Delicious and Vegetarian
We serve Indian vegetarian food suitable for yoga and ayurveda guests. We do not serve meat, fish, or eggs.
Our menu has been approved by Ayurveda doctors and nutritionists, ensuring proper nutrition and suitability for an immersive yoga or Ayurveda retreat. The meals served in the ashram are traditional home-cooked meals in India, but less spicy and less oily, to give a authentic Indian experience, while being aware that many guests are new to the Indian food and going through yoga and ayurveda detox.
Most of our guests go back home with inspiration to eat more fresh, plant-based meals.
All meals come with either herbal hot drinks or fruit juices. Chai Tea or Herbal Coffee are served only once a day along with breakfast.
Filtered drinking water is available at four different locations in the ashram. Please bring a water bottle to fill in anytime.
All food is prepared with filtered water in our clean and spacious kitchen. Some of the foods are grown in our own organic farm in the ashram, without the use of any chemicals or pesticides. We are hoping to grow all food in our eco-farm in a near future, until then we buy the seasonally grown vegetables from local farmers. As a principle we try to avoid any food from super markets or packaged food.
We understand that Indian and vegetarian food may be new to your stomach and we ensure that you are getting the right nutrition. If anything doesn’t suit your tummy, we will provide porridge, kichari, and/or boiled vegetables.
We will be happy to accommodate guests with certain food allergies, or vegans, gluten-free diets etc.
Meals include: salads, vegetables, lentils/beans, rice/millet/wheat items, soups/hot drinks, and desserts occasionally.
All meals are served in Buffet-style, giving you a choice what you can take more or to avoid any foods, if suggested by the doctors.
For Ayurveda guests, our Ayurveda doctors will recommend if a specialized diet is appropriate for you after the in-person consultation. For the majority of Ayurveda guests, our main menu is suitable. For specific conditions and treatments, a specialized diet may be prescribed.
Is our diet Ayurvedic?
Firstly, there is nothing called Ayurveda diet – all food can work to balance or imbalance the current vikriti in the body, based so many factors – including sleep quality, exercise, weather, hormones etc. There is a misconception among some foreigners without clinical experience that one needs to eat specific food based on their Prakriti (constitution) – which is not only true but works against the treatments.
Please click on the following link to read more about the diet for guests going through ayruveda retreats: Diet at AyurYoga
Food Schedule:
06:30 am: Hot Lemon Ginger / Herbal Drinks
09:00 am: Breakfast (Fruits / Salad, Occasional Snacks / Chai Tea or Herbal Coffee)
01:30 pm: Lunch (Dosa/Idly or varieties of Millets/Rice, Lentils/Legumes, Vegetable Curries, Herbal Drink)
04:00 pm: Juices or drinks during summer months or prescribed by doctors for ayurveda guests.
07:00 pm: Dinner (Salad, lighter Lentil Curries, Vegetable Curries, Soup and Desserts are served twice a week)