THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE
The total experience of both halves is the complete experience in India that 90% of our pilgrims choose. The first half is our main pilgrimage!
A CELEBRATION OF DEVOTION
Extend your pilgrimage with this popular add-on.
We are excited about offering something different during the second half of our pilgrimage in 2023, the chief characteristic being "celebration." We do not want to interfere with our ever-popular first half that remains the gold standard after more than two decades.
Historically, our pilgrimage extensions have been about going deeper into our practice after the main pilgrimage instead of jumping on a plane to return home immediately after the first half.
We do not want to break with that sense of going deeper, allowing our experience in India to mature, of coming to full stature before we return. However, since we haven't been to India together for three straight years, we want to build more celebratory experiences into the second half.
When we speak of "celebration," we do not mean to trivialize our experience. For example, inviting guest musicians to jam with us on the river under the moon at night while some of us chant and others dance would be one example of celebration.
You can add the second half, extending your stay with us in India for almost a month for a nominal extra fee. Often, this is the best part of the pilgrimage. 90% of our pilgrims choose this option.
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Over twenty three years of taking pilgims to India with us, we have learned what it takes to create a sense of community that is truly like a spiritual family.
We introduce YOU to the authentic, ancient India and ensure that you are given the support, diet and environments that allow you to dedicate your energies and attentions towards your transformation.
""How much I appreciate the enormous effort you both expended on giving us a perfect Pilgrimage. From my point of view it was flawless. Everything was taken care of so well that "life" could just happen. And it did! I will always hold our Pilgrimage experience as the example of how life can be when lived to the fullest of our capacities. Thank you for the finest, most meaningful travel experience I have ever had." "
An American College Professor teaching in Japan
ONE OF OUR FIRST TIMERS
WHY OUR PILGRIMS KEEP RETURNING WITH US REPEATEDLY
Our pilgrims return with us to India repeatedly, not because of the spots we take them to, but because of the process, they undergo, which is always different but delivers the same powerful results. At the end of the pilgrimage, our pilgrims are more empowered than before starting the journey. They are more awake spiritually than before. And they touch, or deepen, places inside them that are hard to reach otherwise. This is why they keep returning.
CAREFULLY CRAFTED MATERIALS PREPARE OUR PILGRIMS BEFORE AND DURING THE JOURNEY
After you complete your registration, you receive a specially prepared orientation handbook to help prepare you for this life-changing journey. Almost all our pilgrims speak of the mental, emotional and spiritual experiences that unfold from this point onwards. We bring our consummate skills and expertise to help prepare you for this journey.
WE KNOW EAST AND WEST: INTELLECTUALLY, CULTURALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
Over the past twenty-five years, we have understood what it involves to engage in authentic spiritual transformation in India, a culture different from any other part of the world.
We know India. We grew up there. And we've brought several hundreds of pilgrims to India to transform with us. This is our specialty!
When you are in India with us, our knowledge of eastern and western spirituality and our in-depth understanding of cultural sensitivities help sustain your focus on profound levels of spiritual transformation.
""No matter what obstacle was set before us, it was set aside with calmness, care & love. It got to the point in a short while, that I simply knew that the issue would be taken care of without any fuss. As pilgrimage leaders you were wonderful. As friends you were wonderful.""
FROM ONE OF OUR FIRST TIMERS
A Doctor of Ministry student from Washington D.C.
Dark and cold we may be,
but this is no winter now.
The frozen misery of centuries
breaks, cracks, begins to move;
The thunder is the thunder of the floes,
The thaw, the flood, the upstart Spring.
Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to face us everywhere,
never to leave us till we take the longest stride of soul we ever took.
Affairs are now soul size.
The enterprise Is exploration into God.
Where are you making for?
It takes so many thousand years to wake,
but will you wake for pity's sake!
Christopher Fry
WE ARE THERE WITH YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR PROCESS
We are right there with you during the pilgrimage, helping shape and support your transformation with our 30-plus years of teaching expertise at leading-edge conferences and institutions across the US and worldwide.
Before each conducted experience, for instance, going out to a temple, we brief you on the deep symbolism and how to approach this as a spiritual experience.
And because we are not jumping from one spot to another, as in a typical travel schedule, you have enough time to assimilate each event while preparing for the next. In this way, your transformation unfolds moment to moment, day by day, week by week.
As a result, you grow and develop each day spiritually in ways you cannot imagine or anticipate.
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