Yoga Course Daily Schedule

This 1 week / 6 day Beginner Intensive Yoga program for individuals with some yoga experience includes, prayers, pranayama, Surya Namaskar, traditional hatha yoga basic asana, question /  answer session, Yoga Philosophy, Vedic Chanting, Meditation, Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga.   Each day concludes with Ganga Havan and Aarti at sunset.

Not able to move to a meditation cave in the Himalayas to find peace? No problem! Learn to integrate yoga in the midst of everyday life. Through the ancient science of yoga, we will explore tools to balance your passions with work, family and other responsibilities. Included is instruction on moving your body with good alignment through traditional hatha yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy and question & answer sessions to ensure integration and relevance of the teachings. At the end of the program you will have an individualized written action plan to help live more fully, with greater ease and harmony with self and others. Each day concludes with Ganga Havan, vedic chanting and Ganga Aarti at sunset. This course is for those new to yoga but all levels of practitioners are welcome.

Embrace Your Spirit is a playful, spirited, free flowing and healing dance using music from around the world with your unique and expressive movements and mandala art to increase your awareness of the connections between mind, body and soul.

This 10 day / 2 week Foundation Yoga program for individuals with no yoga experience includes prayers, pranayama, Surya Namaskar, traditional hatha yoga basic asana, Vedic Chanting, Karma Yoga and question / answer session.  Each day concludes with Ganga Havan and Aarti at sunset.

This 12-day/2-week Intensive Yoga program includes prayers, pranayama, Surya / Chandra Namaskar, traditional hatha yoga basic asana, in-depth practice of yoga asana, Yoga in the Bhagvad Gita and Paatanjali Yoga Sutras, Vedic Chanting, question / answer session, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Havan [Sacred Fire ceremony] and cultural aspects of Indian Festivals [whichever occurs during the course].   Each day concludes with Ganga Havan and Aarti at sunset.

Kriya Yoga is a great way to deepen your practice and gain a better understanding of the subtleties of yoga while focusing on the main chakras of the body.  Each day of this 11 day Kriya Yoga program begins with the 20 main Kriya Yoga practices for pratyahara, dharana, dhyana [control of the senses, concentration and meditation]; and, includes prayers, pranayama, traditional hatha yoga asana, question / answer satsang, Vedic Chanting.   As we explore the chakras, we are able to unblock and balance our inner energies for greater well being and mind-body-spirit connection.

“Yujyate anena iti yogah” – that which helps our union with the Divine is Yoga.  Nada Yoga means Yoga of Sacred Sound. Mantras, Vedic Chants, Kirtan/Bhajan, Suktas, shlokas, stotras and singing the glory of the Divine in any form ultimately take us to this divine union, called Nada Yoga.

In this Nada Yoga with Vedic Chanting Course you will have the opportunity to learn the Vedic chants for the morning universal prayers; and, the Hanuman Chalisa, Shiva Mahimna Stotra, mantras and bhajans / kirtan for the enchanting experience of the Divine Ganga Aarti on the holy banks of Ma Ganga at sunset. Additionally you will learn the Durga Sukta in worship of the Divine Mother and the Sarva Devta Gayatri to honour all the manifestations of the Divine Creator.

This 3 week program will also include hatha yoga, meditation, mantra yoga, bhakti yoga, karma yoga; and, daily bhajan/satsang after dinner as a wonderful way to end the day.

If you want to connect with the Divine through sound, then this Nada Yoga with Vedic Chanting Course is for you.

A New Year, a New You!  Come celebrate New Year’s on the holy banks of Ma Ganga in the lap of the majestic and sacred Himalayas. Rejuvenate and re-energize yourself to live the New Year truly as the best YOU possible! This 3-day Special New Year’s Spiritual Retreat with our resident yogacharyas, Sadhvi Abhaji [Mataji] and Induji Sharma, includes pranayama, yogasanas including surya namaskar and basic stretching yoga asana, spiritual question & answer sessions, silent and guided meditations, silence, self-reflection, mantra chanting, karma yoga, Himalayan walks and much more. Many sessions will be led by Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji. Each day concludes with Ganga havan and aarti at sunset followed by darshan/satsang with Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagwatiji. Experience a transformative special New Year’s yagna/havan ceremony on the morning of January 1st, to transform and / or release all that no longer serves you. 

Come, be in the presence of the living spiritual master and begin the New Year as a New You!

When we practice yoga with a sense of openness and curiosity, an incredible path unfolds.  We become increasingly stable, grounded, expansive, discerning, and able to skillfully navigate our unique life circumstances.  Join us at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India, for a one-week yoga immersion retreat, with endless opportunities to begin again, looking closely at the experience arising at any given moment.  Together we will nurture the seeds of a personal yoga practice, cultivating awareness, dropping into the breath, tasting the sweet nectar, and making space for the essential poison that surfaces along the way.

In a peaceful, supportive setting on the banks of Ganga, we will explore foundations and refinement through direct embodied experience of yoga asana (postures), pranayama (breath), mantra (chanting), meditation, philosophy discussion and integration of yogic principles into our own lives, based on the book Peace by H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji.  This course is appropriate for all sincere students and teachers of yoga.  There is no pre-requisite of experience or ability.

As life gets more stressful, complicated, insecure and disconnected, most of us are seeking a system for restfulness, clarity, connection and peace.  Yoga Nidra is one of the most ancient meditative practices in the holistic systems we can use to attain this clarity and oneness with self and the Divine.  ‘Nidra’ means sleep. Yoga Nidra is sleep with a difference which allows the mind to be alert for clarity as the body rests in shavasana.  From the Tantric tradition, this Yoga Nidra program includes prayers, asana, pranayama and meditation to access the goddess of Nidra within for rejuvenation, clarity, intuition. Yoga Nidra gives you an opportunity for intense awareness and creativity to travel the spiritual path while being fully present in the daily life at home, work and play.

This 5-day Spiritual Retreat includes prayers, pranayama, Mauna Dhyana Sadhana, Surya Namaskar and basic stretching yoga asana, question / answer session, Mantra Chanting,  silent & guided Meditations, Gita recitation,  Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga.   Each day concludes with Ganga Havan & Aarti at sunset; followed by Satsang when Pujya Sadhviji is in the Ashram; and kirtan at 8:30pm with the Rishikumars of the Parmarth Gurukul.

This course offers a complete guide to traditional Hatha Sun Salutations. Surya Namaskara is a series of poses performed to create a flow of movement. The moving sequence is guided by the breath, and is performed to feel the healing energy of the sun. In addition, the course offers pranayama, Asana practice, Vedic chanting, karma yoga, and yoga philosophy. We invite participants to the ashram’s Aarti (fire) ceremony each evening to experience kirtan chanting, and a spiritual question/ answer session with Pujya Sadhviji.

This 4-week Yoga Teacher Training Course includes prayers, pranayama, Surya / Chandra Namaskar, traditional hatha yoga basic asana, in-depth practice of yoga asana, Yoga in the Bhagvad Gita and Paatanjali Yoga Sutras, Teaching Methodology / Teaching Practice and opportunities for self practice to deepen your understanding, discipline and teaching abilities Vedic Chanting, question / answer sessions, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Havan [Sacred Fire ceremony] and cultural aspects of Indian Festivals [whichever occurs during the course].   Each day concludes with Ganga Havan and Aarti at sunset.