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This is the first of many videos from yoga.in introducing the best yoga centres in India!
Omkarananda Ashram in Rishikesh is one of the top yoga centres in our book “Yoga in India: a journey to the top 24 yoga places“.
We hope you enjoy it and that the wonderful Usha Devi inspires you to come and study yoga in India!
Namaste.
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