About Us
Lotus Oasis Wellness Destination Retreats is headquartered in Durango, Colorado, we offer a wide variety of wellness destination retreats, workshops, lectures and life style classes that enable individual to embrace their optimal level of well-being.
Charlotte Lenssen opened the Lotus Oasis in 2008 with the intention of supporting people in creating their own path and finding emotional healing, physical wellness, spiritual awakening and overall balanced wellbeing.
Our goal is to support each individual that comes to our retreats, workshops, lectures and life-style classes through timeless tools and healing principles that they can use to nurture their own health, empower them to restore balance, and create greater joy and fulfillment in their lives.
Core Staff
Charlotte Lenssen is the founder of Lotus Oasis Retreats. Charlotte is a Certified instructor in Qigong, Primordial Sound Meditation, Yoga, and Nine Breath Technique. With over 15 years of experience in the Healing Arts she understands that for an individual to embrace their optimal level of well-being they need to learn various types of mind-body and spirit techniques to allow them to overcome everyday obstacles that bring stress, sickness and overall negative feelings and doubt in to our lives.
- Certified Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Instructor
- Certified Meditation Instructor
- Certified Qigong Instructor &
- Certified Nine Breath Instructor
- Certified Raindrop Therapy Instructor
- Licensed Massage Therapist
Carlos Simon is the chief executive director and technical Engineer. Through his 20 years of experience we are able to provide comprehensive programs, retreat locations and provide superb web presence for your convenience.
Instructors
Lotus Oasis develops, coordinates and facilitates highly memorable and successful Destination Yoga, Meditation & Wellness Retreats both national and international locations.
As a Certified Yoga and Meditation Instructor herself, Charlotte Lenssen, Owner/Director of Lotus Oasis, is able to utilize her knowledge and yoga experiences when developing one of our destination retreats to ensure that every detail is planned and executed optimally and with ease.
Our experience has led to Yoga & Meditation Instructors, Wellness Practitioners and Best-Selling Authors reaching out to our company to form partnerships in retreat hosting in countries where more and more interest from national and international clients want to visit and attend a yoga, meditation and wellness retreats.
Our Current List of Instructors
Charlotte Lenssen has been on a life long journey since childhood. It has always been an adventure. She was introduced to Siddha yoga when she was 15 and began to practice meditation and yoga at that age. She has always been on a search for something, for something meaningful in my life. This search got her travelling all over the world to many interesting places, meeting interesting people and learning about many interesting philosophies. Always challenging but never boring. She discovered that that is what life is, a never ending journey. In her reality the meaning of life is being discovered through service to others. Meditation has helped her discover her path. Since 2007 she has been practicing Primordial Sound Meditation. Because of the detailed instructions she received and the guidance in understanding the deeper purpose of this practice she has been able to embrace it fully. This transformational experience has allowed her to see life in a very different way. Her desire is to share this passion she has for life through daily practice. She has also incorporated the 7 Spiritual Laws of Yoga into her practice and has been teaching it with her Siddha Yoga background since 2008. Charlotte is the director and owner of Lotus Oasis Retreats. Her desire is to offer retreats in beautiful places with practices that help promote and foster a life full with joy and happiness. The tools that are offered are there to help us choose our path with conscious awareness.
John Jurcheck, CSN, has been working in the whole-food nutrition field for over 5 years in a variety of capacities including research, marketing, education, and public speaking. John has also been a dedicated Yogi for the past 7 years, so blending his love of Yoga and his background in nutrition was a natural fit. His interest in Ayurvedic nutrition began in 2007 when John's wife, Denver Yoga instructor Courtney Hayes-Jurcheck, began studying Ayurveda during her Yoga Certification. Together, they have deepened their knowledge and love of this ancient medicinal practice, and have been dedicated to helping others find ways to easily incorporate it into their daily lives.
Marie Redfeather is our Shamanic Teacher and Practitioner following the Peruvian traditions, and teaches in-depth shamanic ceremony, ritual, Mesa-building practices. Marie is a Metis of Native and French/Canadian descent and carries the imprint of a powerful intuitive healer/catalyst. She is a certified Angelic Reiki Master in the Usui tradition and holds Reiki classes and workshops regularly. Additionally, Marie is an Advanced Theta Healing practitioner. Marie creates sacred space for healing and transformation in both private sessions and in group sessions.
Courtney Hayes-Jurcheck has been teaching in Denver and throughout Colorado since obtaining her classical Hatha and Ashtanga certification through the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda of Boulder in 2007. Courtney has taught at studios, fitness clubs, businesses, schools, parks and homes, and these eclectic locations and her experiences with a broad range of students have helped her develop her own style of Yoga, Siddhi Urban Yoga.
Courtney’s classes blend classical training with Anusara and Jivamukti influences. Through proper spinal alignment, movement through breath, simple hands-on adjustments and playful heart opening, Courtney has created a dynamic and unique style of Yoga that is accessible, spiritual and fun for students of all levels. From first timers through advanced Yogis, Courtney will inspire you to laugh, play and follow your breath into bliss!
Sarah Russel is the founder of Breathe Yoga & Cycling Studio in Denver. Her cultivation of this space only fueled the studio’s mission to create a holistic space for transformation. Sarah was turned on to yoga through a college elective 12 years ago and has been on the mat ever since. She is known for her ever-evolving and unfolding flow style with an alignment focus and Tantric influence. Her teaching is playful, fun and energetic, allowing the new beginner and the experienced yogi to practice side by side. Sarah is the founder of YogaCycle, which brings together her love of cycling and passion for yoga in one class. She weaves a journey through the senses in all her classes by utilizing music, encouraging deep pranayama, sharing personal stories and discussing yogic philosophy. Sarah can be found representing the Mile High as a Lucy Activewear Pro and Manduka Yoga Mat Ambassador.
Lynn Feder has a mission and wants to share it with all of you. As a leader in the Health and Fitness Industry for over twenty five years she knows the importance of balancing mind, body and spirit. Lynn holds national certifications in group fitness, yoga and Pilates, but it is her proven leadership that makes her style so unique. Her practical and diverse style combines outward experiences with inner peace. Breathing techniques are essential and she will teach you how to integrate this into your daily life.
Dragan Guirici is our holistic health practitioner (HHP) for both massage therapy and holistic counseling. He is a certified Qigong instructor with the Supreme Science Qigong Foundation. He teaches Therapeutic Yoga, Food Healing and Breath Empowerment. His healing modalities include Bioenergy Therapy – Domancic Method, a very powerful modality. Other modalities include Reiki, rebirthing, trauma release, rapid eye movement and other techniques.
Opportunities
Lotus Oasis Retreats seeks committed individuals who aspire to create an enlightened community through working in a nurturing environment and serving and inspiring the guests who come to our facility.
We are looking for both short and long-term instructors with skills in a variety of fields, including yoga, meditation, nutrition, Ayurveda, personal empowerment, relationship communication, human development, personal growth, social awareness, and spiritual awakening.
If you are interested in offering your experience, capabilities and energy to encourage the growth of Lotus Oasis Retreats and its participants, we encourage you to apply. To learn more, Contact The Lotus Oasis Retreats a office:t 1 (970) 459-4341 cell: (970) 799-8950 or email: Charlotte Lenssen.
