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    Pottery & Art · 4 Nights

    The Pottery
    & Art Retreat

    Hands in clay. Rain on the studio roof. Time that doesn't feel like time.

    Pottery studio at Aavya Rise

    Duration

    4 Nights · 5 Days · 2 meals + tea/day

    Best For

    Makers, beginners, slow creatives

    Intensity

    Low / Creative

    Rooms

    Pod · Terrace · Premium

    Why It's Designed This Way

    Hands in clay. Rain on the studio roof. Time that doesn't feel like time. Four nights of making, shaping, glazing — and the particular quiet that comes with it.

    Day-by-Day Itinerary

    Day 1 · Arrival

    MorningArrival, studio orientation
    Late AfternoonPottery session 1 (wheel basics)
    EveningMusic & dance

    Day 2

    MorningMovement (8:30 AM)
    Late AfternoonPottery session 2 (shaping / refining)
    EveningSound healing

    Day 3

    MorningMovement (8:30 AM)
    Late AfternoonPottery session 3 (glazing / final)
    EveningSound healing
    NightMusic & dance

    Day 4

    MorningMovement (8:30 AM)
    Late AfternoonOpen studio (self-directed)
    EveningFree time / café

    Day 5 · Departure

    MorningMovement (8:30 AM), breakfast, checkout
    Questions

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    From the Blog

    Two reads on slowing down, getting your hands in clay, and what a first pottery class at Aavya actually feels like.

    The Pottery Diaries

    Pottery in the Monsoon

    > "We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want." — Lao Tzu, *Tao Te Ching*

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    The Pottery Diaries

    Why Pottery Is the New Meditation

    Let's be honest about something.

    3 min read
    The Pottery Diaries

    Your First Pottery Class at Aavya — Here's What to Expect

    So you're in Rishikesh. You've done the yoga, you've walked the bridge, you've had approximately seventeen cups of chai.…

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