La Fontaine is a retreat center and Ashram in the Hautes Alpes provençales in the South-East of France. Beautifully located in the valley of the river Méouge, surrounded by mountains and lots of green, blessed by the sun of Provence, it is a welcoming place inspired by the yogic lifestyle and especially Kundalini Yoga.
La Fontaine belongs to the international organization 3HO – the 3 “H” for “Healthy”, “Happy” and “Holy” and to the French KY Federation, FFKY.
Inspired by these teachings, a few yoginis and yogis came together and acquired La Fontaine in 1994 with the help of a number of Kundalini Yoga students in France and Europe. Their goal was to create a center for teaching and transmitting the 3HO lifestyle.
Yogi Bhajan gave his blessings to La Fontaine by baptizing it the “Guru Ram Das Institute for Health and Happiness”, putting it under the protection of Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru, also called the Guru of Miracles.
A yogic lifestyle based on the teachings, a healthy vegetarian diet with partly our own produce, and the close connection with nature and the elements make La Fontaine a place of healing and retreat, far from urban centers.
Since it is located in a mountainy area with rather cold winters, our activities take place from April through October. During that time, we organize numerous events such as the Festival de La Fontaine, Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainings Level 1, workshops and fasting retreats, devotional music festivals, Sangat and Seva weekends and many more. The place is ideal for accommodating individuals and groups of up to 100 people.
Today, La Fontaine is managed by a group of volunteers through the 3HO La Fontaine association. The managing team changed in 2020, and has been renovating, reorganizing and bringing fresh energy, ideas, effort and investments to make the place more attractive, host more yoga related activities and make it home to the larger French and international Sangat.
We are a living Kundalini Yoga community with Sadhanas, yoga classes, sharing, working and laughing together, eating healthy organic food partly from our own produce. We have two greenhouses with many tasty vegetables, a large number of fruit trees and berries.
La Fontaine is an Ashram, a place of spriritual effort that welcomes sevadars who wish to work for the community, take a break from their lives, and find some healing in the connection with nature and a simple, healthy lifestyle.
If you are interested in coming to stay at La Fontaine either doing seva or just spending your holidays, please get in touch with us.
This place lives with and for the Sangat, so if you hear a calling, don't hesitate !
Website : www.3ho-lafontaine.fr
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