Centre Lothlorien, A place where beautiful encounters belong to daily life, Frankrijk
Up to 12 in group
July 6 - 12, 2025
About this Retreat
Richard Slager is raised in the Netherlands. After years of working in the Hotel and Tourism Industry in different countries he sets a bridge between India and the western world.
Since the establishment of Centre Lothlorien in France in 2002, Richard has helped with the organisation of the centre has been organizing activities to familiarize young people with playing and living in nature.
Richard has studied Ayurvedic herbs and medicins in Kerala. Now in he puts this in practice by teaching the basis of Ayurveda and the practical use of local herbs in France.
Richard has completed the Yoga Teacher Training Course at The Yoga Institute in Mumbai and has continued learning about the Indian Philosophy, including Patanjali Yoga Sutra's, Samkhya, Vedanta and Ayurveda. Currently he is teacher at the Indian Classic Yoga Teacher Training Courses in France and The Netherlands.
Pinky More was born in India. Here she has completed her Yoga education at The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, the Oldest Organized Yoga Center in the World. After a few years of working and traveling over the world she has settled down in the Netherlands to introduce Indian Classic Yoga, the traditional style of Yoga. In Kerala, India, Pinky has studied Ayurveda and started giving ayurvedic massages.
Since 2012 Pinky organizes Yoga retreats at Centre Lothlorien in France. In 2019 she started the affiliation between Centre Lothlorien and ‘The Yoga Institute’. Currently, besides leading her own Teacher Training Courses in France she teaches in several other European countries and participates to Yoga programs in Ghana, Dubai and India.
Details of this retreat
7 day retreat in a peaceful, inspiring environment.
A variety of workshops with herbs that we find, identify and collect on a French estate in the middle of nature. Learn how to work with these herbs by drying them, composing tea, making massage oil with them, making rose water and using them in cooking. Experience how you can also use Indian herbs and spices for flavour and to promote your health.
Learn about the Ayurvedic system and it's perception on the use of herbs as medicine.
Centre Lothlorien is a special place on a very versatile site. Because of the presence of different soil types, wet spots, dry spots, sun, shade, forest, agriculture and differences in altitude, there is a staggering variety of herbs growing on the property, in the garden and in the surroundings.
Herbs possess culinary and medical properties. During the course, we will explore the herbs, learn about their properties and how you can practically do something with them at home in a simple way.
The knowledge about herbs is based on local herbal medicine or phytotherapy. In the course content, we also bridge the Indian lore of Yoga and Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is the oldest medicine of the world and means ‘Knowledge of Life’. Ayurveda is a medicine that treats the cause of complaints and disease rather than the symptoms. In Ayurveda, only natural products are used.
The retreat is intended to promote a healthy lifestyle. Before starting the herbal workshops in the morning, you can participate to Yoga Asana's.