his ancient Indian art finds its origin in the ‘Patanjali Shastra'. Rishikesh, a holy destination in Uttarakhand, has been an important center of Yoga learning for long. Apart from yoga, the place is also well known in the fields of meditation and spiritual aerobic arts, which are quite similar to yoga. Home to many renowned yoga ashrams, Rishikesh is an ideal place for practicing the ancient discipline.
Many of the renowned yoga gurus have their ashrams in the city, conducting courses in basic as well as professional yoga. The yoga culture is so popular in Rishikesh that each year, in the first week of February, Rishikesh hosts the International Yoga Festival, attended by almost all the well known professional yoga practitioners in the country and even abroad.
In Rishikesh, yoga is taught with the aim of empowering the learner with positivity and brighter spiritual side. You can learn the discipline from any of the numerous ashrams situated in the town ,Some of the ashrams in Rishikesh that are extremely famous for yoga include:
The Yoga Study Centre
Yoga Niketan Ashram
Swami Dayananda Ashram
Sri Ved Niketan Ashram
Sivananda Ashram
Ananda Prakash Ashram
Rishikesh Yog Peeth