Yoga tourism
Yoga tourism is travel with the specific purpose of experiencing some form of
While the Himalayas is the birthplace of yoga and a major yoga tourism destination, yoga retreats and holidays are provided in many countries, varying from simple stays in guesthouses and ashrams to 5-star comfort in luxury resorts.
Venues
Yoga tourism does not necessarily mean travel to an ashram (a Hindu monastery), nor necessarily to India, though as the birthplace of yoga it is the activity's locus classicus. Ashrams offering yoga exist, for example, in Canada.[3] Other possible types of venue describe themselves as "holistic centres" and "yoga holidays", including holidays at "a 5-star resort with a celebrity Yoga Teacher".[3] Yoga holidays are provided in countries including Greece, Sri Lanka, Japan, Thailand, Scotland, France, Morocco, England, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the Maldives and Wales.[4][5] Yoga retreats can be found in many countries, including for instance Costa Rica and Italy.[3] Hotels and guesthouses around the world similarly offer yoga holidays in countries such as Bulgaria and Turkey; "pastoral yoga" can be found in countries including France.[3]
India
India has become a major destination for yoga tourism, following on from
Reception
Youthful Westerners' sometimes naive spiritual quests to India, and the many varieties of ashram and yoga on offer to them, are gently[11] satirised in the Mindful Yoga instructor Anne Cushman's novel Enlightenment for Idiots.[12][11]
See also
References
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- ^ Jones, Caroline Sylger (19 June 2017). "The 30 greatest yoga holidays on the planet". The Daily Telegraph.
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- ^ Aggarwal, A. K.; Guglani, M.; Goel, R. K. (2008). "Spiritual & Yoga Tourism: A case study on experience of Foreign Tourists visiting Rishikesh, India". Conference on Tourism in India – Challenges Ahead, 15-17 May 2008, IIMK.[dead link]
- ^ a b Singh, Shikha. "Yoga Tourism in India India can be the Wellness Destination for the World". Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Ward, Mariellen (15 March 2012). "How to 'do' a yoga ashram in India". Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ a b Dowdle, Hillari (2008). Enlightened Fiction. Yoga Journal. p. 117.
Each character is ripe for a little satire, which makes the novel a fun read, especially if you're in on the joke... Cushman also manages to capture the heart of their teachings, which gives the book another level of meaning.
- ^ Douglas, Anna (September 2008). "Enlightenment for Idiots, by Anne Cushman". Inquiring Mind. 25 (1 (Fall 2008)).
- ^ Conde Nast Traveller. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2019.