{"id":102,"date":"2011-02-20T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T06:40:15","slug":"heading-to-rishikesh-the-capital-of-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/02\/20\/heading-to-rishikesh-the-capital-of-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading to Rishikesh, the capital of Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We caught the early morning Shatabdi Express from Delhi to Haridwar,\u00a0and from there we continued our journey by rickshaw to Rishikesh.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Yoga in Rishikesh\" href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/destinations\/yoga-in-rishikesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishikesh<\/a>, known as the capital of yoga, is the place where the Ganges, the mother of all rivers,\u00a0enters the plains.<\/p>\n<p>On the afternoon, we met up with Graeme, a friend of Uschi, for\u00a0a coffee at the German Bakery facing the Laxman Jhula hanging bridge. He helped us understand much more about the vibrant yoga life in Rishikesh, and\u00a0taught us how to find the authentic yoga schools and avoid the hundreds of &#8220;just\u00a0asana teaching places&#8221; here.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Graeme!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We caught the early morning Shatabdi Express from Delhi to Haridwar,\u00a0and from there we continued our journey by rickshaw to Rishikesh. Rishikesh, known as the capital of yoga, is the place where the Ganges, the mother of all rivers,\u00a0enters the plains. On the afternoon, we met up with Graeme, a friend of Uschi, for\u00a0a coffee&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/02\/20\/heading-to-rishikesh-the-capital-of-yoga\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20013588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6943699],"tags":[3054,309378,212453,7371],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yoga-travelling-in-india","tag-india","tag-rishikesh","tag-travel-india","tag-yoga","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-large":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-large":false,"newspack-article-block-square-large":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-square-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-square-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-small":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-small":false,"newspack-article-block-square-small":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-square-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-uncropped":false,"ippo-archive-featured-image":false,"ippo-carousel-slider-image":false,"ippo-sticky-featured-image":false,"ippo-single-featured-image":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"yogadotin","author_link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/author\/yogadotin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We caught the early morning Shatabdi Express from Delhi to Haridwar,\u00a0and from there we continued our journey by rickshaw to Rishikesh. 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