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7 Day Himalayan Yogic Lifestyle Spiritual Yoga Retreat with Meditation and Mantra in Rishikesh
Rishikesh Resort, Ground Floor, Near Deecon Valley Rishikesh, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249192, India
Meditation and Yoga Retreat India
In this retreat course, the spiritual life home gives the guidelines of ancient Himalayan yogi's lifestyle knowledge from the sacred holy book Bhagavad Gita that have perfectly guided the human society for thousands and millions of years. This knowledge has the power to bring perfect peace and happiness to everyone. A spiritual life home in Rishikesh can be just the thing that you need when you want to energize your moods and fill your heart with inspiration. It is a well-known fact that people who return to their day to day lives after spending a time in the Himalayas are totally enriched with new energy and passion.
Meet the instructors
Deepika & Dr. Sachin Dua Ayurvedic Doctor -BAMS
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Highlights
- Opening ceremony
- Daily pranayama, mantra chanting, and meditation class
- 2 cleansing Shatkriya class
- Daily Kirtan / Satsang / spiritual discussions
- Daily practical and theoretical Hatha yoga classes
- 1 excursion to special spiritual place in the Himalayas
- 3 daily meals and free Wi-Fi
- 6 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
7 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 30 participants
Airport transfer available:
Jolly Grant Airport (US$ 25 per person)
Jolly Grant Airport (US$ 25 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Accommodation
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Hot spring
- Spa
- Steam room
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Café
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- ATM / banking
- Beauty salon
- Car rental
- Convenience / grocery store
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Newspapers
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
Spiritual School of Yoga has a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, beautifully decorated rooms, and lots of comfy chill-out areas.
You can relax with a book on the terrace, have a dip in the holy river Ganga, chat with your fellow guests in the bright open lounge, or sit and enjoy the view to the mountains from the terrace. The eco-friendly resort is powered by nature. If you are there in season, you will taste some of the delicious fruits and vegetables grown in the natural environment.
They offer single and double rooms based on the client’s requirements. Every room has attached bathroom with western toilet and hot shower, balcony with mountain or garden view. The rooms for the yogis are well maintained and clean.
You will stay in a neat and clean fully furnished room with air-conditioned, free Wi-Fi, 24 hours hot water in bathroom, 24 hours electricity, free toilet paper, small green garden, fresh towels, bed sheets and blanket.
Rooms
- Vitality Deluxe rooms / suite with large ensuite bath, deluxe bed, and beautiful shower
- Private room with double bed for couple and friends, private bathroom, terrace with lovely seating
- Serenity room is a private room with a single bed, private bath
- Twin room with two single separate beds, shared bathroom
Program
Nowadays, people are getting depressed with the busy and tensed lifestyle and are suffering from mental and emotional trauma. They are chasing mental peace and emotional stability. This retreat program is devised with the objective to bring peace and happiness into lives.
The program truly guides you to opt for the practices and therapies based on ancient yogic lifestyle that are perfect to rejuvenate the mind, soul, and body.
If you are looking to get away from the hustle of the city and recharge your mind and body, then Spiritual School of Yoga can be your perfect destination to fill your heart with freshness and inspiration. This spiritual retreat in the lap of nature will surely fill you mind and body with great passion and energy.
Retreat highlights
- One of the most intense retreats on Himalayan yogic lifestyle being offered in Rishikesh
- Intellectual and physically understanding of Hatha yoga and body energy
- The approach in the entire course is very yogic, practical, and integrative
- Sessions on yoga philosophy and traditional psycho-spiritual qualities
- Daily sessions of traditional Hatha yoga, pranayama, meditation, and mantra practices
- Guided excursions to special spiritual place in Himalayas
Suitable criteria
- Your interest to learn yoga and spirituality
- Suitable for freshers who are beginners in yoga and interested in relaxing and balancing their body and mind whether intermediate or advanced
Physical benefits
- Increased flexibility
- Increased muscle strength and tone
- Improved respiration, energy, and vitality
- Maintaining a balanced metabolism
- Weight reduction
- Cardio and circulatory health
- Improved athletic performance
- Protection from injury
Mental benefits
Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits is how it helps a person manage stress, which is known to have disturbing effects on the body and mind.
Philosophical features
- Introduction to yoga
- Introduction to yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Introduction to Ashtanga yoga – Yama, Niyama (rules and regulation for this technique of asana), asana (physical posture), and pranayama (breathing exercise)
- Introduction to “Law of Karma” and “Raja yoga”
- Introduction to meditation and pranayama
- Introduction to Bhagwat Gita – for what you are here
- Five causes of pain and depressions / causes of success and failure
- Introduction to Kundalini energy and the ways of its activation
- Body Prakriti (Constitution)
- Self-control of yoga practitioners
Pranayama (breathing exercise) features
- Breath and lifestyle
- Breathing and life span
- Body cleansing methods: Neti, Kapalabhati, and Kunjali
- Basic pranayama techniques and benefits: Jal Neti, Kapalabhati, Nadi Shodana with retaining and without retaining, Bastrika, and Surya Bheda
- Practical phases of mudra and bandha
Meditation features
- Meditation practice with Om chanting
- Trataka meditation
- Yoga Nidra
- Sound meditation
- Mantra meditation
- 5 elements of meditation
- Breath meditation
- So ham meditation
- Visualize yourself and know about concentration
- Difficulties in meditation
- Concept of meditation
- Poses for meditation practice
Regular mantras
- Guru mantra
- Ganesh mantra
- Shakti mantra
- Gayatri mantra
- Shanti mantra
- Shiva mantra
- So Ham mantra
- AUM
- Lakshmi mantra
- Vishnu mantra
- Mantra for health, business, and children
Typical daily schedule
- 06:30 Wake up
- 07:00 - 07:30 Shatkriya / yogic purification / cleansing class
- 07:30 - 08:30 Yoga asana practice class Hatha / Ashtanga style
- 08:30 - 09:30 Pranayama: breathing exercises
- 09:30 - 10:30 Breakfast: special sattvic set menu
- 10:30 - 11:30 Free time
- 11:30 - 12:30 Mantra chanting
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: special sattvic set menu
- 14:00 - 17:00 Free time
- 17:00 - 18:00 Yoga Nidra / guided meditation: guided relaxation, meditation, and awareness
- 18:15 - 19:15 Bhajan / Kirtan / spiritual discussion
- 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner: special sattvic set menu
- 21:00 Sleep
- 12:00 Checkout (last day)
Included excursions
An excursion to the special spiritual place in the Himalayas is included in the price.
Instructors
Deepika Sharma
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The founder of Spiritual Life home is Yogini Deepika Sharma born in Rishikesh, known as the city of Divine.She was born in Vedic family from the childhood Yogini Deepika came to know about the spiritual culture, Sanskrit language divine powers, meditation, mantra etc. She completed Bachelor degree in Science (ZBC) and Master degree in Business administration. She completed her 200 hours teacher training course and get registered by Yoga Alliance USA to just spread her knowledge and experience with true and full dedication in whole world.
Dr. Sachin Dua Ayurvedic Doctor -BAMS
Doctor Sachin Dua is an acclaimed Ayurvedic Physician qualified from Maharshi Dayananda University, India.He attained his Ayurvedic Degree -Ayurvedacharya (BAMS) from M.D University followed by a Post Graduate Degree in.alternate Healing and Panchakarma.He is known for blending ancient knowledge of Ayurveda with modern practice and pulling on a variety of Methods.He has successfully worked at Ayurveda Rishikesh treating thousands of patients from across the globe.He has unified approach to health and work closely with his patients to find a meaningful solution to their problems.
Location
During the course, you will be staying at Spiritual School of Yoga, Rishikesh, India. The retreat center is situated in the heart of the Rishikesh, next to the famous hanging bridge and the holy Ganga River. The retreat center is peaceful and surrounded by beautiful green mountains.
Everything is close by the retreat center such as shops, cafes, restaurants, ATM, healthcare, and organic stores.
Features
Activities
- Hot spring
- Spa
- Steam room
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Café
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
Services
- ATM / banking
- Beauty salon
- Car rental
- Convenience / grocery store
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Newspapers
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
Food
Spiritual Life Home will serve three sattvic meal daily. All the three sattvic meals provided will be energized by spiritual mantras. The food is completely Ayurvedic and according to your body constitution.
- Breakfast: includes one solid breakfast and some fruit salad or fruit juice or shakes
- Lunch: includes pulses, vegetables, rice, chapatti and salad. The food is completely traditional Indian food
- Dinner: almost the same as lunch except for the fact that efforts are made to make dinner lighter than what has been given in lunch, as this helps in digestion
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Yogic
- Ayurvedic
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)
All these services are available at an additional cost:
- Jungle safari
- River rafting
- Visit spiritual temples
- Bunjee jumping
- Camping
- Enjoy nature walks in the neighboring forest
- Experience the traditional Indian culture
- Explore nearby Ghats
- Money exchange
- Relax and take in the stunning view of the Himalayas
- Trekking in the Himalayas
- Visit the local market in main Rishikesh city with a guide
What's included
- 2 cleansing Shatkriya class
- Daily practical and theoretical Hatha yoga classes
- Daily pranayama, mantra chanting, and meditation class
- Opening ceremony
- Daily Kirtan / Satsang / Bhajan / spiritual discussion
- 1 excursion to special spiritual place in Himalayas including transportation
- Daily 3 sattvic meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
- 6 nights accommodation
- Cleansing kit and bag with the organization symbol
- Rudraksha string mala energized by mantra
- 24 hours support for any work is available during your complete stay
- Free Wi-Fi
What's not included
- Laundry service
- Airfare
- Transport from and to the airport
- Additional services
- Additional transport
- Extra nights of accommodation
- Astrological consultation
- 18% GST (will be charged extra from the course fee)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DED
Jolly Grant Airport
15 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 25 per person
DEL
Indira Gandhi International Airport
209 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 80 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Jolly Grant Airport (DED). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request. The additional cost is 25 USD. If you arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), the transfer cost is 80 USD extra.
Airport: Jolly Grant Airport
Airport transfer available:
Jolly Grant Airport (US$ 25 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Indira Gandhi International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 35% 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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