The route

We have been planning it a long time. The Inner Connections yoga trip to India. Many of us have been dreaming about traveling in India for years! And now it's right around the corner... In just two weeks the journey will stop being a dream and become a reality, come what may.
Assuming, bus drivers don't go on strike and the airlines don't run out of fuel, here's the plan:
We start in Delhi on December 1st (following a 20-hour plane ride from Chicago - YIKES!). We will spend a couple days sightseeing in Delhi before taking a train up to Hardiwar and Rishikesh in the region of Dev Bhumi ("Land of the Gods"), an area which is one of India's major spiritual centers. We will be staying at an ashram and spiritual retreat center dedicated to:
1) Restoring yoga and meditation to their ancient and traditional purity, yet teaching the same in a modern scientific framework.
2) Exploring their application to the modern world, and fulfilling these purposes by training spiritual guides and teachers of international stature.

After a few days of studying yoga and meditation, and nurturing our personal practice of yoga we will head back to the Hardiwar train station. We'll need all that meditation practice at that point because we will have a 10 hour train ride to Agra!

We'll get an early start in Agra on December 7th. There, we'll visit the Taj Mahal before taking a bus to Jaipur. Jaipur is renowned for being meticlously planned, a place of royalty and grandeur, often called  the "Pink City" because of the pink paint of all the houses in the old city.

From Jaipur, we will fly to Goa, where we will explore and enjoy the scenic beaches and sleepy Portuguese-influenced villages that this area is famous for.

Finally, we will journey to Mumbai (formerly Bombay) for a final day of adventure before we fly out and return to to the U.S.

Phew! When we first started planning, 2 weeks seemed like such a long and luxurious amount of time (our past yoga trips were usually 1 week). But now that I'm looking at how much territory we have to cover and how many things I want to see and do, it doesn't seem long at all!

About Inner Connections Yoga
Inner Connections Yoga, in Castle Rock, Colorado since 2002, is a place where the ancient traditions of Hatha yoga are brought into the experience of our modern lives. John and Jeanne Adams, the studio owners, help their clients to unite the interconnecting aspects of body, breath and spirit, and also connect yoga enthusiasts in a supportive, friendly community. Every year, Inner Connections leads a group yoga trip to an international location. Past trips have included Brazil, Fiji, Honduras and Costa Rica. For more information, please visit www.InnerConnectionsYoga.com.