8 Days Rejuvenating Yoga and Meditation Holiday Rishikesh, India

Revitalizing Yoga Retreat India
The practice of yoga touches you at many levels of your existence i.e. your body-mind-emotion-spirit and helps you to bring into your daily life what you experience on the mats. This ancient practice gives you deeper insights, awareness, stillness, support, encouragement and makes you in tune with life to live peacefully, joyfully and harmoniously. Regular practice of yoga becomes a light on your path and encourages you to follow your heart and inner voice to fully manifest your potential.

Meet the instructors
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Swami Dhyan, Francesca, Amritesh, & 3 more…
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Highlights
A release of deep-rooted stress, strain, the anxiety of body-mind
Practice of Hatha yoga postures, its variations with Iyengar style of alignment
Deep relaxation, rejuvenation, healing and harmony of body, mind and emotion
Meditative excursion and mediation in nature and sacred places with the teacher
Practice of contemporary meditation and mindfulness techniques, Yoga Nidra
Transform negative emotions into more creative and nourishing energies
3 daily yogic vegetarian meals and tea
7 nights' accommodation
Yoga styles
Hatha
Vipassana
Nidra
6 days with instruction in
English
Spoken languages: English
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Accommodation
Check-in Time:
16:00
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
Spa
Air-conditioned rooms
Dining area
Garden
Restaurant
Free Wi-Fi
You will stay at Hotel Vishla Palace. The place is quiet, clean and safe. Hotel Vishla Palace is located just ten minutes walking to the main touristic area of Rishikesh including local shops, cafes and organic stores. The location is surrounded by many lush green trees with beautiful Himalayan mountain view. Each room has an en-suite bathroom with a western toilet and shower with hot/cold water, and air-conditioner.

Program
This program has been developed and designed scientifically and systematically to help the participants:

How to release their deeper layers of energy blocks, physical, mental, emotional tensions and stresses and experience deep relaxation.
How to transform the misery and painful emotions into more creative and nourishing energies.
To take responsibility of their own healing and happiness in everyday life.
To get clarity to take decisions even in complex and stressful situations.
To experience the joy of liberated energy, the joy of living a whole life; a life of totality.
To increase the ability to deepen self-awareness, strengthen Intuition.
To connect the inner wisdom and life purpose.
All the methods are done in a light and joy full way so that you can enjoy and celebrate the whole day activities of the retreat.

Sample daily schedule
06:30 - 08:00 Asana, pranayama, mantra practice
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:30 - 11:40 Meditation practice (yoga/shiva)
11:40 - 13:00 Active meditation practice (osho)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Self study
15:15 - 16:00 Karma yoga, tea time
16:00 - 17:15 Meditation practice (yoga/Buddha/sufi)
17:15 - 18:00 Yoga Nidra/guided relaxation
18:00 - 19:00 Yoga philosophy/yogic lifestyle/ethics
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
20:15 - 21:00 Kirtan/group mantra chanting/celebration
21:00 Rest
NOTES:
09:30- 13:00 Meditative excursions and mediation in nature, sacred places including cave and mountain (only on selected days)
The above daily course schedule may change as per need.
Included excursions
MEDITATIVE EXCURSIONS AND MEDITATION IN SACRED PLACE, CAVE, MOUNTAIN AND NATURE UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHER
Rishikesh is an entry to Deep Himalayas and a gateway to those seeking to go deep into their inner journey. It is known as “Tapo-Bhumi” meaning the practicing land of yoga and meditation of Sages and Saints since ancient times. Thousands of sages and saints have visited Rishikesh to meditate in search of higher knowledge and Self-realization. The yogic energy fields and its vibration, the spiritual power of Rishikesh makes our inner journey easier and faster like going with the flow of a river, not against it. It can be felt easily by every seeker on the path.

During the course, the participants will get the opportunity to visit and meditate in nearby sacred places, on the bank of river Ganga, cave, mountain, and nature to experience the true yogic energy field and vibration of Rishikesh under the instructions and guidance of the teacher.

Instructors

Swami Dhyan Samarth
Yoga Alliance RYT 200
Swami Dhyan Samarth is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher having many years of practice and teaching experience. He integrates yoga and meditation with a contemporary scientific approach and core insights from various spiritual paths into his teaching. His teaching mainly focuses on the e...Read more

Francesca Chiodi
Yoga Alliance RYT 500
Francesca is a registered Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher (RYT 500), constantly practicing and studying yoga and meditation. She loves the physical aspect of yoga but she believes you have to go beyond it to find stillness and awareness not only on the mat but in the whole life journey. With a work...Read more

Amritesh Prasad
Yoga Alliance RYT 200
Amritesh is a uniquely inspiring and experienced yoga teacher. His teaching mainly focuses on the connection of body-breath-mind and the subtle effects of yoga on them. He encourages students to be open to all aspects of yoga. His relaxed style of teaching is soothing and uplifting. He takes good...Read more

Yogi Anoop
Anoop is a sincere, energetic teacher in the field of yoga. His energetic and calming presence in the classroom inspires students and feels them at ease to open up and explore their own abilities to experience yoga. His personal exploration to inner world started in order to know the true self. H...Read more

Joy Dhyanam
Experienced and enthusiastic meditator started his spiritual journey 9 years ago with Osho as his Guru to find “what he is doing on this planet and who he really is?” He has travelled continuously for years around India, spending most of his time in various ashrams in this search, where he learne...Read more

Dr. Hemlata
Dr. Hemlata was born on 08 December 1985 at New Tehri, located in the state of Uttarakhand. In her school years, she had average grades, but her involvement in extracurricular activities like debate or speech and also in some school level projects was great. After completing her school education,...Read more
Retreat location
Yoga Essence Rishikesh is a quiet, clean, and safe resort, located ten minutes' walking to the main touristic area of Rishikesh but still served from local shops, cafes, and organic stores. Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga, is a popular place to come and meditate, do yoga, and learn about other aspects rich yogic culture. It’s situated on the banks of the Ganges River, surrounded by hills on three sides.

Rishikesh lures those seeking knowledge and peace with its numerous ashrams, yoga institutes, ancient and new temples, meditation caves, samadhi places of yogis (temples of the final resting place of yogis after death). It's particularly popular with spiritual seeking foreigners. The evening Ganga aarti holds a special appeal.

This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this yoga retreat, you will be served daily Indian yogic vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Filtered drinking water and afternoon tea break will also be available.

The following meals are included:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
Vegetarian
Yogic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
Daily yoga session
Daily meditation session (active and passive meditation techniques) and pranayama practice
Classical hatha yoga postures with variations
Experiential and revitalizing approach to all yogic practices
Kriyas (the yogic purification process), yoga Nidra, and mantra chanting
Yogic purification kits and other useful materials for the retreat
Daily Indian yogic vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Filtered drinking water and afternoon tea break
7 nights' accommodation
Wi-Fi internet
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DED
Dehradun Airport

15 km

Transfer not provided

DEL
Indira Gandhi International Airport

210 km

Transfer not provided

Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL). From there, you can book a domestic flight to arrive at Dehradun Airport (DED). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request.

Alternatively, upon arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) or Dehradun Airport (DED), you can hire a taxi. Rishikesh is a six-hour drive away from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL). Known taxi is available on request.

Arrival by bus
You can also opt for Volvo service from Delhi, however, traveling by bus could cause inconvenience for the first time travelers.

Arrival by train
You can take a train to Haridwar from New Delhi Railway Station. From Haridwar, there are many transport facilities available to reach Rishikesh. Transfer from and to this train station is available upon request.
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