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Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore (South India)

The Isha Foundation Center, founded by Sadhguru, is an international non-pro t organisation run by two
million volunteers. The center can provide a powerful journey towards inner growth and transformation.
Meanwhile, the Isha Yoga Center, locally known as the ashram, is located in the foothills of the Velliangiri
Mountains. It’s about 40 kilometres from the city of Coimbatore in South India. This popular destination
attracts people from every part of the world because of its unique o ering of all the four main paths of
yoga — Gnana (knowledge), Karma (action), Kriya (energy) and Bhakthi (devotion).
The yoga practised at Isha Yoga Center focuses on powerful, ancient yogic methods to help individuals
develop their physical, mental and emotional well-being. This emphasis on well-being advances inner
growth. The Isha Yoga programmes are o ered throughout the year, with both beginner and advanced
sessions available. The Inner Engineering programme is a simple but powerful beginners’ programme
for a deep, inner transformation. The other beginners’ programme includes Hatha Yoga and Uyir Nokkam.
The Bhava Spanda is among one of the advanced programmes where individuals get the opportunity to
experience higher levels of consciousness by going beyond the limitations of body and mind.

Thousands of people go to the center every week, in hopes of obtaining inner peace and well-being.
This makes the center a vital hub of spiritual growth.

For more information, visit www.ishayoga.org/en

Jiva Spa, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (Central)

Jiva Spa in Usha Kiran Palace at Jayendraganj Lashkar, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh is run
by one of the premier hotel chains in India, the Taj Group. It features minimal design with
luxurious touches, and at the same time re ects the fundamentals of nature.

Jiva Spa focuses on the practices of the Bihar School of Yoga, a holistic yoga form that
incorporates physical, psychological and spiritual aspects equally. The main types of
yoga programmes encouraged at Jiva are Asanas and Pranayama, along with Mudras and
Bandhas. Asanas yoga can be de ned as physical yoga, which helps improve core strength
and balance. Pranayama Yoga is all about breath control, and when it is used with Mudras and
Bandhas, it creates a powerful ow of conscious energy in a speci c area.

Apart from yoga programmes, Jiva Spa also o ers a range of Indian aromatherapy
massages, time-honoured Indian treatments, body scrubs and wraps. All the products
used at Jiva Spa are 100 percent natural. The treatments and programmes at Jiva Spa are
designed speci cally to maintain physical, mental and spiritual balance.
For more information, visit http://jivaspa.tajhotels.com/jivaspas

SwaSwara Yoga, Gokarna (West)
SwaSwara, a wellness centre operated by CGH Earth, is synonymous with palm trees,
coconut groves, warm breezes and beautiful shores. It’s located on a cli overlooking the well-
known Om beach on the outskirts of Gokarna, a temple town in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.
The resort contains 24 private villas, surrounded by hills and coconut trees. Each of the villas
has both indoor and outdoor areas, with bedrooms behind glass and showers under the stars.
The villa also contains a deck above the bedroom, designed for meditation and yoga practice.

SwaSwara focuses on Hatha Yoga principles to help improve individuals’ physical and mental
health. The other type of yoga practiced at SwaSwara is Isha Hatha Yoga, which adapts Hatha
Yoga principles to suit a modern person’s lifestyle. Some of the retreat packages at SwaSwara
include a Yoga, Naturopathy, and Ayurveda Detox Retreat. These packages also focus on diet,
meditation and body alignment. There is also a Silent Meditation and Yoga Retreat Package
that concentrates on maintaining silence and shutting o the outside world. The Ashtanga
and Ayurveda Lifestyle Retreat focuses on all the elements of Ashtanga Yoga.
For more information, visit www.swaswara.com

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