7 Day Himalayan Detox, Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Rishikesh
Nirmal Block B Gali Number 9 Vistapith Colony, Rishikesh
Yoga, Meditation, Detox Retreat and Ayurveda Centre Rishikesh
Rishikesh Yoga Home provides a life-changing experience of yoga retreat and meditation in the foothills of Himalayas, beside the Holy River Ganga. They facilitate both Himalayan and Riverside yoga retreat for 7 days. Additional to this, they provide yoga teacher training courses for 100 hours, 200 hours, 300 hours, and 500 hours. The team of yogis has beautifully designed the syllabus, based on the concepts of Yoga Alliance USA to share the best experiences of each course within the time you spend. It's not just yoga that brings them closer, it's their passion and understandings. Their yogis are well exposed in the field of yoga practices since their childhood. Therefore, they give the best of their knowledge to their students.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga and meditation sessions
- An introductory study of Indian philosophies
- Opportunity to explore the Himalayas shrines and temples
- Daily pranayama and breath awareness practices
- Exploring the holy town of Rishikesh
- Daily vegetarian meals with snacks
- 6 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Hindi
Group size: Maximum of 20 participants
Airport transfer included:
Jolly Grant Airport
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$75 per person)
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$75 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
12:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- ATM / banking
- Car rental
- Conference room
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Newspapers
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
Rishikesh Yoga Home located at Jungle Lore Camp Resort & Retreat. It offers the best Yoga Teacher Training & Retreat in Rishikesh, India. They provide exclusive Yoga Teaching faculties and facilities along with quality Teaching and Yoga activities. Rishikesh Yoga Home is known for its high-quality services and excellent teaching skills.
Your stay with Rishikesh Yoga Home will not only give you the best experience of being close to nature but will also break the monotony by providing a plethora of activities like bungee jumping, river rafting, rock climbing, hiking, and wildlife tour (at extra costs) to add the requisite thrill to your stay with us during the TTC.
No stay is complete without good food, therefore, Rishikesh Yoga Home provide multi-cousin food prepared under the supervision of our experienced chef with utmost care.
Every single guest is a future business opportunity and their experience is the key to success, therefore, Rishikesh Yoga Home treats the guests with the best of services.
Rishikesh Yoga Home also boasts of being the most pocket-friendly resort and is counted among the best and most ideal resorts offering a relaxing ambiance to visitors.
Facilities
- Yoga Retreat & Meditation Centre
- River at 50 Steps
- Lush Green Garden
- Adventure Activities
- Yoga Teacher Training Centre
Program
Retreat curriculum
Rishikesh Yoga Home guides the students of Yoga to a journey of self-discovery and inspires to practice yoga holistically. Yoga is a process of integrating the body, breath, and mind. Focus is placed on other limbs of the practice beyond the physical yoga asanas.
Foundation of yoga
- Introduction to meditation
- Introduction breathing practice
- Introduction to the concept and basic practices of relaxation
Pranayama
- Introduction to pranayama practice
- Sitting posture for pranayama practice
- Basic pranayama practice: Nadi Shodhana
Basic yoga philosophy
- Introduction to yoga philosophy
- What is yoga?
- Why yoga?
Basic yoga anatomy
- Health and yoga
Relaxation and meditation
- Practice basic relaxation techniques
- Sequence of relaxation practices
- What is meditation and what is not
- Two to five minutes meditation
Daily schedule
- 05:00 Morning bell
- 05:30- 06:00 Cleansing
- 06:15 - 06:30 Mantra Chanting
- 06:30 - 07:30 Pranayama
- 07:30 - 09:00 Hatha yoga (Classical)
- 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 - 13:00 Excursion time
- 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
- 14:30 - 15:00 Free time
- 15:00 - 16:00 Basic yoga anatomy
- 16:00 - 16:15 Tea break
- 16:30 - 18:00 Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga
- 18:00 - 19:00 Relaxation and meditation
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 21:00 Free time
- 21:30 Lights Off
Included excursions
- Famous Parthmarth Niketan Aarti
- Ganga river rafting
- Himalayan and riverside tour
- Local market tour in Rishikesh
- Waterfall trekking
- Visit of the famous temples across the city
- View of sunrise
Instructors
Vikas Bisht
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Vikash Bisht was born in the picturesque hill town of Rishikesh in the year 1982. Just at the age of 16, he discovered his interest towards yoga. At that very young age, he gained a lot of recognition due to his teaching of the Hatha Yoga while regularly attending the acupressure, naturopathy, intensive courses, and yoga therapy classes. His great passion towards yoga teaching and aesthetic way of life turned his life towards devoutness, self analysis, and meditation. Afterwards, he escalated his insights of correcting and assisting yoga students.
Yogi Mohan Jee
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Yogi Mohan Jee is a well-qualified and competent yoga teacher with experiences in Hatha Yoga, Shivananda Yoga, Raj Yoga, Acupressure, and nephropathy. His professionalism has made him successful in the field of conducting 200, 300, and 500 hours yoga teacher training in India. He started his yoga learning when he was just 15. He is regularly participating in the seminars and yoga festivals being conducted all over the world. His deep understandings of body alignments and asanas have helped him a lot in giving basic comprehension over the human body.
Shailendra Rana
Yogi Shailendra Rana is a qualified and experienced Hatha yoga and pranayama instructor at Rishikesh Yoga Home. He was born in a spiritual family in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. He began his yoga journey in the lap of Himalayas from multiple yoga schools in Rishikesh. His dedication towards yoga made him move towards the deep learning of yoga. He initiated himself into the path of yoga and meditation. In his achievements, he has visited several countries to teach and explore yoga, following the syllabus of the Yoga Alliance, USA. He brings sincere love for students in the classes he holds.
Yogini Richa Mishra
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Meet Yogini Richa Mishra. The well experienced and exposed Yogini with the skills of basic Hatha and Ashtanga yoga. She is also well trained in Core Yoga and Hatha Flow. Since her childhood, she has dedicated his life to spirituality and yogic life. She is truly blessed with her talent for yoga in her life. She has been doing this for a long time. Her knowledge has given a chance to share her yoga experience with several yoga lovers in different parts of the country. She is a registered yoga instructor Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusadhana Samantha, Bengaluru, India.
Retreat location
This retreat takes place in Rishikesh, India. Rishikesh is a city in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand, in the Himalayan foothills beside the Ganges River. The river is considered holy, and the city is renowned as a center for studying yoga and meditation.
Temples and ashrams (centers for spiritual studies) line the eastern bank around Swarg Ashram, a traffic-free, alcohol-free and vegetarian enclave upstream from Rishikesh town.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Rishikesh Yoga Home provides three vegetarian meals, two herbal tea and a vegetables - fruit drinks daily to the yogis and keep them under a Sattvic state.
Sattvic food is the purest diet, the most suitable one for any serious yoga student. It nourishes the body and maintains a peaceful state. This, in turn, calms and purifies the mind, enabling it to function at its maximum potential.
A Sattvic diet will ultimately lead to true health; a peaceful mind in control of a fit body, with a balanced flow of energy between them.
Sattvic foods include:
- wholemeal bread
- fresh fruit and vegetables
- pure fruit juices
- milk
- butter and cheese
- legumes
- nuts
- seeds
- sprouted seeds
- honey and herb teas
Some points on food lifestyle of a yogi
- A yogic diet should be complete vegetarian and Sattvic
- A yogic diet should be free from chemicals and stimulants
- A yogic diet should contain fresh food
- A yogic diet should be at regular intervals, two hours before asanas, practices, and sleep
- Take time to fast
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- 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)
- White river rafting
- Additional spa treatments
Spa treatments
During this training, you will be treated with one free Ayurvedic massage & 1 Traditional Mehandi Class. You can also book the following treatments for an additional cost:
- Karma massage
- Marma massage
- Ayurvedic treatment
- Anti-aging treatment
- Physiotherapy
- Stress management therapy
- Neurotherapy
What's included
- Daily yoga and meditation class
- 1 Ayurvedic cooking class
- 1 traditional Mehandi class
- 2 daily herbal tea
- 3 daily organic vegetarian meals
- 6 nights accommodation
- Asanas, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, and philosophy
- Guidance from certified yoga instructors
- Multiple local sightseeing tours
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Additional meals and activities
- Personal expenses
- Air conditioned / private room charge
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DED
Jolly Grant Airport
17 km
Transfer included
DEL
Indira Gandhi International Airport
200 km
Transfer available for additional US$75 per person
Arrival by airplane
Jolly Grant Airport - Dehradun Airport (DED) is the nearest airport to Rishikesh which is approximately 35 kilometres away. Popular carriers like Air India, Spice Jet, and Jet Airways often have daily flights from New Delhi. Apart from Delhi, there is a flight from Lucknow to Dehradun as well.
Once you reach the airport, you can opt for a regular taxi or bus service which is easily available from Dehradun to Rishikesh. The second nearest international airport for Rishikesh is in New Delhi which is well-connected with different cities across the globe.
Arrival by bus
Being a popular tourist destination, Rishikesh has a good network of buses connecting it with important places such as Haridwar, Dehradun, and New Delhi.
Buses depart in the morning and late evening from the Kashmere Gate ISBT, New Delhi for Rishikesh every day. You can choose from a regular, deluxe, or a luxurious coach.
Arrival by train
The nearest railhead to Rishikesh is in Haridwar which is approximately 25 kilometres away. Haridwar, in turn, is linked to major Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Varanasi. Some of the popular trains are Shatabadi Express, Jan Shatabdi, AC Special Express, and Mussoorie Express.
For those making the journey to Rishikesh, it is advisable to take the train till Haridwar and then either take a bus or hire a taxi to Rishikesh. While the bus would take about 45 minutes, the taxi will take you to Rishikesh in about half an hour.
Driving directions
Driving up to Rishikesh is worth considering, as it is connected to other cities via the National Highway 58, which is in a good condition for most of the year.
The short stretch of hilly terrain may be a little rutted, but tourists prefer to take a taxi or drive up to Rishikesh. The drive from Delhi to Rishikesh would take approximately 6 to 7 hours.
Airport: Jolly Grant Airport
Airport transfer included: Jolly Grant Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Indira Gandhi International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$75 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% 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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