4 days time for me! "Thought" fasting in the monastery Enjoy the delicious monastery buffet...

5.0 (2 Reviews) · Siedelsbrunn, Germany
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Summary

"We enjoy the delicious monastery buffet and practise the art of not thinking!"

Peace & quiet - cleansing & detoxification

Activation & refueling

You don't have to be a Buddhist or have any previous knowledge to take part in the mind fast. This is all about you!

A retreat from your usual surroundings helps to restore your inner balance and tap into your own sources of strength on a permanent basis. Find your way back to a better body awareness and discover new perspectives to enjoy your life better and more "in the here and now".

Our ability to think is a wonderful gift. During thought fasting, we try out our ability "not to think" and discover the many benefits for us when our mind calms down.

In the pleasant surroundings of a Buddhist monastery, seminar and healing center in the Odenwald, we enjoy an oasis of peace and the powerful nature to focus completely on ourselves; retreat in the monastery; monastery time-out; time-out in the monastery; refueling; regeneration; self-discovery; nature coaching; monastery vacation; retreat; silence; contemplation; self-discovery; reflection. We take enough time to discover ways to empty our minds and enjoy the healing power of thought fasting.

With light physical exercises that anyone can do, we will learn to reduce tension and really let go. We will try out different meditation postures, e.g. sitting (chair, cushion) and walking, and find the posture that suits us best.

We will also try out various relaxation exercises and meditation techniques so that everyone has the opportunity to incorporate suitable exercises into their everyday life.
With various breathing and activation exercises, we learn to consciously cleanse ourselves of stress. In combination with various physical exercises, we learn how to supply ourselves with activating life energy in order to recharge our batteries and maintain our health in the long term.

Voices:
Dear Peter,

I have never had such a good experience in my life as these 4 days in the monastery with you. I am still completely blown away and can hardly put my joy and energy into words. Since I've been back home, I've been raving about you and the amazing experiences I had with you and the group.

You have such a great, empathetic and humble way of communicating things that I felt like a sponge,

that absorbed everything.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart and I will definitely continue here. I promise!!!

Best wishes from Annett from beautiful Schönaich
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Dates and information on this portal and on request.

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories
Detox Retreats, Meditation, Monastery Retreats, Mindfulness, Self-discovery, Consciousness, soul, senses & spirit, Resilience training, Yoga Retreats, Zen Retreat, Work Life Balance, MBSR, Personal Development, Nature Vacation, Forest bathing, Qigong, Breathing, Relaxation, Wellness
Date
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-19
Language(s)
German
Level
Expert, Advanced, Beginner
Place
Siedelsbrunn, Germany
Accommodation
not included
Catering
Full board
Types of food
Vegan, Vegetarian
Services

Daily program with meditation

Relaxation exercises

Evening program

Bodyscan

Guided body journeys

Gehmeditation

Mindful exchange

Theory+Practice

Morning meditation

Fragrance Qi Gong

Coaching

Mentaltraining

Forest bathing

Practical tools for everyday life

Meditation

Mindfulness walks in nature

Gentle physical exercises

Accommodation

Accommodation for the entire event, to be booked by yourself from approx. 50 EUR/day
Accommodation in a single room or 30 EUR (double room), plus catering approx. 42 EUR full board (subject to price changes)

Please make your own booking in good time with reference to the room contingent for the geistigfrei event!

Voices:
Dear Peter,

Thank you very much for the intense moments in Wald-Michelbach. It still resonates well and I am happy to feel myself.
The job has many energy drainers and I ask myself a lot about the meaning of what I do.

Through you I have experienced things that I have never felt before. I am glad to have met you.

Peace be with you Jerome

Jerome S./Speyer

"I have to tell you, dear Peter, that the last seminar in February helped me a lot to come to terms with past problems. ...and yes. ....my whole life/way of thinking has, in retrospect, changed in such a positive way that I am still sometimes "shocked" at how well everything works with the right way of thinking.... a big thank you again for that. .....
I'm really looking forward to the seminar in August and to seeing you again. .....

.... love greetings have a great time, ... Hartmut"

Hartmut B., Leimen

Dear Peter,

I arrived with a burnout. In the course of this very valuable time in your course, I was able to become more and more who I am! Now I am taking myself home with me. Thank you very much for that!

Edda

Edda L., Mainz

Dear Peter,

Here is some more detailed feedback on the thought fast:
Our powerful "Yay!" together in the snow-covered forest is still ringing in my ears. Every single fiber, every cell in my body is filled with fresh energy and a new zest for life! The infinitely beneficial time out with you and the wonderful group in the monastery and above all in nature is still having an effect, and how! When I arrived there on Thursday, I was pretty much at the end of my tether. My numerous construction sites are of course still there, but now I have courage again, lots of inspiration and even joy to tackle them. Thank you!!!

Much love
Leslie

Leslie F., Mühltal

Catering

+ full board vegetarian for approx.47,00 EUR/day (subject to price changes)

Voices of participants:

"Dear Peter,

My basic feeling of inner gratitude and humility was enormously strengthened by this weekend. It was very easy for me to trust the atmosphere of the monastery, our living room, the group members and you, and I felt well looked after and protected, seen and warmed in every single second.
I feel confirmed in the direction of my path to myself, of which this seminar has become an important part like an illuminated signpost.

Your very personal way of passing on your path and your feelings to me has deeply touched and strengthened me. Even today I still have a smile, lightness, security and confidence. I asked you what you were doing with me..... I know the answer today!
You picked me up exactly where I was!
With the right words, the right exercises and the right hugs at exactly the right time. I also "did it"! I allowed it, opened myself wide and accepted and absorbed everything. My tears are rolling again.

Refueling in the monastery

I will continue to feel and enjoy this unique feeling. It has become a part of me and makes me happy.

Fortunately, I still have some time and space for it. But even if I go back to work at some point and have a different structure, I will never be able to lose this again.
Long on the search for the meaning of my life, I feel that I am slowly but steadily arriving and that the search can come to an end.

I send you a big hug and carry you in my heart

Best regards
Ulrike "

Ulrike R., Brühl

sequence

In the pleasant surroundings of a Buddhist monastery, seminar and healing center in the Odenwald, we enjoy an oasis of peace and the powerful nature to reflect on ourselves. We take enough time to discover ways to empty our minds and enjoy the healing power of thought fasting.

With light physical exercises that anyone can do, we learn to reduce tension and really let go. We will try out different meditation postures, e.g. sitting (chair, cushion) and walking, and find the posture that suits us best.

We will also try out various relaxation exercises and meditation techniques so that everyone has the opportunity to incorporate suitable exercises into their everyday life.
With various breathing and activation exercises, we learn to consciously cleanse ourselves of stress. In combination with various physical exercises, we learn how to supply ourselves with activating life energy in order to recharge our batteries and maintain our health in the long term.

What happens when our thoughts turn us sour despite a healthy diet?

In our everyday lives, it is usually more or less destructive thoughts that constantly occupy us and keep our "mental movie theater" running.
These thoughts almost always demand our strength and attention and keep us from experiencing reality intensively in the "here and now".
Our society has conditioned us to focus our attention on negative things first. However, hardly anyone is aware of the physical processes and effects when we, for example:

Watching brutal images or movies
process scary news that causes fear
Are afraid of losing our job or partner
harbor destructive thoughts about ourselves and our environment for a long time

This weekend will give you ideas on how to:

- consciously direct your attention
- Bring your mindfulness to intense and sensual perception
- train your concentration
- Strengthen your inner defenses

Exercises:

Active and silent meditations
Body scan
Walking meditation
Mindfulness walk
Light physical exercises to let go
Energy guidance
Cleansing + activating breathing exercises
Morning meditation
Evening meditation
Reflection times

In addition to practice, we will also focus on theory, learn about the positive effects of meditation and conscious breathing and learn how to be more mindful of ourselves and our bodies through small exercises.

No previous knowledge is required to take part in this workshop. The exercises are practice-oriented and easy to integrate into everyday life. The aim of the workshop is to create a stronger basis for balance and orientation in everyday life. Each participant can put together their own individual "toolbox" from the exercises that they can use again and again in everyday life. For a more conscious life in the here and now, in every moment in which our actual life takes place.

There is no obligation to take part in all program points, so that each participant can plan their time individually.
Accommodation from approx. 50 EUR (single room)/per day + full board approx. 43 EUR/per day

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Participant voices:

Dear Peter,

I would like to thank you for the wonderful time with you in the monastery. I am amazed at how you manage to convey so many good and new things in such a short space of time and to inspire people afterwards. For me, it was the start of a wonderful journey to myself and into life. I am now full of confidence and joy. I can only recommend to anyone who is perhaps lacking balance or doesn't know exactly what to do at the moment to treat themselves to this time out and let themselves be carried away or infected by your very empathetic and authentic manner and joy in life. You love your work and it's a real pleasure to feel that.

We are all here to have experiences and feel joy and that is not as difficult as it seems at first! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Nina

Nina S./Mühltal
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Dear Peter,

I arrived with a burnout. During this very valuable time in your course, I was able to become more and more who I am! Now I am taking myself home with me. Thank you very much for that!

Edda

Edda L., Mainz
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Dear Peter!

It's been a week since our "spiritually free - refueling in the monastery" weekend, but the effect of the profound experience we were able to have still lingers!

We feel every single member of the group as if we were still connected to the bond you gave us on the very first day in the forest.

We got to know different types of meditation, i.e. to feel spiritually free, without dogmas, without right and wrong...

But it was precisely this that brought us closer to ourselves, our divine core, the meaning and all living things around us.
In addition, we experienced the magical nature of the fairytale Odenwald.
You have the feeling that you have become a part of it...words fail us, we can only say:
Thank you Peter for guiding us a bit on our way, accompanying us with your humor, your empathy, joy and attention for each of us!

Richly endowed with inner peace, serenity and spiritual freedom, with trained senses for the essential things in life, we have arrived back in everyday life, which we can now look at with slightly different eyes...

With deep solidarity and great gratitude

Emilia & Artur/ Munich

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"Hello Peter,

I would like to give you some brief feedback on the weekend seminar "Time for me! - Recharge your batteries in the monastery".

I really enjoyed the seminar, the monastery and the surroundings. During the seminar, even my toothache and jaw pain caused by a cold subsided.

But the crucial thing for me was that I was actually able to leave the feelings of guilt I had about the death of my horse in Wald-Michelbach. I definitely didn't believe in that and I am infinitely grateful for it.

Kind regards,

Angelika"

Angelika.S./Darmstadt

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Many thanks Peter, for the indescribable days.

I experienced a journey into the inner self, a journey into the world of Peter's Meditation - Indescribable Moments.

Mystical hike.

Great teacher, I even say great master, who loves and understands his craft.

An impressive weekend has shown me clarity, far-sightedness, the changeable, the past, the here and now.

Peter, as your motto says:

"The most beautiful things can only be experienced offline!"

Thank you for the great and inspiring days...it has taken me further.

Best wishes to the team, it was great to be with you all.

Jenny S., Waghäusel

Arrival

"Dear Peter
Thank you once again for the wonderful, inspiring weekend at the monastery! It got a lot of things moving again that had been vibrating in the past and then I let them fall asleep again - a big mistake, I was always aware of that somewhere on a level that my mind had blocked out... Now I've woken up again and am in contact with myself, which feels really nice. I now do scent qi gong every morning and meditate for a while - then I start the day in a completely different way, more awake, more aware, more attentive to what surrounds me... I know that it was my fault for signing up for the course in the first place and giving myself the chance to have this experience.

But also what you gave us and how you conveyed it was very special and I thank you for this gift.

Thank you for inviting us with your glow to let our own glow shine!

Have a good day, best wishes from Cologne from

Susanne"

Susanne F., Cologne

, 69483 Siedelsbrunn, Hessen, Germany

5.0 (2 Reviews)

This long weekend was the best opportunity for me to free myself from unnecessary thoughts, get rid of a lot of garbage, recharge my inner batteries, meditate, simply breathe deeply, clear my head and open my heart again. I felt very comfortable in a cozy group of people of the heart and we spent a lot of time outside in the monastery garden, but also in the forest, even in the evening in the dark, with exercises, games and meditations. We danced, hugged each other, gave each other our best energy and swung together. The 4 days felt like several weeks, the people of my heart like best friends from old times... Thank you Peter for your humor, the variety, the ideas and many other tips we received. The next appointment with you, Peter, is already booked, unfortunately I can't come to La Gomera this year! With best regards

2024-10-18

I. C.

Great seminar and beautiful surroundings!

2024-02-20

Harald Wallrabenstein

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