Residential · Rishikesh
The Bhakti Ashram Experience
21 days of devotional lifestyle, practice and inner growth.
the experience
Lived, not just learned
The Bhakti Ashram Experience is something you live through, hour by hour. For three weeks you step into the daily rhythm of ashram life in Rishikesh: morning prayers, japa meditation, kirtan, wisdom classes, seva, personal reflection and evening gatherings.
The days are designed to help you understand the foundations of bhakti, practise them in a guided and supportive environment, watch their effect on your own life, and come away with realisations that are genuinely yours.
Whether you are new to spiritual life or already on the path, the structure holds space for both inner depth and joyful connection.
a day at the ashram
The daily rhythm
A balanced day of practice, learning, reflection, seva and community — space for inner depth and joyful connection.
Morning
The day begins in a quiet, sacred atmosphere.
6:00 Morning prayers
6:20 Yoga, or quiet japa
7:30 Japa meditation together
9:00 Morning devotional gathering
9:15 Wisdom class
10:30 Breakfast
Day
Time to absorb, learn and be useful.
12:00 Reflection, journaling, reading
1:00 Guided sessions & practical learning
2:00 Rest and integration
5:00 Seva — service in action
Evening
The day closes the way it opened — together.
6:00 Evening session — talks & kirtan
8:00 Dinner together
10:00 A gentle close to the day
Each day carries a different mood and a different opportunity for learning, reflection and realisation.
the wisdom thread
The Yoga of Love
Each morning’s wisdom class follows one thread: the Narada Bhakti Sutras — eighty-four short, luminous verses on love itself as a path. Just as Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras map the journey of meditation, Narada maps the journey of the heart.
The class is a conversation rather than a lecture — we read slowly, ask honest questions, and look at how each verse lands in an ordinary day. Over three weeks the sutras quietly become a map you can keep using long after you leave.
hands in the practice
Workshops & practical learning
Afternoons turn the morning’s wisdom into something your hands know too. Guided workshops and shared activities explore the practical side of a devotional life:
Some afternoons we leave the hall altogether — group activities and visits to nearby holy places, learning the most natural way there is: side by side.
held by community
A community walks with you
The experience is guided by practitioners who live this rhythm year-round, and held by the wider Bhakti Yoga Rishikesh community — the same family that fills the hall for kirtan every week.
You’ll share meals of prasad, study and serve side by side with fellow participants, and step out into Rishikesh itself — the Ganga, the ghats, the mountain paths — with people who call it home.
By the end of three weeks, the practices are no longer ideas. They are habits — and the people around you are friends.
is this you?
Who the ashram is for
People arrive here from every direction — and somehow the days fit each of them. You’ll feel at home if:
Sincere interest, an open heart and respectful participation — that’s everything you need to bring.
good to know
Dates, place & how to join
When
1–21 October 2026
Arrive by 30 September to settle in. Can’t stay the full three weeks? Join for the days you can — tell us when you apply.
Where
Upper Tapovan, Rishikesh
Based around the MVT Guesthouse and Kirtan Hall on Balaknath Road — a short walk above the Ganga.
Your stay
Rooms at MVT
Simple, clean rooms at the guesthouse — shared or single, with meals of prasad each day. The group is kept small, so it helps to write early. We’ll happily help you choose the stay that fits.
How to join
Say hello on WhatsApp
Message us and we’ll share everything — what’s included, what to bring, and a few friendly questions so we can get to know you.
Spend October with us
Three weeks, one rhythm, a community around you. Message us and we’ll take it from there.