{"id":129,"date":"2011-02-24T23:41:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T18:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=129"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T06:49:34","slug":"complete-yoga-in-rishikesh-pranayama-asanas-meditation-philosophy-group-chanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/02\/24\/complete-yoga-in-rishikesh-pranayama-asanas-meditation-philosophy-group-chanting\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete yoga in Rishikesh: pranayama, asanas, meditation, philosophy, group chanting"},"content":{"rendered":"

We accepted Swami Veda’s invitation and stayed in the ashram\u00a0for the night. It was a spontaneous decision, and we had to buy some\u00a0toothbrushes on the spot.
\nIt was a great idea, we could see the full morning\u00a0programme, which started at 5am with pranayama, asanas and meditation.
\nAfter breakfast we visited the research center where we could have time for questions. Then, at 11am we rushed to a philosophy class on the 12 meanings of yoga\u00a0conducted by Siddharta, Usha Devi’s son.<\/p>\n

At 2:30pm, a new ashram was on our agenda: the\u00a0Phool Chatti Ashram<\/a>, located\u00a0about 6 km from Lakshman\u00a0Jhulat,\u00a0in a stunning location, which beauty and quietness instills peace of mind. There Lalita\u00a0conducts one-week yoga courses for beginners and intermediates in all\u00a0aspects of yoga.<\/p>\n

We finished this day with a satvik meal and joined\u00a0group chanting around the 120-year-old fireplace…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We accepted Swami Veda’s invitation and stayed in the ashram\u00a0for the night. It was a spontaneous decision, and we had to buy some\u00a0toothbrushes on the spot. It was a great idea, we could see the full morning\u00a0programme, which started at 5am with pranayama, asanas and meditation. After breakfast we visited the research center where we…<\/p>\nRead 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":[185104493,6943699],"tags":[3054,35866346,309378,212453,7371],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yoga-ashrams-centers-and-schools","category-yoga-travelling-in-india","tag-india","tag-phool-chatti-ashram","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 accepted Swami Veda’s invitation and stayed in the ashram\u00a0for the night. It was a spontaneous decision, and we had to buy some\u00a0toothbrushes on the spot. It was a great idea, we could see the full morning\u00a0programme, which started at 5am with pranayama, asanas and meditation. After breakfast we visited the research center where we…","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfTPB5-25","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20013588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}