We have a week in India planned for October...right now we have the usual Golden Triangle itin booked with Starwoods in each place.

However, my wife was wondering whether it's possible to spend a night in an ashram. From doing a little googling, most of the ashram sites talk about spending weeks at one and having a deeply spiritual purpose for doing so. I can't honestly say we have a specific spiritual purpose, so there's a part of me that thinks we should just forget it...

But, I figured it anybody knows, it'd be Flyertalkers. Are there ashrams that are more open to tourists doing a short stay? Specifically, open to Westerners with no affiliation to Hindu or any Eastern religion...