Yoga, Stress & Food Weekend Retreat
Yoga, Stress & Food Weekend Retreat
Up to 30 in group
April 10 - 12, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Blend yogic wisdom and modern insights to build a conscious relationship with food
- Use stress-reducing practices to break free from emotional eating and cravings
- Learn yogic techniques to enhance digestion and reduce bloating naturally
- Explore intuitive eating guided by your body’s cues rather than rigid food rules
- Return home with practical tools to support lasting transformation and inner peace
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Katie Papo (Ambika) is best known for helping people cultivate a genuinely healthy and peaceful relationship with food, regardless of their past struggles.
For over a decade, she’s led the Yoga, Stress, and Food program at yoga retreats, offering a powerful immersion for those seeking lasting transformation in their relationship with stress and food.
Katie is the host of the Binge Eating to Food Freedom podcast, reaching listeners in more than 150 countries. Through her private online courses, she helps individuals overcome long-standing challenges with binge eating, food addiction, and emotional eating — often in record time, and with greater peace and joy than they ever thought possible.
Having personally healed from years of compulsive overeating and disordered eating, Katie believes true food freedom is within reach for anyone.
She has spent many years living in ashrams and is a certified Sivananda Yoga teacher. A longtime supporter of the ashram community, she continues to lead many programs focused on health, stress relief, and deep relaxation.
Details of this retreat
Discover how to bring yoga wisdom beyond the mat and into one of life’s most essential rituals—nourishing your body.
This transformative retreat blends ancient yogic practices with modern insights to help you develop a healthy, conscious, and compassionate relationship with food.
Whether you’re seeking freedom from persistent cravings, relief from digestive discomfort, or simply a more peaceful and stress-free eating experience, you’ll return home with practical tools that support genuine health and lasting transformation.
During this sacred retreat, you’ll:
Learn powerful yogic techniques to reduce daily stress and gently break free from emotional eating, restoring your natural sense of calm, control, and confidence
Dissolve food cravings at their root using practices that make willpower unnecessary
Explore time-tested yogic methods that reduce bloating and strengthen digestion
Learn to integrate ancient yogic dietary principles into life at home, to increase your energy and vitality — without rigid food rules
Deepen your ability to interpret your body’s cues so you can nourish yourself intuitively and joyfully, without relying on complicated meal plans
These gentle but powerful practices will create immediate shifts and lay the foundation for lasting change.
Reset your relationship with food, so you can return home feeling lighter, more free, and more at peace in your relationship with food and your body.
Tentative Schedule
Friday
5:00–6:15 am
Group Meditation
6:30–7:50 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
8:00–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00–5:00 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
5:00–6:30 pm
Hatha Yoga Mixed Level
6:00–6:30 pm
Group Meditation
6:30–7:30 pm
Supper
7:30–9:00 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
Saturday
5:00–6:15 am
Group Meditation
6:20–7:50 am
Hatha Yoga Level 1 or Level 2
8:00–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
1:45–3:15 pm
Ashram tour
3:30–5:30 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
5:30–6:15 pm
Supper
7:30–9:30 pm
Satsang: Kirtan, DVD and Speaker
Sunday
6:00–7:00 am
Group Meditation
7:15–8:15 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
7:30–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
This transformative retreat blends ancient yogic practices with modern insights to help you develop a healthy, conscious, and compassionate relationship with food.
Whether you’re seeking freedom from persistent cravings, relief from digestive discomfort, or simply a more peaceful and stress-free eating experience, you’ll return home with practical tools that support genuine health and lasting transformation.
During this sacred retreat, you’ll:
Learn powerful yogic techniques to reduce daily stress and gently break free from emotional eating, restoring your natural sense of calm, control, and confidence
Dissolve food cravings at their root using practices that make willpower unnecessary
Explore time-tested yogic methods that reduce bloating and strengthen digestion
Learn to integrate ancient yogic dietary principles into life at home, to increase your energy and vitality — without rigid food rules
Deepen your ability to interpret your body’s cues so you can nourish yourself intuitively and joyfully, without relying on complicated meal plans
These gentle but powerful practices will create immediate shifts and lay the foundation for lasting change.
Reset your relationship with food, so you can return home feeling lighter, more free, and more at peace in your relationship with food and your body.
Tentative Schedule
Friday
5:00–6:15 am
Group Meditation
6:30–7:50 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
8:00–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00–5:00 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
5:00–6:30 pm
Hatha Yoga Mixed Level
6:00–6:30 pm
Group Meditation
6:30–7:30 pm
Supper
7:30–9:00 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
Saturday
5:00–6:15 am
Group Meditation
6:20–7:50 am
Hatha Yoga Level 1 or Level 2
8:00–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
1:45–3:15 pm
Ashram tour
3:30–5:30 pm
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
5:30–6:15 pm
Supper
7:30–9:30 pm
Satsang: Kirtan, DVD and Speaker
Sunday
6:00–7:00 am
Group Meditation
7:15–8:15 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
7:30–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:30–11:30 am
Session with Katie Papo (Ambika)
12:00–12:30 pm
Group Meditation
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
Getting Here
Directions
Yogaville offers transportation from the airport, train and bus stations in Charlottesville, VA. If you are driving Google Maps has reliable turn-by-turn directions.
Accommodation
Availability of complimentary accommodations is determined by the order of booking.
Dormitory
The most popular accommodations we have are Dormitory Accommodations – shared room and shared bath. We have two dormitories, Vivekananda Vihar and Ramalinga Nilayam, which are centrally heated and air-conditioned and convenient to meals and programs.
Lotus Guest House (Private Room)
Each room in our six unit guest house is equipped with a small refrigerator, queen size bed and full bath. Each room in our nine unit guest house is equipped with a queen sized bed and full bath, and no refrigerator.
Tenting
Set off in a quiet, wooded area adjacent to the Lotus Guest Houses are twelve campsites. Campers have use of the bathroom, shower, and laundry facilities nearby Vivekananda Vihar dormitory. Camping is available from March 15th to December 1st.
Shared Dormitory: Bottom Bunk
Bottom bunk in a shared dorm room.
Dorm rooms contain 4-8 beds.
Shared bathroom
Dorm rooms are not coed
Availability is Gender Specific
Private Dormitory
This is a private room with a shared bathroom in our Ramalinga Nilayam Dorm - Females Only
LGH: Full Bed
Private room and Private Bath. A single Full bed and a private bath designed for those seeking peace in solitude.
LGH: 2 Twin beds
Private Room and Private Bath. Two twin Beds and a private bath that is ideal for friends looking to experience the bliss of Yogaville.
LGH: Queen Bed
Private Room and Private Bath. A queen bed or a queen with two day beds and a private bath that is perfect for couples and families searching for a peaceful time together. Please put in the personal comments if you need a room that includes trundles.
Tent-Site
Open from Mar. 16–Nov. 30. Closed from Dec. 1–Mar. 15
Set off in a quiet, wooded area adjacent to the Lotus Guest Houses are Eighteen campsites. Campers have use of the nearby bathhouse as well as laundry facilities at the LGH Building 3. Also, all tent sites have tent platforms for a more comfortable and dry tenting experience. Fires and Stoves are not Permitted. Price is per person per night.
Please bring your own tent, tie downs, tarp (weather protection). bedding and towels.
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Yogaville is home to the Light of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS). The LOTUS is a unique temple dedicated to interfaith understanding and the Light within all faiths. Individual altars represent and honor the different world faiths and spiritual paths. The vision, design and inspiration of Sri Swami Satchidananda, LOTUS was dedicated in 1986. It demonstrates, “Truth is One, Paths are Many.” In the peaceful countryside of Virginia, the doors of LOTUS are open to welcome people of all backgrounds and beliefs.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Organic, vegetarian/vegan food
Labeled ingredients
Lacto-vegetarian
Gluten-free and vegan options
Salad bar
Large herbal tea selection
Coffee is available for purchase at Mandala Cafe
What's Included
- Accomodations
- Meals
- Meditation Sessions
- Yoga Classes
What's Not Included
- Transportation
- Airfare
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