7 Day Holistic Relaxing and Rejuvenating Yoga Retreat in Rishikesh, India
India Yoga Retreat
This Yoga Retreat in Rishikesh is made to help you attain a better comprehension of yourself, and hopefully, the role and aim of your life. Through relaxation and rejuvenation, Vinyasa Yoga Shala hopes to give you the chance to let go of the stress that your day-to-day lives bring you in today’s busy world so that you can center and focus on what’s truly important to your life.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Yoga material
- Enjoy Kirtan night session
- Daily nutritious vegetarian meals and tea
- One the Himalayas sightseeing trip
- Free Pickup from Dehradun Airport
- 6 nights accommodation
- Weekend excursions
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Health Club
- Sauna
- Spa
- Steam room
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Café
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- ATM / banking
- Beauty salon
- Board rental
- Car rental
- Cell phone rental
- Convenience / grocery store
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hair salon
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laptop rental
- Laundry
- Library
- Medical assistance
- Meeting room
- Newspapers
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
During this retreat, you will stay in a private room at the Vinyasa Yoga Shala Yog Niketan Ashram. Your will enjoy your own private room and bathroom to take comfort. It is important for each student to have their own private sanctuary in order to retreat inwards, reflect, and recharge after an intense day of class.
Each room is furnished with a wardrobe, table and chairs, and a private bathroom, with a hot and cold water facility for a soothing warm shower after a full day of practice.
For your stay, you would be given comfortable, pleasant, and hygienic rooms. Every single room would have a person-attached bathroom coupled with both cold and hot water. Apart from this, the rooms will be endowed with free Wi-Fi and essential amenities for daily needs. You can pick a shared room or opt for a solo one too.
Program
Through the tools of asana and pranayama practices, eating healthy and pure Sattvik food, and focusing on the improvement of your posture your mind and body will have the chance to grow stronger and more balanced in just one week. The tools of meditation and mantra chanting will help you to relax and rejuvenate your mind, allowing you to clear the spiritual path within your mind.
Sample itinerary
Day 1
- 06:00 Morning yoga
- 07:45 Yoga detoxification/pranayama
- 11:00 Ayurvedic massage
- 18:00 Ganga Aarti (world famous prayer to Ganges)
Day 2
- 06:00 Morning yoga
- 07:45 Yoga detoxification/pranayama
- 11:00 Mauni Baba Cave
- 16:15 Evening yoga and meditation
Day 3
- 05:30 Morning yoga in Kunjapuri Temple
- 09:00 Himalaya trip (visit to the Tehri Lake)
Day 4
- 06:00 Morning yoga
- 07:45 Yoga detoxification/pranayama
- 11:00 Ayurvedic massage
- 15:30 Beatles Ashram visit
Day 5
- 06:00 Morning yoga
- 07:45 Yoga detoxification/pranayama
- 10:30 Introduction to Ayurveda
- 16:15 Evening yoga/yoga Nidra
Day 6
- 07:00 Yoga class near River Ganga
- 10:30 Rafting
- 18:00 Meditation and relaxation
Day 7
- 06:00 Morning yoga
- 07:45 Yoga detoxification/pranayama
- 10:30 Trekking to visit waterfall
Included excursions
Excursion for this course
Vinyasa Yoga Shala knows how important it is for their students to feel connected to the place they are studying yoga. That’s why their curriculum includes spiritual, educational, and relaxing trips to Yogic Caves, the sacred river the Ganges, the Himalayan mountain, local sightseeing, and much more!
- Himalayan sunrise trip
- River rafting
- Yogi cave visit
- Ganga Arti
Instructors
Ashish Rawat
Ashish is well-versed with asanas and in teaching them to his students. He has been teaching in Rishikesh and other parts of the country for the last seven years. Ashish studied yoga at the famous International Vishwaguru School of Yoga Vedniketandham in Rishikesh. He obtained his master's degree in yogic sciences from Sanskrit University in Uttarakhand. He has also attended several workshops and seminars on physical education, sports training, and yoga in various parts of the country. Teaching Hatha yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Vinyasa flow, and adjustment alignment of postures.
Tanushree Rawat
Tanushree Rawat is responsible for teaching asanas, pranayama, meditation, mantras, and other yoga forms. She obtained her post-graduate in Yoga from Sanskrit University in Haridwar in 2011. She continued her education by obtaining a Master of Science in Yogic Science in 2013. Furthermore, she completed her six-months certificate training from Ved Niketan Ashram and a 200-hour yoga teacher training program at Jeevmoksha Yoga Gurukul.
Shivam Rawat
Shivam having deep knowledge of philosophy and specializing in Indian Philosophy did a systematic study on Patanjali yoga sutra, Upanishad, and Buddhist literature. Having been sharing their experience of philosophy and how to utilize the knowledge in day-to-day life with a practical approach through reasoning, he initiated his learnings from Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, completed his MA in yoga from MS university Vadodara, Diploma in Buddhism from Mumbai university, Diploma in Pali language, and Certificate in Buddhist teaching and Vipassana meditation.
Yogi Aman Ji
Born and raised in a small village northern state of Uttarakhand Indian, in the Himalayan foothills beside the Ganges River. Aman is the elder son in his village family where the family needed his physical help on daily household duty. He is a hard-working boy who attending school in the morning and helping the family in the second half of the day till late at night. Aman’s classes will challenge you, make you sweat, and push you to the next level. The yoga sequence will open and strengthen your body all while bringing you to a state of peace, relaxation, and rejuvenation.
Ravi Bisht
Ravi Bisht is a registered yoga teacher of 500 Hours from the Yoga Alliance USA commenced his yogic journey 15 years back after completing his graduation in Uttrakhand (Rishikesh). With the intention of spreading yoga as a tool for overall well-being, Ravi Bisht the most well-known and experienced Hatha yoga teacher in Rishikesh started his yogic path 16 years ago in the spiritual city of Rishikesh where he was born and brought up, he had a keen interest as a child to pursue this 5000-year-old traditional science which was widely practiced in his city.
Yogi Raghav
Yogi Raghav is an awakened personality and he is strongly rooted in Hatha yoga and Therapeutic yoga. His style is dynamic combination of intelligent sequencing and alignment for the body and health condition of the person. He was introduced to yoga at a very tender age. He became a devotee of Rama and long-time he lived with a monastic life. Now he is serving the mission of yoga with us to bring peace in the world.
Siddha Ji
Siddha Ji brings a wealth of knowledge from his diverse experience and background, he has been formally educated with a master of business administration in marketing management and a postgraduate in retail management and also has a degree in geography. He has experience working with Multinational companies in Dubai and India. Siddha Ji has been always a follower of his passion and wanted to follow his passion of yoga he came to the yoga capital Rishikesh, and eventually, he successfully completed 500 RYT Teachers training courses.
Rohit Kumar
Rohit Kumar comes from the northern province of Bihar, India. Academically, he is a Master's in English Language and Literature and a Bachelor in Law from Indian Universities. He started practicing and teaching Yoga practices at the early stage of his life at Yoga Sansthan (a Yoga Ashram), in his hometown, Begusarai, and in the later years on invitation, he has visited several places to disseminate the principles of Yoga along with its practice. The main focus of his classes is Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Kriya Yoga although depending upon the needs he combines other aspects of Yoga.
Shobhit Ghanshyala
Shobhit started his yoga journey at a very young age. He has lived in Shivananda Ashram, Trivandrum, and Divine Life Society, Rishikesh to nurture his yogic journey through various learnings. Studied and practiced Yoga under many renowned Gurus from different yoga ashrams and schools. Professionally qualified with multiple certifications and yoga courses and have taught in different countries. Teacher in 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, 300-Hour and 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Courses. His teachings inspire and motivate students to understand more & more about yoga education.
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh was born and raised in very spiritual family. He graduated from Garhwal University with a Science background. He transformed after meeting his guru who helped him realize and understand energy and how he is connected intimately to society and others through his own energy. His guru taught him to cultivate this energy through his personal practices. He developed his knowledge further and began sharing with others, towards building a strong foundation for society. He continued practicing under his guru, furthering his education and learnin how to teach others according to his gurus teach
Yogi Deepak
Deepak started his Yoga Journey in 2005. He is certified by the Yoga Alliance, holds a Diploma in Yoga and Masters in Yoga Science. In the year 2009, he conducted a workshop on Yoga which motivated him to move to Rishikesh for pursuing yoga professionally. Since the year 2010 under the guidance of his guru, Deepak has been providing customised Yoga Therapies to differently-abled people. He is particularly loved by his students for his sunny disposition and kind nature. He is experienced in the aspects of Pranayama and Shatkarma.
Yogi Sushant Pandey
Sushanth was born in the Yoga capital of the world, Rishikesh. His Yogic Journey started in 1997 when he started his postgraduate course in Yoga Psychology at the world-renowned Bihar School of Yoga where he learned both the theoretical and practical aspects of the Yogic Discipline through a psychological lens. Upon graduation, he joined the university as a lecturer who led practical classes on Hatha yoga, kundalini yoga, meditation, and philosophy with a focus on Samkhya (the theoretical foundation), Tantra (principles), Kundalini (a form of innate intelligence) among other philosophies.
Mandeep Bhatt
Mandeep Bhatt Ji has been an ardent student of Vedic Study for the last 20+ years and has been teaching Mantra Chanting and Kundalini yoga for teacher training programs at Vinyasa Yogashala Rishikesh India.
Rozee Srichandran
Meet Rozee Srichandran, also known as the flying master of Vinyasa Yogashala. She is an expert in Aerial Yoga. She has worked in Beijing as a Pilates, yoga & aerial teacher for five years. Her expertise lies in understanding students' fears and helping them overcome them through yoga. Her expertise as a yoga teacher is diverse and expansive, as she has been teaching yoga for the last 15 years. Indeed, her experience and dedication in yoga is commendable. Though she adorns a lot of feathers in her achievement hat, she is a humble human being, someone who associates with generosity and humanity
Abhishek
Meet Vinyasa's omnipresent teacher, Abhishek. Students are amazed to see how a young and enthusiastic teacher like him can fill a room full of dullness with so much energy and passion with his knowledge and interest in yoga. The most incredible part is he is all over the place; you can spot him on a trek with you, and you may find him doing photography at excursions & definitely in the class teaching his favorite subject, Sound Healing. He is an expert in sound healing; students love what he makes them experience through sound and emotions. It is definitely an experience one should go through.
Jeet
At the tender age of twelve, Jeet began his journey into the depths of Yoga, seeking solace for his partially deaf ears and hyper-acidic body. Through dedicated practice, his hearing mended, and his body found balance once more, marking a transformative progress in his life. Now, with over a decade of personal practice and formal teaching, Jeet teaches students Vinyasa Flow, Hatha Yoga, and Mantra Chanting and guides them through 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training courses.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place at the Vinyasa Yoga Shala Yog Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. The holy atmosphere of Rishikesh being at the foothills of the Himalayas which is at an altitude of 372 meters alongside the sacred Ganga River makes one indulge in themselves and dwell deeper. The Vinyasa Yoga Shala is located in the mountains at a distance of five kilometers from the main city with shops within reach.
Distances
- Rishikesh City, 5 kilometers
Unique features
Activities
- Massage
General
- Kitchen
- Yoga shala
Services
- Library
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Special attention is given to food. You would be given proper breakfast, lunch, and dinner. These foods will be vegetarian and proper attention is given to high nutritious ingredients. The meals would be catered with fresh fruits, salad, and healthy beverages. You also have the ease of opting for gluten-free food too. It would be as per the needs of the aspirants. Please note you have to inform us well in time about your choices.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
What's included
- 6 nights accommodation
- Yoga material
- Daily nutritious vegetarian meals and tea
- Kirtan night
- One the Himalayas sightseeing trip
- Weekend excursions
- Free Pickup from Dehradun Airport
What's not included
- Ayurvedic panchakarma and treatment
- Air conditioner (on additional charges)
- Visa fee/air fare/taxi pick-up from Delhi, Haridwar
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Jolly Grant Airport
15 km
Transfer included
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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