Hi,
I know a lot of you have experience here about places in India so I thought this would be a good place to ask.
I want to go to India this summer and live in an ashram for a month or two. I would like to just meditate and clean/work/cook around the ashram—-is this just a pipe dream or is this possible?
I don’t have much money so I think I can get my family to transfer me frequent flyer mile points for the airfare. Also, I believe it costs little to nothing to live in an ashram if I’ve heard correctly.
I’m just wondering if people here had any good resources I could look at or call. Are there any ashrams that you could recommend? What would be a good city to fly into? Which places would be safe for an American?
Thank you so much for the help,
Jory
if you want you can stay at my house, I dont live in india but you can clean the house, work in the garden, and cook some food. You can meditate under the tree out back.
have fun
brother neil
Jory, I see you’re located in Minnesota - if you’re anywhere near Minneapolis, you might want to check out these folks:
http://www.themeditationcenter.org
Their teacher, Swami Veda Bharati, has an ashram in Rishikesh. I don’t know much about it, but I know they’re open to visitors staying for extended periods and they are serious about meditation and yoga.
Yes, Rishikesh is a good place. Thw weather would be lovely. If you stay for a couple of weeks, you would probably be expected to donate abou $100 for your stay and board.
Bihar school of yoga or Shivananda? Very solid at least.