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Why Choose Rishikesh for Your Next Yoga Retreat

Author: Manmohan Singh
by Manmohan Singh
Posted: Jul 21, 2017

Summary: Understand how Rishikesh could be of key significance in your learning of yoga and why it must be kept on top of the list of places to go for retreat

All souls who have enthusiastically immersed in yoga cannot deny how engagement to this discipline helps them become citizens of the world and enjoy vast cultural exposure. Yogis perpetually travel, sharing and caring for fellow human beings, handing out nuggets of yoga wisdom as they take retreats in different peaceful corners of the world and makes up a world community.

Wonderful as this life is, you might be in a fix at some point regarding which place next, and that is when we suggest you Rishikesh in India- the birth land of the ancient art, the place where it all began!

So, why take yoga retreat in Rishikesh? Let’s go over the highlights—

Centuries of Spiritual Heritage Along the Holy River

Rishikesh is as old as yoga itself and the river of life that flows through this beautiful Himalayan foothill town. The land is embedded in myths of the ancient times when ascetic sages and yoga practitioners from lives of householders chose this site as their venue for rigorous practice.

By the banks of the Ganges, temples and shrines have sprouted up in hundreds and more bringing testimony to the belief of the people. Even till modern times, Rishikesh stands as the supreme land of yoga heritage, being christened internationally as the world capital of yoga.

Western interest in Rishikesh intensified in the 20th century with the advent of the master of transcendental yoga, Sri Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Yoga retreat in Rishikesh thus could be full of intesting explorations in the legacy of yoga in this place which is essentially Indian in character. Even in the lived experience of inhabiting in this town would make you internalize yoga ethics like vegetarianism, offering of daily prayers to divinity, waking up to chants of auspicious mantras, and practice of universal love and brotherhood in all aspects of life and living.

A Pleasurable Mix of the Modern and the Idyllic

Rishikesh at a first glance may seem like a place tucked away from the mainstream of conventional life to somewhere far away against the backdrop of green forested hills and nature abundant. But the truth of the place is a happy mixture of modernity and idyllic peace.

When taking a yoga retreat in Rishikesh at one of its top reviewed yoga schools you will have all modern amenities—24X7 Wi-Fi, air-conditioned rooms, temperate running water, and you name it! Rishikesh is going to be memorable also for its interesting café culture by the river, place where you can go for a relaxing time in company of fellow yogis and friends, have pleasurable food and listen to inspiring music. All in all, Rishikesh is beautiful with nothing compromised in terms of comfort and good living.

Traditional Schools and Traditional Teachers

One of the foremost reasons to choose Rishikesh as your venue for yoga retreat in India is most definitely the traditional lineage the place is carrying through history. Here you are going to find the best of schools with teachers rooted in traditional learning of the subject.

You will find authorities on Sanskrit- a language almost extinct out of India here in Rishikesh. This is going to be an advantage for gaining an insight into the canonical yoga texts, mantra indexes, and paraphrasing on yoga postures because all of the original materials on this had been composed in Sanskrit. No yoga learning institutes in the West can facilitate this kind of authentic study!

About the Author

The Author is a passionate Yogi, traveler and Yoga Teacher in India. He loves writing and reading the books related to yoga, health, nature and the Himalayas.

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