Exclusive Yoga Package
Journey to discover Yourself
YOGA is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It has been defined as 'technologies or discipline of ascetism and meditation' which are thought to lead to spiritual experience and profound understanding or insight into the nature of existence. Outside India yoga is mostly associated with the practice of asanas (postures) of Hatha yoga or as a form of exercise. Its practitioners believe restorative yoga poses, or asana, help relieve the effects of illness and chronic stress in several ways. First, props provide a supportive environment for relaxation. Second, each restorative sequence is designed to move the spine in all directions. Third, a well-sequenced restorative practice also includes an inverted pose, which reverses the effects of gravity on blood and lymph fluid, improving heart function. Fourth, restorative yoga alternately stimulates and soothes the organs, improving the exchange of oxygen and waste products across cell membranes.
Its practitioners believe the body is permeated with energy, including prana, the masculine energy, which resides above the diaphragm, moves upward, and controls respiration and heart rate; and apana, the feminine energy, which resides below the diaphragm, moves downward, and controls the function of the abdominal organs. Its practitioners believe restorative yoga balances these two aspects of energy so that the practitioner is neither overstimulated nor depleted.
What KIH offers:
Yoga and meditation has to be practiced with atmost concentration and devotionin the age old scientific way. The idea behind this innovative concept is to offer pure Yoga and Meditation in its Scientific Way to the practitioners. KIH offers exclusive package by creating an atmosphere away from the world, where the practitioners will experience atmost privacy conversing with the nature through yoga.
All are not supposed to practice every asana of yoga. The asanas are prescribed person to person depending on their health conditions. For this, a certified Yoga instructor will accompany the group and it will be practiced under his constant supervision.
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1 :
Arrival at Cochin. Transfer to Munnar (4 hrs drive).
Evening briefing about the yoga package by the instructor.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 :
Morning Yoga session.
Evening by 3, sightseeing trip to Mattuppetty Dam. Enjoy a boat ride in the lake.
Visit Eravikulam National Park. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3 :
Morning yoga session.
By 3 pm. Sightseeing trip to Santhanpara Gloria Farms to enjoy the exciting flora and fauna.
Morning Yoga Session.
Evening Sightseeing trip to Kundala Lake and Echo point.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 5 :
Morning Yoga Session.
By 9 am. Proceed to Kumily. (3 hours) Check in the hotel.
By 3 pm enjoy the Elephant ride.
Evening at the hotel.
Day 6 :
Morning Yoga Session
By 3 pm. Boating in Periyar Wild life sanctuary to view wild animals from the boat.
Visit Asia's No.1 Spice Market in Kumily.
Morning Yoga session.
By 1.30 pm Visit to Spice Plantation, Organic farm & Herbal Farm.
Day 8 :
Morning Yoga session
Visit to a tribal village. Evening camp fire and tribal dance performance.
Day 9 :
Morning Yoga Session.
By 9 am Proceed to Kottayam. Check in the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 10 :
Morning Yoga Session.
By 3.00 pm start for a village trip in a Country boat. Visit to olden Temples.
Day 11 :
Morning Yoga Session.
By 3.00 pm visit to Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary.
Morning Yoga Session.
By 3.00 pm. Proceed to Aleppey, the Venice of the East. Enjoy the evening in the Aleppey Beach.
Day 13:
Morning Yoga Session.
By 9.00 am. Proceed to Aleppey to check in a houseboat. Daylong cruise along the backwaters. Overnight aboard the boat.
Day 14:
Departure transfer.
Hotels used
The yoga package will be conducted in exclusive resorts in the renowned tourist destinations like Munnar, Periyar, Kumarakom, Kovalam etc. The resorts will be of maximum 7 cottages / rooms exclusively for this package. The rooms will be of 4 star equivalent standards. No one other than this group members will be accomodated in the resort and the diet will be the scientific diet prescribed by the Yoga instructor. This will avoid all the exterior interference and the group members will have absolute privacy for them to meditate and concentrate on yoga.
Early morning is the ideal time to practice yoga. Theoretical classes will be given after the morning session. The post lunch session will have sightseeing trips, trekking and village tours. The whole of 14 days will be split in 3 destinations. (eg: Munnar 4 nights, Thekkady 4 nights, Kumarakom 5 nights).
PACKAGE SCHEDULES
1st Group : 5th Sept. to 18th Sept. 2008 : Booking closes on July 31, 20082nd Group : 6th Oct. to 19th Oct. 2008 Booking closes on August 31, 2008
3rd Group : 3rd Nov. to 15th Nov. 2008 Booking closes on September 30, 2008
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