The TFU India Retreat in Rishikesh: Finding Real Friends on the Twin Flame Journey

The Twin Flames Universe India Retreat in Rishikesh was a place where friends on the spiritual journey could open up to each other about their deeper feelings, insights, and desires and feel completely safe, accepted, and encouraged. It was a place where you could finally feel like someone gets you and that they, too, dream of more than just the mundane life that we are taught to settle for in society: you were surrounded there by people who desired and pursued True Love.

Attendees came from across India and other countries to Rishikesh, a city on the banks of the sacred Ganges River, filled with ancient temples and known for its spiritual seekers. Master Certified Ascension Coach Abeer Nagi and Certified Ascension Coach Anvensha Thakkar planned the event together with Twin Flames Universe (TFU) to help TFU students build closer friendships and heal together.

“Ever since I’ve been a coach,” said Abeer, “I’ve felt the desire to inspire and love the people of India. That was the reason why I wanted to host this event in India,” she said. With TFU being an online and international community, Abeer and Anvensha wanted to host an in-person event that all students in India could conveniently attend, to “bring the Indian community closer to the TFU community where we all could feel safe and have a sense of family and purpose together,” said Abeer.

Anvensha was happy to be hosting a retreat in India after attending the Mulshi retreat in March. “Honestly, when the idea of bringing this retreat together started, I was very excited to be meeting the community and my soul family again after the Mulshi retreat,” she said.

“Meeting Twin Flames together under one roof is such a complete and safe experience. It was a safe space to be in with everyone who attended the retreat,” she said. “The sense of togetherness and belongingness helped me build deeper faith in my own Twin Flame journey, which I feel is very healing.”

Meeting and Making Friends

The retreat was cathartic, warm, and fun from the get go. Many of the students who attended the retreat rode together on a bus through the lush forests, plains, and hills leading up to Rishikesh and spoke with each other the whole time, connecting over their journeys and feeling the joy of being totally understood and loved by their friends.

Kirti said, “We all shared our own [Twin Flame] stories and where everyone is at in their individual journeys. That helped me to know that everyone has different journeys and patience and persistence … is one of the keys on this path.”

Hugging his friends and coaches in person for Kirti brought him “soul-healing love and peace, difficult to explain in words,” he said. In that nurturing environment, surrounded by friends on the same journey, everyone could learn deeply about healthy relationships, Life Purpose, and being your authentic self.

Creating Healthy Relationships

It’s essential to master healthy relationships on the Twin Flame journey—it’s all about having a healthy relationship with your Twin Flame and everyone in your life. That’s why it was so powerful for everyone at Rishikesh to come together, heal, and connect.

For Kirti, who had attended this year’s TFU India Retreat in Mulshi and returned for this one, TFU’s spiritual community was a huge contrast to what he had grown up with.

“I faced a lot of fear, sacrifice for others, wrong belief systems, and other societal controlling conditioning,” he said. “There was hardly a small space for freedom and almost everyone had no knowledge about maintaining the boundary and respect [for] those boundaries,” Kirti said. “This spiritual community has taught me both of these things along with self-love and [given me a] boost for self-ascension.”

Support to Grow and Thrive

When you have your True Love by your side, what will you want to do with them? Live a life of purpose, doing what you love. So to help attendees connect with their inner passions, the retreat featured a session on Life Purpose. The attendees got to share with everyone there what they were passionate about and converse with them about what they might want to do next with their lives.

For Kirti, it was extremely healing to be able to express everything that he was passionate about, from his medical studies and work to his artwork and other talents, in a place where he felt seen, heard, and loved for who he was.

“[For the] first time ever I presented my doctoral profession in the Life Purpose session along with my photography exhibition,” he said. “I sang a song in Talent Evening, too. All of this I could be able to do without fear, being me, and I felt so happy and confident to share and express while the community members appreciated and supported and loved me, too.”

Finding Joy with Good Friends

Priyanka’s favorite memory from the retreat was the DJ night, a joyful time of dancing and celebration that broke through her past fears of self-expression. “I’ve always loved to dance but never felt comfortable enough to really enjoy it in the presence of others,” she said. “But this time was different.”

As she watched everyone else dancing and enjoying the music, Priyanka felt inspired to join in. She felt free to be herself and inspired to let herself be authentic and happy. “I realized that spirituality doesn’t mean giving up on joy and fun,” she says. It “reminded me that this journey is as much about celebration as it is about healing.”

A Valuable Boost on the Journey

Events like these are all about helping people feel how real the Twin Flame journey is. Those who attend get to see in person how you can attract and create healthier relationships and become happier and more authentic when you love yourself. And the presence of others on the same journey brings you insights that you couldn’t have received without their unique perspectives.

Returning home, Priyanka felt her life shifting in a hugely positive way. She started making much more noticeable progress on her goals than ever before. “After coming from Ganga Retreat, everything changed… My journey literally started running in fast-forward mode. God is showing me the way towards my Life Purpose, my finances are improving, and I am coming closer to my Twin Flame as well,” she shared.

The Rishikesh Retreat was a testament to the power of friendship on the Twin Flame journey. When you come together with everyone you know and love, plus make new friends who are on the same journey, your healing and personal growth go to the next level.

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