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Karma Yoga Retreat

Flexible Dates

Date and Time Details:

Listed course dates include Arrival and Departure day. •   Arrival on start date around 3 pm. •   Departure on end date around 2 pm

Contact: Volunteer France
volunteerfrance@sivananda.net

  • Shared Room – €280.14
  • Single Room – €411.60
  • Double Room w Bathroom – €411.60
  • Double Room – €336.00
  • Bungalow Tent w 2 beds – €280.14
  • Bungalow Tent w 1 bed – €336.00
  • Space For Tent – €245.00
  • Camping-car – €261.00
    • Prices calculated for 7 nights minimum stay

Prices listed above are before tax.
Book 7 nights or more and receive a 10% discount off your entire stay. Discount applied at checkout.

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Interested in serving others? In deepening into yourself?

Karma Yoga, or selfless service, is the first of the Four Paths of Yoga, and according to the great yogis like Swami Sivananda, it is the foundation on which all Yogic practice is based.

Time and again, great yogis guide us to the wisdom of purifying our heart. There is no better way to achieve this than through selfless service.

This is 1 week minimum programme is open all year round and follows all the programming of a Yoga Retreat but participants engage more fully in the selfless service of the Ashram (Karma Yoga). Come experience the unique gifts of Karma Yoga. Open into yourself. Cultivate lasting friendships. Observe the transformation that comes with selfless service.

Serve. Love. Give. Purify. Meditate. Realize.

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 4pm:
    • One-hour karma yoga
    • either lecture or asana workshop or silent walk (optional)
  • 4pm: Yoga class (optional)
  • 6pm: Dinner (lacto vegetarian / sattvic diet)
  • 6:45pm: One-hour karma yoga (selfless service)
  • 8pm: Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture)

This daily schedule can be subject to occasional changes.

Suitability

Applicants must be willing to follow the guidance from senior staff members regarding karma yoga duties which include mainly kitchen and housekeeping