One thing that always surprises me about my everyday life is how disconnected I am from nature. I am disconnected in big ways: we are wreaking havoc on the planet. I am also disconnected in smaller but important way: I work in the arts and value aesthetics but during a recent drive I was […]
Arriving after the long drive into rural India and down the remote dirt track leading to Basunti, it was a great pleasure to enter the beautiful retreat garden with its colourful flowerbeds with fish ponds and stunning swimming pool. Its lovely location, elevated on a peninsula which reaches out into the reservoir created by […]
I wrote this article whilst sitting on the balcony ( or Crow’s Nest) of my lovely room at Basunti.
The amazing support of all the staff, the food and friendliness made my second yoga course a delight.
The group was enthusiastic and focused and they loved everything about the venue, food, staff and the […]
Basunti: a flower growing in northern India in the foothills of the Himalayas, and the name of the retreat centre chosen by Sheila for a two-week yoga course in March/April 2012. Built about five years ago by David Butterworth, the centre is described as of ‘modern Indian design with European plumbing’. It is simple, […]
By Su Sareen.
This is our second time at Basunti and it was wonderful to be back… it’s a joy to be in such a special place.
By popular request, we started a little earlier this year (7am after early morning tea for those who want it). It may sound a bit early but […]
By Gill Mitchell –
Basunti, to me, is like a fine wine that improves with age. I have returned to Basunti three years running. The first time I thought it was perfect, the second even more perfect, and the third it was just something so special it is beyond words. Sadly, I am a […]
We arrived late afternoon to Basunti, an oasis of peace and tranquillity after a tiring journey. The next day we found that the monsoon season had yet to finish, but this did not dampen our spirits, as we practiced our yoga in the comfort of the Shala. The afternoons were brighter and very hot, […]
“We need beauty around us. Beauty is like a perfume impalpable yet so very strong. Beauty is the essence of life. Its feeling pushes the artist to create, opens the heart to love, leads the brain to clarify, invites the mind to comprehend and brings the body to participate. You find yourself in Beauty, […]
The retreat at Basunti was even better than dreamed or imagined. It was a larger, three dimensional and vibrant version of the pictures on the Basunti website – a walk-in photo shoot with all senses awakened.
It felt that the yoga was restorative with ancient techniques practiced in the land of their origin. Certainly […]
