It is good to cleanse your "inner ecology" by driving out negative thoughts and behaviors. With a lifestyle more and more frantic in a society of consumerism, many people decide to incorporate yoga into their lifestyle in order to access a personal wellness, acting on the body and mind. For something decidedly more basic, relax in a yoga ashram where classical and science of Ayurveda are practiced. An encounter with oneself where tranquility and simplicity are the order of the day.

Whether in a tropical landscape or snow, the ashrams are located far from major urban centers, surrounded by nature in sober establishments, devoid of artifice and artificial stimuli. The accommodation is not luxurious and often in the form of dormitories, in some cases it is possible to have access to single or double rooms with more comfort. According to Ayurveda, laugh and eat with friends are lifestyle that benefits your health. They also serve vegetarian meals balanced in order to purify the body and facilitate healing of the mind. For a unique experience in a known ashram, choose the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, which include 40 centers in the United States, Canada and the Bahamas.

After leaving his native India to share his teachings to the West in 1957, Swami Vishnu Devananda (1927-1993), disciple of the spiritual father of the Art of Living "ashram”, Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), founded the organization named International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers. He is also the author of over 300 books.

A domestic tranquility with ease

Only a tiny part of the "yogist" community, which is valued at more than 15 million followers in the US alone, attends the ashrams. It is true that the popular consciousness perceives these places of learning as "eccentric", where the dogma and the scam could be at the rendezvous. However, quite the contrary, the prejudices are quickly discarded, since this philosophy of life based on principles that emphasize simplicity and tolerance.

Indeed, living in an ashram is generally very inexpensive and requires some of its visitors some stretching sessions. The word comes from the Sanskrit word ashram, shram meaning "hard work" and "retirement", which presupposes an approach sometimes arduous physical and spiritual, in a place conducive to healing, to accomplish a better self-knowledge. Children are very welcome and, in some cases, can participate in yoga sessions tailored to their level.