Certificate courses

Yoga and Stress management
Certificate course

June 2 – 9
Arrival: Sunday around 3 pm / Departure: Sunday around 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 certificate course offers indepth 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

With two Asanas classes and two meditations daily.

Donation for 7 nights all included: Shared: 430 €,
double: 515 €, single: 650 €, single bath: 750 €

Certificate course
Yoga psychology and mental health course
with Dr Uma Krishnamurti

July 27 - August 3
Arrival: Saturday around 3 pm / Departure: Saturday around 2 pm

An exceptional course with an Indian psychologist.
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.

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?

Donation for 7 nights all included: Tent space: 495 €,
Shared: 610 €, double: 760 €, single: 920 €

How to design healing spaces with Vastu Shastra
A 3 day course with a certified Vastu teacher

August 22 – 25
Arrival: Thursday around 3 pm / Departure: Sunday around 2 pm

The course:
Vastu Shastra is a 10.000 year old Indian practice of designing and constructing buildings to influence peace and prosperity in the form of design. This three day course covers the basic concept of the ancient Vedic teachings – Vastu Shastra. It gives the essence of the workings of the Divine Space and the Absolute Time manifesting into Matter. A printed manual is included.

Outcome of the course:

• This workshop will help students better understand the direct link between the energies of the cosmos, earth, the home and the human form
• Participant will learn how to apply the principles of Vastu Shastra when designing a new home
• After completing this course student will be able to properly evaluate their homes through the lens of Vastu Shastra and make enhancements as necessary
• A certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the course

Teacher: Olga Mandodari Sokolova, certified Vastu Shastra consultant, studied at the International Institute of Mayonic Science & Technology in Chennai, India under Dr. V. Sthapati Ganapati, a well-known traditional architect of Southern India who relies on Vastu principles in his projects. Ms. Sokolova earned her MS degree in Civil Engineering from the Architectural University of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Donation for 3 nights all included: Tent space: 250 €,
shared: 290 €, double: 320 €, single: 375 €

Healthy Cooking with Ayurveda
With Sanjay and Anjani Kulkarni (MD),
Ayurveda Acharyas, Pune, India

August 28 – September 4
Arrival: Wednesday around 3 pm / Departure: Wednesday around 2 pm

Ayurveda is an ancient medical science dating back more than 5000 years. According to Ayurveda our health and wellness are mainly influenced by the foods we eat and the lifestyle we live. It is a holistic system that uses an understanding of different body types (constitutions) to guide one towards a healthier and more balanced lifestyle. Ayurveda is grounded in a holistic approach to physical and mental health.

Ayurvedic Diet – Healthy Body, Balanced Mind
Ayurveda offers a delicious and healthy alternative to conventional food choices as it considers food to be both nourishment as well as medicine. This course will provide an introduction to the major principles of Ayurveda. Participants will be given the practical tools to prepare delicious ayurvedic meals at home according to his or her constitution. The daily programme will include two lectures and one hands-on cooking workshop using mostly organic and regionally sourced food items.

Grains
Learn to prepare lentils in a variety of ways. Whole grains on a regular basis regulate the blood sugar level and prevent obesity.

Beans and lentils
Pulses are often frowned upon, but they are an ideal source of protein and iron. Properly prepared they are delicious.

Vegetables
Full of minerals and secondary plant nutrients vegetables are essential for good health. Fresh vegetables add variety to our diet.

Spices
These can be combined in so many different ways to create new taste sensations and make any meal delicious. Spices play a big role in Ayurvedic cooking and are used for aiding the digestion and their healing power.

Simple, quick and healthy food
Affordable, quick and simple recipes lovingly prepared.

Six tastes
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent and spicy are the six tastes that make any meal complete. They ensure good digestion and optimal absorption, as well as satisfying the taste buds.

Breakfast recipes
Start your day right with an energy boost that will last.

For lunch and dinner
Healthy and tasty food combinations to please the body and the senses. Recipes range from fresh & light to rustic & hearty. Adding seeds and nuts further increases the nutritional value.

Vegetarian gourmet meals
Cook a full meal that will win over even the toughest critics.

Do it yourself
Healthy sweets, fresh yoghurt and tasty flatbread.

Daily Schedule *
6 am: Meditation and mantra chanting
8 am: Yoga Class
10 am: Brunch
11 am : Karma yoga
12.30 am: Ayurveda Talk/Workshop
3-6 pm: Cooking workshop
6 pm : Dinner
8 pm: Meditation followed by an ayurveda talk/workshop

* Daily schedule subject to modification

Cooking workshop topics:

• Breakfast recipes: Thursday August 29
• Lunch recipes: Friday August 30
• Dinner recipes: Saturday August 31
• Quick and easy dishes: Sunday September 1
• Fresh healthy snacks and beverages: Monday September 2
• Festive dishes : Tuesday September 3

Donation for 7 nights all included:
Tent space: 495 €, Shared: 565 €, double: 635 €,
single: 735 €, single with bathroom: 830 €

Certificate course
"The meditation experience"
with Swami Kailasananda, Yoga Acharya

September 20 – 26
Arrival: Friday around 3 pm / Departure: Thursday around 2 pm

The practice of meditation continues to gain recognition in areas as diverse as psychology, 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.

Recommended reading: "Meditation and Mantras" by Swami Vishnudevananda and "The Sivananda book of meditation"

Workshops topics:

• 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

Course teacher: Swami Kailasananda is Yoga Acharya in Europe and director of the Château du Yoga Sivananda.
She teaches with dynamism and inspiration and is author of the book "The Sivananda book of meditation".

Donation for 6 nights all included: Shared: 370 €,
double: 440 €, single: 560 €, single with bathroom: 645 €