Profound Encounters With The Spiritual Essence of India
“There’s no moment of delight in any Pilgrimage like the beginning of it” Charles Dudley Warner
JOIN US ON A JOURNEY OF RENEWAL
next trip:
1-14 November 2025
starting from £2,250
India Calling journeys are imbued with a sense of Pilgrimage – one of returning home to your spiritual Self. Our trips include Ayurveda, yoga, breathwork and meditation, and traditional sacred ceremonies and practices.
Our trips are multi-location, giving you a diverse experience of India and her sacred culture. These journeys are not for the average tourist – more for those seeking the road less travelled. However, perhaps your most profound encounter will be with yourself.
The trip begins in the heavenly surrounds of the Art of Living Ashram just outside of Bangalore. This sets the pace and context of of the whole two-week journey. From here, we travel south to Kerala, the home of Ayurveda. Our first stay is in an Ayur-Yoga retreat in the enchanting Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, before moving on to the beach and backwaters of Cherai.
“A journey becomes a Pilgrimage as we discover, day by day, that the distance travelled is less important than the experience gained.” Ernst Kurtz
ABOUT INDIA CALLING
India Calling was conceived from Steffi and Ivan’s shared love of India, born from many visits to this sacred land.
“We share the same spiritual teacher, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and on His 2023 UK visit, we talked with Him about bringing groups to India. With His blessings and His idea to imbue the trips with a strong Ayurveda focus, India Calling was born”.
“Our intention is for the experiences of an India Calling journey to forever echo in your soul, just as the evocative sights, sounds, textures, exotic tastes, and heavenly aromas will long dance in your memory.”
“Are you a tourist, or a Pilgrim?” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar asks. “Both are on a journey. While the tourist satisfies the senses, the pilgrim is on a quest for truth.”
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WHAT IS AYURVEDA?
The Sanskrit word Ayur means life and Ved means (sacred) knowledge, so Ayurveda is the study and knowledge of life.
Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest and most holistic healthcare systems, emphasising the importance of harmony between body, mind, and spirit. Ayurvedic practitioners focus on prevention, rejuvenation, and addressing root causes of imbalances that lead to health issues.
‘Prevention is better than cure’
This identification and elimination of the underlying causes allows balance and harmony to be restored so healing can occur. And as the treatments also improve the patient’s general quality of life, an environment is created which prevents the imbalances from reoccurring, leading to permanent health outcomes.
“Health is not mere absence of disease. It is the dynamic expression of life.”
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Central to Ayurveda is the concept of the three doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—representing elemental forces that govern the body. Each individual’s unique constitution, or prakriti, is a specific blend of these doshas. Maintaining balance within them is vital for holistic health.
Ayurveda incorporates diverse practices, including herbal remedies, Ninety percent of which are plant based, derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds. It also includes detoxification techniques like Panchakarma, therapeutic massages, yoga, meditation, and tailored dietary regimens. These holistic treatments aim to restore equilibrium, enhance vitality, and promote lasting well-being.
India Calling meets Ayurveda
For those seeking an immersive Ayurvedic healing experience, or simply an introduction to the world of Ayurveda, India Calling has curated the perfect opportunity.
You will be provided with a personalised, effective and affordable package encompassing daily Ayurvedic treatments, yoga, breathwork and meditation, to help you heal or simply relax, cleanse and reenergise. We work with local and experienced Ayurvedic doctors, practitioners and guides, all tried and tested by ourselves, as well as the daily breathwork, yoga and meditation sessions we lead.
India Calling trips offer a truly transformative journey into the ancient science of Ayurveda. And it is not just about the healing encounter – it’s about embracing a time-tested, beautiful philosophy for holistic living, long after the trip has ended.
JOURNEY LOCATIONS
November 2025
Journey to Renewal: Ayurveda, Breathwork, Yoga & Meditation
Part 1: The Ashram Experience
The Ashram is a sacred space for inner transformation. Your four-day stay here will draw you into timeless, peace-infused meditations and yoga sessions, special breathing techniques, profound Vedic ceremonies and personalised, deeply healing experiences of Ayurveda.
Inclusions:
- Ayurveda: a relaxing Marma treatment on arrival to help reduce any lingering jet lag.
- Ashram Tour to introduce you to what soon feels like home.
- Sahaj Samadhi: very powerful personalised mantra-based Meditation Workshop.
- Morning Hatha Yoga with Steffi against the backdrop of the Ashram springing into life.
- Evening Yin Yoga / Yoga Nidra with Steffi to wind down towards the end of the day
- Sudarshan Kriya led by Ivan in the very special Vishalakshi Mantap (Ashram temple).
- Evening satsangs followed by delicious, healthy sattvic meals.
- Traditional Vedic Pujas and Homas.
- Ashram accommodation (with ensuite bathrooms)
November 2025 Journey to Renewal
Part 2: The Kerala Experience
From the spiritually awakening experience of the Ashram, we continue our transformative journey in the healing embrace of Kerala – the birthplace and home of Ayurveda. We have curated a whole wellness experience enhanced by pristine palm-fringed beaches, serene backwaters, forested walks to ancient temples and tea plantations set high up in spectacular hill stations.
Starting with five days in an Ayur-Yoga retreat, surrounded by lush gardens bountiful in fruit trees and tropical flowers, you will awake to the sweet sounds of birdsong. The property is set within the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, where Ayurveda meets Nature.
In this serene and sacred environment, the daily, personalised Ayurveda treatments, rejuvenating Ayurvedic massages, meditations and yoga practices all combine to shine the guiding light of self awareness.
We continue our journey with four days in a beautiful Ayurveda and Yoga property, with peaceful backwaters on one side and the warm Arabian Sea on the other.
Greeted with a traditional fire ceremony, each day we deepen our journey with meditation and asana to gently open our bodies and attune our minds to the breath. And every day, more personalised Ayurvedic treatments and massages – the perfect prescription for lasting holistic health.
We stay in heritage style wooden rooms with shared terraces and every meal is delicious and nourishing, vegetarian food at its best, made with local, fresh ingredients. We include a sunrise/sunset boat trip, temple visits, Tuk Tuk rides, and leisurely walks along the shore, where you will be further healed by the sounds and powers of the ocean.
The whole trip is a deep experience of tranquillity, rejuvenation and personal growth – your life-enhancing Journey to Renewal.
PRICING OPTIONS
Standard price (sharing): £2,450
Standard price (private room in Kerala, twin or private room in Ashram depending on availability): £2,850
Early Bird* by 1st July 2025 (sharing): £2,250
Early Bird* by 1st July 2025 (private room in Kerala, twin or private room in Ashram depending on availability): £2,650
*To qualify for Early Bird - full payment of trip is required no later than 1st July 2025.
Trip Repeater (sharing): £2,250
Trip Repeater (private room in Kerala, twin or private room in Ashram depending on availability): £2,650
To secure your place, payment of £250 deposit towards your trip is required (as booking fee)
Payments can be made in up to 3 instalments (*Early Bird full payment by 1st July 2025)
INCLUSIONS / EXCLUSIONS
Inclusions:
- All internal travel costs (internal flights & road transport)
- All meals (except restaurant meals) and accommodation
- Courses & sessions
- Activities, day trips and excursions
- Individual dosha (constitution) reading with Ayurvedic doctor
- Relaxing Ayurvedic treatment on arrival (Marma) and daily treatments in Kerala
- Entrance fees to any palaces / temples we visit together and guide, driver and staff tips
Exclusions:
- International flights
- Travel insurance and Indian visa costs
- Additional meals and drinks taken away from group
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Additional Ayurvedic or naturopathy treatments you may choose to book
Please be aware there are recommended vaccinations for travel to India. A list of Travel Clinics is available on request.
TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
We work with two Wiltshire-based travel agencies (Marlborough / Hungerford), who are ready to assist you with booking flights, visas and travel insurance.
Travel By Hannah (Marlborough)
01672 515 311
info@travelbyhannah.co.uk
Fare Wise Travel
01488 686 858
hung@farewise.com
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Ivan@indiacalling.co.uk | 07791 234562
Stefanie@indiacalling.co.uk | 07516 313502
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