Embody a life-affirming Spritual Practice. Support & Heal your vocal-to-sacral passage with Yoga of Voice & Sacral based Yoga of Moons. This November, the ritual, the stories, the music comes to life through your Voice. 20-28 NOVEMBER 2025

perfect retreat-workshop for Yoga Teachers | gain tremendous authenticity & confidence | YACEP certified

Swar Ashram welcomes the return of Deepak Kumar Pareek 20 – 28 November 2025  for an Epic Bhakti Yoga Pilgrimage – nine paradigm shifting days & 8 nights immersed in the Art & Science of the Vibration of Sonic Energy.

Join us for Deepak’s Yoga of Voice Workshop. Practice with Acharya Deepak at SwAr Ashram for 7 morning session after breakfast until lunch and experience his Raga-s and Kirtan inside Hindu Temples on 2 evenings.

Start the mornings with multifaceted Yoga practice to support the Vocal-Sacral passageway connecting Vishuddhi and Svadhisthana Chakra-s with Amma Niradhara, senior yoga therapist.

In the afternoons, you will be immersed in culture and spirituality visiting sacred sites and nature on this authentic heritage Yoga Pilgrimage on the banks of the sacred Narmada River with Amma in the afternoons.

“The human voice is a God-given instrument which can joyfully help us navigate through these strange times”

-Acharya Deepak Kumar Pareek

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In the tradition of Indian classical music, instructed by Deepak Kumar Pareek, experience the energies of your own pranic power. The human voice is a fine instrument which can joyfully help us purify, clarify, self-regulate our nervous systems to navigate through challenging times as well as celebrations.

The Workshop consists of 7 lessons based on North Indian Classical Vocal Music. All levels are welcome, from beginner to advanced. Yoga of Voice classes with Deepak Kumar Pareek will help you develop your singing voice, a portal to embodying your personal power and accessing your unspoken Truth.

Beneficial for all those who use their voice professionally, including actors, teachers, speakers, coaches and salespersons, as well as singers and musicians, community leaders and even parents. This workshop retreat is perfect for Yoga Teachers who will gain tremendous authenticity and confidence. YACEP certificate offered.

Classical Indian Master Vocalist Deepak Kumar Pareek will guide participants in meditative vocal exercises exploring raga and compositions. 

As a bonus, Amma Niradhara , Yogacharya of Maasik Chakra Yoga (Moon Cycle Yoga) will guide sessions with attention to the Sacral – Vocal passageway to support the passage between the womb/sacrum and voice and to fully embody your experience with Yoga of Voice .

THIS YOGA OF VOICE WORKSHOP OFFERS YOU YOGIC ATTUNEMENT IN THE FORM OF 7 PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL INDIAN VOCAL SESSIONS :

• Acharya Deepak has much to offer from decades of experience performing and teaching, he welcomes everyone – the curious beginner to professionals.

• Indian Classical musical system of scales and vocal exercises are taught with Vedic methods and precision.

• You will be guided in meditative vocal exercises exploring India’s Yogic culture & traditions which create liberating healing frequencies and access the higher Chakra-s.

• 1 on 1 and small group attention from Acharya Deepak with gentle caring feedback.

• Develop your singing voice, which will give you confidence peace of mind and soul, in your life and in your relationships.

support & Heal your vocal-to-pelvic floor passage with Yoga of Voice & Sacral based Yoga of Moons.

=Acharya Niradhara

Your sacrum/pelvis and throat/jaw move like mirrors. Either one unlocks the other, tension in one reflects in the other neurologically. In Osteopathy, the back of the skull (occiput which controls the jaw) and S1 are twins. When one is hindered, the other compensates in the way you move and breathe. Either one supports the other to breathe Prana (life-force energy) along the spinal column. the Voice-Sacrum axis are linked hinges – thresholds. They share a language, a responsive code.

Your sacrum formed very early as a fetus in the womb. It supports your pelvic organs, notably the womb and lower digestive tract. The pelvic bowl stores primal memory. It establishes a base of safety in order to heal from trauma. Kundalini power, life force itself sleeps and rises from the sacrum.

Your voice is your advocate, the gateway of language, self-expression. it also controls your breath and operates with your jaw, a major boundary or doorway for nourishment and also a boundary. Your voice processes emotion and it also holds stuck unsaid thoughts.

is this retreat-workshop for you?

• Have you ever given up your voice to ‘people-please”?
• Are you too shy (or polite) to speak up at critical times?
• Were you taught to be seen and not heard?
• Is your self-confidence less than it can be?
• Are you unsure or afraid of how to effectively express deep thoughts or emotions?
• Do you cry when words are stuck?
• How does that affect you in terms of physical and emotional stress?
• Does finding your center of gravity confuse you?
• If you are Cycling, how is its rhythm, the flow? Are your hormones shifting?
• Do you often feel unsure about voicing your opinions or needs?
• Do you think deeply but seldom share your thoughts?
• Do you want to hide, shut down or freeze when its time to take center stage?
• Do you struggle with holding attention & space in a classroom or board meeting?
• Is your power of manifestation ever blocked?
• Do you sit (or lay down) when you want so much to dance – to stand in your power?

Learn and practice to move and breathe with full body intelligence. Find freedom in your pelvic cave, find power in your voice with increased awareness in practices that require either or both to perform well.

The Yoga of Voice workshop is embedded in an epic experience of Ancient Yogic Teachings, Technologies & Tours. Discover & Explore :

• the connection between 2 important Chakra-s for creative expression – the jaw/throat/voice (Vishuddhi) and the pelvis/sacrum/womb (Svadhisthana),
• the relationship between the upper Chakra-s (endocrine glands in the Head) with the throat as a major control center relative to input as well as output with our environment. the essence and interdependence of Sound & Light

Immerse yourself in self-discovery – the innerYatra – supported by your 2 hosts, seasoned Yogi Teachers, in this authentic heritage pilgrimage town renowned for the Indian Maharani (Queen) Ahilya’s Palace, who reigned 40 years of peace & prosperity while garnering trade relations through developing the indigenous arts such as handloom weaving and temple restoration. SwAr Ashram was built by this Maharani, it is in a part of the Fort which she built and inhabited. These ancient stones still speak to us of parts she played in the shaping of early women’s justice & human rights under her rule. Further in antiquity, the Puranic legends of Adi Shankaracharya, Markandeya, Tulsidas and more have historical memories here.

This November, the ritual, the stories, the music comes to life through your Voice.

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

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 immersive experience that enriches your connection to Pranic Source that you have for your whole life.

Deepak Kumar Pareek is a light classical singer and composer from the state of Rajasthan, India. His music covers a wide spectrum of styles: ghazals (romantic poetry), bhajans (devotional songs), kirtan and classic film songs. Deepak first studied with his father, Shri P.N. Vyas, and later with Ustad R.F. Dagar, Ustad Moinuddin Khan and Shri Mohinderjit Singh. He has also been studying with Khayal classical singer Mrs. Kankana Banerjee, disciple of the legendary vocalist Ustad Amir Khan. Deepak is accomplished on several musical instruments including harmonium, tamboura, guitar and keyboard. He is co-director of the East-West School of Music at Ananda Ashram and as a faculty member teaches and performs regularly in the New York tri-state area as well as 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 Pareek’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 and taught at SwAr Ashram, and performed at a private viewing for the Maharaja and his guests in the Maheshvar Ahilya’s Palace and several of the most important Mandirs in town during his visits to us at Maheshwar MP.

This November, the ritual, the stories, the music comes to life through your Voice.

TOTAL ALL INCLUSIVE EXCEPT AIRFARE $1808. usd.

REGISTER HERE – request the form to submit with payment.

send the DEPOSIT to DEEPAK KUMAR PAREEK  $ 501. (1 of 3 parts in payment)

BOOK YOUR EARLY BIRD ROOM rs 29,760 (approx $ 346.) at same time as completing above registration to insure you get one of these 5 special heritage rooms.

BALANCE due on arrival rs 84,232 (approx $ 961, at time of this posting)

TOTAL ALL INCLUSIVE EXCEPT AIRFARE $1808. usd.

Come join us,

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

SwAr Ashram is part of the Maheshvar Fort on the banks of Narmada. (the white door in this photo). This ancient structure is a teaching facility only and prone to floods in summer monsoon time. Retreat Lodging is in the exclusive heritage Gatehouse to the Fort’s Palace, very nearby.  All vegan /pure veg meals, tours, Temples, Teachings, Philosophy, Nature, Yoga, Meditation, Agnihotra, Satsang, Kirtan, Yoga of Voice & more…. in this all-inclusive package is listed below.

Stay with us in charming heritage accommodation. These 6 exclusive rooms are hidden inside the actual thick stone walls of the Gatehouse to Maheshvar Fort’s Palace, 3 minutes walk along the Fort wall to SwAr Ashram, (also part of the Fort) located on Maheshvar Ghat, along the River. 

The first 6 Earlybirds to Register get these exclusive rooms. Additional guests will be booked at a nearby equally lovely hotel, but this iconic Gatehouse is the only hotel of original heritage vintage.

BOOK YOUR ROOM HERE rs 29,760 (approx $ 346.) you must screenshot it and email to amma@swarashram.com.

Experience Hatha, Raja, Jnana and Bhakti Yoga-s at the heart of the Motherland, on the banks of the most sacred River Narmada, among ancient important Temples and Ashrams mentioned in the Sanskrit Epics and Scriptures.  The Source Energies are palpable here, Maheshvar is the dwelling place of Shiva & Narmada Devi is the only place in the world where the Stones known as Shivalingams are formed by a natural occurance millions of millenia ago.  These Sacred Stones are revered and can be found in nearly every Temple throughout India..  The bare footprints of the greatest Rishi-s and Maharaji-s of all time linger in the atmosphere where they have meditated sitting on these very stone ghats, among the countless ancient Shivalingams that are installed since time immemorial along the riverbanks and ghats.  This is our idyllic authentic environment which remains pure to its roots amidst a developing India.

In addition to the workshops with Acharyaji Deepak,  he will fill our nights in the Temples, Ashram, boats and ghats with the Bhakti Yoga of Music!   During the days, the Classical Hatha, Raja, Jnana and Karma Yogas will be experienced, each in their most beneficial space and time. 

Amma Niradhara, our resident Spiritual Mother & Ashram director, curates and produces tours by foot, car and boats to natural and sacred sites nearby on day trips.   She guides you into Temples and tombs with Sanskrit esoteric texts. She leads you into the Ancient Technologies, Teachings & Therapies  of Agnihotra, Kundalini Kriya, Tantric Yoga of Moons and other ancient therapies out in among Nature, as well as within the shroud of SwAr Ashram’s partly-ruins facade, and in the womb-like walls of Baneshwar Mahadev Mandir.

As a Yogini since the age of 13, Amma Niradhara has been studying and practicing the Yogas for 51 years.  Her journey weaves the threads of some of the most ancient and esoteric Yogic practices & Ayurvedic protocols for the care and curing of Women. In 2002, she was initiated into Agnihotra and as an advanced practitioner was invited to her Yajnyachara, Shree’s home & Goshala in India for Somayajnyas in 2007.  Her formal immersion into Vedic protocols for Periods was fine-tuned from that year when Shree instructed her to manage the Moon House and teach his foreign women devotees the Brahmanic Rajaswala Paricharya-s (Dharmic protocols for Hindu Women on Period). The Motherland called her, 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 (Queen) Ahilya who was the eariliest champion of Women’s empowerment in India, she built the Fort that now encompasses SwAr Ashram on its easternmost corner.

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 once in a lifetime event :  A Bhakti & Yoga Pilgrimage Yoga of Voice with Deepak Kumar Pareek .

workshop-retreat is all inclusive of:

All meals are included: most will be at SwAr Ashram and the Cafe attached to the Lodging where we serve hygienic healthy delicious pure plant-based local food and reverse osmosis water. (soft drinks not included)

What is included/ not included in the cost of Retreat Packages such as YOGA of VOICE – innerYatra Esoteric Yogic Experiences, Teachings, Technologies, Therapies & Ancient India Experiencial Tours Package?

• Group (large vehicle) pick-up /drop-off at Indore Airport between designated times*
• AM & sometimes PM daily Yoga & Meditation Programs inside of SwAr Ashram on the banks of Narmada.
• Yoga Nidra grounding on your first evening with Shabdha Snan (sound bath).
• Agnihotra Sandhya Sadhana with full educational module about this ancient pyro-dynamic healing. (steel boxed copper kunda & kit is optional to purchase to take home)
• Daily morning practice of Yoga of Moons for Sacral-Vocal connection and more.
• Aarti and Pujas including education about these & lots of experiences.
• Welcome and Closing Circles at SwAr Ashram.
• 7 half-days Yoga of Voice workshop by world class Indian classical musician, vocalist & Acharya,  Deepak Kumar Pareek. Planned & spontaneous performances throughout the days.
• innerYatra : daily modules of Esoteric Yogic Experience Tours to connect with the culture, environment and spirituality this special place has to offer.
• Boat Yatra on Narmada to Baneshwar (Ancient Stargate Temple) with ceremonies
• Boat on Narmada to Shalivan Ashram & Naodotia Village (dating back to the Copper Age)
• Kirtan on the boat, in SwAr Ashram & in various Temples.
• Trek along the banks of Narmada to Saptamatrika (Pleaidean Mothers) Temple
• Car journey to Sahastradhara, (rapids) with Special Kundalini Kriya Experience
• Walking tour of the Ghats, Fort, Temples and charitable works
• Traditional Indian cooking (and eating) class
• Hygienic RO water, refill bottles
• Tasty, Vegan or Vegetarian meals prepared with love, local mostly organic food 3 times a day
• Attend a Shakti Girls Yoga Camp & MC Satsang for Amma’s  girl students to educate about their bodies & Amma’s students get a designer stitched pad set with comic book, to encourage them to stay in school during their Moon Cycles.
• Mehndi & Rangoli Party! Amma’s students are masterful at henna designs and the amazing rangoli kolams that are drawn on the floor with colored sands pinched between tiny fingers,  these artistic young ladies share their art with you.
• Sanskrit Naming Ceremony for those who wish it
• wi-fi at the Lodging and Ashram.
• Access Pass to SwAr Ashram Library (use our laptop & printerif needed).
• Experience Local Veg Market on Tuesday.
• Very Special Metta Meditation releasing Diyas on the River.
• Welcome Bag filled with local gifts to make your stay even more wonderous!
• Spiral Bound support materials book by Amma.
• one Ayurvedic massage or optional one Vedic Jyotisha reading per person.
• YACEP 30 credits with certificate for Yoga Teachers.
• EARLYBIRDS BONUS: 8 nights exclusive accommodation in the beautifully restored Gatehouse to our Maheshvar Palace, incl. A/C, wi-fi, RO water refills and cafe at the lodging.
• All meals (3x day) you may order snacks & soft drinks between meals at additional cost. this is a pure-veg, no-mean & no-alcohol holy pilgrimage town.
• Surprises, Prasadam, Love, Deep Caring, Sat Cit Anand!
• Basically, everything is included = EXCLUDING AIR FARE & SHOPPING CASH.

*Transport is incl from pick up at the local Indore airport – all ground transportation is inclusive except airfare.  You get several ebooks when we recieve confirmation of your room booking, to ease into the culture and spiritual experiences. You get a wonderfully thoughtful Welcome Bag, full of the perfect gifts to make your stay more wonderous as well as to remember us by when you return home.

1. REGISTER (fill up the form) for YOGA of VOICE total approx $1777.00 usd in next 3 step payments (partially paid in India, rupees to dollar fluctuates)
2. DEEPAK KUMAR PAREEK $600 deposit
3. & BOOK YOUR EARLY BIRD ROOM ( approx $199.97/ usd in rupees approx 17,600) DEPOSIT and ROOMS paid in advance
4. BALANCE $977/ usd pay on arrival (approx 86,000 rupees) to SwAr Ashram

THE FIRST 6 EARLY BIRDS GET THE EXCLUSIVE HERITAGE ROOMS WHICH ARE BUILT INTO THE GATEHOUSE TO THE MAHESHWAR PALACE.

BOOK HERE – REGISTER with SwAr Ashram for Yoga of Voice

INQUIRE: about the event with payment plans or partial Karma Yoga Scholarships.

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 and mandir has one – 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 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 Maheshvar 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. 

This is a small holy rural town and more uniquely, we are a heritage town with an ancient Fort on the River Narmada.  So aside from the religious significance of the River Narmada and all her Temples, there is also the heritage significance of the mighty Queen who had a long peaceful reign here nearly 300 years ago, reviving a formerly Mughal Fort by patronizing artists, and who is still venerated and beloved by the entire town which thrives today because of her descendants revival of her handloom weaving patronage.  She built the structure at the easternmost end of her Fort, now called SwAr Ashram after the last Guru who inhabited it.  We will tour and teach you all about this, the temples, the surrounding nature and river and stones, with experiences you will never forget.

On this unprecedented, unique gathering of Guru-Bhaiya and Guru-Behun, (brother and sister of the same Guru) we are want to put a special offer out to the Ananda Ashram community. Many of this vast community stay in touch by social media.  Deepak and Niradhara have only been in touch by this means over the past 2 decades. Over twenty years ago,  Niradhara lived at Ananda Ashram as a resident staff member (as Shri Brahmanada’s archivist at BBPT). Deepak’s Musical career in the states is embedded where he is now Director of Ananda Ashram’s East-West School of Music.  They are each devotees of Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, the Rajasthani Guru of Ananda Ashram in NY.

Deepak visits his family home in Jaipur, Rajasthan every year and has offered his Yoga of Voice workshop at SwAr Ashram twice since Niradhara has established it as her home in 2007. He first made a visit to Narmada in January 2019 and performed for the Maharaja in the Maheshvar Palace.

Niradhara is the Yogacharya to the Maharaja, his family and guests at the Palace, which is central to the Fort in which SwAr Ashram is located.

NARMADE  HAR!