Cradled in the pristine green mountains of Chikmagaluru, Vedantikala Sattva Retreat is a sanctuary shaped by silence, nature, and conscious living. This is not a place created to impress — it is a place created to restore.
Spread across 7.5 acres of private forested land, surrounded by coffee estates, misty hills, and unpolluted mountain air, Vedantikala is envisioned as a rare three-in-one living sanctuary — where short stays, deep healing, and graceful long-term living coexist in quiet harmony.
Vedantikala is for those who feel that life must be lived more slowly, more meaningfully, and more consciously.
At Vedantikala, wellness is approached with intention, intelligence, and care.
Healing is not offered as a programme to be completed, but as a personal journey of recalibration — guided with respect, attentiveness, and depth.
This is a doctor-supervised holistic wellness sanctuary, where every experience is curated rather than standardised. Programs are developed under the guidance of Ayurvedic and Naturopathy doctors, ensuring each guest receives personalised support aligned with their body, lifestyle, and present state of balance.
Healing here unfolds at a natural pace.
There is no urgency to transform — only space to listen, soften, and restore.
Naturopathy, Yoga, Nature-Based Healing, and Authentic Ayurveda & Panchakarma
Traditional, time-tested therapies are delivered with clinical precision, supporting detoxification, rejuvenation, and long-term vitality.
Doctor-guided naturopathy programs
Designed to restore metabolic balance, strengthen immunity, and support sustainable wellbeing beyond the stay.
Indoor and outdoor yoga sessions
Gentle, accessible practices that release physical tension, improve mobility, and calm the nervous system.
Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing)
Immersive nature experiences within a private forest ecosystem, allowing the mind and nervous system to reset through quiet presence.
1.2 km Chakra Walks and 11 Power Points within Vedantikala
Mindfully designed pathways and meditation spaces encouraging slow movement, breath awareness, and energetic balance.
Sound and frequency healing sessions
Subtle vibrational therapies supporting deep rest, emotional regulation, and mental clarity.
Aquatic healing therapies
Water-based experiences that relieve physical strain and invite profound relaxation through rhythm and buoyancy.
Om chanting, meditation, and breathwork
Timeless practices adapted gently for modern guests, offering grounding, clarity, and inner stillness.
Nutrition at Vedantikala is an integral part of the wellness journey.
Meals are sattvic, pure vegetarian, and Jain-friendly, thoughtfully prepared to support digestion, mental clarity, and emotional equilibrium.
Food here nourishes without heaviness
and restores without excess.
Wellness at Vedantikala is not about optimisation or correction.
It is about returning to balance.
Listening replaces striving.
Rest replaces effort.
And healing emerges naturally —
quietly, steadily, and deeply.
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Vedantikala welcomes those who feel the quiet inner call to step away from excess —
excess noise, excess stimulation, excess speed —
and to step gently back into themselves.
Created for short-stay retreat experiences of two nights or longer, each visit offers just enough time to slow the breath, soften the mind, and allow the mountains to do what they have always done best — restore balance without effort.
Here, mornings arrive with birdsong and drifting mountain mist, not alarms.
Days are guided by light, weather, and inner rhythm rather than clocks or schedules.
Evenings settle naturally into stillness, as vast, star-washed skies invite silence and reflection.
Every stay is shaped not as an escape from life, but as a return —
a return to calm, to clarity, to a gentler and more natural rhythm of being.
• Mountain and nature-facing accommodations
• Deep privacy within uncrowded, expansive surroundings
• Naturally pleasant climate throughout the year
• A rare harmony of seclusion and accessibility — just 12 km from the city centre
Luxury at Vedantikala is never loud or performative.
It is experienced in space, silence, and presence —
and in the quiet, nourishing joy of doing absolutely nothing, beautifully.
Vedantikala reimagines retirement not as a slowing down of life, but as its most refined and conscious phase — a time when wellbeing is nurtured daily, movement remains joyful, and living feels light yet deeply supported.
Residents live within a vibrant retreat-resort ecosystem — surrounded by nature, wellness, and quiet joy. There is nothing institutional here, and nothing clinical in spirit. Life continues with dignity, comfort, and meaning, guided by Sanatana wisdom and supported by contemporary care.
This is not an old-age home.
It is a life well-held.
Residents enjoy Premium Majestic Mountain View Rooms featuring a private pantry and lounge, designed for quiet, graceful living with panoramic views of the Chandradrona Mountains and Mullayanagiri — surrounded by rolling coffee estates, refreshed by pure, crisp mountain air, and accompanied by the gentle melody of birdsong.
Wellbeing is woven naturally into everyday life:
Residents are supported by in-house Ayurveda and Naturopathy doctors, offering daily guidance and preventive care, along with seamless access to leading private hospitals whenever advanced or emergency treatment is required.
This integrated approach ensures continuity — where traditional wisdom, preventive wellness, and modern medical care coexist with ease and reassurance.
Residents live independently, yet deeply supported — in a space where ageing is not resisted, but honoured as wisdom ripening into freedom.
Unlike conventional retirement settings, Vedantikala does not separate living from wellness. Ayurveda, naturopathy, yoga, and nature-based healing are not scheduled treatments, but gentle companions to daily life.
Health here is not managed — it is cultivated.
Days flow naturally with movement, nourishment, silence, laughter, healing therapies, and rest — allowing residents to remain active, alert, and emotionally balanced.
Not a resort.
Not merely a wellness centre.
But a conscious address for those ready to live fully, gracefully, and deeply — at every stage of life.
Walk & talk amongst the tranquil trees and heal.
A place away from home to be counselled, educated, supervised, challenged or coached while you holiday in a relaxing, peaceful, green environment energized by the overlooking Mullayanagiri mountain range and the Devirammai pyramid mountain. Relax Rejuvenate and Transform within the magical tranquility and serene Nature Canvas of Vedantikala Resort.
Holiday with a purpose to mend, transform or overcome life situations that may be holding you down. Jeyalamar Murty, a professional, experienced counsellor and supervisor will guide you through any unhappy situations, stress, depression, anxiety, panics, anger, loss, abuse, relationships, confidence, self-esteem, body image, etc.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Counselling:
University of Cambridge, UK
Counsellor SUPERVISOR:
University of Keele, UK
M. Phil:
University of Cambridge, UK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Over 25 years of Counselling to adolescents and adults. Over 20 years of Supervising Counsellors. Experience includes 4 years at the University of Derby, UK 3 years at the Nottingham Counselling Centre, UK. and 15 years at
Alice Smith International School, Malaysia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy. (BACP)
Jeyalamar Murty is offering her services as a Psychodynamic Counsellor and as a Supervisor for Counsellors.
Services are offered on prior appointment to a very limited select clientele via video calls or at VEDANTIKALA Resort.
With over 25 years of international client counselling and supervision to Counsellors experience, her expertise is intensive, effective and has transformed thousands of lives.
Her eclectic approach uses Rogerian, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, Psychodynamic, Emotional Freedom Therapy, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy, Dream Therapy, Art Therapy & Psychosynthesis. Balancing Body, Mind & Spirit.
Email her directly to discuss how she may be able to help you equip yourself positively with tools and skills that will make a significant change in your life.
For prior appointments email: jeyalamar@globalonlinecounselling.com
You make the first initial email contact through Jeyalamar’s private email address - jeyalamar@supervisorforcounsellors.com
www.supervisorforcounsellors.com
Upon receiving your initial email enquiry Jeyalamar will then ask you some very simple questions to assess if your concerns are suited to be treated as a residential guest or as an online client or if you need to be referred elsewhere. The questions will help customise your requirements
If you can be treated as a residential guest, your purpose of stay is kept private and you will be treated as simply another guest. The content of your sessions and email communications are kept completely private and confidential between you and Jeyalamar.
Persons going through stressful life changes, traumatic experiences or the emotional roller coaster ride of symptoms of mental illnesses may be especially unwilling to share their most private feelings with a stranger unless they know that their secrets are safe.
That’s why confidentiality is so important to making counseling effective. Ultimately, without trust, there is little point to attempting counselling.
In the interests of both clients and practitioners, most professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy require members to incorporate supervision into their clinical practice.
Jeyalamar Murty has over 20 years of experience offering Supervision to Counsellors.
To avail Supervision Service via Video Calls email : jeyalamar@globalonlinecounselling.com
From APRIL 2026, Vedantikala enters a new chapter in its journey.
Vedantikala is evolving from a retreat-resort into a Sanatana Wellness Sanctuary — a sacred space dedicated to conscious living, inner healing, and alignment with natural rhythm.
This evolution is not about expansion, scale, or luxury.
It is about depth, stillness, and purpose.
It is a return to what has always been essential.
At its heart, the new Vedantikala is grounded in timeless Sanatana Dharma wisdom — honouring rhythm, silence, discipline, and reverence for all life.
Daily living within the sanctuary is guided by natural cycles rather than schedules, awareness rather than urgency, and simplicity rather than stimulation. Every experience is consciously designed to support inner balance, not external distraction.
At Vedantikala, food becomes prasad.
Pure, seasonal, sattvic, and Jain-friendly nourishment is prepared with care and awareness, supporting digestion, calming the nervous system, and nurturing clarity of mind. Meals are not indulgence, but quiet nourishment — aligned with the principles of ahimsa, balance, and mindful living.
Healing at Vedantikala is guided by the intelligence of authentic Ayurveda.
Through traditional Ayurvedic therapies and Panchakarma practices, the body is gently supported in returning to equilibrium. These therapies address not only symptoms, but the deeper imbalances created by modern lifestyles — working with the body’s innate wisdom rather than imposing force.
Nature is not a backdrop at Vedantikala.
It is the primary healer.
Silence, forest air, walking meditation, sacred spaces, and unhurried time in nature become central to the healing process. Life slows. Awareness deepens. Breath softens. The nervous system remembers how to rest.
Vedantikala will no longer be defined as a resort or a spa hotel.
It becomes a living sanctuary — a space where seekers come not to escape life, but to realign with it. A place for those who feel the call to slow down, simplify, and return to rhythm.
March 2026 marks the beginning of this return.
A return to rhythm.
A return to essence.
A return to Sanatana living.
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