Ayurveda and Emotional Wellness Retreat
with Dr. Siva Mohan
Topanga, CA // April 17-19, 2026
Dive into the enigmatic realms of Ayurveda and Emotional Wellness with Dr. Siva. While Ayurveda is frequently reduced to designing spa treatments or cleanses, and emotional health is often reduced to therapy sessions, this retreat illuminates a path to emotional wellness through the perspectives and tools of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is the practice of recognizing your patterns and consciously shifting them towards greater wellness. Just as you can heal unhealthy patterns in your digestive experience, you can do the same in all the parts of your life experience.
In a world where Functional Medicine doctors emphasize the importance of emotional health without providing actionable guidance, this retreat stands as a beacon of clarity. Dr. Siva will offer you a tangible approach to understanding and nurturing emotional wellness, bridging the gap between theory and practice and offering practical tools for personal growth.
In true Ayurvedic tradition, every aspect of your experience, from schedule to nutrition, will be meticulously curated to support your emotional healing journey. Embrace a pattern-interrupting approach that honors your needs and guides you towards the clarity you need to move forward.
Join us for a weekend retreat unlike any other - with somatics, sound, movement, and self-discovery, healing, and empowerment rooted in the wisdom of Ayurveda and the art of emotional wellness.
JOIN THE RETREATRetreat Schedule & Details
Check In: Arrive between 2:00pm and 3:00pm on Friday.
Friday, April 17
2:00pm - 3:30pm: Arrival + Welcome Ritual + Settle in
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Lecture Circle: Intro to Emotional Wellness
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm: Nada Yoga for the Nervous System (QVLN & Sunshine Zerda)
Saturday, April 18
7:00am - 7:30am: Morning Beverage
7:30am - 8:30am: Practice: Releasing Emotional Tension from the Body (QVLN & Sunshine Zerda)
8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
10:00am -12:00pm: Lecture Circle: Psychospiritual Wellness Basics
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 4:00pm: Free Time (Hike, Swim, Sauna, Cold Plunge, Snack Spread)
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Lecture Circle: Discovering Your Emotional Needs
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm: Release & Transform Ritual
Sunday, April 19
7:00am - 7:30am: Morning Beverage
7:30am - 8:30am: Practice: Self Soothing (QVLN & Sunshine Zerda)
8:30am - 9:30am: Breakfast
10:00am - 12:00pm: Next Steps, Live Cases, Q&A, Closing
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
Check Out: Depart after lunch. Topanga is full of epic hikes and cool little local shops, plus the beach is just 20 minutes away! Ask us for recommendations.
Commune Topanga is located off Old Topanga Canyon Road. Directions will be provided with your ticket purchase.
Questions? Email us at [email protected].
Meet Your Teachers
Dr. Siva Raakhi Mohan | MD MPH AHP ERYT
Dr. Siva is an MD-MPH trained in neuroscience, health behavior, and Vedic sciences. Her approach integrates conventional and alternative medicine systems into multimodal, custom-fit wellness strategies.
She works with educated, high-achieving women in midlife—when bodies stop compensating for choices, and mortality motivates growth.
Dr. Mohan guides clients to read their body's signals, shift patterns, and build neuroplasticity. Through customized approaches, self-knowledge becomes medicine.
Join over 50,000 seekers learning her revolutionary and practical guide to Ayurveda lifestyle on Commune: Living Well with Ayurveda.
Live Vibrational Yoga with Sunshine Zerda & QVLN
Renowned violinist QVLN and wellness specialist Sunshine Zerda unite ancient wisdom with contemporary artistry in their transformative sound healing sessions. Both graduates of the prestigious Nada Yoga Institute in Rishikesh, India, they seamlessly blend traditional yogic asanas with innovative soundscapes to guide participants into profound meditative states.
Their practice draws from Nada Yoga, the sacred discipline of sound vibration where music becomes a pathway to self-realization and spiritual awakening. Through QVLN's masterful live violin and Sunshine's intuitive movement guidance, participants experience healing that resonates through body, mind, and spirit, creating a unique synthesis of movement, meditation, and vibrational therapy. Furthermore, this duo has explored their medium in combination with plant medicine journeys both during and after to support integration.
Sunshine Zerda brings martial arts mastery, yogic wisdom, and gymnastic precision to wellness education worldwide. Her infectious energy and expertise guide both seasoned practitioners and newcomers toward physical, mental, and spiritual transformation, earning acclaim throughout the global wellness community.
QVLN pushes musical boundaries as a singer-songwriter, violinist, and composer who treats voice and violin as instruments of exploration. With studies spanning Japan, Brazil, and India, his improvisational artistry opens new emotional and spiritual territories for listeners, positioning him at the cutting edge of genre evolution.
Our Playground
At the end of the end of the end of a road, perched atop a remote valley of the Santa Monica mountains, sits Topanga Commune: 10 acres of meandering paths, oak trees, palms and gardens abutting state land. You won’t believe you are less than an hour from the heart of LA.
The property has a main house, a guest house, four tea house private rooms, three sweet A-Frame cabins, and plenty of space for camping. Sleep on organic mattresses and linens and enjoy the bounty of LA’s best local farmers for every home-cooked meal.
The property also has a sauna, hot tub, plunge pool, basketball, badminton, and a plethora of hammocks.
Songwriter Neil Young lived on this property for many years and was deeply inspired by this magical spot. If there is anywhere in the world to find “a heart of gold,” it may be here.
“I want to live, I want to give. I've been a miner for a heart of gold. It's these expressions I never give that keep me searching for a heart of gold.”
~ Neil Young
La Casa
Ladies Lounge
La Casita
Tea House Singles
A-Frame Cabins
The Grounds
Take this retreat to:
- Understand the patterns in your emotional body
- Identify emotional needs in varying circumstances
- Find ease in communicating
- Apply this awareness to feel better
Lodging Options
All tickets come with immediate, lifetime access to Siva's Commune course, Living Well with Ayurveda ($199 value).
Try the program free for 5 days by clicking here.
