WORKSHOPS
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Culinary Workshops with Lili Mahne
We are honored to connect with excellent local individuals like Lili Mahne.
These workshops provide our guests with a way to fill their free time while gaining a quality introduction to the local environment.
Workshops can be tailored to individual preferences and duration.
TASTING WORKSHOPS – CULINARY HERITAGE
One-hour workshop demonstrating the preparation of two savory and one sweet snack, followed by a tasting of these snacks.
WORKSHOP – BREAD PLATES AND ABUNDANCE FROM NATURE
Three-hour workshop: First, we knead and make bread plates; then, we gather green delicacies and
EXPLORATORY WALK – NATURE’S HEALING LABORATORY
One-hour nature walk with a guide to learn about and gather herbs and wild food, concluding with a one-hour tasting workshop where we eat and drink what we’ve collected.
Provider: Lilijana Mahne, supplementary activity on the farm, Popkova 4, 1380 Cerknica
For workshop arrangements and inquiries, please contact the provider:
Contact: lili.mahne@siol.net, +386 41 605 122
We can provide a space for the workshops in the multipurpose hall at Youth Hostel Ars Viva.
SIGHTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS
Culinary Workshops with Andreja Špeh
Andreja Špeh, a psychologist by education, grew up in Loška dolina and spent time in the kitchen from an early age. She enjoys preparing homemade dishes and desserts, and over the years, she has also developed a fondness for Asian cuisine. In 2024, she participated in the Masterchef competition, where she introduced the wider public to a traditional dish from the Inner Carniola region – kauro.
FOTO:GAŠPER ŠLAJNAR
Workshop: Preparation of Traditional Slovenian Štruklji
A two-hour workshop where we prepare and taste štruklji with various fillings together.
Private Chef at Home
I design the menu according to your wishes and take care of sourcing all the ingredients. Then, I cook the selected menu at your home (or in a hostel). You can assist me or simply enjoy the experience as a guest in your own home. After the event, I ensure that the space is thoroughly cleaned.
Other Activities
By agreement, workshops for preparing desserts and Asian dishes (e.g., gyoza dumplings, bao buns) are also possible.
The workshops are conducted in English.
Provider: Culinary Arts and Advertising, Andreja Špeh s.p., Markovec 23, 1386 Stari trg pri Ložu
For workshop arrangements and offerings, please contact the provider:
Contact: andrejaspeh@gmail.com, +386 31 442 267
A space for workshops can be provided in the multipurpose hall at Youth Hostel Ars Viva.
Pottery workshops with Iztok Mlakar
The price for all workshops includes all necessary materials, tools, clay, clay paints, glazes, and firing of the products.
WORKSHOP – DECORATING PRE-MADE PRODUCTS
In this workshop, participants will choose a clay product and decorate it with the guidance of a potter. The potter will glaze and fire the product, and participants will receive it a few days after the workshop.
Workshop Duration: 1–2 hours
Workshop Price: As per the product price list
WORKSHOP – BEGINNER’S COURSE
Participants in this course will learn about the material – clay, techniques for working with clay, painting techniques for clay products, pottery wheel, and wheel techniques.
Workshop Duration: Up to 3 hours
Price: €15 per person. Minimum of five participants.
WORKSHOP – ADVANCED COURSE
This course includes learning various techniques for making clay products – from making products with coils and slabs to working on the pottery wheel. It covers painting techniques for products and glazing finished items.
Workshop Duration: 1 day
Price: €30 per person.
Minimum of five participants.
For workshop arrangements and inquiries, please contact the provider:
Contact: +38641578587
SIGHTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS
ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME - CirkuSana Workshop Offer
Certainly, every person wishes to seek their truth. This is most easily achieved when one is distanced from everyday obligations and concerns and is willing to open up and dedicate themselves to themselves. “All that is within me” are workshops that focus on movement, body awareness, and mindfulness. You can choose individual workshops or select a combination of them, as they are designed to interconnect, enhance, and complement each other.
JOGA (Hatha)
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of Participants: (max. 15/min. 5)
Theme: Introduction to yoga asanas that enable a better quality of everyday life.
Objective: Participants receive answers to questions such as:
Which exercise is suitable when I have neck or back pain?
Which exercise can I do to alleviate menstrual or abdominal cramps?
What breathing techniques can help me recharge with energy or calm down before sleep?
Each participant should come to the session dressed in comfortable, sporty clothing. They should bring their own mat, blanket, and water bottle.
Price per participant: €10
Fairy Yoga (suitable for children and adults)
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of Participants: (max. 15)/min +. 6)
Theme: Understanding, awareness, and feeling of the body. Awakening the inner child.
Objective: To become aware of one’s own movement patterns and explore the feeling of animals within oneself. Through exercises, we strengthen openness, acceptance, and connection with our own inner child and connect with other participants.
Each participant should come to the session dressed in comfortable, sporty clothing. They should bring their own mat, blanket, and water bottle.
Price per participant: €10
Connection with the Lunar Cycle and Self-Massage Techniques
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of Participants: (max. 15/min. 5)
Theme: Connection with the lunar cycle and self-massage techniques
Objective: Participants learn about the lunar phases and their characteristics. They learn how to use the influence of the moon for additional support in life. They receive instructions for performing rituals during the Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter, and Last Quarter. Participants learn self-massage techniques for the face and scalp, strengthening gentleness and self-care.
Price per participant: €10
The second part includes creative workshops that enhance individual creativity, precision, patience, and fine motor skills.
Painting Mandalas (on canvas or cup)
Duration: 3 hours
Number of Participants: max. 15/min. 5)
Theme: Painting mandalas
Objective: Participants learn the technique of drawing and painting mandalas. They create their own mandala on canvas and cup, supporting their inner spirit.
Price per participant: €25
Included materials: paper, standard brushes, brushes for painting mandalas, acrylic paints, canvas/cup.
Making Individual Affirmation Cards
Duration: 3 hours
Number of Participants: max 15/min. 5
Theme: Making individual affirmation cards
Objective: Participants learn what the word “affirmation” means, where it comes from, and how practicing these affirmations affects us. In the first part, they strengthen their creativity and, through intuition, discover their own drawing patterns. They go through a meditation process, answering deeper questions about themselves. In the second part, they write affirmations that will help them promote and realize their own changes and ideas.
Price per participant: €25
Included materials: paper, colored pencils and markers, laminating foils, decorative material, laminator.
Ayurvedic Body Massage
The Ayurvedic body massage invites all those who wish to deeply relax and calm down. It is called the royal massage as it lasts for 80 minutes and includes a full body massage, including the scalp and face. After the massage, you receive an additional 10 minutes of rest with crystals that balance our energy centers in the body.
With the massage, we eliminate bodily toxins, stress, and pain. It brings us strength and energy, increases circulation, and stimulates internal organs. It strengthens and nourishes tissues, regulates hormones, and brings love and inner harmony.
Comprehensive Ayurvedic Body Massage Duration: 90 minutes Price: €70 (Appointment upon agreement)
Manja Starc
Manja Starc operates in the field of Hatha yoga (2019), dance, movement, and massage. She also creates a lot (decorating wood, canvas, stones, ceramics – mandalas or spontaneous paintings) and conducts various creative workshops.
Contact
For workshop bookings and massage sessions, please contact the provider directly.
If you need space for workshops, it is possible to rent a hall at Arsviva – Youthostel.
For additional questions and information, I am available:
Email: cirkusana@gmail.com
Phone: 041 424 850
Zavod Ars Viva
Podcerkev 24, 1386 Stari trg pri Ložu
Slovenija
DŠ: 39453600
Opening Hours
| Monday: | 7.00–15.00 |
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| Friday: | 7.00–15.00 |
| Saturday: | 7.00–15.00 |
| Sunday: | 7.00–15.00 |
| Holidays: | 7.00–15.00 |
Online Reception for Room Reservations
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| Sunday: | 15.00–20.00 |
| Holidays: | 15.00–20.00 |