Sound for Wellbeing with Nitya Mohan

Inner Strength and Resilience
with Nitya Mohan

27, 28, 29 Nov 2026 (Friday–Sunday)
Yogic Sound for Wellbeing 3 Day Workshop

A 3-day immersive program exploring the transformative power of sound and mantra to support inner strength, clarity and emotional resilience. This program offers a space to deepen connection to your inner voice while cultivating steadiness, confidence and personal strength.

Inner Strength and Resilience

mantra • music • meditation

This workshop on Sound and Music as a modality of health and integrated wellbeing is based on ancient teachings and wisdom, drawing from classical texts on yoga as well as validated scientific practices.

Join us for a rare and deeply enriching 3-day immersive program at Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary, featuring an exclusive workshop with Nitya Mohan, acclaimed yogic educator, classical musician, and Director of Svastha Yoga.

Nitya is internationally respected for her profoundly beautiful and meditative renditions of ancient mantras, as well as her clear, accessible and deeply relevant teaching of traditional Yoga. After hosting sell-out workshops worldwide, Nitya will be in Perth for only three days, offering this unique opportunity at the beautiful Kookaburra Yoga retreat space in the Perth hills.

Over three days, you will explore:
• Using mantra and sound to cultivate inner strength and clarity
• Breath and body practices to support nervous system balance
• Traditional yogic methods, including asana, pranayama and nyasa
• Practical tools for everyday resilience and emotional well-being.

This experiential workshop series explores the transformative power of sound and mantra as tools for cultivating inner strength, emotional resilience, and clarity.

Details

• 27, 28, 29 Nov 2026
(Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 9am-4pm)

3 Days Combined:
• $825 – Deposit of $200 required, with the remaining balance due by 1st Sep 2026. (Instalment options available)

• $750 – Early Bird rate, available until June 30 2026.
Payable in full when booking.

2 Days Combined:
• $595 – Deposit of $200 required, with the remaining balance due 1st Sep 2026.
(Instalment options available)

Attend Day 1, Day 2, or Day 3 individually for A$310 per day.

• Booking and payment options and links are below.

• Note: this workshop is not catered. Bring your own food.

• Option to stay onsite for an additional $50 per night.

book now for earlybird rate

This is a 3-day immersive workshop, with each day thoughtfully building upon the next to create a cohesive and transformative experience. There is also the option to attend days individually if you prefer more flexibility. The investment is A$750 for the full program (Early Bird, available until June 30).

Secure earlybird rate now

Program Contents

Inner Strength & Resilience
• Using mantra to cultivate emotional resilience and inner steadiness
• Working with thoughts and responses to develop clarity and strength.

Body Practices
• Asana and movement practices integrated with mantra and breath
• Prana bhavana and traditional practices to support strength in the body

Mantra & Nyasa
• Traditional mantra practices for grounding and inner balance
• Nyasa practices placing awareness in different points of the body

Breath & Pranayama
• Mantra-based pranayama to lengthen and refine the breath
• Breath practices that support calmness and nervous system balance

Sound & Physiology
• Sound as a bridge between breath and mind
• Awareness of vibration and sound within the body

Mind & Emotional Balance
• Mantra and bhavana practices for emotional balance
• Mindfulness in sound, speech and inner awareness

Classical Teachings
• Classical sources on sound from Yoga and Vedic traditions
• Traditional chants and teachings that support inner strength

This program is for you if:

• You are a student wanting to deepen your understanding of traditional yoga
• You are interested in mantra, breathwork, and subtle practices
• You are a teacher wishing to expand your knowledge and personal practice
• You are seeking practical tools for inner balance and resilience
• You enjoy a thoughtful, structured, and experiential approach to yoga

Sound meditation with Nitya

Over 3 days, Nitya will guide you to relax, meditate and chant to bring about inner peacefulness, contentment and wellbeing. Listen to this beautiful Sound Meditation with Nitya. 💗

Inner Strength and Resilience Through Mantras is a deeply experiential program exploring how sound and traditional yogic practices can support emotional balance and inner steadiness.

Exploring the pathways of practice

sound • breath • stillness

This immersive retreat explores the three interconnected pathways of body, breath, and mind, to cultivate inner strength and resilience through the transformative power of mantra and sound. Blending traditional yogic practices with experiential learning, it offers practical tools for greater clarity, balance, and inner stability in everyday life.

This retreat explores three interconnected pathways for developing inner strength and resilience through mantra and sound. Each pathway works at a different level of body, breath and mind, creating a deeply integrated and practical experience.

Strength Through the Body
We begin by establishing stability and grounding through the body. When the body feels steady and supported, it becomes easier to cultivate emotional balance and inner resilience.

Practices will include movement sequences woven with mantra, breath-centred awareness, and traditional techniques such as nyasa and prana bhavana, helping you experience sound not just as something you hear, but as something you embody. We will also explore traditional Vedic passages and practices that support a sense of clarity and inner purification.

Participants will be introduced to the idea of asana as yajna, practice as a meaningful offering, bringing intention and awareness into movement and breath.

Breath, Sound and Inner Awareness
Sound becomes especially powerful when combined with breath. In this retreat you will explore how mantra can guide and refine the breath, creating a subtle connection between the physical body and the inner world.

Through traditional approaches to mantra-based pranayama, you will learn how sound can support deeper concentration, gentle lengthening of the breath and increased sensitivity to inner sensations. We will explore different ways of working with mantra, spoken, whispered and silent, and how each affects the mind and nervous system differently.

Attention will also be given to the vibrational qualities of sound, including how different tones and pitches resonate in different regions of the body.

Sound and the Mind
In the yogic tradition, thoughts themselves are understood as forms of sound. By working skillfully with mantra and voice, we can gradually reshape mental patterns and cultivate steadiness and clarity.

You will explore traditional mantra practices alongside bhavana (guided inner awareness), Sanskrit verses and simple musical elements that support emotional balance and focus. These practices help develop a more conscious relationship with sound, speech and inner dialogue.

The program also introduces traditional teachings that describe the mind as a flowing river, and explores how mantra can help guide that flow toward greater calmness, strength and clarity.

Nitya sings the Poornamadah Mantra

Listen to Nitya sing the beautiful Poornamadah Chant from the Upanishads in Sanskrit. Mantras to connect to the heart are included in the Yoga for Women workshop.

About Nitya Mohan

Nitya Mohan, daughter of A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, is trained in yoga from a very young age. She has been the director of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda teacher training programs in Singapore for the past 24 years and has trained hundreds of teachers. Trained in Yoga, Classical Indian music and Sanskrit, she is also a lifelong practitioner. She conducts seminars, workshops and yoga training internationally. She is an exponent of Vedic chanting, holds a degree in Music. She is a skilled, experienced and compassionate teacher and an exceptional singer hailed for her purity of voice.

About Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda
The greatest influence on yoga in modern times was undoubtedly the legendary 20th century yogi, Sri T. Krishnamacharya – a master of yoga, scholar of all Indian philosophies and a healer of repute. Krishnamacharya is widely considered the 'father' of modern yoga, having taught the world's most influential teachers and shaping yoga as we know it today.

A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan were personal students of Krishnamacharya and are a direct link to the authentic yoga traditions. They founded the Svastha organisation in Chennai, India., and together with their adult children, Dr. Ganesh Mohan and Nitya Mohan, they have an international presence with programs around the world, and through their books on Yoga and Ayurveda. They offer training on yoga, yoga therapy, yogic mindfulness, mind and body well-being, and related areas, combining the best of ancient wisdom and modern science.

Costs

This is a 3-day immersive workshop, with each day thoughtfully building upon the next to create a cohesive and transformative experience. There is also the option to attend days individually if you prefer more flexibility.
The investment is A$750 for the full program (Early Bird, available until June 30).
(this program is not catered, please bring your own food)

Choose your attendance and payment option here:

3 Days Combined $825
• 27, 28 29 Nov 2026 (Friday-Sunday)
• Deposit of $200 required
• Remaining balance due by 1st Sep 2026
• Instalment options available
Book 3 days combined

3 Days Early Bird $750
• 27, 28, 29 Nov 2026 (Friday-Sunday)
• Earlybird rate available until June 30 2026
• Payable in full when booking
Book 3 days earlybird

2 Days Combined $595
• Deposit of $200 required when booking
• Balance due 1st Sep 2026
• Instalment options available
Book Fri & Sat
Book Fri & Sun
Book Sat & Sun

1 Day Only $310
• Attend Day 1, Day 2, or Day 3 individually
• Deposit of $200 required when booking
• Balance due 1st Sep 2026
Book Friday
Book Saturday
Book Sunday

Program dates and timings
27, 28, 29 Nov 2026. Fri 10am-5pm. Sat 10am-5pm. Sun 9am-4pm.

There is the option to stay onsite for an additional $50 per night. You will need to be self sufficient with food. You'll have access to the kitchen. Please also bring your own towel and linen for a single bed.
Enquire and book overnight stays by email

Note: this program is not catered. You will need to bring your own food for lunch. We provide water and tea throughout.

Secure earlybird rate now

Certificates: Yoga teachers - upon request receive a certificate of attendance (18hrs - can be used for YA continuing education).
Resources: will be emailed to you prior to program for you to print or bring on your device.

Retreat Venue

The Inner Strength & Resilience Through Mantra Workshop will be held at the beautiful Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary in the Perth hills.

Just 45 minutes from Perth and Fremantle, and 30 minutes from Perth International Airport, Kookaburra Yoga is a peaceful sanctuary surrounded by pristine nature, with a dedicated yoga shala designed in harmony with the natural environment.

Participants are welcome to enjoy the serene grounds and facilities during the scheduled breaks. You might choose to relax on the verandahs overlooking the forest, sit quietly in nature, or take a gentle walk through the surrounding bushland.

This tranquil setting provides the perfect space to slow down, reconnect, and cultivate inner strength and resilience.