Offers sincere aspirants an opportunity to practice yogic sadhana and experience the benefits of ashram life through seva. This course offers a balanced daily routine of hatha yoga, raja yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga and gyana yoga.
7th - 14th February - Techniques of Dharana from Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra This course will guide aspirants through the practices of dharana, or concentration, as they are revealed in the ancient tantric text of Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
Practitioners of all levels are systematically guided through the various tantric and yogic practices essential for balancing and awakening the chakras or psychic centres, thus introducing aspirants to the practices of kundalini yoga.
For international students this course is offered as a 12 day retreat of asana, pranayama, meditation and spiritual discourses.
23rd February - 14th March - Yoga Teacher Training Course (English) 
This comprehensive course brings an overview of integral yoga as propagated by Paramahansa Satyananda through the Bihar School of Yoga. Includes asana, pranayama, meditation, yoga nidra and shatkarmas and features ashram life, satsang and seva. A certificate qualifying you as a teacher is given at the end of the course.
This unique course guides sincere practitioners to a deeper understanding and experience of the ancient yogic practices as revealed by Swami Satyananda. Aspirants get the added benefit of practicing sadhana in the powerful energy field of Swami Satyananda’s Tapobhumi, thus getting a boost to their progress in developing the inner experience.
17th – 19th April - Saundarya Lahari Retreat
This exceptional retreat reveals the essence of tantric sadhana through the use of mantra, yantra and mandala, which are the most powerful tools for inner experience. Those participating in this retreat have the option to avail of the benefits of Sri Vidya Puja which follows right after this course.
15th - 28th June - Yoga Sadhana & Ashram Life Course
Offers sincere aspirants an opportunity to practice yogic sadhana and experience the benefits of ashram life through seva. This course offers a balanced daily routine of hatha yoga, raja yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga and gyana yoga.
This unique course systematically guides practitioners of all levels through the powerful meditation practice of antar mouna, ‘inner silence’. It introduces a complete training system to know and control the mind.
This course integrates Ajapa Japa and Yoga Nidra which is a universal panacea for today's fast paced modern world. Ajapa japa systematically leads practitioners from preliminary stages to the highest spiritual experiences and Yoga Nidra is universally acclaimed as one of the most important and essential yogic practices for relaxation and discovery of one’s inner potential.
26th October – 4th November -Chakra Sadhana Course
Practitioners of all levels are systematically guided through the various stages of chakra shuddhi, ‘purification of the psychic centres’. This course combines powerful tantric and yogic techniques which lead to a gradual cleansing of the chakras and the associated physical, pranic, mental, intuitive, and higher faculties which is a prerequisite of kundalini awakening.
This advanced course is designed for those wanting to deepen their yogic practices by exploring techniques for awakening and increasing prana in the body and utilizing it for a multitude of reasons such as healing, purification and inner experience.
This course will initiate sincere participants into the kriya yoga practices as compiled by Paramahansa Satyananda. The kriya practices are taught in conjunction with the ancient tantric practice of tattwa shuddhi, or inner purification, which prepares the practitioner for higher esoteric practices and discovery of one’s highest potential.
January – October: Introduction to Ashram Life 
Offers the opportunity for householders from all walks of life to spend time in the ashram and experience the joys of living life in the spirit of tyaag, seva and samarpan and enjoy the benefits derived from that. Aspirants from all over India and around the world have the unique opportunity to experience and live yoga, not only learn it.
Those planning to attend any of the specified courses should contact Rikhiapeeth by phone, email or post (for reply within India, please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope) in advance and get confirmation of their registration.
Telephone: 06432-290870/ 09304-488889/ 09204-080006
E-mail: rikhiapeeth@gmail.com
Address: Rikhiapeeth, P.O. Rikhia, Dist. Deoghar, Jharkhand, India, 814113.
