Summary

A five-day training course for people in an educational context near Fulda

The AVE retreat is aimed at people in educational contexts who want to live their professional practice with mindfulness, inner kindness and more serenity.

At a time of increasing demands and high levels of stress in educational fields of work, this retreat creates a space for relaxation and professional learning. The focus is on consciously turning to oneself, to one's own resources and to a professional self-image that is based on presence, relationship, compassion and competence.

The following topics are taught at the center of the AVE Retreat:

- Self-care and mindfulness as a professional resource
- Self-compassion and emotion regulation in dealing with challenges
- Embodied presence as a foundation for authentic educational relationships
- Mindful communication and relationship skills in the school and social space
- Creative reflection processes to promote personal and pedagogical development

These skills are central to successful, healthy relationships in pedagogical fields of work - and contribute to respecting one's own boundaries and shaping professional action in a value-based and resilient manner. This training therefore promotes the resilience and personal development of people who work with people.

Participation in this five-day retreat can be credited towards further training, for example in the area of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) or MBSR courses. For people working in North Rhine-Westphalia, recognition as educational leave is possible in accordance with Section 5 (1) AWbG NRW.

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories: Silent Retreats, Mindfulness, Body & Mind, Relaxation, Silence Retreats, Yoga Retreats, Wellness, Detox Retreats
Date: 2026-03-29 - 2026-04-02
Language(s): German
Level: Expert, Beginner, Advanced
Group Size: 14
Place: Künzell, Germany
Accommodation: not included
Catering: No meals
Types of food: Vegetarian, Vegan
Services: Teaching and cultivating mindful self-care, compassion and a practical attitude of benevolence

Silent and moving meditations and physical exercises

Suggestions for implementing mindful, democratic and sustainable educational practice

Collective networking and formation of a lively community of educational stakeholders

Creative design processes

Accommodation

Loheland near Fulda is located in the Rhön biosphere reserve and is a place where people can meet, learn and practice together. The large grounds, consisting of a wide variety of buildings in which many educational activities take place, include a café, a store with products from the farm's own Demeter agriculture, a carpentry workshop and the Wiesenhaus conference hotel. One of these buildings houses the so-called circus room, where most of our retreat will take place.

Important: Accommodation at the Berghof is booked on an individual basis directly with the Retreathaus Berghof itself - depending on your preference for a particular room type.

Catering

The costs for accommodation and meals, which are to be paid in addition to the seminar costs of 450.00 euros, are broken down as follows:

Room rates:
The price per single room (with private bathroom) is 75.00 EUR/night. For 4 nights therefore EUR 300.00 per participant. Breakfast is included in the room price.

The daily flat rate is
- for the day of arrival (dinner) € 19,50 p. P.
- for a complete seminar day € 58.00 p. p.
- for the day of departure (coffee break in the morning plus lunch) € 31.50 p. p. P.

The daily flat rate per day includes
- Coffee break in the morning: filter coffee, tea, fruit and bottled water
- Lunch: 1 meat dish, 1 vegetarian dish, various salads and 1 dessert, table water
- Afternoon coffee break: filter coffee, tea, cake and table water
- Dinner: 1 warm vegetarian dish, various salads, cheese, butter, spreads, bread, table water

On the last day, 02.04.2026, the daily package includes: coffee break in the morning: filter coffee, tea, fruit and table water; lunch: 1 vegetarian dish, various salads and 1 dessert, table water

Sample calculation for accommodation and meals for one person
- Room: 4 nights * € 75 = € 300.00
- Day or seminar package for 5 days = € 225.00
TOTAL: € 300.00 + € 225.00 = € 525.00

sequence

The retreat creates a protected experiential space in which learning goes beyond the mind: the combination of knowledge, experience and resonance creates lasting change - both personally and professionally. The days are characterized by mindful presence, silence and a clear structure. Elements such as meditation, contemplation, time in nature and group processes alternate with creative design and reflection. Slowness becomes a learning principle.

The training focuses on teaching and cultivating mindful self-care, compassion and a practical attitude of benevolence. Through still and moving meditations, physical exercises, nature experiences and creative design processes, a space of experience is opened up that invites participants to a deeper encounter with themselves. Neuroscientific impulses support the understanding of the underlying processes and promote the conscious integration of the practice into everyday life.

The days are characterized by a mindful alternation between quiet body awareness, phases of silence, exchange and creative design - embedded in a supportive community of like-minded people. Reduced communication and conscious discussion formats open up an experiential space for inner clarity, self-compassion and touching connection.

The final part of the training focuses on the transfer to professional practice. Participants reflect on how they can integrate the attitudes and methods they have learned into their work with students, clients, colleagues or teams - and receive concrete suggestions for doing so.

EXEMPLARY DAILY SCHEDULE

07:30 - 08:00 / Meditation or body awareness exercises
08:00 - 08:45 / Breakfast
09:00 - 12:30 / guided meditation, non-verbal artistic reflection, walking meditation/ body awareness exercises, silent meditation
12:30 - 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 / free time: self-reflection, encounter with nature, regeneration, "digestion"
15:30 - 17:45 / guided meditation, body awareness in movement/ nature/ creativity, silent meditation, deepening
18:00 - 18:45 / Dinner
19:00 - 19:45 / Lecture and/or guided meditation/exercise on the topic
20:00 - 20:30 / Silent meditation and poetry to round off the day

Arrival

You can find directions for traveling by car or public transport on the website of the Loheland conference hotel.

Loheland , 36093 Künzell, Hessen, Germany

Cancellation policy

If you cancel up to 56 days before arrival, you will receive a 80% refund of the booking price.
If you cancel up to 28 days before arrival, you will receive a 40% refund of the booking price.
If you cancel up to 14 days before arrival, you will receive a 20% refund of the booking price.
After this, the booking is non-refundable.

The above-mentioned cancellation deadlines and costs are the deadlines of the accommodation (Loheland).

The retreat provider AVE Institute must be notified of a cancellation by March 1, 2026 at the latest.

Cancellation must be made in writing, both to AVE and to the Loheland accommodation (ideally by email). The date of withdrawal from the booked accommodation and meals is deemed to be the date of receipt of the message by email or letter during normal business hours.