India - Experience the Divine (June 1-13, 2013)

Join Michele Baker and Nancy Goodfellow on this sacred journey to the Motherland of Yoga.   Experience yoga where it originated thousands of years ago.  Walk amongst yogis and experience the divine in the most sacred locations on the planet.  The trip will be centered in Rishikesh, Varanasi, and Ladakh. You will travel up into the Himalaya mountains to Rishikesh near the source of the Ganges and delve deep into your own yoga practice at a peaceful ashram.  Then, further down the Ganges in Varanasi you will see where Hindus come to send their loved ones off in loving ritual and practice daily devotion.  Finally, you will travel high up into the Himalayas to the sacred Buddhist region called Ladakh.  Visit monasteries and sip tea amongst the smiling monks and nuns.

Throughout the journey, Michele and Nancy will be offering yoga, meditation, and kirtan sessions to help you tap into the sacred energy surrounding you.  The group will be accompanied by a full time guide who will assist with all of the travel logistics, look out for your safety, and offer cultural insights. 

• Yoga, meditation, and kirtan.
• Arrival and departure transfers in Delhi for the international flights by air-conditioned bus.
• Arrival and departure transfers in Delhi, Varanasi, Haridwar for domestic flights and train by air-conditioned bus.
• Arrival and departure transfers in Leh for domestic flights by jeeps.
• Train tickets for Delhi to Haridwar to Delhi.
• Train ticket for Delhi to Varanasi.
• Two hotel nights in Delhi at Mantra Amaltas on bed and breakfast basis.
• Three nights in Rishikesh at Shivananda Ashram on full board basis.
• Two hotel nights in Varanasi at Suryauday Haveli on bed and breakfast basis.
• Three nights in Leh at hotel Lha ri sa on full board basis.
• One night camping at Tso Moriri on full board basis.
• Farewell dinner in Delhi.
• One English speaking guide for the entire tour..
• Guided sightseeing as mentioned in the itinerary.

• Any other meals not specified in the above list
• Expenses of personal nature like laundry, telephone, tips, personal insurance, and shopping..
• Domestic airfare will be about $575 for the 3 domestic flights. Yoga Sherpa will send students a separate invoice for domestic tickets once they sign up.  
• International airfare and airport taxes.

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Michele has been teaching yoga since 1998 and has studied with masters all around the world. She is a certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, an Anusara Inspired Yoga Teacher, a Reiki Healing Master Level III, and a bhakti musician/singer in the band Bhakti Caravan.  She has lived in many ashrams, and bhakti yoga is her greatest influence. She has founded 3 yoga studios in New Orleans (Swan River Yoga) and serves as the Teacher Training Director.  She honors her diverse influences and mentors that have assisted in making her style of teaching authentic and unique. She is an international gypsy traveler and her favorite place is the Motherland - India.  She has lead many exotic retreats and her greatest goal is to share her freedom and love for the Divine with others. 

Nancy began her Yogic studies in the Ashtanga tradition in 1992 before moving to Costa Rica to follow her dream of living a more simple life in deep connection with nature. Nancy has completed over 500 hours of Yoga Alliance Teacher trainings and began teaching in 1998. Her teachings are infused with a myriad of elements, which come together to create a highly educational, physically challenging, and deeply soulful experience. Nancy has been practicing Yoga for nearly 20 years and teaching for 14 years. She and her family recently opened Pranamar Villas and Yoga Retreat on the beach in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica where she teaches workshops, teacher trainings, retreats and daily yoga classes. 

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