Yoga Immersion Retreat in India

This two week Yoga Immersion Retreat builds the practical foundation to learn yoga in a systematic way for beginners who want to establish a daily home practice. Intermediate students who have been doing yoga but not established well enough in their practice, can equally benefit from this course.

Senior citizens or students who are not comfortable practicing yoga in regular city classes find this retreat a perfect opportunity to explore their body, breath, and mind in a safe environs.  We welcome all students and customize the classes to their abilities and needs.

Yoga Immersion retreat covers daily practice of meditation, two yoga sessions, and one theory class.  The 3-4 hours/day of free time in the afternoon allows you to relax, go for a walk in mother nature, or read inspiring books for self reflection. We also offer Private Coaching or consultations with our expert teachers during this afternoon break.

Average group size: 5 – 10 students only. So, you get plenty of personal attention!

Daily Schedule:

06.00 – 06.30 am: Meditation
6.30 – 07.00 am:  Neti Practice & Hot Lemon Ginger Drink
07.00 – 09.00 am: Asanas & Pranayamas
09.00 – 10.30 am: Brunch & free time
10.30 – 12.30 pm: Philosophy
12.30 – 01.30 pm: Private Coaching (optional)
01.30 – 02.30 pm: Fruit and Snack Lunch
02.30 – 04.30 pm: Self-Study / Nature Walks
04.30 – 06.30 pm: Asanas & Pranayamas
06.30 – 07.00 pm: Optional Program
07.00 – 08.00 pm: Dinner
08.00 – 09.00 pm: Video Shows / Chanting (optional)
10.00 pm – 10.00 am: Silence / Self-Reflection

This time table is subject to change as per weather conditions.
Classes are held 6 days a week. The 7th day is for optional Day-Trips.

• Meditation: once daily, various guided techniques
• Morning Yoga: asanas and pranayamas
• Evening Yoga: mixed level, with explanations
• Yoga Philosophy: Yoga for Daily Life or Yoga in a Big Picture
• Detox: daily Neti practice, kapalabhati
• Video Shows: Cultural & Spiritual Videos etc.
• Chanting: Once a week
• Private one to one Coaching / consultation

Krishna Chaitanya
Krishna Chaitanya is a professional Yoga Trainer and Spiritual teacher, with a special expertise in the field of meditation, philosophy and psychology of Yoga-Vedanta. He lived and practiced for more than twelve years in some of the best ashrams in India – such as Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order (Calcutta), Bihar School of Yoga (Munger), Himalayan Tradition of Swami Rama (Rishikesh) and Sivananda Ashram (Kerala).

Embracing the monastic life at the age of 19, Krishna is a born social rebel and revolutionary thinker who doesn’t want to be brainwashed by books, teachers, or spiritual traditions – so naturally the result is, a roller coaster life in search of Unknown – that took him to various teachers and traditions in many parts of the world. After being a spiritual vagabond for years, he is now a living encyclopedia on Indian spirituality – and he is still a soul-warrior on a pathless path, experimenting with life and waiting for one real flash of life (eternity)!

Krishna will be teaching the morning philosophy class on Yoga in Big Picture and Anatomy and Teaching Methodology classes in our Teacher Training Retreats. 

Swami Prabodh Chaitanya
Swami Prabodh Chaitanya is a Yoga-Vedanta Scholar who also holds a Masters Degree in English literature, besides his traditional studies in Sanskrit under his teacher H.H Swami Bodhananda Saraswathi of the Chinmaya Mission.   He also took his Bramacharya initiation from H.H Swami Chinmayanandaji, the founder of Chinmaya Mission.  After his initiation Prabodh Chaithanya furthered his studies of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutra (aphorisms) under the guidance of H.H Swami Dayananada Saraswathi of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. Since completing his traditional studies in Yoga and Vedanta under these great teachers, Prabodhji has been lived and taught in Rishikesh and Varanasi for several Years.

Prabodhji will be teaching Meditation and Yoga Sutras during our YTT retreats. 

Vinod Rajan
Raised up in a farming community on the countryside of Kerala, Vinod is a hardworking Yogi who loves to dream big and smile big. His always-be-positive attitude is a great solace for all our students going trhough intensive transformation in our ashram.

The encounter with his spiritual master, Sri Tathata (http://sritathata.org/) changed the course of his live, to embrace Yoga and Spirituality as a personal Sadhana and selfless service to teach Yoga classes, since 2000. Eventually Vinod had the fortune of learning various classical traditions of Siddha Vidya from Swami Sachidananda, who is a direct disciple of Sivananda Paramahamsa of Siddha Ashram. After completing 500 hours of teacher training and working at Sivananda Ashram, Vinod taught Sivananda Yoga in Gurgaon, near Delhi, North India for five years. Since 2011 he is also teaching in Vietnam and Russia.

Vinod is now one of the resident teachers at AyurYoga Eco-Ashram, leading the morning yoga practice for advanced students and also training new  yoga teachers in traditional Hatha Yoga, Pranayamas, Kriyas, and meditation.