Our Spaces
Step into an atmosphere designed with pure intention, where every
corner, plant, and detail is dedicated to nurturing life and growth
Our Gardens
Nourishing & Healing
Spanning 6,000 square meters around our Uma Nilayam Meditation Center, our garden nourishes our body and helps our healing. From fresh kitchen harvests to medicinal herbs and abundant fruit, every plant contributes to meals and natural remedies.
Our Garden Vision: Expanding these gardens toward full self-sustainability using nature’s abundance to support retreats, volunteers, and our Neohumanist mission of caring for the earth, animals and humans.
Kitchen Garden
Mother Earth’s pharmacy grows steps from our kitchen for teas, salves, and balms that we also use in our Natural Cosmetics.
Medicinal Herbs Garden
Mother Earth’s pharmacy grows steps from our kitchen for teas, salves, and balms that we also use in our Natural Cosmetics.
Olive Grove & Fruit Orchard
Eight olive trees yield ~15 liters of olive oil annually. The garden also gives us cherries, apples, pears, figs, peaches, plums, pomegranates and grapes.
"Vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals, so they are a very
important component in the human diet. People can be
healthy without eating rice or bread, but they cannot
remain healthy if they go without vegetables."
– Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti
Our Ceramic Studio
Open to retreat guests, sanctuary stays, and volunteers
Welcome to Uma Nilayam’s ceramics studio, a therapeutic space where hands meet clay to quiet the mind and spark creativity.
Whether during a retreat or long-term volunteering, working with clay teaches patience and presence, also necessary qualities for meditation practice.
Hands-on Workshops
Coiling, painting, carving, hand-building and glazing alongside experienced teachers.
Therapeutic Process
Feel mental tension melt as you work with the clay, learning how true transformation needs steadiness, care and time.
Guests and volunteers
Guests and volunteers can use the studio during free afternoons after a simple orientation of the studio and materials.
"Artists must seek to exhibit to people the simple form
of truth, sweetened with the sweetness of their hearts."
– Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti
Our Natural Cosmetics Laboratory
Healthy for the environment and healthy for ourselves.
Our soap, shampoo, deodorant, face cream and other organic and biological products that support our health and hygiene are all created here in our laboratory. Read more on our products page to learn how to buy and enjoy these special cosmetics.
“All the beings of this universe are the kith and kin of one
another. All are equally respectable and entitled
to equal love and affection.”
– Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti
Special Restrictions at Uma Nilayam
To honor the sanctity of our Meditation Center and the collective journey of our guests, we ask that all visitors adhere to these guidelines.
No Pets Allowed
To preserve the quietude and ensure an environment free from distractions, we kindly ask that you leave pets at home.
Sattvik Food Only
Please refrain from bringing meat, eggs, onion, garlic, alcohol, or drugs, so we can offer a more refined meditative experience.
No smoking or vaping
To keep our air pure and our facilities inviting, smoking and vaping are strictly prohibited throughout the grounds.