10 Top Meditation Retreats
Pune, India
The location: A slick, modern 40-acre "campus" just outside Mumbai that includes extensive, manicured Zen gardens, a soaring meditation auditorium, seminar spaces set inside a complex of black space-age pyramids, and a few other very unorthodox amenities: tennis courts, a nightclub, and a mini-mall.
The practice: "Active meditations" are the signatures at Osho. Although traditional silent, seated sessions are practiced here, they're interspersed with meditative dancing, whirling, vocalizing, and power-breathing.
The accommodations: The Osho Guesthouse's 60 minimalist-chic double rooms could easily be mistaken for W Hotel accommodations—that is, without the TVs.
Be mindful: All guests at Osho must wear dark red robes during meditation sessions. This has to do with the belief of the resort's founder (also named Osho) that "the color maroon, when worn by many people meditating together, adds to the collective meditative energy."
More information: Osho Meditation Resort
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