As of November 9, 2023, this retreat is sold out! You may join the waitlist at the bottom of this page and we will contact you if a space becomes available.
Join us for the retreat of a lifetime - an incredible immersion into the roots of devotion and yoga in North India. Retreat will led by Lesley Desaulniers and Seema Johari.
Our journey begins in the bustling capital city of Delhi, where old meets new. We will stay there for a night and then take an internal flight to the pilgrimage city of Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. We will stay at a beautiful hotel by the river Ganga and practice yoga with the sounds of temple bells and chanting around us as the morning sun rises. Each day we will tour temples and city streets as well as taking time for quiet meditation and rest. The evenings will conclude with Aarti ceremony by the river.
After Varanasi we will head to Haridwar where we will stay in the Johari home and celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors. In Haridwar we will visit famous temples, make malas at Om Prakash, visit the Santosh Puri Ashram and eat delicious, healing food prepared with love. The stay at the Johari house is always a highlight of these retreats.
After Haridwar we will visit Rishikesh where we will have optional Ayurvedic treatments, evening Aarti, shopping and sunrise mantra practice on the Ganga.
We will make another stop back to Haridwar after Rishikesh and then move on to our final destination the anicent city of Agra where we will visit the Taj Mahal.
Each day will include Vinyasa Yoga practice with Lesley, meditation and mantra.
Lesley Desaulniers
Lesley has been studying yoga and meditation since 1996, taking her practice to New York, Russia, India and back. In her early twenties, Lesley was a resident at Ananda Ashram in upstate New York, where she intensively studied Sanskrit, meditation, philosophy, yoga, and chanting. She was later certified by master teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life and went on to teach at the Jivamukti Yoga Center in downtown Manhattan.
Seema Johari
Seema Johari Agarwal is the daughter of Sri Harish Johari, a highly regarded spiritual teacher who wrote many books on the chakras, numerology, Ayurveda, geometry, gemstones and philosophy. Seema has made it her life's work to honor her creative and spiritual heritage by sharing the beneficial knowledge she grew up with. She gives courses and workshops around the world and founded the 'Harish Johari House' in Haridwar, India.
Retreat At A Glance
Dates:
March 7, 2025 through March 20, 2025
13 Nights/14 Days
Cost:
$ 4295 for a shared double room
$5295 for a single room
What’s Included:
Shuttle to and from the airport in Delhi, 13 nights accommodation, private bus in between towns, all meals, unless you go out on your own, all yoga, entry tickets, all stays, transportation, and activities.
What’s Not Included:
Round-trip airfare to Dehli, India, gratuity for hotel staff, internal (domestic) flight to Varanasi, and any souvenirs you want to buy.
To hold your spot, a deposit of $900.00 will be collected. Deposits and final payments are nonrefundable and nontransferable. No exceptions will be made to this policy.
The full amount is due by October 1, 2024.