7 Day Ayurvedic Stress Reduction Retreat in Rishikesh, India

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On the banks of the revered Ganga river is the renowned spiritual town of Rishikesh, often known as the "place of the sages." It has great cultural and spiritual value for its visitors and is encircled on three sides by the Shivaik range of the Himalayas.

For individuals who desire to learn more about yoga, meditation, and spirituality, Rishikesh is the ideal location. The 'Yoga capital of the world' is another name for Rishikesh. Sacred rivers, a rich history, and mountains provide the ideal setting for yoga and introspection.

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Apart from the physical yoga practice, it is important to nourish the body properly. The program acknowledges this holistic approach and serve sattvic food with high nutrition.

Two freshly prepared nutritious and delectable vegetarian meals will be served to the program participants.

• On demand vegan or gluten-free meals
• Daytime fruits
• Free safe drinking water from water purifier
• Ayurvedic tea corner The Importance of Satvik Food:

When following a sattvic diet, you avoid fried, processed, canned, and other items. This avoids cardiac problems and maintains a healthy level of cholesterol. Due to sattvic food's ability to keep our stomachs happy and promote simple digestion and absorption, diabetes and several malignancies are also avoided.

Balancing the Diet:

You avoid fried meals, processed foods, canned foods, and other unhealthy foods when you follow a sattvic diet. This controls cholesterol levels and shields against heart disease. Since sattvic food maintains our stomach content with simple digestion and absorption, diabetes and several malignancies are also warded off.

During your free time, you can visit temples, go shopping, experience Gange's sunset walks, or explore the natural treasures in the nearby area including caves, river beaches, and waterfalls.

• 1. River Rafting: Experience white-water rafting on the Ganges River.
• 2. Bungee Jumping: Take the leap of faith from India's highest bungee jumping platform.
• 3. Trekking: Explore nearby hills and forests, like the Kunjapuri Devi Temple trek.
• 4. Rock Climbing: Scale the Himalayan rocks with professional guidance.
• 5. Zip Lining: Fly through the scenic valleys.
• 6. Lakshman Jhula: Iconic suspension bridge over the Ganges.
• 7. Ram Jhula: Another famous bridge with stunning views.
• 8. Beatles Ashram: Visit the abandoned ashram where The Beatles stayed.

This therapy is included in the 7-day yoga retreat package

They offer different types of therapies:

Ayurvedic full body massage: An Ayurvedic massage can provide numerous benefits, such as relieving pain, improving circulation, stimulating and strengthening the lymphatic system, and opening the flow of prana to clean and revitalize the body.

Shirodhara: Counteracts the effects of stress. The benefits of shirodhara kick off as an ideal treatment for reducing high levels of mental stress, reducing anxiety, awakening intuition, improving sleep quality, and pacifying Vata dosha.

Marma point massage: Enhances immunity, clears emotional blockages, increases energy levels, provides pain relief, improves digestion, assimilation, and elimination, encourages deep, revitalizing sleep, increases circulation to the skin, and amplifies creativity.

Potli massage (bundle massage): Alleviates doshas, pain, and body stiffness, helping the body to clear waste and toxins, leaving the body rejuvenated. It is especially useful for relieving pain, stiffness, and numbness, preventing aging, improving skin quality by adding shine and luster, and reducing body weight.

Upper back basti: Increases circulation, nourishes tissues and muscles in the neck region, helps re-align the spine, relieves pain in the neck and shoulders, reduces tension and stiffness, releases anxiety, and brings stability to the mind and emotions.

Head and neck massage: Relieves stress and reduces tension. It may also ease migraine or headache pain, lower blood pressure, improve circulation to your head and neck, promote hair growth, and release stiffness and tension in the neck area.

Knee basti: Helps calm pain. The warm oil poured over the knee joints helps them relax and effectively address joint pain, dissipates stiffness, increases circulation, improves mobility and flexibility, lowers inflammation, and strengthens knee joints.

Urdhwarthnam: Reduces excess fat in the body, increases the stability of the extremities, improves body complexion, leads to a sense of lightness in the body, eliminates bad body odor due to excessive sweating, and helps with conditions like diabetes, obesity, and lymphatic congestion.

Nasyam: Cleanses sinuses. The process effectively soothes the nasal passage and clears the sinuses to promote breathing, heals migraines and headaches, expels mucus buildup, improves voice, releases toxins, and improves health.

Eye basti: Relieves eye tension, weak eyesight (both mechanical and perceptual), dryness, irritation, redness, and burning in the eyes. This therapy also nourishes the nervous system through the eyeball’s direct link to the brain and helps soothe away wrinkles with regular care.

Lower back basti: Soothes pain in the lower back and limbs. The herbal oil penetrates deeply into the muscles, helping to relieve pain, stiffness, and tension in the lower back and limbs, strengthens the lower back, soothes nerves, enhances blood supply, and improves movement.

Ayurvedic facial: Makes your skin glow. The herbal and natural ingredients in a customized Ayurvedic facial contain the perfect blend of nutrients to add radiance to your skin, relieve dryness, support aging skin, treat pimples and acne scars, and enhance overall well-being.

• 1 week of yoga practice on a daily basis
• Pranayama and meditation sessions
• Surya Namaskar and breathing techniques
• Sessions on yogic lifestyle, philosophy, physiology, and anatomy
• Yoga styles will cover Hatha, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa
• Weekend excursions
• 5 Ayurvedic treatments (according to the need of individual)
• 6 nights accommodation
• Daily meals and tea
• Wi-Fi availability

• Airfare
• Taxi pick-up and drop-off
• Personal expenses
• Visa fee

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 15% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.