Experience Ancient India and Hindu Philosophy on a Bhakti Yoga India Retreat Tour

An India yoga retreat is the best way to have a true experience of ancient India and to immerse yourself in the basics of Hindi philosophy.

Although most India yoga retreats specialize in hatha yoga (physical postures, relaxation and health treatments), some retreats explore the branch of yoga that is the essence of one of India's most holy writings, the Bhagavad Gita. The Gita teaches love and devotion (bhakti) as its main practice. The most authentic place to explore bhakti yoga is in those India pilgrimage places frequented by bhakti practitioners and masters.

An India yoga retreat doesn't require we live in the same style as ancient India. Instead we can reap the benefits of pilgrimage places without the physical hardship by finding a guided tour that's based at an ashram or local spiritual retreat center. These will provide comfortable accommodations with almost all of the amenities of home.

The Typical Bhakti Yoga India Retreat

India yoga retreat packages are available, with round trip airfare and also without. Retreats that draw on international participants may choose to allow the participants to find their own lowest airfare. India yoga retreats offered in an ashram environment will provide delicious vegetarian meals and comfortable accommodations, classes and other activities for introducing you to yoga or for enhancing your current practice. There will be a continuous flow of related activities, oftentimes in a sequence to build on knowledge and practice, to give you the most spiritually enhancing effect - something you can take home with you and draw from for some time or build on for the future.

A Typical Day at a Bhakti Yoga India Retreat

The day begins with a yoga class for a gentle wake up. After this, activities reconvene in the meditation hall with an aarti ceremony or waving of the light. This is followed by sadhana or devotional practice that includes chanting or kirtan and meditation. After the sadhana, a nutritious vegetarian breakfast is provided. After breakfast a Hindu philosophy class is scheduled to give significance and meaning to the activities of the retreat. After lunch, a field trip is scheduled to explore pilgrimage places or other spots relevant to that day's class or lesson, which honor the millenia of spiritual practices conducted in those locations. After the outside field trips, vegetarian dinner is served at the ashram, and the retreat will keep the same energy flowing in the evening activities, through kirtan, cultural programs and other related activities.

Bhakti yoga retreats in India are a unique experience to immerse yourself in the vibrations of ancient India and explore your own inner journey of spirituality. For more information on bhakti yoga retreats in India please visit http://www.bhakti-yoga-meditation.com/bhakti-yoga-retreat-tour.html