7 Day Parent and Child Yoga and Ayurveda course in the Champagne-Ardenne

Facilities

For the parents

During this course you will learn about a few of the basics of Ayurveda. It starts with becoming aware of how your body works and what effect food has on you. Heart of India - Indian Classic Yoga will look at what your body constitution is and what your body requires.

In class you will practice with ingredients that are a betterment for your health, such as cooking oils, Indian herbs and spices, right proteins and carbohydrates and there will be an Indian cooking workshop.

The activities are spread over 5 mornings. You can participate to an early morning yoga asana class. Attention is paid to your personal situation or difficulties.

For the children

The children participate to a theme-week. Each week has a different storyline. The children have adventures in an abundance of nature where they need to work together and explore. There are creative activities with natural materials and they play a lot of games. Not only do they have fun, but they learn a lot from being outside in a group dynamic. Every theme week has a few life values at its core, which are tools for the children to handle life.

The activities are for children from ages 5 to 12 and will be conducted in Dutch. The program is simultaneous with the adult program. The site of accommodation might have sign-ups for just the yoga week or just the children week.

Itinerary

• Arrival is on Sunday and in the evening there is an introduction to the weekly program.
• The course program takes place from Monday morning to Friday morning.
• Possibility to participate to morning asanas from 07:30 to 08:30.
• The course program is from 09:30 to 13:00, with a small tea break in between.
• You can spend the afternoon at leisure.
• At the center, they organize some evening activities such as a tour, a lecture, or outside activities.
• They celebrate the weeks ending on Friday evening in a way that is appropriate to the program, often the children give a presentation to the parents.
• Saturday is the departure day.

The course will take place in Centre Lothlorien, Haute-Marne, France. The location is in the middle of Western Europe. Northeast France is easily reachable within a day by many countries, such as Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.

Centre Lothlorien

Centre Lothlorien is located at an estate of 14 hectares with hills, gardens, fields, creeks, and two lakes surrounded by forest. It is a quiet peaceful location. The closest village, Foulain, is close to two kilometers away. The closest city, Chaumont, is 10 kilometers away and provides all the expected facilities. The area around the center has a lot of hiking and bicycling possibilities. You could walk for hours without seeing a soul.

Haute Marne

The Haute Marne is a touristic undiscovered department of France, in the Champagne-Ardenne region. It is full of rolling hills, forests, valleys, and nostalgic French villages. Beautiful cities such as Langres and Troyes are close by.

Accessibility

The location is in the middle of Western Europe. Northeast France is easily reachable within a day by many countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.

Distances

• Foulain village, 2 kilometers
• Chaumont city, 10 kilometers
• Utrecht, 600 kilometers

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Included in the package is tea or coffee served with a snack during the break. The children are served fruit juice or water.

Facilities are available for cooking, meal preparation and inside dining. At the location there is a small shop with a few basics, all kinds of stores and grosserie shops are available in the city of Chaumont at 10km. distance.

At the location there are possibilties to reserve breakfast, lunch and dinner on the terrace or in the lounge. All meals are vegetarian, with use of many organic products, often from the vegetable garden. Dietary wishes are taken into account as much as possible, for which a surcharge may apply.

Ayurvedic treatment existing of intake to decide your Ayurveda body type, needs, and requirements, Ayurvedic body massage and Ayurvedic steam cabin for 85 EUR. This is not included in the course.

• 6 nights accommodation
• Coffee, tea, and water during the break
• Early morning asanas at 7:30 a.m.
• Adult course program daily from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Children program daily from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• A personal yoga consultation with Richard Slager
• Hiking and cycling maps

• Tourist tax
• Meals
• Bed linen

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 16.94% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.