Finding inner peace through breath and voice

The 800-year-old square farmstead in a secluded location with views over the rolling hills of the Mühlviertel region offers the ideal atmosphere for a sustainable break. Try new things, clear your head, and feel the impulse for change. Find retreat and tranquility at the natural swimming pond, in the woods, and in the vastness of the gently rolling landscape. Enjoy moments of relaxation in the sauna, scented with Swiss pine, and in the evening in a cozy gathering around the fire pit.

At the Kleebauer Hof Retreat Center, you can expect modern, vegetarian-vegan cuisine. Start your day with a feel-good breakfast featuring breads, jams, cheese, freshly prepared porridge, fruit, a variety of milks, yogurt, fruit juices, spreads, coffee, and various teas. At 2 p.m., we serve a light lunch with a warming soup and spreads with bread or pastries.

This retreat focuses on breathing as the key to inner spaciousness, self-awareness, and regulation. When the breath is no longer controlled or held back, but given space, the nervous system can calm down. Stress is released, the mind becomes clearer, and a feeling of inner stability and openness arises. From this connection, it becomes possible to perceive more finely what is harmonious—both in your own body and in your inner experience. A central access point to breathing is the voice. Breath and voice are in direct interaction: a free, lively voice needs sustained, permeable breath—and at the same time, voice work deepens the connection to breathing. Through simple voice, resonance, and sound exercises, you explore your own expression in a playful and meditative way. Resonance becomes tangible in the body, can be experienced in shared sound, and blockages in the nervous system can gently dissolve.

Meditative awareness exercises based on elements of qigong and neigong are also incorporated, but this is not a traditional qigong course. The focus is on working with attention, inner calm, and presence. These quieter sequences alternate with breathing, voice, and movement phases and support the integration of the experience.

The work combines different approaches from breath work, nervous system work, body-mind centering, functional voice training, and psychologically based self-awareness. The psychological context is consciously included: it is not just about technique, but about the quality of the experience—about perceiving inner states, understanding one's own patterns, and dealing mindfully with what arises.

Phases of sound, movement, and expression are repeatedly complemented by periods of silence. Pausing, feeling, and reflecting are essential components of the retreat and enable lasting integration. In this way, breath, voice, and body can be experienced as allies—on the path to greater presence, clarity, and lived inner freedom. What you will take away from the retreat:
- A deeper awareness of your breath as a resource for everyday life and self-regulation - Greater inner peace and clarity through a stabilized nervous system - Freer access to your voice and expression - Impulses for conscious self-awareness that have lasting physical and psychological effects Program schedule: Arrival day 
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Program session  Full retreat days: 
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Program session 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Program session Departure day 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Program session 

By car From Linz: via Ottensheim on the Rohrbach federal highway to Altenfelden From Passau: via Oberkappel or Engelhartszell to Altenfelden

By train and bus Travel by train to Linz Central Station, from where there are regular bus connections to Altenfelden. Pick-up from the Altenfelden Ort bus stop is included at fixed times: Pick-up from the bus: 2:08 p.m. and 3:08 p.m. (registration at least 24 hours before arrival)
Transfer to the bus: 9:50 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. These are approximate times. From Linz Central Station, you can reach Altenfelden Ort with bus lines 215 and 230/231.

Mairhof 5, 4121 Altenfelden, Oberösterreich, Austria