Keeping it beautiful, one day at a time.: What the Yoga Retreat Looked Like!

Am back in Singapore - it is good to get back home to the little one and the hubby! But I definitely have left a piece of my heart back in Rishikesh and I do plan to go back to it some time soon.

Meanwhile there have been quite a few of you who wanted to know more about the retreat accommodation details etc., so here you go.

I stayed at Dewa Retreat in Tapovan near Lakshman Jhula and took their package which included accommodation, 2 yoga classes daily, one trip to Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Ashram and all meals (room service excluded). Their website is http://rishikeshyogaretreat.com.

Here are a few pictures and videos too that I couldn't post from there due to slow wi-fi. Slow or inconsistent wifi was probably the only downside, but then again, you don't go to Rishikesh to be plugged on to the internet always! Also, I hadn't taken any of my good cameras because I wanted to travel light and spend less time looking through a viewfinder, so these are just the few pictures taken on my phone.

So here you go...

My room

Welcome gift of prayer beads made of Tulsi (basil) seeds. Also got an amazing welcome drink - Tulsi Tea!

View from the room when the sun's out

View from the room when it is cloudy

View from the room when it rains

View from the poolside

Lakshman Jhula, 400m away from the hotel

Entrance to Vasishtha Cave, 19kms away

View from outside Vasishtha Cave

Vasishtha Cave (and my cabbie)

View from Kunjapuri Temple, 25kms away

View from Kunjapuri Temple

Sunrise at Kunjapuri Temple

Kunjapuri Temple

Rishikesh as seen from Kunjapuri Temple

The little fellow who kept following me around (and also half of the looooong flight of stairs to Kunjapuri Temple)

Halfway point of the climb to Kunjapuri Temple (I highly recommend the Masala Chai here)

The auto-rickshaw that's more popularly known as the Tuk Tuk there (too much Thai influence)

Ram Jhula

View from Ram Jhula

Shopping alley near Ram Jhula

Ganga Aarti at Paramartha Ashram

The original Shiva statue on the Ganga at Parmartha Ashram was washed away in last year's floods, so they directed me to this other Shiva statue in a garden within the Ashram. It was magnificent, and I loved the half crescent moon on his head, and the almost full moon above in the night sky.