Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Palamedu

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The Sivanada yoga ashram was founded in 2002 and is located in the east of Palmedu, Tamil Nadu. The ashram is surrounded by villages, forests, green lawns and colorful flowerbeds. It is sited on a 12 acres of natural beauty and lies inside a natural forest approx. 20 Km north of the city Maduri, Tamil Nadu. The main of Sivananda yoga ashram is to propagate the ancient science of yoga. The ashram offers wide ranges of yoga courses in asanas, meditation and pranayama. The Sivananda yoga ashram pampers the guests with mantra chanting, puja and satsangs.

The Southern Indian landscape of lakes, hills and forests surroundings is perfect for Yoga therapies. The peaceful forest surroundings, the panoramic views along with the adjacent lotus pond make the ashram perfect place for yoga. The Ashram include boutique shops where you can buy yoga mats, yoga books, yoga pants, yoga T- shirts, and other yoga accessories. They also provide wide ranges of toiletries, snacks and Indian knick- knacks like cloth bags and kurtas.

The sivananada yoga ashram is very popular and people from all over the world visit it. The tutors of the ashram are painstaking and they emphasis more on posture and breathing. The philosophy of the ashram is synopsized in five principles that are-Proper breathing, pranayama, exercise, relaxation, Vegetarian diet and meditation.

Yoga treatments at Sivananda yoga Ashram:

The ashram offers yoga vacation every month from1st to 14th and 16th to29th that costs around Rs.70000 for NRI’s and Rs.300 for Indian residents. The ashram held Special kid’s camp in summer.

Accommodation at Sivananda yoga Ashram:

They offer basic accommodation and include two dormitories - one for men and one fro women. These are large rooms that are filled with chain of single beds with mosquito nets. The women dorm has accommodation for 40 people whereas men dorm has accommodation of 30 people. The luggage of guests is accommodated under and around their bed space. No laundry service is provided their and guests have to wash their sheets of their own. You are not allowed to wear shoes inside any of the building. Moreover you are not allowed to take any pet and burn incense in the ashram. If you want to have private accommodation at the ashram then you have to bring your own tents but bathroom facilities have to be shared.

Dining at Sivananda yoga Ashram:

Sivananda yoga Ashram offers vegetarian food that consists of pure, simple, natural foods that easy to digest and promote your health. The food at ashram is prepared vegetables that are grown in fertile soil so that it can meet guest’s nutritional needs. The main meals at the ashram are rice based, supplemented by chapattis or dosa, lentils, vegetables, curd/ buttermilk and bananas. The food at the ashram is snot overly stimulated with spice, salt, oil, sugar, flavor etc.