Our Winter 2025 India pilgrimage is an invitation for you to step outside your current context of life, enter into another world of spiritual wonder, and redefine the foundation on which you find personal purpose and meaning.
Info Session
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WINTER INDIA PILGRIMAGE 2025
led by Vira Tansey & Dhyana Masla
dates – january 19th – february 4th
location – Govardhan Ecovillage / Mumbai / Rishikesh / Vrindavan
price –
- $3850 – in 3 installments
- $3650 – special deal if paid in full
* all accommodation is shared between 2 people
*for any registration questions please write to us at hello@bhakticenter.org
*for any other questions please write to Vira at viratansey@gmail.com
A pilgrimage is a journey that we set out on to go deeper into our experience of life; to heal things from our past, open to what is here for us now and grow into our true potential. Pilgrimage offers us the opportunity to be guided and transformed so that we can live into our life more deeply. After your pilgrimage, you will move forward in life with greater clarity, direction, connection, and ease.
A pilgrimage is a journey within.
Its a journey into excavating the hidden parts of ourselves and integrating any aspects that are yearning to be seen. A pilgrimage is the journey toward healing (Wholeness).
For thousands of years people have traveled to India in search of answers to life’s deepest mysteries. It is a place that awakens the senses in a way like nowhere else we know where we are invited to live into our lives in a more intentional and sacred way.
We have been traveling to India countless times since our early youth, and every single time we have been given a shift in perspective, a deepening of faith, and an opening to new possibilities. We have been taking groups there since 2011, and are so excited to journey with you and so grateful for the opportunity to share India with you through our eyes and the eyes of our teachers.
please note
This is a spiritual pilgrimage. There are many tours out there that are meant for a tourism experience of India, and this is not one of them.
We’ll read from the Bhagavad-Gita together and discuss ancient truths as they are relevant to all of us in the group. We talk about the soul, explore the reality of God (as taught about in the yogic texts :: the One God, with many different names and forms).
We do kirtan, lots of it:) and we’ll meet with and hear from incredible saints and sadhus that have lived and breathed the path of Bhakti yoga for decades. It’s a spiritual pilgrimage, and we enter into it in the mood of a pilgrim; an open and humble heart, and a readiness for anything. Our mantra becomes “life is happening FOR me, not TO me”, so everything becomes an opportunity for growth.
And then we leave the country with our lives changed. Transformed on the deepest levels.
- 14 nights of accommodation
- All car, bus travel once you’re in India
- Morning mantra meditation, reading and Discussion of Gita (India’s most revered sacred text)
- Yoga, Meditation + Breath classes
- Invigorating hikes through the Himalayas
- Learn about the histories and incredible stories of the Vedic culture (made applicable to today’s times)
- 2-3 Delicious love filled vegetarian meals each day
- Seva (Opportunities to serve the local people)
- Parikrama (Pilgrimages through and around temples and holy places)
- Mumbai’s Flower Festival
- Seva (Opportunities to serve the local people & projects)
not included in your trip
- International flights to and from India
- Internal flights from Mumbai -> Dehradun & Flight from Deradhun -> Delhi.
- Visa fee
- Ayurvedic Treatments (optional)
schedule
We will fly into Mumbai and head straight to Govardhan Eco Village for 5 days of diving into the essence of India’s Yoga traditions with Radhanath Swami as well as other renowned teachers from around the world. The Govardhan Eco Village is situated on 50 acres of pristine farmland and aims to demonstrate the principles of self-sufficiency and localized economy to the world. We will stay in eco-friendly cob houses in the naturally charming village, eat local dishes made from organic grains and vegetables grown on the land and tour the facilities to see how a group of bhakti-yogis are making a difference towards a greener world. We will practice yoga daily, hear from Radhanath Swami, choose from an array of life changing workshops, swim in the inviting bio pool and have the option to receive Ayurvedic treatments at their world class Ayurvedic Center.
After our time at the Govardhan Eco Village, we will head to the South of Mumbai for the awe inspiring Flower Festival at the World Famous Radha Gopinath Temple.
After our night in Mumbai we fly up to Rishikesh; a small town situated on the banks of the sacred Ganges River in the foothills of the Himalayas. Here we will practice Yoga & Meditation each morning, hike through the Himalayan foothills, visit the local markets, and honor the sacred Ganges River.
After 4 nights there, we fly down to Delhi and hop on a bus to Vrindavan! We will spend our last 4 days in Vrindavan; a village with over 5,000 temples celebrating the birthplace of Lord Krsna. Here we will visit temples and holy sites, hear stories from spiritual guides, do lots of kirtan, and partake in pilgrimage around the sacred town.
From there we will saddle up and head back to Delhi for our flights back home.
itinerary
Step 1: Registration
Register HERE and make your $1000 non-refundable deposit which secures your spot.
Please note there is a non-refundable deposit required to hold your spot for the Winter 2025 India Pilgrimage. By paying the $1,000 deposit, you know that you are holding your spot for our 2025 India retreat, that it is non-refundable. The second payment of $1,400 will be due by October 18th, 2024. The remaining balance is due by December 5th, 2024. You will be sent a retreat policies document to review and sign once your deposit is made.
cancelation policy
- There will be no refunds or discounts for arriving late, leaving early, flight cancellations, travel delays or illness.
- Any monies paid to the retreat are non-transferrable.
If you cancel your reservation:
- 61 days or more prior to the start of the retreat, you receive 50% of the money you have put down after the deposit (the deposit is non-refundable).
- 31-60 days prior to the start of the retreat, you receive: 20% of the money you have put down after the deposit (the deposit is non-refundable).
- 0-30 days prior to the start of the yoga retreat, no refunds are given.
- To cancel, you must send an email stating that you wish to do so to hello@bhakticenter.org
Step 2: Visa
Get your Indian Tourist Visa Today. We recommend the E-visa as it’s the most hassle free process. CLICK HERE to start your E-visa process.
Step 3: Book Your Travel
- International Flights:
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- Arrival in Mumbai International Airport (BOM) on Jan 20th evening
- Departure from Delhi International Airport (DEL) on Feb 3rd 10P-12A or Feb 4th 12A-3A time frame, so we can coordinate your group departure with ease.
- Domestic Flights: Vistara (airline)
- Sunday Jan 26th Departing Mumbai (BOM) 12:10P arriving in Dehra Dun (DED) 2:20P
- Thursday Jan 30th Departing Dehra Dun (DED) 3:20P arriving in Delhi (DEL) 4:25P
- Book your International & Domestic flights together, so you have International baggage allowance throughout your air travel in India.
- If you have any questions about your flights, please contact viratansey@gmail.com
your guides
Vira supports people in awakening their truest and most empowered self.He was born in a family of dedicated Bhakti Yoga Practitioners and trained and lived with masters of Ayurveda, Yoga and Conscious Living throughout his life.
He served as the President of Bhakti Center for 5 years building a thriving community touching the lives of 10’s of thousands of people in the heart of New York City under the guidance of HH Radhanath Swami. He then went on to direct the Ayurveda Health Retreat in North Florida.
He lived and learned with masters (Dr. Madhusudhana Ray & Damian Hagglund) of Marma Therapy (Ayurveda’s body pressure point healing system) and went on to practice throughout the world conducting over 5000 treatments and dozens of retreats and trainings.
He’s an Ayurvedic Coach, Somatic Healer and Educator offering Workshops, 1:1 healing, Life coaching, private retreats and co-leads trainings with his wife Dhyana Masla.
Dhyana was born to a family of Bhakti Yoga practitioners, with the practices and teachings of Ayurveda weaved seamlessly throughout her life. Growing up around her father’s retreat center, she was trained in all of the healing modalities that he offers, and witnessed, first hand, the profound healing that happens when the principles of Ayurveda are applied in one’s daily life.
She received her degree in Yoga & Psychology at Naropa University, and in 2011, along with her sister and father, founded YogaVeda; the Yoga Alliance certified school for uniting the philosophy, lifestyle, and sciences of Yoga & Ayurveda.
She is the author of Ayurveda Mama and an Ayurveda Health Counselor and educator, specialized in guiding groups and individuals on transformative and healing journeys. Through her Yoga and Ayurveda trainings, she empowers countless individuals to become healers in their own homes and to live a life of real meaning.
