Rocklyn Yoga Ashram

It was a nightmare staying in this cold freezing place called Yoga Ashram and dealing with equally cold old hags running it! Guys don't fall for it! You all will get physically and mentally sick as i did yesterday. An added bonus is racial discrimination!

I had a wonderful weekend, thanks for the great sessions and experience, the community, yoga and mantra singing sessions, nature and food: all great! Yes, the accommodation is basic, but it’s clean and so quiet. Will definitely return sometime for kirtan or havan.

Beautiful space - lake, nature, forest, Shiva temple, meditation hall. Great food, although we had lentils every day for a week. I wouldn't go again as leadership team unfriendly.

What a beautiful place to recover from burnout, anxiety & grief. I felt safe, nurtured, and I was nourished with the most delicious food. My little hit was the perfect getaway.

I've been coming to Rocklyn for years and years, and have always enjoyed my time.

I started by participating in the "Yoga and Help Out" weekends which, if you're on a budget, are a great way of being able to participate for a fair rate.

I now attend a weekend retreat once or twice a year, and always come away feeling rejuvenated. This place is what you make it - it's not for everyone, but if you go in with the right attitude, you come out having learned something.

I recommend Rocklyn to all my friends.

A highly recommended experience for the beginners. Just spent the long weekend on a yoga meditation retreat with Annie and can’t fault it. Coming back feeling ready to seize another week! Relaxed, less stressed and joints that now move!

I was here for a day's visit and it was a beautiful experience. The people here were warm and welcoming and they treated us really well. The walk around the place was a spiritual experience in itself. The drive through this place is a one through forest and that itself is a unique experience.

The atama was very unpleasant
I wore a crop top told to cover up …like school

a lady told don’t even try the pose if you can’t do it from (my mother) in a class she was struggling and needed help … why are you here common question that needs and egotistical reason to be there it felt like a cult truly so uncomfortable they show you your place there honestly feels like your a kid get told to clean you clean even though you paid for your spot there …. I understand cleaning up after yourself but it was like nasty your the bottom of this place … your cleaning with the wrong cleaning spray or cloth make sure you clean in the kitchen. Umm I paid for a retreat not to work for someone that thinks they are Jesus… it’s creepy and after reading the other reviews I can feel verified saying it was horrible so uncomfortable and they make you feel less then them yoga was good but is it really truly false gurus here felt like on school camp and felt like a following cult of atama it was weird and creeepy and I thought it would be more then it was with …. Yoga meditation ect breath work the foood was so bad I had to go into town cause I was starving ect no food options for people it was horrible honestly the only good was the mindfulness I got of my negative thoughts of the place and being able to find the goood bad polarity in the situation…

9th March 2020 - Following the Bega Valley NSW fires, I needed to reset; I enrolled in the Yoga & Meditation retreat to Reshape and rebuild patterns of positive thought and action.

I live a yogic lifestyle and am an experienced practitioner but was not able to release the burdened of trauma & stress alone.

The Ashram & course gave me a truly anchoring experience, I received so much more than reset.   A reconnection to my own foundation and this wonderful practice of Yoga.   Swami Atma's sharing of knowledge on the systematic approaches to meditation and the instilling of positivity into the moment was a gift.

Thankyou from the depth of my heart.   OM Carolyn Beaucaris, Yoga for Life, Sapphire Coast NSW.

I have been going to Rocklyn Yoga Ashram for over twenty years. I have always found the people to be welcoming and friendly. Rocklyn Ashram provides unique insights into yoga as a way of life. It provides skills and strategies for managing life's ups and downs and is an ideal place to retreat and solve some of life's puzzles. There is a strong emphasis on tradition yet everything is also approached in an accessible way, very beneficial to meeting the needs of contemporary people. The unique yoga programs it offers, available nowhere else, range from active and dynamic to quiet and reflective. All have the capacity to transform and renew. There is much to be learnt about yourself in this place.

I must say I was very disappointed with my stay here. I felt like a child again being chastised and order to help with Karma yoga. I was under the impression that Buddhists are welcoming and loving of all life however I felt as though I was intruding. Majority of staff especially the female Swami no: 1 was incredibly unwelcoming to the point of being rude. Volunteers or not, your visitors are the reason you are able to follow a calling that many of us do not have the luxury to follow. Show gratitude in the way of informing guests of your very high expectations before making them feel like an ignorant intruder. Very uncomfortable weekend.

I was at the Ashram on a volunteer weekend. The person who showed me around the ashram wasn't the most friendly person, but I thought ok, that's just one person here. But really it turned out that almost everyone was like that. In fact some people were actually hostile if I didn't do something correctly, even though I'd only been there 24 hours and had never been in an ashram before. It was made very clear to me what my place in the ashram was, and that was at the bottom, and I would be treated accordingly. I believe some people actually enjoyed letting you know this.

The leader of the ashram, Atma, is probably one of the coldest people I've ever met, and I think this is reflected in the behaviour of everyone else who is in the position of some sort of authority there. As a volunteer I was required to work to pay for my stay, which I initially thought was fair enough. But in doing so I had a strong sense that my only value there was in what labour I could do for the ashram, to the point it was actually quite dehumanising. Sexual and physical abuse has taken place in Ashrams before (something I learned after being there), and although nothing like that happened to me, I can very well see how it could. The culture is unfortunately ripe for it. It made me think that when you are putting your spiritual wellbeing in the hands of others who wield some power you make yourself vulnerable to abuse.

And that was what I took away with me during the time there. Hardly a peaceful and healing weekend away. Needless to say I won't be going back!

I went for a mindfulness retreat and loved the stay but it is challenging. Great vegetarian food and an experience outside of your comfort zone.