Indian Classical Yoga Retreat

Champagne - Ardenne, France

 July 2025

Discover Your Perfect Retreat

Stay at Centre Lothlorien, a peaceful nature surrounded French Estate in an undiscovered region of France. Join Yoga activities to remove any physical and mental tension. Learn about Yoga as it is taught in India, from an experienced Yogini from India.
Discover your Perfect retreat
This 7-day retreat gives you the opportunity to completely unwind and return to yourself. Join Asana, meditation and breathing exercises and get practical tips on how to stay calm and relaxed even in the hectic day-to-day life. You will start the path of, not only practicing Yoga, but actually living Yoga. This is as it was intended by the first Yogi’s who came down the mountains to spread Yoga to the common people.
Stay in a guestroom or on the camping of a nature-surrounded French estate.

Programs

July 6 to 12: Yoga, Ayurveda and working with herbs.
Join Yoga Asana activities early morning. After breakfast you will start a program in which you will learn about the fundaments of Ayurveda and you will take part in practical workshops with local herbs. Find and identify herbs in the wild, learn about drying them, preparing massage-oils, making a distillation and using them for cooking.

July 13 to 19: Yoga and Walking Meditation.
Join Yoga Asana activities early morning. Every day after breakfast you will go out for a walks in a true walking paradise. A forest area in the hills, along fields and streams, through the valleys and above all, not a human in sight. You will learn innovative meditation techniques that will not only help you to find peace and relaxation, but that will give you the tools to hold on to this in the busy daily life.

July 20 to 26: Advanced Asana
This week is especially for Yoga practitioners who want to improve their technique. You will be supported in holding the correct posture. You will receive guidance in finding suitable intermediate steps depending on your own capacity and limitations. Special attention will be paid to your body type and which asanas are suitable or not for you.
 

Meals are vegetarian and are included.
The activities take place in the mornings from Monday to Friday, giving you the opportunity to spend the afternoon as you like.

Program

Day 1: Arrival Day
16:00 Check in
18:30 Dinner
21:00 Introduction in the Program

Day 2-6
07:30 Early morning Asana

08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Start of the retreat program
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Afternoon to spend as you like
18:30 Dinner

In the afternoon there are opportunities for massages and Ayurvedic steam treatments.

Day 7: Departure day
08:30 breakfast
10:00 check out

• 6 nights in a Guestroom in the Chateau
  
• Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, vegetarian meals
  
• 5 times participation to early morning Asana
  
• 5 mornings participation to the retreat program
  

• 6 nights in a twin or double Guestroom in the Chateau
  
• Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, vegetarian meals
  
• 5 times participation to early morning Asana
  
• 5 mornings participation to the retreat program
  

• 6 nights on the Green campsite of Centre Lothlorien, bring your own tent
  
• Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, vegetarian meals
  
• 5 times participation to early morning Asana
  
• 5 mornings participation to the retreat program
  

• 6 nights on the Green campsite of Centre Lothlorien, bring your own tent
  
• Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, vegetarian meals
  
• 5 times participation to early morning Asana
  
• 5 mornings participation to the retreat program