Ever since reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, I have been thinking a lot about learning meditation and finding my own “guru”. I came across the OSHO website today and thought, “when I am ready to learn, this is the place I would go”.

The Osho Meditation Resort is a lush 40-acre campus nestled in Pune, India about 15 minutes by air from Mumbai, where tropical oasis meets cutting edge elegance. So, what do you do? Here is an excerpt from their site:

This is a place where you can simply relax and where you can also enjoy the company of visitors of all ages from over 100 countries. You can choose if you want to do something, or if you just want to rest, swim, meditate — or just to be.

You can learn simple Osho Active Meditations, techniques specifically designed for the contemporary over-charged mind and stress-impacted body.

You may like to nourish your body-mind-soul with a stunning selection of individual sessions, like bodywork and massage, and longer workshops and courses — all designed to help you become more aware of yourself.

Or perhaps experiment by learning new life skills and acquiring tools to take home, that will help you remain relaxed even in the busiest of workaday environments.

The key to relaxation is awareness, being a keen observer of all that is going on both inside and around us — this is the inner science, often also called meditation.

Sounds like paradise to me. They have 60 air-conditioned rooms all with double beds and attached bathrooms the rates are 3800 rupees for two people per night (or about US$ 90 per night)



In addition to the resort, they have many articles, tools, educational materials including audiobooks (for about US$ 3.50 per title) and much more to get you started right from the comforts of your home (or office or wherever it is that you are connected).