Yoga Retreats in India, have taken the other countries of the world by storm, with its growing heights. Let us know what India has stored for us with its most old way of exercising ‘YOGA’.

“The very heart of yoga practice is ‘Abyhasa’ – steady effort in the direction you want to go.”

 

Yoga Retreats In India

A country like India, which is rich in holistic feelings, beaches, mountains, beautifully flowing rivers, is a perfect destination itself for yoga retreats.

India is the originating country of yoga, the history we don’t know, the times we can’t calculate, is the time from when the people are practicing yoga in the nation.

We have read and heard from our pilgrimage books about even our lords practicing yoga (dhyan). The history of yoga dates that back. To make the long story short, we have seen yoga since we have opened our eyes. You, me, all of us.

Yoga is a rejuvenating art of deep seating peace. It is the kind of exercising in which not just the body but also the soul relaxes and stretches for the gain of the ultimate wealth that is “health”.

India, its rich in its cultures, one such culture is derived and taken its birth from mother India that is BUDDHISM, the Buddhists are considered to be the most patronizing people for yoga. It is believed that the Buddhists even pray in the asana of yoga.

Nevertheless, any place for practicing yoga is a retreat but the ultimate peace and harmony can be achieved in certain parts of Incredible India.

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TOP 8 BEST YOGA RETREATS IN INDIA

 

1. RISHIKESH

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“YOGA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” Rishikesh is considered as the yoga destination for the men and women from all over the world. People flock to the holy town to attain peace and harmony with the ‘asana’ of yoga. The city puts up on the banks of the holy river GANGES. The holy town is situated in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayas.

Rishikesh is a perfect location for the fitness freaks to fly to this place and join a retreat centre for total relaxation while learning and practicing yoga. Rishikesh is considerably closer to the heart of god, hence people love to perform yoga and feel their direct connection to the heavenly power. With Religious Yoga Tour of India, One could feel the pious river and the charm of the beastly beautiful mountains around them and relax in the arms of nature.

Places like the Phoot Chatli, (a yoga ashram situated on the banks of the Ganges) are few examples where people of the world and the country come and purify their souls in the lap of the God’s city.

 2. MYSORE

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The city is located in the heart of the Indian state Karnataka. Mysore shares the history of yoga since a very long time. People have always considered the town as a perfect location to perform the best way of exercising “yoga”. Mysore is a superb destination for beaches and wildlife.

It gives a direct connection to the fresh and clear atmosphere of nature. Not just Mysore but the whole of the Karnataka is a beautiful and calm place to perform and relax our souls with the practice of yoga. One must visit the place and sit in the asana of yoga to feel the direct attachment to the nature and how good you may feel could just not be concluded in words or adjectives.

The ASTANGA INSTITUTE, in Mysore, is one place which could be of total time utilization with the performing arts of yoga. The instructors and yoga gurus of the institute are very learned and can make a normal person attached to their heavenly side in just a few days of yoga lessons.

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3. DHARAMKOT

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The place is situated in the heart of Himachal Pradesh. The state itself arouses our soul to feel the greed of flying to the land of mountains and river, decorated with the tiara of snow covered hill tops. Doesn’t the place sound exactly as where to go and feel the piousness of the aroma spared by it? If yes is the answer, come to the peaceful land of Dharamkot with Enchanting Himachal Tour.

The attractive land which presents us the total beauty of nature and the fresh air is oh so amazing. Though the place is less traveled and less know if kept in competition with McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala, the calmness and serenity of the land make it one of the finest destinations to perform the art of yoga and spend a week or two with the gorgeousness spread by nature. The town has a number of places to settle down for the yoga retreatment program to choose from.

Himalayan Iyengar yoga centre is the hot favorite of the people visiting the town of Dharamkot. The branches of the Iyengar institutes are also in Chennai and southern cities of the country.

4. GOA

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GOA!! It is not just a town or a state of India; it is an expression. The place is hands down the most loved destination of the foreigners or even the Indians. The beaches, clubs, bars, markets; stand out and make the place the perfect hangout for the men and women. The green atmosphere, clear weather tickles the soul to visit the place and relax for some time on the laid back beaches and beautiful resorts of the state.

But just for once let’s choose the yoga resorts as our destination, and then we would know the exact beauty of the state. The calmness it has to offer in the form of greenery and beaches could be the perfect place for settling down on the mats and perform some soul refreshing exercises taught to us by the yoga gurus. People do come to Goa for the attainment of peace and harmony as the place just fits in the closet of the perfect retreat for yoga in India.

Purple valley in Asangao is considerably one of the finest places to learn and perform yoga with the background of perfect landscapes.

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 5. KERALA

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Most people have no idea how good their body is designed to feel a quote by Kevin Trudeau why not let’s prove him wrong and plan a trip to the visually astonishing and stupendous destination Southern India, namely KERALA.

The green lengthening palm trees, banana trees and the beautiful and super clean beaches, with the taste of the heavenly Dosas and idlis, makes the state of Kerala no doubt one of the purest and eye pleasing places to find in India.

The whole of the state is popular for their healthy being, and the reason being the ultimate believe in the art of yoga. Why not plan a yoga vacation in the Kerala and visit different yoga resorts for the perfect view and heart pleasing places to learn and make our body feel good about it.

Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram, in Trivandrum, could be a best chosen place for a yoga retreat trip in Southern India with the backwaters and the greenery being your background score.

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6. PONDICHERRY

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Beautiful! Gorgeous! Amazing! Charming! Oh no! no! No! None of these adjectives could fit in to describe the heavenly beauty of the union territory. The lush green fauna, the beaches, the colorful and extremely clean buildings make this place a home for the God himself.

When the rain falls on the ground of the territory it is like the city just wore a new green dress with the blue borders of the beaches. Such a place could never compete with its freshness and purity with other places, it is so majestic one can’t think how to not give its heart and soul to the place.

The yoga in the town is famous and extremely performed, and could certainly give most of its advantage because of the pleasant ecosystem laid by the nature. The resorts and ashrams of the union territory are just a perfect home away from home.

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Not to mention one as there are a no. of yoga resorts and ashrams of national and international fame in the place as beautiful as the garden of deity’s house.

7. VARANASI

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VARANASI which is also known as Kashi or Banaras. It is home to the holy river Ganges and is situated in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. Other than the grand Aarti and the very auspicious temples of the town, there is one thing which stands the place out because of its believe in yoga and rejuvenating meditation.

The place is home to a lot of sages and saints, who believe the true power lies in ourselves and to find the inner self we have to sit in ‘dhyan’ that is meditation to have a direct connection with the deity. Sitting in the heart of the god and performing yoga taking his name could be helpful in attaining ‘moksha’.

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The yoga house in Varanasi is an ideal spot for people to learn Yoga, whether they are fitness freaks or not.

8. CHENNAI

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Chennai which was also called Madras is a capital of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a 100% literacy rate. The people and the environment make the place a pleasure to stay and roam around. The green landscape and the backwaters flowing across the city make it a pleasant site.

Ranked 43 rd most visited city in the world in 2015 census, this place charms a lot of tourists with its beauteous magnet of serenity and the colorful culture. This has been a yoga park for the tourists from around the world to learn different kinds of yoga in the ashrams by the extremely qualified yoga gurus.

Shivanand ashrams in Chennai are the most popular place for the tourists to have a stay and free their bodies in learning the art of yoga, as it is brilliantly said by Jigar Gor,

”YOGA IS NOT ABOUT TOUCHING TOES, IT IS WHAT YOU LEARN ON THE WAY DOWN”.

So, what are you waiting for, plan a trip to one of these places and purify and pacify your soul with the delighting fine art of yoga. Till then stay fit pack up for a trip.