Yoga and Wellness Retreats from Kathmandu, Nepal

Maa Nisha Kabir

Founder & Spiritual Healer

Reviewed and updated June 2026

Kathmandu is Nepal's arrival point, its trekking hub, and the door to almost every great Himalayan journey, which makes it the natural base for the kind of retreat that actually changes something. Jivan Parivartan runs four distinct retreat formats from Kathmandu: a 4 nights / 5 days curated luxury journey to Upper Mustang for travellers who want the Himalayas with full comfort, custom corporate wellness retreats for teams in burnout, pre and post trekking yoga programs for groups heading into Langtang or Annapurna, and 2 to 3 day weekend resets in the green Kathmandu Valley foothills. Each is a full retreat in its own right; together they cover the spectrum from a single weekend to a once-in-a-lifetime journey into Upper Mustang.

The Mustang Luxury Retreat is our most distinctive offering and the one international guests fly in for specifically. Four nights / five days, maximum eight guests, USD 4,500 per person (twin sharing). Four nights split between two of the finest properties in the region: Shinta Mani Mustang (the Bensley-designed wellness lodge in Jomsom) and Royal Mustang Resort. All domestic flights from Kathmandu to Pokhara to Jomsom, all meals, all permits including the restricted-area Upper Mustang permit, daily yoga and meditation, spa treatments and cultural visits to Lo Manthang and the surrounding monasteries are included. A 7-day Mustang option is available for travellers who want more time in Lo Manthang. Hosts are Maa Nisha Kabir and Swami Anish, jointly, which is rare; most luxury retreats rotate facilitators.

Corporate wellness retreats are growing quickly as more Kathmandu Valley and international companies recognise burnout as a real operational risk. We design these to your team's actual situation: a tech team in deep-product crunch needs different work than a hospital nursing unit after a difficult quarter, which needs different work than a leadership group preparing for a strategic offsite. Every corporate retreat combines yoga, breathwork, guided meditation and Tibetan sound healing, and most include a clinical hypnotherapy session with Swami Anish for senior leaders or those who have specifically requested it. Pricing is custom; tell us your team size, duration and goals.

The pre and post trekking yoga retreat is built for the practical reality of trekking in Nepal. Most trekkers arrive jet-lagged, fly straight into altitude, and either pull a muscle on day three or lose three days of acclimatisation to a sluggish first week. We run a 3-day pre-trek program (altitude acclimatisation breathwork, strength yoga for the specific demands of trekking, mental preparation, sleep optimisation) and a 3-day post-trek program (deep tissue release, restorative yoga, muscle recovery, integration of the experience). Booked together as a 6-day combined package, the pre and post retreat comes with a 20% discount.

Weekend retreats in the Kathmandu Valley are the smallest commitment and the most-attended format. Two to three days, in quiet green properties roughly 45 minutes from central Kathmandu (away from city traffic, near the Shivapuri and Nagarjun forest), with daily yoga, meditation, simple sattvic food, and time outdoors. These are the retreats we recommend to first-time guests who want to see what we do before committing to a longer program, and to local Kathmandu professionals who need a reset they can do without taking a week off work.

Every retreat regardless of format runs on the same basic rhythm. Morning meditation around 6:00 AM (this is non-negotiable; the Himalayan tradition holds that the most teachable hours of the day are before the mind has constructed its day). Morning yoga practice. Breakfast. Mid-morning teaching or cultural activity. Lunch. Quiet afternoon (rest, journaling, a walk, or a one-to-one session with the facilitator). Afternoon practice or sound healing. Simple early dinner. Evening reflection. Early sleep. This rhythm is what does the work; everything else is the variation around it.

Who comes? Most of our retreat guests are international: travellers visiting Nepal for two to three weeks who want to anchor their trip around a real wellness experience, returning trekkers stacking a retreat onto either end of their trek, corporate teams doing offsites, and (a growing group) digital nomads based in Asia who treat Kathmandu as their twice-yearly retreat hub. We also host a steady flow of regional guests from India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, particularly for the longer Mustang retreats. Group sizes are deliberately small (six to twelve depending on format).

Booking lead times vary. Mustang retreats need about 60 days minimum because of the restricted-area permit process, with peak spring and autumn windows filling 90 to 120 days ahead. Corporate retreats need 30 to 45 days for proper customisation. Weekend retreats and pre/post trek programs can usually be arranged within 10 to 14 days. Whatever you are considering, message us early; we can often hold a spot informally while you sort travel logistics. WhatsApp +977 9818514837 or info@jivanparivartan.com.

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