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Improve your body and mind by developing a disciplined yogic lifestyle
With Rukmini Chaitanya
November 29 - December 6, 2026
Spend a week in the ashram to develop a healthy yogic lifestyle which gives you more vitality and uplifts your body and mind.
This course is ideal for anyone wishing to be more disciplined in their yoga practice. Whether you are a beginner or have completed the teachers’ training course, this course will help you to improve your personal yoga practice.
Topics covered:
- The main principles of a yogic lifestyle and practicing it daily during your stay at the ashram
- Introduction to healthy yogic diet and how it increases vitality
- How to make a yoga space at home
- How to maintain the discipline at home
- The spiritual diary and how to integrate it into your life
Recommended reading: “Meditation and Mantras”, Swami Vishnudevananda.
Daily schedule:
- 6am: Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture)
- 8am: Yoga class
- 10am: Brunch (lacto vegetarian / sattvic diet)
- 10:45am: One-hour karma yoga (selfless service)
- Between noon and 3pm: One-hour lecture or asana workshop or silent walk
- 4pm: Yoga class
- 6pm: Dinner (lacto vegetarian / sattvic diet)
- 6:45pm: One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning)
- 8pm: Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture)
This daily schedule can be subject to occasional changes.
Arrival/Departure:
- Check-in: 2pm-8pm, on first day. First event is 4pm yoga class on arrival day
- Check-out: by 11am, on last day. Last event is the one-hour afternoon lecture on departure day
If you would like to choose different dates for your stay, please click here.
About the Teacher
Rukmini Chaitanya
Rukmini is originally from Taiwan and Australia. She has a passion for singing kirtans which she enthusiastically shares in the teachers’ training courses and other courses. She has been practising Carnatic singing, a South Indian style of music, for many years. She is in charge of the Ashram boutique.
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