International Yoga Festival, India

Date : 1st To 7th March 2012

Where : Rishikesh, India

Get your asanas sorted during Rishikesh's International Yoga Festival at the Parmath Niketan Ashram. The "yoga capital of the world" is an appropriate setting for a whirlwind tour of the major types of yoga and an awesome place to visit.

This annual festival always attracts great yogic masters from all over the world, who arrive by the banks of the Ganges to demonstrate and explore the major traditions of yoga (hatha, raja, karma, bhakti, mantra, laya and jnana). The town boasts numerous yoga schools to view (of varying standards of ethics and expense), as well as plenty of places to visit when your chakras are fully aligned.

Yoga literally means "union". It is a union of breath and the body, the mind and muscles and most importantly union of the self to the divine. What better place to become "united" than on the sacred banks of Mother Ganga, in a land to which sages have flocked for millennia? To promote the ancient science of Yoga, a weeklong event is organised by the State Tourism Department in Rishikesh (Himalayan Foothills) during the first week of February.

Detailed lectures, demonstrations of various asanas by prominent exponents of Yoga are the major highlights of the Yoga Week. A week-long event to promote Yoga is held in Rishikesh, a picturesque town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Detailed lectures and demonstration of various asanas by prominent exponents of Yoga are the major highlights of the Yoga Week.

Each year the town of Rishikesh hosts a week-long International Yoga Festival. With 400+ expected attendees from over 30 countries it has grown to become one of the largest Yoga events in the world. Please join us on the holy banks of mother Ganga, a true spiritual haven for a wonderful week long celebration of Yoga.

The ongoing International Yoga Festival at Rishikesh is drawing a large number of foreign tourists. The festival was first organised in 2001 and since then it is being held every year. This annual festival always attracts great yogic masters from all over the world, who arrive by the banks of the Ganges to demonstrate and explore the major traditions of yoga.

A large number of visitors are coming every year to attend the yoga sessions and perform yoga exercises.The 7 days long festival that started on March 1 has been jointly organised by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board and Rishikesh's Ashram. The festival is held on the banks of the river Ganga, it offers a wide variety of yoga including Kundalini Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Reiki, Pranayama, Power Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Pranic Healing, Music Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Nada yoga, Meditation and special satsangs.

Rishikesh Ashram Details for Yoga
Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Omkarananda ashram, Anand Prakash Ashram, Swami Dayananda Ashram Arsha Vidya Pitham, Sivananda Ashram, Nirmal Ashram Gyan Daan, Shree Swami Ramanand Sant Ashram, Ved niketan ashram, Swarg Ashram, Kailas Ashram Brahmavidyapeetham, and many more....