Alchemizing Presence @C*SPACE: Inner Alchemy through Qi Gong & Art

This is the first weekend of workshops as part of the Berlin Summer Retreat: Alchemizing Presence taking place on 9 and 10 August at C*SPACE Berlin .

We invite you to awaken your senses through Qi Gong and creative expression as we explore earth, water, air, and fire. Move, meditate, and shape your inner world into art—clay, watercolors, Chinese ink…. Let the elements guide you from stillness to transformation.

For full information about the retreat please visit https://c-space.eu/en/programs/urbansummerretreat2025/

Bringing Form · Grounding · Belonging

Through meditative qi gong we will ground into the body’s weight and presence, to connect with other qualities of the earth element personal to each individual. Our art practice will invite us to shape clay into vessels that symbolize our inner home—an expression of how we hold and support ourselves. These containers may also carry seeds, planted with intention, that will grow over the course of the retreat as quiet affirmations of life and belonging.

Emotion · Fluidity · Longing

In our Qi gong meditation session, we will listen to the inner tides, attuning to the emotional body. Our artmaking becomes a watery meditation: perhaps painting with evaporating water, sweeping liquid across large surfaces, or blending ink in a floating dance of color and form. In these transient creations, we practice letting go, honoring impermanence and the beauty of emotional truth.

Lightness · Connection · Intellect

We begin with breath-based qi gong and group explorations of spatial awareness and relational movement. In our creative practice, we use our breath to guide ink across paper—tracing delicate, branching forms that echo the natural world and our internal landscapes. These gestures of wind and spirit reveal how lightness, curiosity, and connection are vital to our shared humanity.

Transformation · Power · Creative Will

We activate our inner fire through qi gong and alchemical meditation, cultivating vitality, purpose, and creative power. In the art process, we work with flame—safely and symbolically—to transform what has come before. Whether through burning intentions or releasing the past, this is a ritual of cleansing and renewal, aligning with the full moon's invitation to complete, shed, and begin again.

The 4 workshops are guided by Clara Reichertz (movement and meditation educator and practitioner), Kelly Reedy (artist, educator and art therapist) and Katelijn Verstraete (energy practitioner and creative facilitator)

💸 Sliding Scale: 25-45€ per workshop

• If you are a full-time/part-time employed person, please choose the full price.
• If you are a student or under/un-employed person, please choose the discounted price.
• If you take the 4 workshops there is a discount.

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