Retreat details

Overview

Join this meditation and yoga retreat in Rishikesh, India! Yoga and meditation restore balance into your lives, resolve your inner conflicts, enables total excellence, and allows you to fulfill your potential to become complete human beings. Often misunderstood to be simply a set of physical exercises, yoga philosophy transcends all ritualistic religion and can be practiced by anyone.

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Retreat Location

Yoga Vidya Mandiram, Swiss Cottage, Swami Omkarananda Saraswati Road, Tapovan, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Group Size

15

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Accommodation Hotel

Yoga Vidya Mandiram, Swiss Cottage, Swami Omkarananda Saraswati Road, Tapovan, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

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Program Detail

• Yoga posture classes at Yoga Vidya Mandiram yoga school are based on both classical Hatha yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga
• The teachers are unique, being steeped in ancient knowledge, and also trained in modern teaching methods
• All classes are adapted for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
• Apart from the yoga asana classes, you can participate in sessions on pranayama (understanding and regulating your breath), Pratyahara (internalization of sensory inputs), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) processes drawn from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - ancient yogic doctrine that aims to integrate your body, mind, heart, and souls for complete living
• Twice daily group yoga sessions and one daily meditation session are included in the stay for you
• For you who would like to delve deeper into the ancient spiritual tradition of yoga, a yoga retreat is structured carefully to allow you to experience not just the physical aspects of yoga but also Karma yoga (selfless work), various yogic kriyas, and Nidra yoga (deep relaxation) besides some rejuvenating massages, community service, and more