Yoga Intensive Retreat in India

This two week Intensive Yoga Retreat in India is best for the students who already have a foundation in yoga, but not regular in their daily practice. Under the guidance of our expert teachers, this program can help you to explore more challenging asanas and pranayamas, which are important part of our asana classes.

The four hours of daily yoga practice can challenge you to explore your body, breath, and mind.  The theory classes on Yoga Philosophy and Psychology (Yoga Sutras) can take your understanding of yoga beyond the yoga mat, to spiritualize the mundane daily lifestyle.

We expect that you are physically and mentally fit enough to handle the intensity of this retreat. If you find this schedule too intensive, you may want to come for our Yoga Immersion Retreats where the yoga sessions are lighter and there is only one theory class a day.

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

Daily Schedule

06.00 – 06.40 am: Meditation
06.40 – 07.00 am: Jala Neti
07.00 – 09.00 am:  Asanas + Pranayamas
09.00 – 10.30 am: Brunch & Free time
10.30 – 12.30 pm: Yoga Philosophy
12.30 – 01.30 pm:   Free time / Private coaching
01.30 – 02.30 pm: Fruits / Snacks
02.30 – 04.00 pm:  Yoga Sutras / Ayurveda
04.30 – 06.30 pm: Asanas + Pranayamas + Meditation
07.00– 08.00 pm: Dinner
08.00 – 09.00 pm:  Video Shows / Chanting
10.00 pm – 10.00 am: Silence / Self-Reflection

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

• Meditation: twice daily, various guided techniques
• Morning practice: intensive asanas and pranayamas
• Evening practice: mixed level asana and pranayama
• Yoga Philosophy: Bhagavad Gita or Yoga in a Big Picture
• Yoga Pscyhology: Patanjali Yoga Sutras
• Ayurveda: an introduction to Ayurveda in daily life
• Detox: daily Neti practice, Kapalabhati. Shankaprakshalana (optional)
• Video Shows: Yoga Anatomy, Cultural & Spiritual Videos etc.
• Chanting: Once a week
• Private one to one Coaching / consultation
• 108 Sun Salutations on the final day

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.