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Yoga Retreat: The Spiritual Inroads
People attend and organize retreats to get in touch with themselves, with nature and with God. Jesuits are famous
for their spiritual retreats where they take off for a fixed period of time to shut themselves away from the world
and connect with God through prayers and inward retrospection.
What Are Yoga Retreats and What Do They Involve?
Yoga retreat as the name indicates could be the time period when one detaches themselves from all earthbound
problems (job, children, spouse, money, etc) and connects with oneself through yoga. Yoga is equally responsible
for mental health and well being as it is for the health of body. Hence, yoga retreats would be a great way to
allow the mind to relax and renew itself. Yoga retreats, far from being a religious experience, cover the concepts
of the connection between mind, body and soul. Yoga has answers for any type of ailment whether it is mental of
physical, and it is during such types of yoga retreats that you find out the depth about this popular ancient
Indian exercise regime.
The yoga retreat usually involves groups of 15 to 25 people who come to an ashram (simple shelter – usually
attached to a temple, but also used as a loose term of free and charitable shelter organizations) and commit
themselves to this trip inwards with the help of specific yoga exercises. The effects of such an exposure can have
an extraordinary impact on people; and hence, it is highly commendable that everybody during their life time try to
at least once enjoy this experience.
Pre-requisites
The yoga retreat can be organized by anyone, anywhere. There is only one need and pre-requisite that during the
retreat, there would be total abstinence from non-vegetarian food and alcohol consumption as this would defile the
body and interfere with yoga teachings and practices. Another important pre-requisite is that once the people have
entered the ashram and are part of the yoga retreat, the ‘students’ close the doors to the outside world for
whatever time span the retreat is. There would be no cell phones, no TV, no news papers. Only you, yoga and the
Providence (or by whatever name you know God).
This is, generally speaking, how the yoga retreat makes the spiritual inroad into your soul, even if it is not a
religious retreat. This experience will leave you feeling connected with the rest of the universe, re-charged, and
content with life as it is.
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