Yoga — A Shala for Twenty-One Mats

Two spaces, one practice

Indoors when it rains. Outside when the canopy calls.

Wooden-ceiling indoor yoga shala at Kantu

The shala

A wooden-ceiling room for twenty-one mats.

A hardwood floor, beams of native cedar overhead, and three walls of glass that fold open to the garden. The room was designed for a long, quiet practice — acoustically warm for sound work, dim enough at dawn for meditation, bright enough by ten for asana. A full kit of mats, bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets sits ready against the back wall.

Circular stone outdoor yoga platform at Kantu

The stone circle

A round stone platform, a few steps from the shala.

A circular stone deck under the trees — large enough for twenty mats arranged in a ring, with a fire pit a short walk away. The platform we reach for at sunrise, for closing ceremonies and cacao circles, and for the kind of practice that doesn't quite belong indoors. Birdsong overhead is part of the soundtrack.

For hotel guests

A new daily practice room, just above the restaurant.

A vaulted-ceiling room kept open for the daily classes we offer to overnight guests. A backlit lunar relief on the far wall, woven-rattan pendants overhead, two arched cedar doors flanking the moon, and floor-to-ceiling glass that opens to the canopy. Wood floors, white walls, soft afternoon light.

Morning Vinyasa, sunset Yin, a little pranayama at the close — in English and Spanish, free to attend, regardless of the package. Drop in whenever you're awake, leave whenever you're done.

Head-on view of the new practice room — vaulted wood ceiling, the backlit lunar relief centered between two arched cedar doors, woven-rattan pendants overhead, and a reading chair with floating shelves on the left

Wide corner view of the new practice room — the full vaulted ceiling, three rattan pendants, the lunar relief on the back wall, and floor-to-ceiling glass opening to the canopy on the right

Side angle of the new practice room — two woven-rattan pendants on rope, the vaulted cedar ceiling rising overhead, and the glass doors that open to the garden

Aerial view of the outdoor stone circle at Kantu — where the 200-Hour YTT meets under the canopy

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

A two-week immersion in Integral Vinyasa, Yin & Karma Yoga.

Offered at Kantu by Moksha Yoga Amazónica — a Yoga Alliance accredited school — the 200-hour training is an alchemical study of breath, body, and stillness. Two yoga and meditation practices daily — yang Vinyasa in the morning, Yin or restorative at sunset — woven with shatkarma cleansings, pranayama, anatomy and bio-mechanics, Ayurvedic self-care routines, Yoga Nidra, sound baths, a cacao and heart-chakra ceremony, head- and handstand workshops, and Amazonian experiential excursions through the cloud forest and mangrove reserves. Pre-arrival online module, a fourteen-day intensive at the lodge, and a post-departure reflection online module prepare you in the science of yoga and the practice of teaching it.

Typical group size of 12-14 students, three resident instructors. Yoga Alliance 200-hour certification plus twenty hours of Ayurveda Continuing Education credits, accommodation in the bungalows, three vegetarian or vegan meals a day, airport transfer from Tarapoto, one-on-one mentorship, and the Moksha tank and mala — included. Specialty sessions in Yoga Nidra, sound healing, Ayurvedic Dinacharya, and temazcal-and-cold-plunge cycles thread the two weeks together.

Learn more at Moksha Yoga Amazónica →

Sacred Solace Retreat

Seven days at the edge of the high Amazon.

Seven days at Kantu. Morning Vinyasa as the canopy wakes, Yin and pranayama at sunset, three vegetarian or vegan meals a day, daily Abhyanga Ayurvedic oiling, and a morning digital detox. Choose your main excursion — a long, silent canoe through the Tingana mangrove reserve, or a swim at turquoise waterfalls followed by the Waqanki hummingbird and orchid sanctuary. The Tingana retreat opens with a cacao ceremony and includes a Karma Yoga community project; the Waterfalls retreat offers an optional Ayahuasca ceremony as an extra night. Forty hours of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits, the Moksha mala and tank, and Tarapoto airport pickup are included with both.

Earns fifty hours of Yoga Alliance continuing-education credits. Airport transfer from Tarapoto included. An optional Ayahuasca ceremony with a visiting curandero/shaman — who travels in from Chazuta once a month to lead the ceremony — can be added as an extra night, for those who feel called.

Learn more at Moksha Yoga Amazónica →

In the shala

Everything you'd want for a serious practice.

The shalaTwenty-one mats, native-cedar ceiling, three glass walls that fold open to the garden.
The stone circleA circular outdoor platform for twenty mats, a fire pit a few steps away.
Moon-themed practice roomA newly built third space — a vaulted-ceiling room with a backlit lunar mural — dedicated to our daily guest classes.
Mats, blocks, bolsters & strapsA full kit of cushions, bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets for every mat.
Musical instrumentsFor sound healings, kirtan, and the right pause at the close of practice.
Projector & whiteboardAvailable on request for lectures, demos, and teacher trainings.

Temazcal

A traditional sweat lodge under the trees.

Heated volcanic stones, herbs from the garden, and a guardian to tend the fire. A purification practice with deep roots in the Andean and Amazonian traditions, offered as part of retreat programs or by private arrangement.

Two ice baths

Contrast bathing, the way the body remembers it.

Two cold-plunge pools beside the temazcal complete the ritual — heat and cold cycled the way our nervous systems were designed for. Available for groups; ideal at the close of a long shala day.

Join a practice

Come stay, and step onto the mat.

Daily classes are included with every overnight stay. For the 200-hour training or the Sacred Solace retreat, follow the links above to Moksha Yoga Amazónica. To organize your own retreat at Kantu, see our host page.

Begin a reservation

A shala under the canopy, a circle of stone outside it.