Tucked into a coconut grove among rice paddies and creek water two kilometres from the beaches of North Goa, YogaMagic is an earthy eco-retreat built from bamboo, mud and palm thatch where Ayurveda is practised with rare lineage depth: Marma therapist Vishnu, resident since the 2003 opening, trained over thirty years in Pune’s traditional Marma transmission, while Ayurvedic physician Dr. Siddhesh Bandekar offers pulse diagnosis and dosha-guided programmes including a five-day detox and a fourteen-day Panchakarma. Organic vegetarian and vegan cuisine grown in the retreat’s own permaculture garden roots the experience in Vedic food philosophy as thoroughly as the yoga and meditation programme roots it in daily practice.

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