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The 7 days Breath and Pranayama Retreat at Yoga Vidya Mandiram in Rishikesh, India centre is held over a duration of 7 days and 6 nights. While this retreat explores the practices of pranayama as the highlight of the program, the curriculum also integrates yoga asana, relaxation and meditation practices on a daily basis to bring balance into students’ practice. For asana practices, our school focus on Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga styles of asana.
Students will go through 6 days of training with 1 rest day per week. On this rest day, our school organizes a half-day excursion for students that may involve visits to one of the sacred sites in Rishikesh. The rest day usually falls on a Sunday, but may be shifted to a weekday to avoid tourists and traffic during high season in Rishikesh. The excursion would be a visit to either Vashishtha Cave, or Kunjapuri Temple. Excursion may shift to a different destination in specific circumstances. Excursion organized by school is inclusive in the course fee and the destination would be selected by school.
Yoga Vidya Mandiram is a registered Yoga School centered in the magical Himalayan valley of Rishikesh, India. This is dedicated to restore, explore and impart the purest form of yogic knowledge and its science. Our Yoga School aims to bring forth and maintain the yogic values to their ancient and traditional purity as taught by the yogis of the Himalayan masters. Thus our Yoga School stands a bridge between pure and traditional form and the contemporary format of yoga and meditation learnings
Category
- Yoga and Meditation Retreats
Styles
- Ashtanga Yoga
- Hatha Yoga
- Pranayama
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advance
Food Type
- Vegetarian
Meals
- All Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Retreat For
- Solo Traveller
Meet the instructors
SARAH CREASER
Downgraded our accommodations for an upgraded (more authentic) experience at Yoga Vidya Mandiram 7 day pranayama retreat. Guided by the most warm, gentle and caring souls I have ever met. This place now truly feels like a second home. I’ve taken away a newly founded sense of self and a deeper understanding of what yoga really is. In the west yoga i... Read More
SARAH CREASER
Program
Day 1
05:00 – 6:00 :Wake Up!
06:15 – 06:30 :Mantra chanting
06:30 – 07:30 :Session I – Shat-kriyas & Pranayama practices
07:30 – 09:00 :Hatha-Yoga (Classical)
09:00 – 10:00 :Breakfast and free time
10:00 – 12:00 :Session II – Breath & Pranayama (Theory & Practice)
12:30 – 13:00 :Karma Yoga (Seva)
13:00 – 14:30 :Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 :Self-Study / Self-Practice
16:00 – 16:15 :Tea break
16:30 – 18:00 :Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
18:00 – 19:00 :Relaxation (Yoga Nidra) & Meditation Practice
19:00 – 20:00 :Dinner
20:00 – 21:00 :Self-Study / Free Time
21:00 – 22:00 :Go to Sleep!
Hatha Yoga Asanas
- Meditative steps of performing the hatha yoga; centering, entering, refining, holding, coming out, and reflection
- Surya namaskar (sun salutations)
- Types of yoga asanas – standing, sitting, backward bending, forward bending, spinal twisting, fire series, inversion, shavasana etc.
- Yoga asanas benefits
