Cafe & Organic Kitchen

Café Pyramid Hut & Yoga Café

This café is an extension of Sambodhi Yoga Retreat & Zen Center, in other words extension of our passion for yoga practice and health care beyond our mats.The ambience and the food are planned and prepared to impart an instant peace to tired souls and body.  With our choice of fresh and healthy ingredients we serve nourishing breakfast options, juices, smoothies, salads, soups, wraps, sandwiches , rice platters and organic loose-leaf teas or our fresh blend coffee..

Tea is something to rave about – a perfect amalgamation of herbs and honey, it instantly lands you to tranquillity.Try our coffee from fresh coffee beans and you will not be disappointed.

We also serve two mouth-watering vegetarian Indian meals daily (breakfast/brunch and dinner) for our in house yoga retreat guest, with an on-going tea/coffee/filtered water service on the retreat package. We use only local organic ingredients whenever possible .Flour, Spices are freshly ground and our in-house kitchen, happily serves guests with a smile.

Please note that we are an alcohol and smoke-free at the Sambodhi Yoga home stay. Kindly contact us in advance for special diets (including vegan & gluten-free) and offer complimentary cooking classes.

The Yogic Diet

There is a natural instinct within all of us to follow a healthy balanced diet. Deep down inside we know what is good and what is not good for us but we chose to ignore the body and mind. Regular practice of yoga helps to stimulate these natural instincts. Yoga changes the habits and is a process of normalization.

The purpose of food should be looked at before choosing what to eat. Why do we need to eat? To give energy to the body and mind, increase the resistance power of the body and to develop the mind. Fresh food gives lightness, happiness, joyfulness and increases intelligence. The food should be suitable for the mind, body, intelligence and soul.

A yogic diet ideally follows a sattwic or pure food diet. A balance of fresh fruit, vegetables, cooked whole grains,Fresh Juices, milk, legumes, nuts and seeds, using a combination of both raw and cooked foods. These foods increase sattwa in the body because they are light, simple and supply all the necessary nutrients. They increase our physical and mental vitality making it easier to experience clarity, lightness and peace of mind.

When eating it is important to fill the stomach half full with food. A quarter should be left for water or liquids. The last quarter should be left empty for digestion to take place. The timing of meals should be fixed. In this way the body begins to release digestive secretions at a certain time.Change the diet according to the seasons.