21 to 27 March 2027

Tejas, the Radiant Body Retreat

Kundalini and transformational work, facing Koggala Lake.

  • From Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 March 2027
  • 7 days, 6 nights
  • Habaraduwa, Sri Lanka
  • Aurélie Dutrey (Radha Navjot Kaur), Eugénie Besqueut Franz

Our intention

Tejas, in Sanskrit, is inner radiance — the luminosity born of fire, clarity and vitality.

This is not a collection of exercises. It is a path: each day opens a territory of its own, carried by a complete Kundalini kriya. The ground beneath your feet. Standing at your own height. Allowing yourself to receive. Letting yourself be seen. Setting yourself down.

Fire does not burn in a void. Here the jungle, the lake and the temple are not scenery: they are what feeds it. Each day has its own terrain, and not every practice happens on a mat.

Two of us will guide you, and thirteen at most will walk this path.

Who will guide you

Our two approaches reach for the same place — the nervous system, the memories held in the subconscious — and get there differently. Through the body, the breath and sound on one side; through regulation and work on conditioning on the other. That is where this retreat draws its strength.

Aurélie Dutrey

Aurélie Dutrey

Radha Navjot Kaur

Kundalini Yoga

Founder of La Maison VEDA, in the Charente and then in Sri Lanka, trained in the direct lineage of Yogi Bhajan. She teaches Kundalini, the yoga of awareness: a powerful practice that transforms quickly. The nervous system is regulated through the body, meditation and chant, and the memories of the subconscious are worked on — what is cleared there becomes mental clarity in daily life, and the capacity to set out.

Eugénie Besqueut Franz

Eugénie Besqueut Franz

Holistic transformation

Coach and trainer, founder of the Maison de Coaching Holistique. She created Neurosagesse, an approach bringing together ancestral wisdom, psychology and neuroscience. Here she guides nervous system regulation and work on the subconscious.

The method Spirit Gateway

The approach Eugénie brings to this retreat unites the science of the body, nervous system regulation, experiential neuroscience and the wisdom of ancestral practices.

It does not claim to heal. It creates the conditions for the body to recover its natural capacity for self-regulation, homeostasis and regeneration. When the nervous system finds a genuine sense of safety, the body gradually releases what it no longer needs.

The mind settles. The body breathes. Energy moves. Emotions find their motion again.

An invitation out of survival mode — because the living holds an extraordinary intelligence: give it the right environment, and it finds its way back.

Coming soon

The detailed programme, the price and the booking terms are coming in the next few weeks. Write to us to be told first — there will only be thirteen of us.

Keep me posted

Frequently asked questions

Before you leave

Do I need a visa?
Yes. You apply online on the official Sri Lankan government site, and the answer comes back by email very quickly. Apply about a month before you leave: should you mistype something, you will have time to put it right.
Which flight from Europe?
I recommend SriLankan Airlines, direct from Paris–Charles de Gaulle to Colombo: around ten hours in the air.
How far is it from the airport?
Two hours and a quarter between Colombo and La Maison VEDA. I can arrange the transfer, both ways.
Is Sri Lanka safe?
Yes, very. The country is markedly calmer than India, and I live there most of the year.
When is the good season?
November to April on our coast, in the south of the island.
Are vaccinations required?
No vaccination is required to enter Sri Lanka from Europe. A yellow fever certificate is only required of travellers arriving from a country where the disease circulates, or who have transited more than twelve hours through one — there is no yellow fever in Sri Lanka. For everything else, ask your doctor or a travel health clinic.

Life on site

What are the meals like?
Vegetarian, Ayurvedic, and entirely gluten-free — I insist on that, being intolerant myself.
Can I drink the tap water?
No. Drinking water is provided on site, there is nothing for you to buy.
Is there wifi?
Yes, and it works very well.
Is the room cleaned?
Every day. Bed linen and bath towels are changed every five days.
Are there many mosquitoes?
There are, but the window is short: a quarter of an hour at nightfall. After that you forget them.
How do I handle money?
Changing money is easy, but withdrawing rupees on site is simpler still.
What language is spoken?
Sinhala and Tamil. We welcome you in French and English.
Are you there during the stay?
I am on site from October to May.
Can I do laundry?
Yes, laundry can be done at La Maison VEDA.

The practice

Do I need previous yoga experience?
No. Kundalini classes adapt to everyone: you can slow down, pause, come back. Finding your own limit is yours to do, and nobody will push you past it.
Can I come on my own?
Very easily, and many do. Participants are most often women between thirty and sixty.
What should I bring?
Nothing for the practice: mats, blocks and bolsters are waiting for you on the shala.
Do I have to attend everything?
No. You will be invited to every class and every workshop, but you remain free to come and go, inside the retreat as outside it.
Is the shala private?
Yes, it is reserved for the group for the whole retreat.