International Yoga Day 2026 Hybrid Retreat
An Invitation for a Virtual Sangha Retreat
On 21st June 2026 we will celebrate the 12th International Yoga Day.
Since its inception in 2015, following the proposal of the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, International Yoga Day has received immense popularity globally. The resolution was adopted by 175 countries, reflecting the growing recognition of yoga as a holistic science of living that is both relevant and valuable in the present times.
Our beloved Swami Veda Bharati was observing a five-year vow of silence at the time, but he made a rare exception to speak on this important occasion for India’s national television broadcaster, Doordarshan. You may watch this interview on YouTube.
About the International Yoga Day, Swami Veda has said,
“On such a day, all those who follow the inner spiritual core of yoga in their quest, in whichever branch of spiritual yoga, they need to get together to share their inner experiences, contemplate on their advancement in the quest, and be in a mode of deep inner silence.
On this day, let all those who adhere to the ancient systems of yoga as taught by the rishis gather and meditate together. Meditate with body, mind and spirit.”
The day is also marked as Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.
In the message on the International Yoga Day, our Spiritual Guide and Ashram Pramukha, Swami Ritavan Bharati reminded us of the true meaning of yoga as silence and stillness of the inner Self:
“Yoga unites everybody in silence and meditation. Yoga is a tradition of discovering the inner serene silence. Yoga is not a system of physical movement. It is a system of silence and stillness from which the movement expresses itself. It is the subtle yoga, not the yoga of the body but the yoga of the inner self.”
With these inspirations, we lovingly invite our AHYMSIN family to come together for an online and in-person program hosted from our spiritual home, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG)
In this two-day hybrid retreat on 20th and 21st June (Saturday and Sunday), 2026 we come together in practice, inspiration, stillness and meditation.
Swami Ritavan Bharati shall guide and inspire us into deeper and subtler aspects of yoga, silence and meditation.
We will also be guided by our ashram and international teachers in practice sessions and reflections on yoga philosophy.
Program Schedule:
All timing mentioned in Indian Standard Time, kindly adjust to your local time. Live from SRSG.
June 20th, 2026 – Saturday
- 5:30 to 7:00 AM IST: Morning Joints and Glands exercises with Ramprakash Das and Pt Deepak
- 7:30 to 9:00 PM IST: Living Purposefully – Yoga in Daily Life with Rabindra Sahu
June 21st, 2026 – Sunday: International Yoga Day
- 5:30 to 7:00 AM IST: Stillness in Sun Salutation: Summer Solstice Inspiration and Practice with Pierre Lefebvre (Pt Priyadarshan)
- 3:00 to 4:30 PM IST: Ashtanga Yoga: Walking on the Royal Path with John Sellinger
- 7:30 to 9:00 PM IST: What Can Yoga Grant: Inspiration and Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati
To join the program please pre-register yourself by signing up this registration form.
As seats for these live sessions are limited, participants shall kindly be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Special days such as this serve as loving reminders to renew our commitment to our sadhana and to offer our loving gratitude to the guru lineage. Love offerings as dakshina made in gratitude for the teachings are most welcome.
For any queries and further information please write to us at ahymsin@gmail.com
