SanKalpa: A Journey into the Heart of Things
The Journey Home India Retreat
There are journeys you take to see the world. And there are journeys that bring you home to yourself.
The Journey Home Retreat is not a trip. It is a Saṅkalpa, a living intention, to walk into the very heart of things. The heart of your being, the heart of devotion, the heart of life itself.
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Why “Journey Home”?
In the rivers, the chants, the temples, and the people of India, you will rediscover something eternal within yourself.
The true pilgrimage is not only to India. It is into the innermost heart of your being along with the Rasika community.
December 27, 2026 - January 16, 2027
The Journey Home
India Retreat
“To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but in India I come as a pilgrim.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
What Awaits You
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Pilgrimage to sacred sites, temples, and living traditions.
- Practices of Ayurveda yoga, deep contemplation and reflection.
- The feels of the Ocean
- Ayurveda Treatments
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Immersion in the sounds, colors, and soul of India.
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Teachings to anchor your experience as inner journey and outer pilgrimage become one.
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Space to listen deeply to your heart and allow its wisdom to guide you.
Journey home to your Heart.
Meet your guide
Padma Shakti
With years of guiding sacred journeys, Padma will hold space for this pilgrimage as both outer travel and inner return.
Padma Shakti is Founder and Director of Rasa Yoga School of Yoga and Ayurveda, Visible Belief Education Foundation and Bay Area Yoga Collective.
She holds a firm commitment that Yoga and Ayurveda are on the cutting edge for success and leadership development. Through her ability to effectively assimilate and disseminate the teachings of Yoga and Ayurveda she enables people to craft a life beyond just getting by, to live a full life - thriving and healthy - toward the absolute highest quality possible.
Padma Shakti is committed to the power of community and seeks to demonstrate that through functional relationships, you strengthen and empower not only yourself, but the whole of humanity.
Her ability and clarity to empower others is made possible by her study, training and love of these great beings: Dr. David Hoch, Lex Gillian, Reverend Karen Tudor, Sandra Summerfield-Kozak of International Yoga Studies, Rodney Yee, Shiva Rea, Dr. David Frawley, Dr. Stephen Phillips, Swami Atma, Master Jason Campbell and Yogarupa Rod Stryker.
There are many other masters and teachers to pay homage to as well, whether by lineage living now or before.
Padma's current studies and training are influenced primarily by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.
