Rishikesh has drawn students of yoga and meditation for over a century, but the serious practice still happens in small ashrams along the river, not in the yoga-studio strip that's grown up around it.
Come here for the mountain air and the discipline of sitting with a teacher every morning — not for a resort with a yoga class attached.
Worth knowing
- ·200-hour yoga teacher training on the Ganga
- ·Daily meditation with a practicing sadhu
- ·Mountain river towns built around practice, not tourism
Living traditions
Traditions & performing arts of Uttarakhand
Experiences in Uttarakhand
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