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8 Day Yoga Meditation Retreat in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Om Yoga Ashram, McLeod Ganj, India
Meditation and Yoga Retreat India
Try out the gentle way of learning yoga in the very place of its origin. The yoga retreat will attune you to ashram life along with some holiday activities like trekking and local sightseeing. Combine this with complementary Ayurvedic food and you know you have a bargain on hand.
Meet the instructors
Swami Rashpal & Yogini Shakti
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Highlights
- Daily morning and evening yoga classes
- Daily morning and evening meditation sessions
- Workshops to unlock your radiance and connect within
- Relax and deeply heal through daily Aarti (prayer)
- Professional international teachers
- 3 daily fresh vegetarian meals
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Hindi
Group size: Maximum of 25 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
06:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Garden
- Smoke-free property
- Yoga studio
- Free Wi-Fi
- Library
- Tour assistance
During the yoga retreat, you will be staying in boutique accommodation hugged by a waterfall, greenery, and strong mountains. Accommodation is connected with overhanging trees and native birds. There are spectacular mountain views everywhere you look.
Small, peaceful, charming accommodation consisting of double rooms with a beautiful view of nature and detached bathrooms. You will receive rare glimpses into worldly traditions and together celebrate life through dance and music. The accommodation chosen for this yoga retreat is committed to creating a harmonious environment and selected to help all students melt into their full potential of infinite wisdom and divine grace.
Among the precious gifts of this land are its pristine forestry, virgin air, and crystal water flowing directly from the Himalayas’ snow-capped peaks. From the accommodation, one can trek deep into the Himalayas above. From there, you can go on a mesmerizing journey into the Dhauladhar Range of the Himalayas.
The newly built guesthouses on site are clean, neat, and simple, with two twin beds and an attached bathroom and balcony. Beautiful mountain views and sunsets can be admired from your balcony.
Program
You will get to understand the yogic way of life and that could lead you to discover that yogic practice is what you were waiting for all this while to transform your life into something more meaningful.
This is the perfect place for yoga and meditation retreats, with living yoga and meditation as a lifestyle in a yoga ashram/yoga ashram on the foothills of the Himalayas in the home place of Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, Himachal, India.
Deeply connect within through yoga and meditation retreats. Journey into your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yourself, and be open to your inner purpose. Walk away living more in alignment with your mind. Body and soul, begin to unleash your natural gifts.
You are all born radiant and happy, it is your birthright. However, living in this modern world, with the pressure and turbulent times upon you, your radiance can become hindered, and your innate capacity for love, inner peace, and happiness is blocked. It is time to release the conscious or subconscious barriers to your strength as radiantly alive people and re-claim your fierce capacity for love and compassion both for yourself and the world.
The framework for the yoga meditation retreat program is structured to unlock the blocks within your mind, body, and spirit to establish an upgraded way of living. For example, you will be presented with an in-depth chakra course, allowing you to release stagnant ego structures, and mental, and emotional blockages, elevate your cellular memory, and reboot yourself from the inside out.
You will receive practical tools and techniques enabling you to become self-sufficient in improving every aspect of your life. You will unlock your inner diamonds through breath, movement, sacred circle, mantra, prayer, meditation, Hatha yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Sivananda yoga, and Kundalini yoga, enabling you to understand, exude and embody your worth from within.
- Daily morning and evening yoga classes, yoga philosophy, anatomy, seven chakras, and mantra classes
- Daily morning and evening meditation sessions, fire pooja, Indian culture study
- Trekking - Triund, Galu Mata, Guna Mata, river, sunset point Naddi
- Also cover Markit, Dalai Lama temple, Bhagsu Waterfall, church, Dal Lake, Norbulingka, Karmapa Temple, tea garden, cricket stadium, etc.
- Relax and deeply heal through daily aarti (prayer), bhajan with music
Included excursions
- Bhajan, Kirtan, Aarti, Healing relaxation sessions
- Trekking excursion
- Free-flow dance
Instructors
Swami Rashpal Yogi
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swami Rashpal Ji chose a life of simplicity and tranquility from a young age. He made yoga and meditation his way of life instead of living life in fast lane. Soon after finishing his education in Naturopathy in 2002, Swami Ji undertook YTTC of 200 hrs, 300hrs respectively from (American certified) yoga alliance institute. His thirst for Yoga took him to 500Hr YTTC from Yoga alliance international. Swami Ji stayed in various ashrams afterward spreading his valuable knowledge and teaching of Yoga and Meditation. After teaching in various parts of the world, Swami Ji has made a Yoga Ashram.
Yogini Shakti Sadhana
Yogini Shakti Sadhana is an experienced teacher which has made her a kind, generous, and patient human being. Her passion is teaching and learning about various cultures from all walks of life, which makes her open towards everyone. Yogini Shakti Sadhana is a certified teacher. As a Yogini deep meditation comes naturally to her which has made her sixth sense very strong. Yogini Shakti Sadhana aims to spread and share her knowledge with people to help realize their true potential, to know themselves and find support within. She is Philosophy Teacher.
Location
Om Ashram is near Dal Lake 2 kilometers from the quaint international epicenter of McLeod Ganj, where the main Temple of H.H. the Dalai Lama attracts people from all over the world. The school is surrounded by magnificent natural beauty with green rolling hills, majestic trees, and an adjacent stream.
Magnificent views over Dal Lake and the Kangra Valley complete the experience. This setting offers a peaceful and inspiring place to learn and practice yoga. The sound of the river and birds singing, with the sun shining through green leaves allows one to retreat from worldly cares and go deeper into the study and practice of yoga and meditation.
Although the school offers an opportunity for retreat, it also provides all modern amenities including Wi-Fi. After productive, full days immersed in all aspects of comprehensive, spiritual yoga, evenings will be relaxing, fun, and enriching.
Together, everyone will enjoy kirtan, singing Bhajans around the natural tree and sipping hot masala chai. Stories of the Hindu deities will be shared for a deeper understanding of yoga. There will be a chance for open discussion.
Nearby places
- Macleodganj bus station – 20 minutes, Dharamsala *Gaggal Airport (DHM), 20 kilometers – 45 minutes
- Pathankot, 95 kilometers – 3 hours 30 minutes
Features
Activities
- Hiking
- Mountain walking
- Reiki
- Shopping
General
- Balcony
- Garden
- Smoke-free property
- Yoga studio
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Library
- Room cleaning
- Tour assistance
Food
You will be served daily delicious vegetarian meals during this yoga and meditation retreat. The menus are balanced with the season and are based on locally grown fruits and vegetables. Since everything is made from scratch using fresh ingredients to create a variety of healthy dishes, the school is able to cater to everyone’s individual needs.
If you have any special dietary requirements due to a medical condition, please send an inquiry to Om Yoga Ashram before making a booking to inquire whether your needs can be accommodated.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
Should you wish, during this amazing yoga meditation retreat, you will be able to enjoy the following:
- Kinesiology/meditation/yoga /NLP consultations for deep transformation
- Visit the Dalai Lama Temple and attend his teachings if he is speaking at the time
- Trekking/nature walks
- Hiking to the waterfalls on a designated path from Dharamkot
- Norbulingka Monastery, temple, and restaurant with a taxi down to Dharamsala
- Receive a blessing from monks
- Visit local markets
- Visit holy places/temples
What's included
- Daily meditation sessions
- Daily yoga classes
- Bhajan, Kirtan, Aarti, Healing relaxation sessions
- Trekking excursion
- 24-hour hot and cold water
- Summary of yoga retreat content via email and video for lasting transformation
- Online support (via email) for two months after the retreat, when something comes up and you need that extra support and guidance
- Filtered drinking water 24x7
- Free flow dance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hot drinks 2 times (wide variety of herbal teas)
- 3 daily fresh healthy meals
- 7 nights accommodation
- Single or double room with private bathroom
What's not included
- Airport to ashram and ashram to Airport taxi charge
- Airfare
- Additional activities, excursions, or services
- Health insurance
- Personal expenses
- Travel Insurance
- Visa
- GST
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DHM
Gaggal Airport
10 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Gaggal Airport (DHM). Airport transfer is available at an extra cost. There are many ways to get to the yoga ashram in Dharamsala. You can come by flight, bus, train or taxi. However, Om Yoga Ashram recommends taking a flight.
The closest airport to Dal Lake Mcleodganj is Gaggal Airport. Take a flight from your country to Delhi. Then, book a domestic flight from Delhi to Dharamsala. It’s a short (45 minutes) and easy flight and will not cost you much.
Om Yoga Ashram can arrange a taxi pick up at Gaggal Airport which will cost you around 900 INR. The drive from Gaggal Airport to the yoga ashram is only 35 minutes. Om Yoga Ashram does not provide a taxi pick-up from Delhi or Dharamsala.
Arrival by bus
Regular direct bus services are available from the main cities. From Delhi, there are government and private buses departing from Kashmiri Gate (ISBT-Inter State Bus Terminal) and Majnu ka Tila (Tibetan colony). Most buses leave between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and arrive in Dharamsala from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. You can book your ticket in advance online or take a private bus company.
Arrival by train
From New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), you can take the Airport Express Metro to New Delhi Railway Station. From there, you go to the Tourist Office and ask for the next train to Pathankot (Chakki Bank). It’s the nearest train station, which is approximately 85 kilometers from Dharamsala. After arriving in Pathankot, you can either take a bus which is about four hours traveling time from Dharamsala (200 INR), or a taxi which takes three hours (approximately 1500 INR).
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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