|
|
|
|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August |
|
| JANUARY |
|
Meditation Retreat
January 15 – 22 / Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
With 3 sessions of meditation daily
Study book:
Meditation and Mantras by Swami Vishnudevananda
Workshops will focus on:
• Why meditate?
• The 12 steps of meditation
• The meditation posture
• The nature of the mind
• Finding inner peace
• Mantras, tools for meditation
Donation for 7 days, all included:
Dormitory: 365 €, Double room: 435 €
Single room: 535 €, single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
 |
|
You are the architect of your destiny
January 22 – 29 / Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Study book: Thought Power of Swami Sivananda
Workshop topics:
• Understanding the nature of thoughts
• Developing positive mental habits
• Using the potential of the subconscious mind
• Developing concentration
• Having strong and clear thoughts
Donation for 7 days, all included:
Dormitory: 365 €, Double room: 435 €
Single room: 535 €, single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
Raja Yoga, the path of self mastery
January 29 – February 5
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Topics of workshops and lectures:
• The eight steps of Raja yoga
• Non violence and other key practices to calm the mind
• How to increase one’s concentration power
• Establishing a systematic meditation practice
Donation for 7 days, all included:
Dormitory: 365 €, Double room: 435 €
Single room: 535 €, single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| FEBRUARY |
|
Yoga programme for a successful life
Certificate course
February 5 - 12
Topics covered:
• Taking care of one’s health
• Strengthening the will power
• Increasing the memory
• Developping positivity of mind
• Redefining one’s values in life
• Understanding the true goal of life
Donation for 7 days, all included:
Shared: 430 €, double room: 515 €, single room: 650 €,
single room with bathroom: 760 €
|
 |
|
|
One week yoga retreat at a reduced rate
The Asana workshop series
February 12 - 19
Arrival: Sunday December 11 around 3 pm
Departure: Sunday December 18 around 2 pm
• Enhanced flexibility of the spine and limbs through
targeted stretching in the Asanas
• Strengthening the back and abdominal muscles
improved posture
• Strength and flexibility through longer holding of the postures
• Use the group dynamic to improve your Asanas
• Deep relaxation through systematic autosuggestion
• Training in specific Asana cycles: Forward bends,
backward bends, inverted postures, balancing postures,
triangle variations
Donation all included:
Dormitory: 330 €, Double room: 390 €, Single room: 480€
|
 |
|
|
Teachers’ Training Course Preparation Weekend
An excellent preparation for
the Sivananda Teachers' Training Course
February 17 - 19
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Recommended book: the Complete Illustrated book of Yoga of Swami Vishnudevananda (this book will be required for the Teachers’ training course).
Donation for 2 nights all included:
Shared: 116 €, double room: 138 €, single room: 170 €,
single room with bathroom: 200 €
|
 |
|
|
Spiritual Celebration: "Sivaratri" the Night of Siva
February 20
Arrival: Monday around 3 pm / Departure: Tuesday 2 pm
Siva symbolizes the power of transformation and renewal.
The mantra 'Om Namah Sivaya' will be sung all night, from 8pm until 6am. A powerful spiritual experience.
Donation for one night all included:
Shared: 58 €, double room: 69 €, single room: 85 €,
single room with bathroom: 100 €
|
 |
|
|
Vegetarian cooking course with Jyoti (Janet Gomez)
February 19 - 26
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Topics of workshops:
• How to have a balanced vegetarian diet
• What to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner
• The question of proteins, vitamins and minerals
• How to use mild spices to improve digestion
• Partake in 3 cooking classes
Jyoti is a Sivananda teacher and is certified
in ayurvedic cooking.
She is the author of the book "Recettes ayurvédique faciles"
Donation for 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
Karma yoga weekend
February 24 - 26
Arrival: Arrival Friday 3pm / Departure Sunday 2pm
Karma yoga, selfless service, opens the heart and purifies the mind. Come and share your energy and talents!
Free of charge, prior interview with Ashram director required.
|
 |
|
|
Asana Intensive Workshop
with Swami Anantananda and Kailas
February 26 - March 4
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Study book: Yoga, your Home Practice Companion
Focus of the workshops:
• A complete analysis of the 12 basic postures
• Individual corrections
• Explanation of the detailed benefits of asanas
• A profound experience of asanas through
concentration on prana
Teachers:
Swami Anantananda is a very experienced yoga teacher,
long time disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda.
Kailas is a an enthusiastic and energetic asana teacher,
with much energy to share
Donation for 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| MARCH |
|
Teachers' training course (French only)
March 3 - 31
> Click here for more information
|
 |
|
|
Learn meditation in a weekend
March 16 – 18
Arrival: Friday 3pm / Departure: Sunday 2pm
Study book : "The Sivananda companion to meditation"
Topics of workshops:
• how to sit for meditation
• best time and place for the meditation practice -
• breath and concentration
• benefits of meditation
• methods to focus and calm the mind
Donation for 2 nights all included:
Shared: 116 €, Double room: 138 €, Single room: 170 €,
single room with bathroom: 200 €
|
|
|
|
Yoga, Health and Rejuvenation
March 18 – 25
Arrival: Sunday 3pm / Departure: Sunday 2pm
Workshop topics:
• Daily Yoga classes, meditation & mantra chanting
• Kriya: the 6 exercises to detoxify the body
• 2 days of fast with carrot juice
• Silent walks in nature
• Deep relaxation to calm the nervous system
• Meditation: finding inner peace in silence
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
Finding emotional balance with yoga
March 25 – April 1
Arrival: Sunday 3pm / Departure: Sunday 2pm
Workshop topics:
• The use of mantras to calm down the mind
• Spiritual chanting to lighten the heart
• Using the breath to regain emotional balance
• Positive affirmations to overcome negative patterns
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| APRIL |
|
Easter Retreat Yoga, the art of skillful living
with Swami Kailasananda, Swami Atmaramananda,
Swami Jyotirmayananda
April 2 – 9
Arrival: Monday 3 pm / Departure: Monday 2 pm
• How to have healthy life style
• Increase the flow of energy in the body
• Calm the mind and relax the nervous system
• Adjust your diet for increased vitality and wellbeing
The teachers
Swami Kailasananda is Yoga Acharya in Europe and the director of the Château
du Yoga Sivananda. She teaches with dynamism and inspiration.
Swami Atmaramananda is Yoga Acharya and director of the Sivananda Yoga
Vedanta Centre in Berlin. He is a very experienced and dynamic yoga teacher.
Swami Jyotirmayananda is the director of the Paris centre and an experienced
yoga teacher.
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
One week yoga retreat at a reduced rate
April 9 – 16
Arrival: Monday 3 pm / Departure: Monday 2 pm
Lecture and workshop topics:
• The 5 points of Yoga
• Yoga classes with individual corrections
• Introduction to meditation
• Principles of yogic diet
• The 4 paths of yoga
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 330 €, double room: 390 €, single room: 480€
|
 |
|
|
Teachers' training course (in English and dutch)
April 14 – May 13
> Click here for more information
|
|
|
|
The magic of yogic breathing
April 15 – 22
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Lecture and workshop topics:
• learning proper breathing
• increasing prana, the vital energy
• prana and the mind
• understanding the astral body
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €, single room: 535 €,
single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
Yoga and Stress management
Diploma course
April 22 – 29
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Yoga techniques and mental exercises (meditation) have become an integral part of Western culture and are finding increased acceptance in medicine, education, sports, management training, the arts and religious sciences. This diploma course offers in depth personal practice with a view to integrating these experiences into your personal and professional life.
Workshop topics:
• Scientific stress research
• The flight and fight response
• Understanding the parasympathetic nervous system
• Stress and the 3 gunas
• How your food choices affect your level of stress
• The 4 goals of life: material success, happiness,
finding one’s duty and place, inner freedom
• Yoga psychology:
the psychology of contentment and detachment
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 430 €, double room: 515 €, single room: 650 €,
single room with bathroom: 760 €
|
 |
|
|
Teachers’ Training Course Preparation Weekend
An excellent preparation for
the Sivananda Teachers' Training Course
April 27 – 29
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Recommended book: the Complete Illustrated book of Yoga of Swami Vishnudevananda (this book will be required for the Teachers’ training course).
Donation for 2 nights all included:
Shared: 116 €, double room: 138 €, single room: 170 €,
single room with bathroom: 200 €
|
|
|
|
Long weekend "Healthy body, healthy mind"
with Swami Kailasananda and Swami Anantananda
• Positive thinking
with Swami Kailasananda
• In-depth Asanas
with Swami Anantananda
April 27 – May 1
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure: Tuesday 2 pm
Topics of lectures and workshops
• Understanding the mind
• Developing cheerfulness and contentment
• Energy through positive thinking
• The transforming power of hatha yoga
• Dynamic yoga classes with individual correction
Donation for 4 nights all included:
Tent: 192 €, shared: 232 €, double room: 276 €,
single room: 340 €, single room with bathroom: 400 €
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| MAY |
|
Long weekend: "Yoga, relaxation, meditation"
May 4 – 8
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure: Tuesday 2 pm
Topics of lectures and workshops:
• How to relax the nervous system
• Storing energy through asanas and pranayama
• Meditation, reconnection with the inner spirit
• Yoga for inner and outer peace
Donation for 4 nights all included:
Tent: 192 €, shared: 232 €, double room: 276 €,
single room: 340 €, single room with bathroom: 400 €
|
 |
|
|
One week yoga retreat at a reduced rate
May 6 – 13
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Lecture and workshop topics:
• The 5 points of Yoga
• Yoga classes with individual corrections
• Introduction to meditation
• Benefits of asanas
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 330 €, double room: 390 €, single room: 480€
|
|
|
|
Certificate course "The meditation experience"
with Swami Kailasananda
May 13 – 18
The practice of meditation continues to gain recognition in areas as diverse as psychology, the arts, sports training and healing.
It provides means for maximizing physical, emotional and mental efficiency and well-being. This course will provide a thorough overview of the philosophy and practice of meditation as well as techniques for mental relaxation, visualisation, positive thinking and mantra chanting.
Workshops times & themes:
• Swami Vishnudevananda’s 12 Step Approach to Meditation
• Creative Visualisation and Positive Thinking:
Training the Mind for Concentration
• Relax and Channel Mental Energy through Sound Vibration
• Meditation and Lifestyle
• Tips for Overcoming Distraction and Dullness of Mind
• Gate to Inner Peace Connecting to the Inner Self
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 430 €, double room: 515 €, single room: 650 €,
single room with bathroom: 760 € |
 |
|
|
Long weekend: "Asana Intensive"
With Swami Anantananda
May 17 – 20
Study book: Yoga, your Home Practice Companion
Focus of workshops:
• The logic of the 12 basic posture serie
• Proper alignment in the asanas
• Dynamic yoga classes
• Yoga for the back workshop
Donation for 3 nights all included:
Tent: 144 €, Shared: 174 €, double room: 207 €,
single room: 255 €, single room with bathroom: 100 €
|
 |
|
|
Yoga and anatomy certificate course
May 20 – 27
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Study book: Yoga, your Home Practice Companion
Workshop topics:
• Yoga and postural alignment
• Yoga for the back
• Understand the mechanisms of breathing
• counteracting the psychological effects of stress
• Benefits of asanas
• Yogic nutrition for improved digestion
• Physical and mental health
Donation for 7 nights all included:
Shared: 430 €, double room: 515 €, single room: 650 €,
single room with bathroom: 760 €
|
 |
|
|
Yoga psychology with Swami Jyotirmayananda
May 25 – 28
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure: Monday 2 pm
Study book: Thought Power of Swami Sivananda
Workshop topics:
• Understanding the mind
• Non violence, a tool to develop strength and gentleness
• Developing clarity and mental concentration
Teacher: Swami Jyotirmayananda is the director of the Sivananda Centre in Paris and an inspirational and experienced teacher.
Donation for 3 nights all included:
Tent: 144 €, shared: 174 €, double room: 207 €,
single room: 255 €, single room with bathroom: 100 €
|
 |
|
|
Yoga for the family
May 25 – 28
Arrival: Friday 2 pm / Departure: Monday 2 pm
Bring your children along!
For children from 6 to 12
Children activities:
• Special Yoga classes for children
• Spiritual stories and chanting
• Outdoor games
• Talent show
Parents activities:
• All level Yoga classes
• Workhsops on positive thinking
• Nature walks
Donation for 3 nights all included:
Tent: 144 €, shared: 174 €, double room: 207 €,
single room: 255 €, single room with bathroom: 100 €
50% discount for children (6 to 12)
|
 |
|
|
Yoga and Hiking with Kailas
May 27 – June 3
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure Sunday 2 pm
Focus on:
• Guided hikes in the Orleans Forest and along the Loire river
• Outdoor activities
• Exploring the surroundings by bike
• Excursions in the nearby castles
Teacher: Kailas is a young and dynamic Sivananda yoga teacher and a sport specialist.
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Tent: 300 €, shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €,
single room: 535 €, single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| JUNE |
|
Bhakti Yoga immersion
Music, chanting, upliting rituals and spiritual stories
June 3 – 10
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure Sunday 2 pm
Topics of workshops and lectures:
• Learn devotional sanskrit chants
• Experience the power of sanskrit mantras
• Learn simple uplifting rituals to enhance the energy
in your home
• Spiritual stories to develop positivity and inspire
your yoga practice
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Tent: 300 €, shared: 365 €, double room: 435 €,
single room: 535 €, single room with bathroom: 630 €
|
 |
|
|
Learn to calm and transform your emotions
June 8 – 10
Arrival: Friday 3 pm / Departure Sunday 2 pm
Topics of lectures and workshops:
• From negative emotions to acceptation and love
• Tips to develop gratitude and contentment
• Power of sound to calm down the emotions
• Channelling the emotions through proper breathing & asanas
Donation for 2 nights all included:
Tent space: 96 €, shared: 116 €, Double room: 138 €,
Single room: 170 €, single room with bathroom: 200 €
|
 |
|
|
One week yoga retreat at a reduced rate
June 10 – 17
Arrival: Sunday 3 pm / Departure: Sunday 2 pm
Lecture and workshop topics:
• The 5 points of Yoga
• Yoga classes with individual corrections
• Introduction to meditation
• Benefits of asanas
Donation for the 7 nights all included:
Shared: 330 €, double room: 390 €, single room: 480€
|
|
|
|
How to teach yoga to children
Further training for Sivananda teachers
With Swami Anantananda
June 15 – 17
Arrival: Friday around 3 pm / Departure: Sunday around 2 pm
Workshop topics:
• Simple postures, inventive & well-suited to children's daily life
• Basic classes for children of different age-groups
• How to help children develop concentration,
breath better and relax
Teacher: Swami Anantananda is a long time disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda and a experienced and joyful yoga teacher.
Donation for the 2 days all included:
Tent: 110 €, shared: 133 €, double room: 158 €,
single room: 196 €, single room with bathroom: 230 €
|
 |
|
|
TTC Refresher
Further training course for Sivananda teachers
Deepen your vision, expand your knowledge,
fine-tune your skills
With Swami Durgananda, Swami Sivadasananda,
Swami Kailasananda, Swami Atmaramananda and many
swamis and teachers from the European Sivananda centres
June 20 – 25
• Deepen your vision
• Expand your knowledge Fine-tune your skills
• Reconnect to the teachings of Swami Sivananda
and Swami Vishnudevananda
• Celebrate the positive, dynamic and peaceful message
of Yoga and Vedanta
• Meet Sivananda teachers form all over the world
Programme:
• Inspiring lectures
• Dynamic classes and how to teach workshops
• Vibrant satsangs
• Pujas with an Indian priest
Donation for the 5 days all included:
Tent space: 60 €, shared 110 €, double room 160 €
|
 |
|
|
Karma yoga days
June 26 – July 1
Arrival: Friday 3pm / Departure: Sunday 2pm
Karma yoga, selfless service, opens the heart and purifies the mind. Come and share your energy and talents!
Free of charge, prior interview with Ashram director required.
Please bring your own tent
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| JULY |
|
Bhagavata Saptaha
A fascinating journey into the meaning of life
July 19 – 25
Guest of Honour: Bhagavad Acharya Sri Venugopal Goswami
is a Bhakti yoga Acharya in a 500 years old lineage in Vrindavan, Lord Krishna’s birthplace. He received his musical training from
the famous vocalist Sri Pandit Jasraj. With live music – vocal, harmonium, flute and tabla.
Programme: The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is a famous Yoga scripture and contains 18000 verses which emit the subtle perfume of universal love and knowledge.
During seven sessions parts of the scripture will be sung and commented. The music, the words of wisdom and the chanting create a magical atmosphere in which the heart can open and intuition be awakened. The teaching gives access to the deep meaning of life. An unforgetable experience.
July 26: peace concert
Graduation ceremony of the Teachers’ training course
Donation: T.B.A.
|
 |
|
|
Meditation, Path to Inner Wisdom
with Swami Durgananda, European Yoga Acharya
July 20 – 24
Lecture series: "The divine message from the Himalayas"
• Saturday July 21 at noon:
Teaching on dharma, the universal way of life
• Sunday July 22 at noon:
Essence of the Upanishadic teachings
• Monday July 23 at noon:
Yoga can unite the world
Teacher: Swami Durgananda is Yoga Acharya for Europe and a senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda. She directs the Sivananda Yoga Centres in Europe and teaches yoga philosophy at the Sivananda Teachers’ training courses around the world, sharing the inspiration of over 30 years of teaching experience.
Donation: T.B.A.
|
 |
|
|
The light of Hatha Yoga
with Swami Sivadasananda, European Yoga Acharya
July 21 – 24
Lecture series: "The divine message from the Himalayas"
• Saturday July 21 at 4pm:
Asanas – applying natural laws in body and mind
• Sunday July 22 at 4pm:
Connecting to the solar plexus
• Monday July 23 at 4pm:
Aligned body, aligned mind
Teacher: Swami Sivadasananda is Yoga Acharya and senior student of Swami Vishnudevananda and guides the Sivananda Centers in Madrid and Geneva. He has taught workshops and teachers’ training courses for many years. He is a dynamic and very precise instructor with profound knowledge.
Donation: T.B.A.
|
 |
|
|
Yoga psychology and mental health course
An exceptional course with an Indian psychologist
with Dr Uma Krishnamurti
July 28 – August 3
Arrival: July 27th, 3pm - Departure: August 3rd, 2pm
Workshop themes:
• Transpersonal psychology
• How to face negative emotions
• Yoga and mental balance
• Conscious, subconscious and superconscious mind
• How to find inner balance
• What is radiant mental health?
Dr Uma Krishnamurti is a psychiatrist specialised in treating young children. She has a deep knowledge of Indian and Western psychology (transpersonal psychology). She travels all over the world to share her experience. She creates a fascinating synthesis of psychology and spirituality.
Donation for the 7 days all included: Tent space: 495 €, dormitory: 610 €, double room: 760 €, single room: 920€
|
 |
| PAGE TOP |
| AUGUST |
|
Yoga as Medicine
Certificate course with Timothy McCall, MD
August 20 – 26
Arrival: August 20th, 3pm / Departure: August 26th, 3pm
These lectures and workshops offer a profound insight into the practical, therapeutic potential of yoga. Dr Timothy McCall will explain how yoga can be successfully used for both the prevention and treatment of many diseases: arthritis, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Focus of workshops:
• The ancient yogic formula for changing dysfunctional habits
• Anatomical principles that deepen yoga practice
and make it safer
• The vital link between the breath, the autonomic nervous
system, and mind
• Reconciling yoga and modern science
• Practicing yoga safely with various health challenges
• Ayurvedic insights that deepen yoga's therapeutic potential
• Physiology of stress and stress relief
Course teacher: Timothy McCall, MD, is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine, an award-winning writer and the Medical Editor of Yoga Journal.
He is the author of two books:
Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, a Yoga Journal book from Bantam Books, and Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care.
Dr. McCall has written more than a hundred articles for Yoga Journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, Yoga International, Bottom Line Health, and many other publications.
Appropriate for yoga students of all levels, yoga teachers from any tradition, as well as health care professionals.
Donation for the 6 days all included:
Tent space : 470 €, shared: 570 €, double 650 €, single 790 €
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
