A Spacious Practice:
Finding Balance in Ashtanga Yoga
with
Scott Johnson
What you will gain from the retreat
The Spacious Practice retreat is a two-week immersion that invites you to meet Ashtanga yoga through a new lens. It’s for all curious practitioners whether experienced or newer to the method, those navigating challenges or simply seeking a more compassionate way in.
Through breath-led mornings, subtle awareness and deepened listening, embodied movement principles and yoga philosophical insights, you’ll rediscover how to move with intelligence and care, so that practice becomes a place of presence.
Scott Johnson draws on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to shine a light on your yoga practice and help you discover fresh insights.
This is my fifth retreat with Scott. Every time I practice with him, I achieve greater depth in my practice. His adjustments and guidance are tailored to each individual and he knows what you need, when and how. After years of practice, this last retreat in Goa with Scott has given me back the joy of yoga! Thank you so much! 
Mela
A Yoga Retreat That Meets You Where You Are
A true yoga practice meets us exactly as we are, in all our strength, vulnerability, uncertainty and curiosity. This retreat will offer you that comfort.
Through the teachings of Ashtanga yoga and mindful awareness, held gently in the space of personal inquiry, Scott Johnson will invite you to explore your practice not as something to perfect but as something to feel.
Here, you’re not asked to push, perform, or fit into a shape but only to show up, listen and soften into what’s already unfolding within you.
The Invitation
The practice of Ashtanga yoga offers a beautiful rhythm, structure, and transformation to your life. But sometimes, that structure can become rigid. You show up, but feel a little disconnected. Postures can feel uncertain. You move, but aren’t always listening and understanding the language of the body.
Maybe you’re working with an injury, or something where your practice feels like it has lost its pulse.
There’s a quiet longing in you for a softer way to meet the practice. To maybe keep the same focus, but discover more space, presence and balance.
The Daily Rhythm
Morning Sessions
Each day begins in stillness, with morning meditation and pranayama to create the space from which movement can arise. From that space, we enter our Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga self-practice, meeting it with fresh awareness, curiosity and compassion.
Afternoon Sessions
Explorations in in subtle movement, embodied yoga technique & philosophy, breathing and discussion. These afternoons will be led by the group and the unfolding of our time together and will help you begin to feel the practice from the inside out.
Location
Address:
Purple Valley, House No. 142, Bairo Alto, Assagao, Goa 403507, India
Directions:
Flights to Manohar
airport in Goa.
Sample Daily Schedule
Sunday to Friday
The Transformation
You’ll leave this retreat with more than a deeper practice but with a sense of balance.
You’ll leave with a greater awareness of what your body needs and how to care for it.
You’ll return not just practicing yoga, but learning how it can play out in your life with presence, rhythm, and grace.
Join us in Goa!
£1700 - £2000
Price for two weeks based on single or shared options.
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner.
Bring all you need to have a beautiful and relaxing yoga retreat in Goa. So mat, comfy clothes etc...