The Aavya Blog

Nobody really talks about what happens after.

People drive to Kunjapuri for the sunrise. Forty minutes up a winding road, a five AM alarm, a parking lot filling with people who've been told this is where yo…

How Old Is Aavya — And When Will It Finally Be Ready?

How old is Aavya?

Most people who come to Rishikesh for the first time don't know Tapovan exists.

I didn't build Aavya. It grew.

When I started building Aavya, a dear friend and yoga teacher looked me straight in the eye and said:

I have attended fewer than thirty yoga classes in four and a half years of living in Rishikesh.

Sound healing is not a dark room and a playlist. Or it can be. But that's not what happens here.

The word wellness has a problem. It has been used so many times, in so many brochures, attached to so many juice cleanses and cold plunges and corporate team-bu…

Seven months ago the pottery studio became fully ours. Before that there was a partnership that ran for a while and then didn't. These things happen. What matte…

We don't have a CRM system at Aavya.

We've had couples come to Aavya in a few different ways. Some came specifically for a couples retreat. Some just arrived together and figured it out as they wen…

The name itself tells you something. Rishikesh — from Hrishikesha, meaning Lord of the Senses, one of the names of Vishnu. This has been a place of pilgrimage a…

Every city has two versions. The one in the photographs and the one that exists when the photographs aren't being taken. Here is the other version.

People spend a lot of time asking why Rishikesh. The question, once you've spent any time here, starts to feel slightly backwards. Why not Rishikesh?

If you're searching "retreat center in Rishikesh," you're probably deep into research already.

Many retreat organizers don't initially plan off-site experiences.

Recording Studio Insights

Every season, teachers from across the world arrive in Tapovan.

Recording Studio Insights

Guided meditations are often recorded in highly controlled environments.

Recording Studio Insights

When people imagine recording studios, they often picture large professional facilities.

The sound healing experiences I hold in Rishikesh — by Ramana, our Sound Healer

People often ask me, "What is sound healing for you?"

By Ramana, our Reiki Master at Aavya in Tapovan, Rishikesh

People often ask me, "What is Reiki?"