4:00 PM – Flowing Meditation
5:00 PM – Nature Connection
6:00 PM – Dinner
7:30 PM – Healing Meditation
8:30 PM – Meditation
9:00 PM – Rest
Sunday
Completion with Lunch
🍽️ Food
We offer healthy, vegetarian, and satvic meals prepared with love.
🛏️ Accommodation
Cosy rooms shared with 2-3 people.
About Bodhi Vanam
Here you can relax, reconnect, realign, rejuvenate, tune, learn, heal, experience, energise, nourish and evolve the inner & outer nature with practices and inspirations from yoga, meditations, healing, permaculture, healthy food, eco living, creativity, inner science, conscious relating, mother nature and love.
Bodhi Vanam is located 10km near Perumalamalai on Kodaikanal mountain.
It’s accessible by Bus/Car ~130km from Madurai Airport, ~175km from Coimbatore Airport, ~380km from Thiruvannamalai, ~430km from Auroville, ~500km from Chennai Airport.
Over night Bus journey is a good option for people coming through Chennai/ Pondicherry/ Bangalore.
If you travel by Car, come upto the junction where off-road (last 2 km) starts.
If you travel by Motorbike or 4×4 Jeep, can come all the way to the place.
Last 2 km is off-road adventerous terrain which can be traversed only by foot or Motorbike or 4×4 Jeep
Website : https://bodhivanam.in
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/bodhivanam
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bodhi.vanam/About Founder Ananda:
Ananda is an inner guide, yogi, meditator & healer sharing experiential retreats, trainings, personal guidance & mentoring across Asia & Europe. His vision is to remind, empower, enlighten, evolve people to live true nature with love & freedom. His mission is to create & nourish high vibrational transformative spaces, programs, healers & facilitators.
Ananda is founder and care taker of Bodhi Vanam, a wholeness centre & natural eco farm with fruits & herbs in a healing forest on Kodaikanal mountain, south India. Some mystical experiences and further quest propelled to travel inside and outside to explore various forms of transformational tools and energetic spaces.Over 30 years his life has been enriched and evolving with hatha yoga, zen, vigyana bhairav tantra, inner science, psychology, divine grace and mother nature.
Ananda is professionally trained with various ancient and modern forms of healing tools including Ayurveda, Varma, Cranio Sacral, Family Constellation, Reiki, Pranic healing, NLP, NVC, ATB, DUP, Watsu, Aqua wellness, Alchemy of touch, Reflexology & Rebalancing.
Ananda had a professional life with a Masters degree in Computers and worked as a Software Architect for 12 years in international companies. He left that profession long ago for simple living and heartful sharing. Ananda tunes and bows down all to the masters in his life and to the mystery of life itself.