“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe….When we move in a direction that touches our heart, we add to the momentum of deeper purpose that makes us feel more alive”
— Joanna Macy
What this is
A space for our full humanity.
A weekend to slow down, breathe, and make space for what often gets pushed aside:
the discomfort, the ache, the grief, the confusion.
What keeps us up at night, what we try to carry alone.
This retreat invites you to come as you are.
To shed your masks.
To feel what needs to be felt.
To connect – to yourself, to others, to the deeper pulse of life.
Together, we will explore how our personal pain connects us to the world –
and how this pain, when held with care, can become the source of purpose and strength.
Inspired by the deep ecology and compassion-centered vision of Joanna Macy,
we will weave together presence, inquiry, community, and nature
to remember our belonging – and find direction in these shifting times.
What you will receive
A safe and honest space to show up fully – with all that you are
Insight into how sharing your pain can be a source of clarity, connection, and power
A sense of belonging beyond roles or performance
A deepened connection to your inner compass
Clarity on your unique gift in the midst of change
Shared rituals and practices to cultivate meaning and direction
Time in nature, with the elements and silence
Community: the strength of walking this path with others
The Bigger Why
In a time of collapse and awakening, we are called to feel – and not turn away. To stay open-hearted, awake, and rooted. This retreat is part of a greater movement: A movement of people willing to live with compassion, clarity, and courage.
Not despite the pain – but because of it.
We hope this to be the beginning spark to a continum of creating a new culture where we keep showing up with our pain and struggle, trusting the gifts they can activate in ourselves for each other.
The Place
Ganesha Hof, Linde (Löwenberger Land)
A simple, rustic and soulful countryside retreat space with:
Earth Sauna & Swimming Pond
Bullerjan Oven & Fire in the Yurt
Dorm-style barn sleeping & rustic single rooms (cost extra)
Investment
Early Bird: 400€ – until September 14th
Regular: 450€ – until September 30th
Late Bird: 500€ – until October 14th
(Food and accommodation included. Spaces are limited. If money is an issue for you, write to us directly)
Registration & Questions
To reserve your spot or ask any questions, write to:
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Facilitators
Zsofi Bodnar
Zsofi is a facilitator, mentor, community creator, mother and lover who centers everything she does around the radical Love she trusts is at the core of it all. Her direction is facing towards, depth in connection, closer to Life, softening the body, expanding the heart and landing in presence. She creates spaces for coming alive and freeing up into more of ourselves through inviting both our vulnerability and the sacred, giving permission for human and divine. She believes in humanity and the transformation we are capable of as a collective and strives to make that a reality by living her true essence and encouraging others to do so. She is based near Berlin in an intentional community.
www.touching-life.com
Viktoria Köster
Viki is a therapist and spaceholder from Berlin, who cofounded the Löwenherz Community represented here as well. She is passionate about personal as well as collective transformation, doing the daily subtle inner work that reconnects us back to each other. Everyday she is deepening the roots to this earth, to her local communities and to spirit. In her work she transmits a grounded spirituality, horizontal and vulnerable leadership and a deep invitation to recconect back to our bodies and nervous systems.
www.viktoriakoester.com
We look forward to journeying with you.
“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves…live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Rainer Maria Rilke
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