Sometimes life calls for a retreat. It’s often not a loud call but an inner feeling that it’s time to step away from everyday life and find a completely different rhythm. To remember, far away from all your roles, what is alive within you. Completely free of distractions: just you, nature, and whatever is waiting to be seen.
Are you ready to embark on a shamanic journey in the midst of powerful nature? To open yourself to the whisper of the wind, bring your rhythm into harmony with the heartbeat of the Earth, and encounter your own primal power?
Shamanism is rooted in a tradition dating back thousands of years. Shamans have always been understood as “guardians of the soul,” reconnecting people with themselves when they feel lost or cut off. It is not a concept for the mind, but rather a space of experience that you enter to gain access to your inner self through nature, images, symbols, or rituals.
I’ll take you on this journey to your inner self. Over the course of three days in an exclusive one-on-one setting in the Styrian Murtal valley, a safe, loving space will emerge that guides you back to your own natural rhythm.
Nature becomes our companion along the way. As we walk through the forest, sit by the fire, and experience silence and mindful solitude in nature, something often emerges that is overlooked or overanalyzed in everyday life. An inner resonance that can’t be planned—when your mind no longer takes center stage, inner images become clearer and clearer, and you reconnect with your intuition.
✦ What to Expect on Your Journey
Nature becomes our closest companion during these days. As we walk through the forest, sit by the fire, and experience silence and mindful solitude, we discover what is often drowned out or overanalyzed in the noise of everyday life. When your mind no longer takes up the entire stage, your inner images become clearer, and questions for which you’ve long sought answers suddenly become much clearer.
Together, we’ll explore the shamanic “otherworld”—those realms beyond the everyday visible, where you can encounter power animals and inner spirits that can bestow strength and messages upon you.
Drum journeys and rituals unfold intuitively in the moment.
Many people experience that something old, which has long been bound within their system, is finally allowed to release, or that parts of themselves that seemed lost for a long time find their way home again.
* Your path back to everyday life: You’ll leave this retreat less in your head and with greater clarity through genuine experience. You’ll be fully grounded in your own energy again—strengthened, nourished, and protected in life.
✦ The Next Step
Perhaps you feel a subtle tingling and sense that this retreat is calling you.
Take this feeling seriously, even if it’s often not easy to give yourself permission to pause your daily routine for a moment and do something for yourself.
You don’t have to decide right now.
That’s exactly what the no-obligation introductory call is for. Let’s talk on the phone and see what’s on your mind, whether this journey is a missing piece of the puzzle for you, and see if the chemistry between us is right.
The call is free and lasts about 15 minutes.
Afterward, you’ll have a clear sense of which next step feels right for you.
> Good to know: Preferred dates for 2026
Since my retreats are deeply connected to nature, the doors to my cabin open exclusively during the warmer months from May through October.
Because my personalized one-on-one guidance requires my full presence and undivided attention, I accept only a limited number of guests each month.
If you feel that this year is your time to finally take a deep breath and realign yourself, feel free to reach out, and we’ll see which days work for both of us.
The most important facts in a nutshell:
3 Days of One-on-One Shamanic Guidance in Nature
Exclusive one-on-one coaching (no other participants)
Grounding Nature Experiences, Rituals, and Forest Bathing
A lovingly run, peaceful retreat surrounded by forests, mountains, and water
Digital Detox (no Wi-Fi, no TV)
A quaint, cozy wooden cabin—the perfect place to retreat and sleep
Good Mood Soul Food—organic, vegetarian, or vegan, including cold and hot beverages
Yoga and Meditation Room
Free parking on the property
Easy to reach by train; the train station is within walking distance
Hiking trails and a natural swimming pool in the immediate vicinity
An introductory phone call before you book
Follow-up Call 2 Weeks After Your Retreat
Während des Retreats steht dir deine private Holzhütte als persönlicher Rückzugsort zur Verfügung. Ein zusätzlicher Yoga -& Meditationsraum lädt dazu ein, zwischen den Prozessen zur Ruhe zu kommen, nachzuspüren oder einfach still zu werden.
Bettwäsche und Handtücher sind selbstverständlich vorhanden.
Das Bad befindet sich wenige Schritte entfernt im Gartenbereich.
$1,476
$1,134
Midweek
/ room
Während des Retreats steht dir deine private Holzhütte als persönlicher Rückzugsort zur Verfügung. Ein zusätzlicher Y...
BookTo make sure you’re well-nourished throughout your process, we serve “good mood soul food” cooked with love. All meals are vegetarian/vegan and made with fresh, organic ingredients and wild herbs that nourish both body and soul. In addition to breakfast and dinner, small snacks as well as cold and hot (non-alcoholic) beverages are always available throughout the day.
There’s no à la carte menu, but we’re happy to accommodate any food intolerances, of course.
✦ How I Work
I’m Sabine, a psychological counselor and shaman, and the woman behind “The Green Couch.” I guide people through life transitions in nature, especially when it comes to reconnecting with themselves, taking their boundaries seriously, and no longer ignoring their own needs.
* With heart, humor, and clarity: I work in a way that’s sensitive to the nervous system and neurodiversity, but also with an honest approach and a willingness to look with you at the places where things get uncomfortable.
* Undivided attention: With me, you’ll receive something that’s become rare: plenty of time. During your retreat, I’m there exclusively and one-on-one just for you and your process.
* No “functioning,” no “performing”: Many experience their time with me as a safe haven from everyday life. Simply be cared for for a few days, take a deep breath, and explore together with someone the burden you’ve been carrying alone for far too long.
* Shamanic Roots & Nature Work: Nature is far more than just a beautiful backdrop: It regulates your overloaded nervous system and is an active part of our shared process.
My guidance incorporates ancient shamanic tools, nature rituals, and subtle energy work. This helps resolve issues where the rational mind often gets stuck—in a deeply grounded and utterly down-to-earth way.
The Foundation of My Work
Training in life and social counseling, couples and sex therapy, bodywork, human energetics, shamanism, and nature and wilderness education. Over the years, this has evolved into my very own style: psychologically grounded, nature-based, and deeply grounding.
✦ The Retreat Location
My lovingly maintained place of power is located in the Murtal valley in Styria. It’s surrounded by lush green nature and nestled between mountains, forests, and water. It’s a place to take a deep breath, completely free of TV, radio noise, or the constant digital buzz that keeps you constantly disconnected from yourself.
Instead, you’ll find: nature’s cinema with the murmur of a stream and a chorus of birds. No Wi-Fi, but a full connection to yourself.
✦ What Your Days with Me Will Look Like
• Day 1: Arrival & Sowing the Seed
Starting at 2:00 p.m., you can settle in and find your peace. Afterward, we’ll get to know each other during our first “Walk & Talk” in nature, and I’ll gently guide you through your process. The evening is intentionally kept quiet and winds down with dinner. The evening is all about unwinding: a cozy dinner, taking a deep breath, and gazing at the stars.
Day 2 – Your Shamanic Journey
The second day forms the core of the process. After a peaceful breakfast, the shamanic guidance unfolds in and with nature. Between the sessions, there’s always enough space for retreat and reflection. The day ends in peace and grounding over dinner and by the fire.
Day 3 – Harvest & Integration
Sleep in again and enjoy a leisurely breakfast. Afterward, we’ll take time to reflect on the experience and bring in your harvest: What has come to light? What has become clearer, and how will you carry this new strength and clarity back into your everyday life? Your retreat ends around 12:00 p.m., and you can depart feeling nourished and at peace.
Follow-up Call: To ensure the shamanic magic doesn’t fade away in your daily life, we’ll meet online two weeks later for a follow-up conversation to further anchor your new steps securely in your life.
Sustainable travel by train is possible; the train station is within walking distance.
By car from Vienna Vösendorf and Linz: approx. 2 hours
From Graz and Klagenfurt: approx. 1 hour
From Salzburg: approx. 2.5 hours
Free parking on the property
, 8800 Frauenburg, Steiermark, Austria5.0
2 Reviews
It was a great, varied and insightful time out in the green heart of Austria - Styria. Sabine has created this loving, peaceful place and is also wholeheartedly and passionately involved in the retreat. I can only recommend the retreat, I can now build on it and shape my future path in life with courage and joie de vivre.
Manuel Wurzer
—Verified review
Highly recommended. Sabine is wonderful. I felt completely at ease. Very good food. The shamanic treatments were exactly what I needed. Thank you again ❤️
Rebecca Hopfner
—Verified review
If you’d like to stay with me longer, please feel free to talk to me about it.
Shamanic guidance and energy work are intended to enhance physical and emotional well-being as well as self-awareness, and participation is voluntary. They are not a substitute for psychotherapeutic, medical, or psychiatric treatment or diagnosis, and are not intended as therapy.
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