My visit to the ISHA centre in South India .

My Visit to the ISHA centre in South India .

Today , I am going to share with you my visit to ISHA centre in South India . ISHA centre is a 

place for spiritual development and growth . It is in the state of Tamil Nadu in the South of India .

The centre is in the outskirts of Coimbatore , near the Velliangiri Hills . Satguru Jigi guru is the founder and is actively expanding and developing it right now ! It is an amazing place to explore our inner world ! Satguru calls it the inner engineering !

I went there about 4 years ago to restore my inner peace and balance my body, mind and spirit. I will call it a spiritual retreat too . I went for 1 week  and joined a program at the Rejuvenation centre .

It was more to actual pamper myself ! Instead of going to any spa resort , I felt that going to ISHA centre was a total rejuvenation of myself ! 

The centre is located away from the hustle and bustle of city or crowded life that we are usually used to . At the foot hills of the Velliangiri Hills and in elephant country ! Yes, really wild elephant actually roam around the retreat/centre or ashram ! Thick wires ( maybe electrical too ) have to keep them out! Than , we are also surround by typical villages and small streams that flow from the hills .

The centre itself is just amazing . What I mean by that is the buildings and structures of the centre . The temples , school , hostels and all other buildings are built and designed by the personal supervision of the Master or Guru ! He is completely involved in all aspects of the centre .

There is a huge Lingam that is made of mercury and other elements that a solid structure in the main temple . It's called Dhyanlingam . ( if you are not sure what Lingam is please Google it ! I will simply tell you that it a phallic symbol of creativity ! )

Anyway , my program use to start at 5:00 AM . That is I use to get up at 5 AM , have a cold water bath and had to be in the meditation hall by 6 AM . We did Hatha Yoga and breathing or Paranoiac for 1 hour plus ! Then we had a light breakfast and relaxed for sometime . After that we were given appointments for various massage therapies ! This was the fun part! Really , it was so wonderful to be pampered with all the various styles of massages ! I really enjoyed all of them ! Maybe if you all are interested , I may join you or help you to go there ! It's really a great place to get  total rejuvenation .

Then , we had lunch at about 12:00 noon . Complete vegetarian meals that are so wonderfully prepared with love by the devotees . Everybody is helping and being helped ! All volunteers !

We rested In the afternoon or just went to the temples for a quiet time or read .

About 4 PM , we went for a walk out of the centre . We walked to the nearby villages or through the bush seeing the droppings of elephants ! We actually had guards and trackers looking after us ! It was adventures and scary too ! 

Evening tea and relaxing . Time for some simple talks or videos in the hall . Than dinner at about 7:30 PM . Were advised to go to bed early so that we could get up early .

On the final day , we went for a long walk to a waterfall near the hills .It was a picnic of sorts.

In short , we had an amazing time at a spiritual retreat ! 

Give me a fed back or comment on whatever you like ?

My idea of sharing is to let you know that such a wonderful place exist ! 

Google and find out more details ! ( Am I overdoing the Google stuff ! ) .

Till we meet again , take care .

Amar.