Parmarth Niketan

Yoga Courses

Please note that schedules as listed below are sample schedules for what the days can look like.
The schedule timings vary seasonally as well as from course to course, so your schedule may not match exactly what is written here.

You will receive a detailed daily schedule upon your arrival at the ashram.

Beginner Yoga Course

The Beginner Yoga program (Foundation Course) includes prayers, pranayama, traditional yoga asana, Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita, Vedic Chanting and Meditation. Each day will conclude with Ganga Puja, Havan and Arti at sunset.

6.30 - 7.00am Prayer / Pranayama
7.00 - 8.00am Hatha Yoga [Traditional Ashtanga]
8.30am Breakfast
10.00 - 10.40am Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita
10.40 - 11.20am Vedic Chanting
12.30pm Lunch
2.30 - 3.30pm Shramadana
3.30 - 4.30pm General Asana Class [open to all]
4.30 - 5:00pm Yoga Nidra [open to all]
5.40pm Ganga Pooja and Havan
6.00 - 7.00pm Ganga Aarti
note: Late afternoon & evening schedule is subject to change according to time of Aarti, which varies slightly seasonally

 

Vinyasa Yoga Retreat - March 10 - March 22, 2008

 
Morning
7.15 - 8.15 am Pranayama & Surya/Chandra Namasakars
(Warm up gently with the Rays of the Sun)
   
10.00 - 11.00am Nada Yoga/ Mudra Techniques/
Chakra Balancing
11.00 - 12.30pm Vinyasa Hatha Yoga Class
 
Afternoon
2.30 - 3.30pm Discourses and Dialogues (Bhagavad-Gita, Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Yoga and Ayurveda, Yoga Chikitsa and Vinyasa Yoga)
3.30 - 4.30 Parmarth Hatha Yoga Class
4.30 - 5.00 Yoga Nidra/ Meditation
 
Evening
5.30 - 6.00pm Ganga Pujan & Havan
6.00 - 7.00pm Aarati
note:
1. Saturday : Only morning session classes.
2. Sunday : Kriya class in the morning.

 

For more information about Parmarth Niketan's Yoga and Meditation, please contact:

Sadhvi Abha Saraswati (Mataji)
&
Karin O'Bannon
Yoga and Meditation Section, Parmarth Niketan
P.O. Swargashram, Rishikesh (Himalayas) 249304, India
Phone: (0135) 2440088, 2440077, 2434301 
[from abroad dial +91-135 instead of 0135];
Fax: (0135) 2440066
E-mail: parmarth@parmarth.com