Yoga School and First Ganga Aarti in Rishikesh 🇮🇳 India Travel Vlog

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In this India travel vlog, I take you through one of our days at yoga school in Rishikesh, India for the 200YTT (200. hour yoga teacher training). We start by waking up really early as our first class (hatha yoga) starts at 6am. I ran up to the rooftop yoga studio in the dark and everyday we could watch the sunrise as we do our yoga class. After hatha yoga we have a quick 15 minute break before our pranayama class (breathing). After both of those classes it's time for breakfast! Everyday we get an amazing vegetarian breakfast at yoga school. After breakfast there are 2 more classes: yoga anatomy and adjustment & alignment. Then next we have an amazing vegetarian lunch buffet!
On 'normal' days we would have a 45 minute break after lunch, then two more classes: yoga philosophy and meditation. However, today was a special day and we got the afternoon off to go to the Ganga Aarti Ceremony! The Ganga River (in English the Ganges) is the holiest river in all of India. Every evening in Rishikesh they have a ceremony (Ganga Aarti) alone the river to thank the goddess.
Everyone from yoga school walked down to the main road in Rishikesh before climbing into auto rickshaws and heading from Tapovan to Triveni Ghat to see our first Ganga Aarti. It was such a big deal! There were so many people selling flowers to give to the river, as well as big orange containers that you could fill with the holy water from the Ganges and take it home with you. We even saw people bathing in the holy water - in January! Cold!!
We arrived to the ceremony tent early to get good seats. First you had to check your shoes, then you could enter. We watched them getting ready before sunset. Once the sunset they performed with incense and fire along the banks of the river. Once the ceremony finished, we were able to go down toward the Ganges where we tried our first Prasad (the white sugar balls we ate).
After the ceremony ended, everyone started a huge dancing afterparty! It was so much fun to watch and join in with everyone celebrating next to the Ganges River! If you're in Rishikesh, you MUST try to see the Ganga Aarti Ceremony!
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00:01 Intro
00:31 Waking Up in Rishikesh
01:27 Morning Yoga
01:32 Break Time
01:57 Pranayama Class
02:27 Breakfast in India
02:43 Yoga Anatomy Class
02:54 Adjustment & Alignment Class
03:18 Vegetarian Lunch at Yoga School
03:34 Walking in Rishikesh
03:40 What is Ganga Aarti
04:07 Auto Rickshaws in Rishikesh
04:28 Arriving at Triveni Ghat Rishikesh
04:56 Containers for the Ganga River water
05:26 Bathing in the Ganges
05:48 Entrance to the Ganga Aarti
06:29 Ganga Aarti Tent
06:45 What to Expect
07:02 Ganga Aarti Starting
07:44 Fire at Ganga Aarti
08:16 Heading to the River
08:35 My First Prasad
09:00 Ganga Aarti After Party
09:20 View of the Live Music
09:44 Going into the Crowd
10:25 Thoughts on Ganga Aarti
10:52 Leaving the Ganga Aarti
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Honestly that’s one of the first things I noticed here! It’s so different how everyone in India can party without alcohol and have so much fun. I was in Rishikesh in January for the opening of the new temple in Ayodhya and there were sooo many fun sober parties!!! 😍

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You should also visit Mussoorie, Landour and Dhanaulti in Uttarakhand. These three places are beautiful.

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Oh wow they’re gorgeous! 😍 I wish I knew about them back when I was in Rishikesh!! Right now I’m down in Rajasthan. But I’ve added them to the list for when I go back to that area one day 🥰

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You are really getting an education in many areas. Very interesting video !!! You appear happy and enjoying yourself ! So glad to see an update !!!! Happy Trails....Talk soon

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It was so fun to see everyone celebrating together 🥰

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[@hitensharma5993]

Nice video but I just want to correct you. After Aarti, it was not a party but it is called Keertan or Bhajans where dance is not for fun but some spiritual happiness. Don't call it a party.

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Regardless what it’s called, it was so much fun 🥰

[@gauravchaudhary7694]

She is our guest and guest is as equal as god for us .... so Don't correct her she Don't know about this.. it's ok she is promoting your culture and going to holiest places and enjoying look at the smileon her face it's amazing .... lots of love from indian ma'am ❤

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@@gauravchaudhary7694 I did not criticize her and I know she did not do it intentionally. What's wrong to make aware about it. At least next time, she will not use the dance word.

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@@hitensharma5993 lord don't focus or see words and all .. he sees feeling and emotion of an individual