Journey Into The Self
Auroville and Tiruvannamalai, South India
Join us in South India!
February 15th - 27th, 2026
Registration is open!
Join us for an immersive pilgrimage.
~ 5-nights at Quiet Beach Healing Center in Auroville, to arrive, recuperate from travel, build community, practice and learn together, visit temples and more!
~ 7-nights at the foot of holy mount Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai to continue the deep inner and outer journey.
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This immersive pilgrimage will be led by Corinne and Matthew Andrews, co-owners of Shraddhā Yoga. We are grateful to share our love of sacred India with you!
We have been organizing and facilitating retreats/pilgrimages in North and South India since 2016. We will draw upon our extensive local contacts, decades-long practice and study of yoga, and deep reverence for the land, culture, temples and people to create a rich and immersive experience.
Throughout this retreat, we will visit dozens of sacred sites. These places have absorbed the prayers and aspirations of millions of devotees and spiritual seekers and are understood to be ‘tirthas’, or portals where spiritual energy flows into the material plane. Our focus in these places will be to experience this energy and open to its transformational potential.
The first five nights will be at Quiet Healing Center in Auroville. We’ll practice āsāna, prānāyāma, meditation, and mantra chanting together, swim in the ocean and set a foundation for our explorations into the nature of Self. The trip cost includes one massage while at Quiet, and additional bodywork will be available on a cost basis. We will also visit the Matrimandir, Kameeswarar Shiva Temple the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Mohanam Cultural Heritage Center and more.
We will spend the next seven nights in Tiruvannamalai diving into relationship with holy Arunachala. Arunachala is Shiva: the primordial divine consciousness that underlies everything we see and touch and think. The mountain radiates grace in every direction. It is a presence that holds us in love and a wisdom that can guide us toward self realization. We will stay at Triveni Ashram, which is connected with the Yogiramsuratkumar Ashram.
While in Tiru we will visit yogis, swamis, Ammas and spiritual teachers who transmit the wisdom, love and grace of Arunachala Shiva in their own unique ways. And we will participate in ancient sacred rituals that invoke the divine presence and create a container for going deep within ourselves to discover the truth that resides there.
We will also have focused time for meditation, movement and journaling, and time for sharing in the spirit of community. We will breathe deeply and chant together every day.
Arunachala has been a pilgrimage site for thousands of years, and offers its ancient wisdom to seekers who come to spend time in its aura. The most famous of these seekers was Ramana Maharshi, who arrived as a teenager and never again left the mountain. Others include Guhai Namasivaya, Virupaksha Deva, Yogi Ramsuratkumar, and Guru Narayana Swami. Each of these yogis left behind the radiance of their embodied love for Shiva in particular locations around Tiruvannamalai, and we will visit these places and taste their nectar.
We will do girivalam, walking the 8 mile route around Arunachala and visit the largest Śiva temple in South India, as well as the much older Adi Annamalai temple and other local shrines. We will spend time at the Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram, sing devotional chants and songs, spend time at Nadaloka sound temple and participate in Vedic ceremonies conducted by local priests. We will eat delicious traditional South Indian food, and bask in the holy vibration of Arunachala.
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For the first 5 nights we will stay in Quiet, which is a community of Auroville in Tamil Nadu.
Then we will travel to Tiruvannamalai and stay at Triveni Ashram for the remaining 7 nights.
Triveni is a special retreat situated just outside the Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram, walking distance from Arunachala and the Ramana Maharshi Ashram.Rooms are shared. If you absolutely require a single room, it may be possible if you register early.
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The cost is $3,000. This cost includes transportation from the airport to Quiet, all meals and accommodations for 12 nights, one massage at Quiet, and all contributions to teachers, temples, etc.
The cost of flights are not included and you will need to book and pay for your own flight. We are available to support you in choosing the flight.
We recommend bringing some spending money for gift shopping, as well as additional personal contributions to sadhus (holy beggars), temples, or tips for drivers or resort/ashram staff.Payment plans are available.
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Matthew and Corinne Andrews, co-founders of Shraddhā Yoga, will serve as guides and facilitators.
Between them they have led fourteen retreats in North and South India.
They will draw on their strong local connections and depth of experience with yoga and India to create a rich and profound experience. -
Click here to view the proposed outline based on last year’s pilgrimage.
The doc is a draft and will definitely change to meet the needs of the specific group each year.
Program Details
In India, ancient streams of indigenous wisdom are thoroughly infused into the social and cultural fabric of day to day life. As a result, the Earth breathes more freely. The Divine Mother has been honored here for millennia, and Her being can be felt resonating in the air, the water, the plants and soil. It is an amazing gift to share our love of India with you, and to organize collective immersions in Her beauty and richness.
The depth of spiritual seeking and aspiration that gave birth to the yoga traditions is alive and resonant in India like no other place.
Our retreats and pilgrimages to different places in both South and North India offer a chance to experience India’s rich spiritual culture and ancient wisdom. We collaborate with local guides and teachers who share local traditions and art, and provide access to sacred sites with context.
From the gratitude we at Shraddhā Yoga have for all we have been given, we give back and support various aspects of Indian culture and society. Over the years, we have supported Mohanam Village Heritage Centre, Arunachala Ashram’s Sat Dharma Trust, and Baba’s Feed Project.
