An unhurried outdoor practice on the lawn, early enough that the air is still cool and the garden is full of birds.
We put mats out on the grass under the trees, and the session runs at whatever level the people who turn up need. Most of our guests are not regular practitioners, and the sequence is built accordingly — gentle, slow, with plenty of time in each posture and no expectation that anyone has done this before.
Starting at around half past six means practising in the coolest, softest part of the day. The garden is properly awake by then: bee-eaters on the wires, babblers arguing in the hedge, and the light coming in sideways through the trees.
It works particularly well as a counterweight to the rest of a Cultural Triangle itinerary. A thousand steps up Sigiriya and several hours folded into a safari jeep leave most people stiff in the same few places, and a slow hour on the grass the next morning undoes a good deal of it.
Come as you are — no equipment needed, and no charge for guests staying with us. Just tell us the evening before so we know how many mats to put out.
