14/04/2025
RETREAT PILGRIMAGE IN INDIA with LANCE SCHULER &
PHILIPP LEMKE
February 21 - March 2, 2026 in Maheswar
UPSKILLING:A DEEP DIVE TO THE ROOTS OF YOGA
2026 marks the 21st year of our INSPYA Yoga Team being committed to train and upskill yogīs and yoginīs around the world. We have come of age and would like to mark this anniversary with a training in quite a magical location: the Motherland of yoga, India.
The roots of yoga started in this incredible place about 3500 years ago. To this day, even though India is modernising rapidly, there are ancient traditions and mind boggling practices and yogic lifestyles to behold and be inspired by.
Through his many years of living in India, Phil is connected to some of these schools and yogins. In 2006, on one of his ascetic pilgrimages along the banks of the beautiful Narmadā River, he discovered Maheswar, which has since been his favourite place in India. He went again this year and found it still mostly untouched by tourism, still retaining its timeless charm.
Hence, Lance and Phil have decided to run our training there in February 2026. We have taken a group to this retreat place before, in 2012, and know how well a retreat-like program is supported and enhanced in Maheswar. As before, our Indian brother Vijay will join our team to help manage everything smoothly. He has grown up on the Narmadā River, and is living and breathing its yogic traditions.
We will offer a deep dive into ta***ic and haṭha yoga practices and philosophy. This is an opportunity to immerse ourselves into their culture. We invite you to take this plunge with, and to take your practice and in some cases teaching to the next level.
For more informatiom including the Magic of India, the Team Leaders, the daily schedule, accomodation and more please visit the website https://www.inspyayoga.com/retreat-pilgrimage-in-india
INVESTMENT
Included in the Price:
*All taxis during the retreat (Indore–Maheswar–Indore + outing)
*9 nights at our retreat place
*Three meals per day at our retreat place
*All teachings
*Outing to Omkareswar (3/4 Day)
*Simple Double Room, shared (6 available), AUD 1799 per person
*Deluxe Zimmer/Cottage, shared (10 available), AUD 1999 per person
*Super Deluxe Room, shared (12 available), AUD 2299 per person
Your own Expenses:
*Flights to New Delhi and back home.
*Hotel in Delhi.
Please contact Phil for further questions and for registration: insightyogaphil@gmail.com
OPTIONAL ADD-ON ADVENTURE - March 2-6, 2026
Since you’ll already be in India, why not make the most of it and tag a group trip onto the training. We offer to basically make the trip back to New Delhi an adventure. First, we’ll be exploring the incredible desert-town Jaipur, one of the jewels of the State of Rajastan. Then we will go to Agra, home of the world-famous Taj Mahal, one of the most beautiful structures ever built. Furthermore, we’ll have a day to walk in the footsteps of Lord Kṛṣṇa. According to legend, Kṛṣṇa was born in Mathura and grew up in Vrindavan. Both places are major pilgrim destinations, full of Kṛṣṇa temples, ceremonies and bhakti.
Vijay and Phil will be your guides on this extra-tour.
ITINERARY
Monday: overnight train journey to Jaipur
Tuesday: One 3-4 star night in Jaipur + sightseeing (palaces, etc.)
Wednesday: train to Agra, seeing Agra Fort, staying at a 3-4 star hotel
Thursday: sunrise at the Taj Mahal. Then taxi to Mathura, sightseeing in Vridavan. Night in a 3-4 star hotel in either Mathura or Vridavan
Friday: train from Mathura to Delhi, and Good-byes
Included:
*All trains, and taxis during this trip
*All hotels during this journey (the price indicated is for shared rooms, option to pay more for a single room)
*We will organise everything for you
*Guided tours by Vijay and Phil
Investment: AUD 699
