7 Day Yoga, Meditation and Body Purification Retreat in Uttarakhand, India
Wellness Retreat India
Triguna Yoga offers this yoga and meditation retreat in Rishikesh which will help you discover the relationship between mind and body through yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques. They will show you how to balance yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally using five elements, asana, meditation, emotional detoxification techniques, and breathing techniques. Triguna Yoga focuses on self-development through self-understanding.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga classes (Hatha and Ashtanga)
- Meditation sessions and breathing techniques
- Emotional detoxification techniques
- Body detoxification with 5 elements
- Daily 3 healthy vegetarian meals
- 6 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Jolly Grant Airport (US$ 15 per person)
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 79 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Sauna
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Meditation garden
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Laundry
Dhyan Mandir is a beautiful ashram with two yoga halls with big garden spaces with flowers and many trees. There is free Wi-Fi access, a hot shower, and a filtered drinking water system.
There are private rooms and shared rooms, some of them have AC. The rooms are big, clean and have Western toilets and a wardrobe. Bedsheets, blankets, and pillows are provided for you. A washing machine is available to use for free any time you want to do laundry.
Program
This retreat is not an incoherent mix of yoga classes and meditation techniques but offers a deeper understanding of how you can use yoga asanas for mental health. Through the practice of some asanas, your energy level, mind patterns, and habits can be changed.
In the retreat, Triguna Yoga will show you the role of breathing in your life and how it creates opening and change in the self. A better quality of breath gives you a better quality of life.
Besides yoga asana and pranayama, you will work with the 5 elements to heal and detoxify physically, mentally, and emotionally. You will get an understanding and experience of how you can rebalance your body and mind without the use of herbs or medicine.
Triguna Yoga will especially focus on emotional detoxification kriyas: how you can release the side effects of your negative emotions. The detoxification with 5 elements includes mud and water treatments, breathing techniques as well as teachings on how you can increase the fire element and ether element (fasting).
The purpose of this retreat is to help the body and mind heal so that you can gain more inner stability and strength to deal with situations in life.
What makes this program one-of-a-kind?
Yoga posture/asana
There will be daily Hatha and Ashtanga yoga classes which help increase physical strength, inner strength, and the natural flexibility of the body and mind.
Meditation (Dhyana)
Meditation is a systematic practice that promotes physical, mental, and emotional tranquillity. It increases the vital energy in the body and gives you more aliveness, good blood circulation, and a relaxed nervous system.
- Breathing awareness meditation
- AUM (Om) or mantra meditation
- Trataka
- Tips for developing concentration
- Silence practice
- Sufi meditation
Yoga Nidra (physic sleep)
When a yoga practitioner moves through the various internal states of Yoga Nidra, a profound experience of relaxation occurs. This is called "turiya," a sensation of pure bliss. This will cover basic relaxation, tension relaxation, and full-body relaxation.
Yogic cleansing (shatkarma)
Yogic cleansing exercises are important to learn how to incorporate your breath and meditate properly during the physical aspects of yoga. It also removes the blockages in the energy channels. This will include:
- Jala Neti
- Vamana Dhauti
- Kapalabhati
Emotional detoxification kriyas
Emotional detoxification kriyas is a combination of removing knots in the body through pressing points, breathing techniques, release through sound and laughter, and meditation. It is a three-day program and very effective to release the effect of emotions and other toxins in the body.
- Body points
- Treatment structure
- Theory and lecture
- Treatment practice
- Relationship between emotional accumulation in body and thought pattern
Naturopathy
You will learn about the 5 elements and how to use them to detoxify body and mind. Mud, water, and air (breathing) therapy will be practiced and there are teachings about how to increase fire and ether element in life.
Sufi meditation
This is an intense meditation that is working on the physical, mental, and energetic levels.
Sample daily schedule
- 06:30 - 07:30 Body cleansing and detoxification with 5 elements
- 08:00 - 09:30 Asana class
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 12:30 Emotional detoxification techniques
- 13:30 Lunch and time to rest
- 16:00 Yoga asana class
- 18:00 Meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Instructors
Prakash
Prakash is born and brought up in a spiritual family in Uttar Pradesh, India. He has been introduced to a spiritual path and yoga at a very young age. He started practicing meditation, asanas, pranayama, and prayers in his childhood. On the path, he learned yoga from different institutes and traditions, like Astanga yoga from SVYASA Bangalore and extended courses from Satyananda’s (Bihar School Of Yoga), Munger. He has acquired academic qualifications earlier: a master of yoga and a master in English literature. Prakash is now guiding meditation, yoga, Tantra, mindfulness, and Kundalini.
Samadhi
Samadhi is uniquely inspiring and experienced pranayama, meditation, Yoga Nidra teacher, and therapist. She is a Dr. of Naturopathy from School of Naturopathy Gorakhpur, which includes whole naturopathy treatments with diet and therapeutic yoga. She has done extensive courses from Satyanand yoga (BSY Munger) and SVYASA Bangalore, where she got the perfect practical and theoretical knowledge of asana, pranayama, mudra, and bandha. She also learned yoga Nidra with its therapeutic qualities. Nowadays, Samadhi is giving sessions of pranayama, yoga Nidra, meditation, diet, and counseling.
Vishal Sharma
Vishal has been teaching yoga for many years. He is a teacher in Hatha, Iyengar, Flow, Ashtanga, and Shivananda yoga, meditation, and pranayama and is holding a Master's degree in the art of yogic science from Uttarakhand Sanskrit University.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place at the Triguna Yoga Center situated in Rishikesh, India. The holy city of Rishikesh, in the base of the Himalayas, holds deep cultural and spiritual significance for local Hindus.
Sacred rivers and mountains set the scene for yoga and reflective hikes. Rishikesh is a world yoga capital and every year thousands of people come to Rishikesh to learn yoga and meditation. There are hundreds of temples and ashrams in Rishikesh. Dhyan Mandir ashram is located a couple of kilometers from Rishikesh away from all noise and traffic and close to the holy Ganga river.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this course, you will be served three delicious vegetarian yogic meals per day. The food is carefully supervised and is prepared in a very natural and yogic manner while promoting the use of seasonal vegetables and fruits and avoiding all the artificially prepared edibles.
The cooks will give their best efforts to prepare the food with utmost devotion and love which could cater to the needs of nourishment of all the layers of your personality.
Some vegetarian food is vegan as well, and if not, there will always be vegan dishes available for the vegan students. Also, for food allergies like dairy or gluten allergy or any other diet, Triguna Yoga can provide foods according to your needs.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
During your free time, you can visit temples, shopping, experience river rafting at Ganga, or explore the natural treasures at the nearby area including caves, river beaches and waterfalls.
Spa treatments
Ayurvedic massage is available upon request. You can book our usual masseuse for a 60-minute sessions (or longer) at the ashram. Prices start from 1,000 INR (about 12 EUR) for a standard 60-minute massage. Ayurvedic and Deep Tissue around 1,500 INR (about 16 EUR).
What's included
- Daily yoga asana class
- Meditation sessions
- Naturopathic cleaning treatment
- Active breathing meditation
- Yoga Nidra
- Yogic cleansing and purification
- Emotional detoxification program (4 days)
- 6 nights accommodation
- 3 healthy vegetarian meals, tea, and water
- WiFi
- 1 yoga mat
- 1 Neti pot and 1 Basti pot
- 18% GST
What's not included
- Transportation to/from the retreat
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Jolly Grant Airport
17 km
Transfer not provided
Indira Gandhi International Airport
198 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Dehradun Airport (DED) or Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL). Triguna Yoga can arrange taxi service for you from both airports with the ashram's usual driver at the normal taxi rates.
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 luxurious coach.
Arrival by train
The nearest railhead to Rishikesh is in Haridwar which is approximately 25 kilometers 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.
Arrival by taxi
Taking a taxi 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 drive from Delhi to Rishikesh would take approximately six to seven hours. The approximate fare from New Delhi is between 5,000 and 6000 INR depending on the season and time of the day/night. From Dehradun, the drive is about 40 minutes to the school and the taxi fee is 1000 INR (about 13 EUR).
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% 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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