Detailed Description

About the Activity:

Yoga Vacations Program: 

Give your life a boost; develop positive thinking, radiant health, and inner peace through the practice of ancient yogic techniques for balanced living. The yoga vacation is based on the teachings of Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda. It is designed to help you develop a strong practice which can be incorporated back into your daily life at home.

Living in the ashram following a simple, structured daily schedule, allows you to focus on yourself for two weeks (or more!). The term vacation usually implies doing nothing, perhaps lying on a beach. Swami Vishnudevananda adopted the term 'Yoga Vacation' because the structured schedule allows you to relax completely in a way a beach or travel holiday doesn't. All you have to do is be here, relax, and participate.

Attendance of the entire ashram daily schedule is mandatory.

Classes are optional on the day off, once a week - usually Friday. Guests are expected to attend morning and evening satsangs on this day.

Prior booking is required for the Yoga Vacation program. We advise you to book and arrive the day before the Yoga Vacation program begins and leave day after the program ends.

The minimum stay for all guests is 3 days.

The ashram does not respond to email reservations; we prefer to take your reservation by phone. Kindly call to make your reservation or send us an SMS.

Please be aware that due to high altitude of Uttarkashi weather conditions, landslides etc. might affect the phone and e-mail communication sometimes for long duration.

Contact them directly on Phone for bookings.

Tel: +91.90.1278.9428 or +91.99.2709.9726

E-mail: himalayas@sivananda.org

Inclusions & Exclusions:

Donations include all accommodation, meals, and classes. 

How to Get There:

Please plan ahead and allow sufficient travel time to reach the ashram before 5:30pm. The average travel from Haridwar to Sivananda Kutir is 8 hours without stops. Therefore plan to leave Haridwar before 9am. An overnight stay in Haridwar or Rishikesh may be necessary. In the unavoidable event that you cannot reach the ashram before 5:30pm, kindly make arrangements to stay in Uttar Kashi town (8kms before the ashram). There are many guest houses available in Uttar Kashi. For a room in Uttar Kashi please call Mr. Badri at 094.1114.3458.

Bus:

There is a bus terminal opposite the station. There are approximately 3 buses a day to Uttarkashi (7 hours travel). From Uttarkashi it is a further 8 km to Sivananda Kutir, Netala (near Siror Bridge) on the Gangotri road.

Note: Specifically ask for Sivananda Kutir (near Siror Bridge), Netala as there are several Sivananda ashrams in the Uttar Kashi area.

Applicable Seasons:

August 1st - 14th

August 16th - 29th