Rāga Yoga Retreat

Rāga Yoga Retreat combines the musical experience of exploring different rāgās of Indian Classical Music and using them as doorways for experiencing the Navarasās to delve into an immersive self-exploration of the mind and its patterns. The retreat brings together ideas from Hindustani Music, Bharata’s Nātya Śāstra, and Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtrās in an experiential manner. Participants will get an opportunity to explore these ideas through a combination of music, reflective arts, interactive theatre games, and contemplative dialogues.

Rāga Yoga series of workshops and retreats are designed by Hariprasad Varma (Founder – Yogaśāla & Zensei®) in collaboration with Shruti Bode (Hindustani Musician) and Aarti Sivakumar (Carnatic Musician).

Note: The workshop and retreat is suitable for any person across age groups. No background in music is required to benefit from the experience.

Objectives:

Rāga Yoga Retreat is intended to offer an inter-disciplinary experience to participants to discover more about themselves, their relationships, and action choices through music, art, and yoga.

The retreat offers a perfect ambience for a deeply reflective space to look at one self through the support of a collective of fellow co-travellers and seekers.

Retreat Contribution: Rs.10,000/- INR

*Avail Early Bird discount offer: Rs.8,000/- for registration before 10^th June, 2024. (Limited seats only)

Open to all from the age group of 18 years and above

Accommodation: Only shared accommodation will be provided

Food: Simple sattvik food with fresh grown vegetables from the farm

Venue: Indica Gurukulam @Ritambhara Retreat, No. 69, BMTC Layout, Adjacent to Kammasandra Village, Lakshmipura Hobli.

The Retreat, located just on the outskirts of Bangalore city, is a small beautiful space dedicated to Yoga & spiritual studies and practices in a simple and clean environment adjacent to a farm of its own.

Reaching the Retreat Venue: The venue is about 22 kms from Majestic Bus Stand and is accessible through Magadi Road and Tumkur Road preferably through own vehicles. The retreat center is very close to ‘Kamadhenu Kshetra’ – a highly popular Raghavendra Swamy temple in the last few years. It would take about an hour to reach the retreat venue from the heart of the city. Participants have to make their own arrangements. If any assistance is required Indica Yoga Team will help.

For more details contact us at +91 6363663313 or email: namaste@indicayoga.com

Speakers

Mr. Hariprasad Varma

Faculty

Hariprasad Varma is an Executive Coach, Yoga Therapist, & Facilitator. He is the founder of Yogaśāla & Zensei Leadership Pvt. Ltd. Over the past 8 years, he has curated numerous yoga-based wellness and leadership retreats across India & abroad. A student of yoga in the Sri T Krishnamacharya-Desikachar tradition, he has also received in-depth training in different globally accredited modalities of coaching and facilitation. Hari is passionate about combining mythology, arts, theatre, and music in exploring the principles in Patanjali's Yoga Sūtras that makes it fun, interactive, accessible and relevant to youth and leaders in social and corporate sectors.

Ms. Shruti Bode

Faculty

Shruti is a performing artist and Hindustani classical music teacher based in Bangalore, India. She has been pursuing Hindustani Classical music for over 23 years. Shruti received rigorous training in music from her Gurus Vidushi Vani Hardikar and Late Dr. Bharati Vaishampayan. She has also won many State and National level music competitions. Shruti is a B-high grade artist at All India Radio and has also sung in several prestigious TV shows. She has travelled to Germany and Bali to present her music. She also writes and composes. Shruti also has sung for dance productions and samskrutha stotra albums and also for Bhagavad Gita production from Gita University, Hyderabad.