7 Day Online Meditation Retreat
India Classical and Traditional Meditation Retreat
This retreat offers different techniques that could help you experience meditation, it is designed for mind training. From past experiences, Sanatana Yog Sandesh knows the ability of the mind which can witness and identify with external and internal objects, visualize, imagine to hold on to any particular internal and external object. These can be used to understand the mind and to explore the recess of the mind.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- 2 live sessions daily for 6 days
- 1.5-hour live session
- Live sessions will be held over Skype, Zoom, or other social media/online platforms that work
- Live sessions' timezone: Rishikesh, India (IST/GMT+5:30)
- With meditation, you will also learn how to practice different practices of yoga, how to make a program, ethical guidelines, a yogic lifestyle, a holistic approach to yoga, chakra and body awareness, etc.
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Program
How the retreat works
There will be 2 live sessions daily for 6 days when you join this yoga and meditation retreat.
Timing of sessions (IST/GMT+5:30)
Daily schedule
- 06:30 - 08:00 Hatha yoga and relevant practices
- 16:30 - 18:00 Philosophy and meditation
Please note that the times are tentative and all are based on India Standard Time (GMT+5:30).
Retreat information
Syllabus
The retreat incorporates several topics that help one to enter into the yogic culture of meditation. They are:
- Hatha yoga asana - Different basic postures of Hatha yoga such as preparatory movements of joints, muscles, and parts of the body, standing, supine, prone (backward, forward, and spine twist), inversion and balance, specific asana helpful for relaxation and meditation such as Shavasana, Sukhasana, Ardha Padmasana, Padmasana, Siddhasana, Siddha Yoni Asana, Swastikasana, Dhyana Veerasana, Vajrasana and Padadhirasana, etc.
- Pranayama - Udar Svashan, Vaksha Svashan, Griva Svashan, Yogic Svashan, Nadi Shodhana, Bhramari and Ujjayi with special method which helps towards meditation.
- Mudra - Some basic gestures of fingers and body to affect the energy in the body such as - Jnana, China, Bhirava, and Bhairavi etc.
- Satkarma - Practices for purification of the body in Yoga (Jala Neti).
- Meditation - Fundamental practices of Yoga Nidra, Yogic breathing with awareness, Fundamental practices of developing awareness, Kaya asthairyam (stillness of body), Awareness of natural breath, Awareness of peace, Bhao aaropan (Awareness of feelings), Developing awareness with mantra such as AUM, Sharir darshan (Body awareness), Awareness of certain symbols, Chakra Awareness and Atmanubhav (Self-awareness).
- Lecture on some important topics - How to do different practices of yoga, how to make the program, ethical guidelines, yogic lifestyle, and holistic approach of yoga.
- Karma yoga - During the retreat, individuals would be required to participate in Karma yoga. Depending upon the requirements they may involve you in this.
Suggested yoga books
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Raja Yoga - Swami Vivekananda or
- Four Chapters on Freedom - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Yoga Darshan - Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Anatomy and Physiology - not specified
Eligibility
Anyone can join. The participants must have proper access to the internet and useful devices that help them follow the program conveniently.
Instructors
Rohit Kumar
Rohit is the founder and lead trainer of Sanatana Yog Sandesh. Literature, metaphysics, Tantra, and yoga have been matters of interest in his life since a young age. Having started yoga classes at Yoga Sansthan, he visited several places to disseminate the principles of yoga along with its practices. He traveled to many countries of the European Union such as the Netherlands, Germany, etc, where he received a lot of exposure to various aspects of human life and could feel how yoga could be implemented into several walks of life.
Niveda Arora
Niveda Arora comes from Delhi. She has been a trained yoga instructor with 5 years of long teaching experiences to various yoga teacher training courses across different states of India and abroad. For the last 2 years Niveda has been in Rishikesh teaching at various toga schools to students coming for yoga teacher training from all parts of the world. In yoga teaching her interests are Hatha, Vinyasa and Anatomy lectures.
Neha Baliyan
Neha was born and raised in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. She was introduced to yoga in her childhood while reading Srimad Bhagavad Gita. It brought a deep influence in her childhood psyche. Since then she has been naturally attracted towards the practice of yoga, pranayama and meditation.
Naomi Nakajima
Naomi Nakajima is a very experienced yoga teacher. She studied many fields of education. She worked as a designer, a stylist and an assistant photographer but she continued as a professional photographer. She moved to the Netherlands and studied medicine for a decent livelihood. After her study, she started working as a pharmacist. She travelled to India to fulfil promises to her mother. Here yoga and meditation became her interest. She did for several years different kinds of yoga trainings like Hatha, Ashtanga, Yin, Kundalini, meditation, Kriya, chanting, prayer, kirtan and rituals etc.
Danny Knight
Danny, from the UK, found his calling much later in life, spending the first 25 years of his career working in London culminating in him becoming head of the department at what is now the world’s largest insurance broker. However, feeling unfulfilled and in great personal suffering he sought out answers and relief through the study of various modern esoteric modalities, as taught by people such as Dr Joe Dispenza. However, this opened Pandora’s box to many experiences he was not able to understand, or in fact, be ready for. This led him to seek knowledge of the forces behind these experiences.
Dr. Rohit Chobe
Dr. Rohit Chobe was born and brought up in Haridwar which is one of holy pilgrimages in Uttarakhand, India. He has more than 12 years of experience in Yoga Philosophy and Indian Culture. He did his doctorate in Yogic Science from Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar in 2018. He has a wonderful teaching experience as an Assistant Professor in Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh from Sep 2021-Sep 2023 which is one of India’s best private Universities. He is a Certified Sound Healer and Reiki Master. His specialisation is in Meditation and Sanskrit Recitation.
Rajia Nautial
Rajiv is a very experienced Yoga teacher. Academically he holds a bachelor’s in Engineering from Graphic Era University. He worked in this field for some months. Later he felt a need to make a substantial change in his life. He found Yoga and he immersed himself in this to experience life deeper. He graduated in Yogic Science from Uttarakhand University and also in Yoga Naturopathy. He is an ERYT 500 Hours. He teaches Asana, Pranayama and meditation.
Yogi Mann
Yogi Mann comes from Delhi, India. He is a very calm and humble yoga practitioner who is always ready to help others in whatever way he can, be it guiding or counselling, teaching the techniques of Pranayama and meditation or teaching the therapeutic effects of Yoga. His main intention is to share with others the real essence of Yoga by which we can make the best use of this human form of life. His journey of Yoga started in teenage when he was quite inquisitive about the deeper truths of life. In search of the real goal of life he came across this beautiful process of Yoga and started practic
Pradeep Singh
Pradeep Singh comes from Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. Pradeep has done a bachelor in Arts. His inclination to Yoga was more dominant so he went for Yoga education. He completed a Yoga Course from Uttarakhand Sanskrit University and another 200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training. He trained students at Nomad Yoga – (May to Aug 2019), taught Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa as a part of Yoga teacher training. He trains international clients and International School students conducting online training sessions since 2015 and has trained approximately 150 students in the last 5 years.
Retreat location
This yoga and meditation retreat is held online. Sanatana Yog Sandesh is based in Rishikesh, India (IST/GMT+5:30) and they will live-stream the classes via Skype/Zoom/other online platforms which you can participate in from the comfort of your home by just using your phone or computer. You need to prepare a yoga mat, computer, and internet connection. Participant's proficiency in English is also needed for this retreat since the instructions will be delivered in English.
What's included
- 2 daily live sessions for 6 days
What's not included
- Meals
- Accommodation
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
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