DAY 01. ARRIVE DELHI
Assistance
on arrival and transfer to your hotel for the overnight.
DAY 02. IN DELHI
After breakfast, proceed for a sightseeing tour of Delhi. Visit
India Gate, Qutub Minar, Humayun's Tomb, a Hindu / Sikh Temple.
Evening at leisure and overnight at your hotel.
DAY 03. DELHI - HARIDWAR (Train: Dep.0700 / Arr.1125) - RISHIKESH
(Drive 1 ½ Hours)
Early morning, check out & proceed to the Railway Station to connect
the Air Conditioned Express train to Haridwar. On arrival in
Haridwar, transfer to The Glasshouse on the Ganges, which is an
enchanting
resort hotel located in a forested gorge and on the banks of the
Himalayan River Ganges. The extremely calm, environmentally clean
and serene settings of this region, where Yogis have come to attain
higher mental peace and spiritual enlightenment are a pre-requisite
for being mentally and physically focused towards attaining a
gainful state of physical, mental and spiritual health.
Today you'll be introduced to your master and will be given a
presentation of the content of the Holistic Health Tour and a brief
history of yoga. Thereafter, the master will exhibit various asanas
(postures) and kriyas (techniques) both simple & advanced, so that
you can see and understand what yoga is. It is not mere exercises
but an entire philosophy & methodology, which if one practices in
ones daily life, can lead one to complete physical, mental &
spiritual health & peace. Overnight at your hotel.
DAY 04. IN RISHIKESH
Wake up early in the morning. Under the direction and able guidance
of the master, you will perform cleansing kriyas to clean the
breathing tracts right from the cranial region to the upper
respiratory tracts. Thereafter, the master will teach you some
asanas (postures) to open up the joints and to increase the
flexibility of your muscles, limbs and the spinal column. All these
asanas (postures) work like chiropractic remedies, which (modern
chiropractic techniques) incidentally are based on the ancient
Indian science of Meru Chikitsa (medical science for treating the
spine). Surya Namaskar (sun salutations) Asanas will also be
included in the regimen, which are known to purify blood.
Later in the day and after a sufficient post meal gap, an ayurvedic
massage will be provided. In early evening, after another session of
yoga, yogic sleep will be taught, which totally relaxes the entire
system and treats stress and insomnia. Evening free and overnight at
your hotel.
DAY 05. IN RISHIKESH
The same procedure as the day before will be followed. The addition
today will be an introduction to yogic meditation for a short while.
Also, after lunch, you will be taken to a cave, where thousands of
years ago a great Indian Sage had meditated for a very long period
of time. Till date, people who visit and meditate in this most
enchanting cave located near a hermitage, experience immense and
deep inner silence. Enjoy the quite and spiritual atmosphere of this
place. Return to your hotel for the massage and the evening routine
of yoga and yogic sleep (yoga nidra). Evening free to enjoy and
relax by a bon fire near the fast flowing River Ganges. Overnight at
your hotel.
DAY 06. IN RISHIKESH
Following the basic routine of the preceding days, an additional
yogic kriya (technique) of Pranayam (yogic breathing) will be added
to the routine. Yogic science cognizes and understand various deeper
levels of breathing, which remain beyond the understanding of modern
day medical science. The same will be explained to you in a
scientific manner and then will be taught to you. The speed of the
mind is directly related to the rate of breathing. When one gets
angry, the breath rate becomes faster and the breaths become short.
Therefore, when the breaths are regulated & made long & deep, the
correct oxygenation of the brain & the body takes place and slowly
the rate of breathing also becomes slower. This automatically
reduces the speed of mind, which is a pre-requisite for de-stressing
and deep meditation. There are various types of Pranayams, some of
which will be taught to you. Proper, sequential practice of Pranayam
has very good effects on internal secreting glands, which aid
digestion and so many other functions related to the healthy
functioning of the endocrine system. Massage, evening routine of
yoga and yogic sleep (yoga nidra) will be undertaken as usual.
Evening free and overnight at your hotel.
DAY 07. IN RISHIKESH
Today, the same routine as the day before will be followed. Before
lunch, we will go for a short hike to the same cave as visited
before for another session of meditation. A picnic lunch by the
Ganges can be arranged nearby the cave. The rest of the routine
remains the same.
DAY 08. IN RISHIKESH
Same routine as that on the previous day and today you will be taken
for a white water rafting trip on the fast flowing Ganges. You can
have a picnic lunch on a white sand beach of the Ganges or come back
to your hotel for lunch. Massage, yoga and yoga nidra and meditation
routines will be followed. Evening will be free to discuss your
experiences of the past few days. Overnight at your hotel.
DAY 09. IN RISHIKESH
By today, you will have attained a suitable degree of flexibility to
undertake the ultimate yogic cleansing process of Shankh-Prakshalan.
In this process water is to be drunk followed by some light
exercises (asanas). One has to continue drinking water and
performing the asanas till such time that all the water taken in
starts getting excreted while cleansing the entire gastro -
intestinal tract, i.e. from the mouth downwards through the stomach,
the intestines and the colon. One has to go repeatedly to the toilet
to excrete the water, till such time that clean water is passed out.
From ones birth till ones death, the Gastro Intestinal Tract is
never clean and this gives rise to a lot of health problems.
Therefore, this process is highly cleansing and health correctional
in nature.
Today special and light food will be provided to you, so as not to
put too much load on the cleansed system. Today, the whole day will
be devoid of any stressful physical activity and for complete rest.
Day at leisure and overnight at your hotel.
DAY 10. IN RISHIKESH
The regular routine of the yogic practices will be followed today,
along with a session of discussion of the past few days of yogic
practices and experiences of yours. Taking notes from the master,
who will discuss various health conditions which you might want to
find a remedy to will be encouraged today.
A nice evening by the bon fire will be great way to end the great
experiences that you've had and also to give a note of thanks to the
master. Overnight at your hotel.
DAY 11. RISHIKESH - HARIDWAR (
Drive 1 ½ Hours ) - DELHI ( Train: Dep.1810/Arr.2240 )
After a regular session of Yoga in the morning, Check out and drive
through the town of Rishikesh and visit a few ashrams. Thereafter,
proceed to Haridwar Railway Station. En route visit another amazing
ashram, with beautiful temples. Reach Haridwar Railway Station in
time to connect the Air Conditioned Express Train to Delhi. On
arrival in Delhi, transfer to your hotel for the overnight.
DAY 12. DEPART DELHI.
Departure transfer to the International Airport
End of Tour
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