The Inner Yogic Experience

[Guest guest]

Ganges Retreat – February 25-29, 2008

 

Yoga and Ayurveda Post-Conference

 

Spend five days deepening your experience of Yoga at a beautiful

resort on the banks of the Ganga, above Rishikesh in the Himalayas.

The main venue for the program will be the Glass House on the Ganga,

a Neemrana Hotels property, one of the best facilities available on

the river itself. It is set in a lychee orchard with a garden of

tropical plants, rare birds and butterflies, with a private sand

beach of its own. The Glass House's specially designed cottages by

the roaring Ganga has excellent food and offers natural therapies,

and river rafting nearby.

 

The retreat will also feature the Ananda Kashi property next to the

Glass House, another beautiful large river front property. Ananda

Kashi contains a special cottage where Anandamayi Ma, probably the

most famous woman saint and yogini of modern India, used to stay, and

a small temple where she used to perform her rituals. This facility

is not otherwise open to any public programs.

 

This magical region of the Ganga is especially sacred because it is

the only place apart from Varanasi where the river flows north back

towards its source, taking a northern loop before turning south to

reach Rishikesh and the plains of India. Nearby is the famous

Vasishta Guha, a cave sacred to the ancient rishis and used by modern

saints as well, that the participants will visit during their stay.

 

This unique program will focus on the deeper teachings of Yoga in the

presence of Ma Ganga, the most sacred river of India. It is designed

to bring the participant into the living energy of Shiva and Shakti

in their Himalayan homeland. It will feature pujas (rituals), havans

(fire offerings), Meditation, Yoga and Mantra taught in a personal

and practical manner. The participant will learn how Yoga, Ayurveda,

Vedic astrology, Veda and Tantra come together to unfold the deepest

aspects of our being. The retreat will allow one to benefit from the

healing presence of the Ganga, both as a physical and a spiritual

reality, and all the Divine powers and yogic energies that the river

carries – a veritable return to the source.

 

The program is designed enabling participants of the Yoga and

Ayurveda Conference to share the spiritual secrets of Yoga, in a

relaxed, comfortable retreat setting, with special guidance and

instruction. You can share in creating an inner experience of the

Himalayas and the Ganga with their ancient deities, yogis and sages.

They can also follow up the retreat by joining the International Yoga

Conference at Paramarth Niketan, which begins right after the retreat

ends.

 

Registration is very limited due to accommodation availability.

 

Experience the Ganga, the Goddess and Shiva

in a program designed to take you into the deeper realms of the Inner

Yoga

 

Teachers:

 

Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva) and Shambhavi Chopra will share their

experience of the Ganga, Shiva and Shakti, and the Yoga and Ayurveda

teachings. Betheyla will teach special Yoga classes with reference to

Ayurveda. This will be the first such retreat they will be teaching.

 

Dr. Frawley is a world renowned author and teacher on Yoga, Ayurveda,

and Vedic Astrology. He is currently director of the American

Institute of Vedic Studies and conducts programs worldwide. Dr.

Frawley will also be a keynote speaker at the International Yoga and

Ayurveda Conference (February 21 – 25), and the International Yoga

Conference (March 1 – 7) at Paramarth Niketan in Rishikesh.

 

Shambhavi Chopra is the author of Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess

Within, a best selling book in India on Tantra and the worship of the

Goddess. She has visited the great Himalayan holy places and knows

how to contact their energies and bring them to life for others to

experience. Her new book on her personal experiences with the great

Goddess Kali is being released in July 2007: Yogic Secrets of the

Dark Goddess: Lightning Dance of Supreme Shakti.

 

Experienced teachers of Yoga, will lead the students in daily asana

and pranayama classes.

 

The program will also feature a specially trained traditional Pandit

to perform the pujas and Vedic rituals. Other special guests and

colleagues of Vamadeva and Shambhavi will attend the program.

 

The teachers will be available for consultations.

 

PROGRAM: See detailed program, a total of 35 hours.

 

COST: From US$ 920.00 per person, see Registration Form for all

details. Note that the Gaganvan and Gangeshwari Suites are

exceptionally goregeous suites with their own verandah.

 

REGISTRATION: Please use our Registration Form to register.

 

COST INCLUDES:

 

Transportation from Rishikesh to the Glass House on 25 February,

Accommodation from night of February 25 to afternoon of February 29,

Meals from dinner on February 25 to brunch on February 29 with tea in

your bedroom, brunch and dinner every day,

Transportation from the Glass House to Rishikesh on February 29.

 

COST DOES NOT INCLUDE:

 

Departure Taxes or Visa handling fees,

VISAS ARE REQUIRED FOR TRAVEL TO INDIA,

Beverages, mineral water, alcohol, laundry, telephone calls or other

items of personal nature,

Increases in Government taxes or fees,

Services not specially stated in the itinerary,

Travel to and from Rishikesh, and,

International Air to and from India.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: E-mail: Deepak Singh, Spiritual Journeys,

Inc., 25 Hazelbrook Lane, Wayland, MA 01778, USA. Ph: 508-358-4267,

or fax: 508-358-8148.

 

Event Managers:

 

Renu Gulati was born in the UK and currently lives in Rishikesh. She

studied Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy at Edinburgh University,

worked as an Immigration lawyer in both the charitable and

international corporate sectors and then qualified as a Yoga asana

teacher and as an Ayurvedic Practitioner. She is currently writing

her thesis for an M.Sc in Ayurvedic Medicine from Middlesex

University in London, manufacturing Ayurveda Incense and organizing

spiritual retreats in India. She is also the Rishikesh and Europe co-

ordinator for this " Ayurveda and Yoga – Where Science Meets

Consciousness " conference at Rishikesh in February 2008.

 

Deepak Singh was born in India, studied as a mechanical engineer in

England, attempted to understand air craft engines, developed

products for the coal industry, cleaned fuel for the offshore North

Sea oil platforms, went to India as the auto industry was opening up,

came to the USA to work on alternative fuels, sold Ayurvedic

products, and is now packaging spiritual journeys to India. As an

event manager, he has managed more than 50 multi-day and multi-

hundred people conferences all over the world. He is also managing

the " Ayurveda and Yoga – Where Science Meets Consciousness "

conference in Rishikesh in February 2008.

 

Please see further details at

 

http://www.spiritualjourneys.net/Tours/Ganges%20Retreat.htm