Gathering · 12–17 April 2027 · Altea la Vella, Spain

Returning Home

A Spring Retreat

Five days to pause, let go and reconnect with yourself

Come and remember what it feels like to be truly at home: in your body, in your breath and in your own centre.

For five days, we'll take the time to settle in without any rush, find peace and reconnect more deeply with ourselves. In a small group of no more than eight people, there'll be space for connection, movement, stillness and personal growth.

The days

What to expect

I
Settling in
We'll begin together with a simple opening ceremony and leave the hustle and bustle of everyday life behind us, step by step.
II
Gentle mornings
We start the day with QiGong, gentle stretching exercises and silent meditation. Afterwards, a fresh breakfast awaits you. You're welcome to join in, or simply stay with yourself a little longer and rest.
III
Focusing & Living Axis
With Focusing, we turn our attention to what we perceive and feel in our bodies. We listen to what emerges from within and give it space. Living Axis invites us, through meditation and body awareness, to reconnect the different levels of our experience (above and below, inside and outside) with our own centre. In these ways, you can explore, in your own personal way, what “being at home” means to you.
IV
Eating together
We cook with fresh, seasonal ingredients and eat together at one table. If you'd like, you're welcome to help out with the cooking and in the kitchen, or simply take a seat and let the food come to you.
V
BodyworkIn the evening
A soothing and deep-acting body treatment with Basti or Kathrin awaits you: a time when you can let go and truly be at one with yourself.
VI
Time to breathe
There's plenty of free time between our shared activities, for going for a walk, resting, reading or writing in your diary. We'll also go on a group outing to the mountains and take time to experience what we encounter there with all our senses.
VII
ClosingAt the end of the retreat
We'll come together once more to create a small closing ritual. We'll take what we've experienced over these days back with us into our everyday lives, and carry a little memento of this time together with us.