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Experience the benefits of regular meditation

March 8 - 15, 2026

Minimum Rates (before tax):

  • Shared Room – €478.33
  • Double Room – €560.00
  • Double Room w Bathroom – €676.67
  • Single Room – €676.67
  • Single Room w Bathroom – €787.50
  • Camping-car – €443.33
  • Space For Tent – €414.17

Bookings of 7+ nights are 10% discounted automatically at checkout.

Topics covered:

  • Benefits of meditation
  • Techniques to focus and calm the mind: breath, visualisations, mantras
  • How to sit for meditation
  • Best time and place for the practice of meditation
  • Breath and concentration
  • Creating the proper environment for meditation
  • Mediation exercises: tratak (meditation on a candle flame), practice of japa (mantra repetition)
  • Kirtan workshop: spiritual chants to open the heart

Recommended reading: “The Sivananda Book of Meditation”, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.

Daily schedule:

  • 6am: Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture)
  • 8am: Yoga class
  • 10am: Brunch (lacto vegetarian / sattvic diet)
  • 10:45am: One-hour karma yoga (selfless service)
  • Between noon and 3pm: One-hour lecture or asana workshop or silent walk
  • 4pm: Yoga class
  • 6pm: Dinner (lacto vegetarian / sattvic diet)
  • 6:45pm: One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning)
  • 8pm: Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture)

This daily schedule can be subject to occasional changes.

Arrival/Departure:

  • Check-in: 2pm-8pm, on first day. First event is 4pm yoga class on arrival day
  • Check-out: by 11am, on last day. Last event is the one-hour afternoon lecture on departure day

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Ashram de Yoga Sivananda 26 Impasse du Bignon 45170 Neuville aux Bois www.sivanandaorleans.org Email : orleans@sivananda.net Tél : + 33 (0) 2 38 91 88 82