India, Tours

Spacious

How to describe Enlightened India 2019?

 
This isn’t your typical “group” tour; rolling up to sacred sites in a giant bus, and hustling on to the next destination to get the obligatory photo.
One word to describe our trip is Spacious.  It’s 10 days of exploration:  of a culture, of a city and of oneself.  Each day there is free time built in for deeper diving;  an invitation to drop-in and spend time with yourself and others.
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We purposely spend our entire time in one location so that you can experience life in India, in this very special place, and begin to unwind and slow down.
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Meditate each morning as the wind comes down from the Himalayas, sweeping the day clean.
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Discover your favorite cafe and sip tea and watch the Ganges undulate in the sun.  Walk along ancient forested paths amidst hundreds of butterflies.  Journal by a waterfall.  Kiss your favorite cow!
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Be present.  So far away from everything familiar. Listen to the air, filled with prayer bells from all the ashrams dotting the river.  Discover yourself.
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Roxanna & Julia are truly incredible women and leaders.  I enjoyed India but more importantly, I felt the love, support and freedom to be completely vulnerable and to learn what I was here to learn about myself.  I am going home a changed woman and I see the world through new eyes.  Thank you.  Deb O.
Beatles, India, Tours

The Beatles Ashram

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One of the places we explore in Rishikesh is the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation (TM), and the place where the Beatles came to meditate in the late 60’s.

The place is a magical, mystical experience!  You can feel the energy and spirit of the once bustling ashram and its devotees.  There are meditation huts dotting the land, including the famous hut #9, that can be traced back to John Lennon’s voice on the White Album repeating the phrase: “number 9, number 9”.

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As you walk along the paths, filled with hundreds of butterflies of all shapes and colors, you can imagine hearing mantra being chanted in the now defunct meditation hall, or hear some bird sound that George Harrison may have heard.

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With an incredible view of the Ganges river, the ashram sits atop a bluff, steeped in an atmosphere of peace and stillness.   It’s a wonderful place to explore and lose yourself in the past as well as find yourself in the present.

Truly a favorite outing of our group!