Swar Ashram welcomes the return of Deepak Kumar Pareek 28 February to 1 March 2026 for a weekend plunge into the art & science of the vibration of sound – a Vocalization Workshop of this Ancient Art & its Technologies:  Yoga of Voice is a Pilgrimage to SwAr Ashram on the banks of the sacred Narmada River with Acharya Deepak-ji. Our host & guide is Yogacharya Amma Niradhara.           

28 FEB – 1 MARCH 2026 : THIS IS A GOV’T SATURDAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

Embody a life-affirming SpIritual Practice. Support your vocal-to-sacral connection with Yoga of Voice & Sacral based Yoga of Moons. The River, the rituals, the stories, the music comes to life through your Voice. dates TBA.

perfect workshop for anyone seeking more power & confidence in their voice | including Yoga Teachers gain tremendous authenticity & insights | YACEP

Our esteemed guest Acharya, Deepak Kumar Pareek introduces the fundamentals of the classical Indian music system: (ragaas as well as devotional songs (bhajans), chanting (kirtan) and the philosophy and awareness of vocal expression.  Deepak guides students in meditative vocal exercises exploring raga and compositions and in use of the tamboura as a drone for the voice.  The workshop during this full Yogic pilgrimage will help to perfect your voice no matter what your singing style or level of experience.   This masterful guided time with Acharya Deepak gives you an experience that enriches your connection to Pranic Source that you have for your whole life. MORE ABOUT ACHARYA DEEPAK BELOW THE ITINERARY.

In the classical tradition of Indian music, embedded in an epic experience of Ancient Yogic Teachings, Technologies & Tours guided by Niradhara Amma of SwAr Ashram (bio bottom of this page), part of the Maheshvar Fort on the banks of Narmada. Lodging is in the exclusive Gatehouse to the Fort’s Palace.  All vegan /pure veg meals in this all-inclusive package (does not include transportation to Maheshvar). Ashram & Lodging, a 4-5 minute walk.

ON ARRIVAL : ALL INCLUDED

• SATURDAY :
• 11:00am – 12:00pm welcome at SwAr Ashram
• Lunch served at SwAr Ashram
• tour the Rajwada, its Mandirs & ghat
• 3:00pm official check-in at Labboo’z Lodging***
• Yoga of Voice 2.5 hours (1 of 2 sessions)
• Dinner at Labboo’z Cafe
• Narmada Aarti 8pm
• SUNDAY :
• optional sunrise Agnihotra with private Narmada darshan
• 7:00am Yoga focused on the Sacral connection to the Voice (pelvis & jaw)
• Breakfast at Labboo’z Cafe
• 9:00am Ahilyabai’s Lingarchan Puja
• Yoga of Voice 2.5 hours (2 of 2 sessions)
• Lunch at Banke Bihari (you may order their famous & favorite dal bafli !)
• Boat to Baneshwar Mandir – innerYatra : Puranic dharm meets sacred geometry
• prepare to depart, short closing circle at SwAr Ashram

***NOTE: if you are travelling without our own car, you may do your check-in process earlier but the room may not be ready earlier, they can store your bag. check-out is at 11am, again, bags can be held at the hotel or locked in the Ashram. You may book additional night(s) for additional charge of course, if you wish to use the room later or simply to store your bags.

LODGING based on availability at Labboo’z Lodge (rates reflect most rooms. inquire for other options and other hotel rates).

• rs24,100./- $269. USD (1 night/ 2 days)
• rs26,400./- $295. USD (2 nights / 2 days)
• rs28,700./- $320. USD (3 nights/ 2 days)

INDIAN ACCOUNTS ONLY : PAY HERE and REGISTER for YOGA of VOICE

Stay with us in charming heritage accommodation. These 6 exclusive rooms are hidden inside the actual walls of the Gatehouse to Maheshvar Fort’s Palace, 5 minutes walk along the Fort wall to SwAr Ashram, (also part of the Fort) located on Maheshvar Ghat.  The first 5 to Register get these exclusive rooms.

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At SwAr Ashram, we practice Agnihotra as a Sandhya Sadhana and you may request full training and purchase your own kit with digital content. 

the Cafe is attached to the Lodging and everywhere we have meals has hygienic healthy delicious pure plant-based local food and reverse osmosis water. 

Our occasional programs such as this, are the main basis of funding SwAr Ashram’s charitable Yoga programs for the local needy, noteably Nari Shashaktikaran initiatives such as Maasik Chakra Yoga Camps providing educational content, Yoga, cloth pads and books for women & girls.  THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF IT!

MORE ABOUT Deepak Kumar Pareek is a classical singer &  composer from India.

His work covers a spectrum of musical styles : ghazals (romantic poetry), bhajans (devotional songs), kirtan (call and response chanting) and classic film songs.  He plays harmonium  and guitar and is accompanied by tabla drums.

He has recently toured with Musifir, the internationally acclaimed Rajasthani Gypsy musicians and acrobats, and has performed with award winning “Danzactiva” in Puerto Rico and New York City.

A respected Acharya of Indian Classical Vocal Instruction,  Deepak is a Director on staff at the East West School of Music at Ananda Ashram, Monroe NY. 

We are very fortunate to have a Musician  and Acharya of his quality join us as both a Teacher and Performer, for our January Bhakti Yoga Pilgimage to SwAr Ashram, featuring Deepak Kumar’s Yoga of Voice.

Deepak has performed in concert at venues worldwide including : Ananda Ashram, Sivananda Ashram ( Bahamas),  Cornell University, Omega Institute, Amherst College, Haverford College, University of Pennsylvania, The Society for Universal Sacred Music, and more.   He has performed at venues too numerous to list all over India,  as well as, he has performed at SwAr Ashram, and at a private viewing in the Maheshwar Fort’s Ahilya Palace and several of the most important Mandirs in town during his visits here.

Step into a place that is timeless, where you will become one with the Vibration of Sound under the skillful guidance of Acharya Deepak Kumar Pareek.

What makes Narmada the holiest of all the 7 sacred Rivers in India, is that she is the only River in which the Shivalingams were formed.   Nearly every Hindu home mandir has one – or within feet away in the nearest public Mandir (Temple) in every nook and cranny of India you will find Shivalingams being worshipped.  The legend goes that millions of years ago, a meteor scorched the Earth here, melting and fusing the layers of rocks creating a unique fusion: crypto-crystaline quartz.  This meteor-skid formed the Nimar Valley.  Shiva, from his vantage point of Amarkantak in the mountains, upon seeing the scar on Mother Earth (Prthivi), shed tears, that flowed down, forming the River along this bed.  This became known as Narmada, the delightful River-Daughter of Shiva.  The cool water flowing over the molten rock, solidified the dual-tone fusion stones into oblong ovoids that can be found in no other place on Earth. These stones dubbed Shivalingams,  are the product of pure fire-water Shiva-Shakti Energies and support Kundalini activation electromagnetically, working with the body’s Pranic/ electromagnetic field by resonance with all 5 elements contained in them.  All Shivalingam connect by magnetic energy to each other by the Pranic Field anywhere in the world, in all places and times. This massive magnetic intelligence is what makes this stone, in my opinion, the most powerfully accurate dowser.

So holy, ancient and important are these Sacred Stones, that Narmada is spared the tourism traps that would have surely depleted the finite resource of the Shivalingams.

There is a saying attributed to Sri Markendeya, a devotee of our River Narmada – one must dip in the Ganga 7 times to become cleansed of karmas but one may only glance once at Narmada to get fully purified.  It is said that Ganga herself comes here at night to purify herself in the Narmada, dressed as a black cow, she returns each morning to her own riverbed dressed as a white cow.

Here is SwAr Ashram (click if the map doesnt come up on this page) located in Maheshwar MP India on the banks of the River Narmada.  Niradhara Amma has lived here 12 yrs and directs this micro-ashram entrusted to her by Guru Swami Anantram whom the Ashram is named for, SwAr is an acronym for his name. 

As a Yogini since the age of 13, Niradhara has been studying and practicing the Yoga-s for over 50 years.  Her Yajnyacharya called her to the Motherland in 2007, and Niradhara did not hesitate to return to her ancient hOMe of certainly many births.  Here, she discovered among the great Gurus of our time,  a timeless Mother, the River Narmada Herself, and a mighty Maharani Ahilya who built the Fort that now encompasses SwAr Ashram on its easternmost corner. For the past decade, she is the Yogacharya of Ahilya’s Fort, for the descendant Maharaja-s, and also teaches for various events held for weavers and their NGOs such as Women Weave, the Handloom School for Weavers and regularly at the school for the weaver’s children. She produces Nari Shashaktikaran (Female Empowerment) initiatives at SwAr Ashram such as Maasik Chakra Yoga Camps 10 times per year, where she provides Menstrual education from an evolved and enlightened perspective within the Yogic & Ayurvedic dharm. Amma Niradhara’s bio page.

These immense Feminine Energies nurture us along with our guests here at SwAr Ashram.  We invite you to join us at this highly spiritual, secret location, for this unique event :  Yoga of Voice with Deepak Kumar Pareek .

NARMADE  HAR!