Beginners guide to a meditation tour in the Himalayas
As AI advances and the competitive landscape accelerates at a breakneck speed in today’s world, the need to find peace and clarity becomes imperative to stay grounded in reality. Perhaps a meditation tour in the Himalayas to bring the right resonance to your thoughts?
Relaxing with a cup of coffee is far too common, a holiday by the sea is no longer exclusive, and a rendezvous in the mountains could be the penultimate option. However, one of the surefire ways to rejuvenate and refresh is by reconnecting with your inner self through a meditation tour in the Himalayas. What makes a beginner’s meditation tour a holistic experience is the combination of learning the art of meditation, which leads to the awakening of the intuitive mind, and which, in turn, helps you cope with the challenges of daily life through a completely changed perspective. All this amidst the setting of the serene Himalayas, where fresh mountain air and an unhurried pace of life reassure your heart and mind. This is the exact recipe for a soul-searching experience.
The following program that I have designed is a format that can be applied to any Himalayan destination, from Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, and elsewhere in the mountains.
Suggested Itinerary
Day 1: Pick-up from your port of arrival and transfer to your overnight destination.
Briefing session in the evening by your meditation tour guide.
This will be a light informal gathering, getting to know each other. Dinner. Retire to bed.
Day 2: Early morning mindful exercises to re-energize your body with various physical movements, breathing exercises, and chores. This will continue for about half an hour.
Beginners’ meditation session where you will focus on learning the importance of breathing correctly, the significance of mudras, and the process of channeling the Kundalini.
After the session, proceed to your rooms to freshen up and gather at the breakfast table.
After breakfast, take some personal time off. After a scheduled break, gather again to visit the monastery where your guide will bring you closer to the history of Buddhism, the Buddhist iconography, and the importance of the three gems of Buddhism – the Buddha, Dharma, and the Sangha. You will see how they impact a Buddhist society in modern times.
In the evening, a repeat of the morning meditation session will continue.
After dinner, discussions on the philosophy of Buddhism, Shamanism, and general beliefs of the Himalayan way of life, vis-à-vis Western philosophies. Here you can participate by exploring your ideas and discussing them with the group.
Retire to bed.
Day 3: Early morning mindful exercises to re-energize your body with various physical movements, breathing exercises, and chores. This will continue for about half an hour.
Beginners’ meditation session continues, where you will focus on perfecting the breathing techniques, mudras, and the process of channeling the Kundalini.
After the session, proceed to your rooms to freshen up, and gather at the breakfast table.
After breakfast, proceed to another destination for a change of energy, which you will begin to notice as you arrive. This energy awareness is an important aspect of meditation, and it begins to reflect as soon as you start to be mindful of your surroundings.
Relevant sightseeing points can be visited en route.
First, check into your hotel and freshen up. After that, a visit to a local monastery can be arranged. It is important to keep the energy positive and focused; therefore, the meditation group should try to avoid visiting noisy, crowded, and disconcerting areas. Perhaps stepping inside a home of a Buddhist family could be a better option.
In the evening, the meditation session will continue with more in-depth discourse on the subject.
Dinner. Retire to rooms.
Day 4: Early morning meditative walk in nature. This walk will help you reflect on the changes of the past few days. Has it been helpful? Or do you find yourself more unsettled? These thoughts should be allowed to flow freely.
The sit-in meditation session will continue.
After breakfast, there will be a scheduled evaluation of the progress, where every participating member will have a one-to-one communication session with the meditation guide to understand how it is affecting the participants.
This works like a Western therapy session but without prescribed medications and is non-clinical in nature.
Depending on the group size, this communicative session will continue until the last person has a chance. The rest of the members will be free to spend the time on their own.
Evening meditation session.
Dinner. Retire to rooms.
Day 5: Today is an important day as you will have the experience of meditating inside a cave. Many adept masters have in the past, and many masters today continue to meditate inside caves. Caves contain pure energy that is beneficial for the mind and body that seek spiritual benefits.
The rest of the day will be free.
You will gather for the last time to conclude the beginners’ meditation tour in the Himalayas. A meditation session will be held where an adept meditation master will be the guest of honour. The evening will be held in discourse with the master.
Dinner. Retire to rooms.
Day 6: With a refreshed mind and re-energized body and soul, you will return to your homes, a better person in every sense of the word, and ready to face any challenges that come your way.
Days can be extended to make it a multiple-destination meditation tour, or to combine with sightseeing tours.
Important:
- The Beginners Meditation Tour in the Himalayas is an introduction to the art of meditation. The first step only. Meditation is an endless journey through the infinite cerebral universe.
- This is an exclusive tour and is not to be considered a normal holiday. This is an out-of-the-world experience in its true sense.
- The accommodation provided on this tour is curated to suit the mediation activity. The selection of accommodations is done mindfully.
- The meals served throughout the meditation tour in the Himalayas will be vegetarian.
- Non-consumption of alcoholic beverages is to be observed throughout the tour.
- Your meditation tour guide will be the one who has a holistic view of meditation and is not spiritually biased.
- The idea of a beginner’s meditation tour in the Himalayas is to unlock the potential to understand and practice meditation without the need for a spiritual master in your home space.
- After a certain period of meditation, you are free to adapt to any form of meditation with any master in the future.
Vishal Eli Chamling
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