Heart-Centered, Trauma-Sensitive Nature Therapy - Naturzeit | Herzogstand Ridge - Walchensee | 5 Days

Wir werden in Zelten auf der Zeltwiese übernachten

Meals are not included in the price. So make sure you take care of yourself and bring your own food for breakfast and lunch. And maybe bring something with you for the first day so you don’t run out. Especially around lunchtime, we’ll be out in nature, where it most likely won’t be possible to buy food. We’ll stop regularly at supermarkets to buy food, so we’re all in the same boat. For dinner, we usually go to a restaurant, though everyone can decide for themselves.

What could be more healing than a safe space of trust, connection, and belonging—a place where we can be our true selves and feel seen, heard, acknowledged, supported, and guided, without anyone trying to change us, so that everything can transform and the best in us can come to the fore?

What we’ll do and what will happen

What we all long for most is to feel connected in a space of belonging and trust. We create this space when we show ourselves honestly, openly, and vulnerably, when we lay our innermost selves bare, and when we meet one another on a heart-to-heart level, without anyone placing themselves above us.

This creates fertile ground for honesty, openness, and vulnerability, where we can reveal our whole selves and thus drain the energy from the untruth within us.

When we’re allowed to be who we are, treat one another with respect, and feel and convey to each other in every moment that there’s a good reason why we are the way we are—and explore this with curiosity and interest—a miracle happens.

What seemed rigid and unchangeable transforms as if by itself, since it is no longer fought against and is allowed to be.

A new door opens when everything within us is invited, welcomed, seen, heard, acknowledged, and supported by others, and when it hears the right words it has longed to hear for so long.

“Simply Pure Being—Time in Nature” is a space for transformation where we immerse ourselves in a world that many may not be familiar with. We’ll spend a lot of time walking in nature at some of the world’s most beautiful places. At the same time, the invitation is to show interest and curiosity in the inner struggles and challenges of the other participants, without trying to save, fix, or heal them. No smart-aleck comments, supposedly knowledgeable or wise remarks, advice, or solutions at the level of symptoms—the kind we use to put ourselves in the spotlight to compensate for our feelings of inadequacy and shame, so we can feel important, valuable, and useful ;-). We can examine our own basic assumptions, the basic assumptions of others, and the basic assumptions of the whole world toward us. We can share a life theme and take personal responsibility for telling the story behind it—but with a focus on what we feel and have felt in connection with it. The group will approach the topic with curiosity and interest, exploring it to gain a complete picture and also to reveal what remains intact within us. And, as always, without trying to rescue, fix, or heal. No solutions, advice, or comments—unless the person in the spotlight explicitly requests them. A unique opportunity to reconnect with our own inner wisdom, because we are not led to believe that we cannot do this on our own or that something is wrong with us.

What we take ourselves to be is a mental construct. An illusion. An identity based on thoughts. It hides behind beliefs, basic assumptions, suppressed emotions, projections, and compensation and survival strategies—because we’re not aware of it or because we keep it secret and hide it. That’s why we don’t have the chance to verify that most of it isn’t true. When we have the courage to share and reveal what we’ve been trying to hide our whole lives, a new door opens. Especially when it feels life-threatening and we feel as though we’re being destroyed in the process. Then the illusion loses its power over us.

The language of connection explores what is here and now and invites, welcomes, and acknowledges everything that is hidden and unconscious. It meets everything with curiosity, humility, and compassion.

Transformation happens when we share and reveal what we normally want to keep secret. When we feel seen, heard, and held, and our feelings and pain are acknowledged and validated, a shift occurs. And we may discover that most of our beliefs and projections are not true. This opens a new door.

Experience a unique and most likely life-changing opportunity to connect with your own inner wisdom and the wisdom, intelligence, and intuition of nature and the group.

Are you ready for the
adventure
and
to meet
yourself?

What you’ll take away from this event

● The experience of a space filled with connection and trust
● Greater clarity about what or who you truly are
● Greater clarity about your beliefs, coping mechanisms, and survival strategies—and why you are the way you are
● Greater compassion for your own challenging aspects, states, and emotions—and those of others
● A greater ability to hold space and provide emotional support to others, meeting them with humility, curiosity, and compassion
● Equal opportunities for more introverted participants to speak up and express themselves, and to feel seen and heard without having to compete with more extroverted participants

Accommodations

We’ll be sleeping in tents at a campground in an area under the trees.

Camping Gear for Rent

Sleeping bag: 10 euros
Sleeping pad: 10 euros
Tent: 20 euros

Meals

Meals are not included in the price. So make sure to take care of yourself and bring your own food for breakfast and lunch. You might also want to bring something for the first day so you don’t run out. Especially around lunchtime, we’ll be out in nature, where it most likely won’t be possible to buy food. We’ll stop regularly at supermarkets to buy food, so we’re all in the same boat. For dinner, we usually go to a restaurant, though everyone is free to decide for themselves.

Transportation

I’m offering rides in my car from various starting points in Germany and along the route. Please get in touch with me if you’d like to take advantage of this. The nearest airport is in Salzburg. However, you’ll definitely need a ride to get to the starting points in the morning. I’ll also help arrange for people to share rides with other participants who are offering seats, rent a car, or rent a car together.

Details
Duration: 5 days
Arrival: Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at the campground
Departure: Sunday, September 6, 2026, from the campground
Meeting Point: Campground
Target Group: Adults
Participants: Max. 16
Participation Fee: 379 euros. Please contact me for a discount if you need to watch your budget
Accommodations: In tents at a campground
Guide: Oliver
Places we’ll visit: Herzogstand – Heimgarten Ridge, Walchensee, Kochelsee, Glasbach Waterfall, Lainbach Waterfall

Included

● Leadership and guidance
● Accommodation at a campground
● Herzogstandbahn

Not included

● Meals
● Transportation to Berchtesgaden

Program

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

We’ll meet at the campground starting at 7:00 p.m. There’s no program other than getting settled in. We’ll stay at the same campground the entire time and drive to the respective starting points each morning.

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Introduction to “The Language of Connection” – Activities to create a safe environment, trust, and connection within the group

1. 10:00 a.m. Gathering in a circle and start of activities
2. 2:00 p.m. Lunch
3. 3:30 p.m. Activities
4. Dinner
5. Additional activities, if necessary

Friday, September 4, 2026

Herzogstand – Heimgarten Ridge

1. Morning circle
2. Time in nature (Herzogstand – Heimgarten Ridge)
3. Walchensee: Relaxing on a meadow by the shore of Lake Walchensee, with the option to relax and swim
4. Dinner (we usually go out for dinner, but this is up to each individual)
6. Evening circle

Difficulty Level

Distance: 10 km
Ascent: 530 m
Descent: 530 m
Minimum elevation: 1550 m
Maximum elevation: 1740 m

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Glasbach Waterfall

1. Morning circle
2. Time in nature (Glasbach Waterfall)
4. A swim in the pool at the Glasbach Waterfall
5. Dinner (we usually go out for dinner, but this is optional)
6. Evening circle

Difficulty Level

Distance: 10 km
Ascent: 170 m
Descent: 170 m
Minimum elevation: 770 m
Maximum elevation: 920 m

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Leinbach Waterfall & View of Lake Kochel

1. Morning circle
2. Breaking camp and packing up
3. Nature time (Leinbach Waterfall and view of Lake Kochel)
5. Departure

Difficulty Level

Distance: 10 km
Ascent: 470 m
Descent: 470 m
Minimum elevation: 610 m
Maximum elevation: 1070 m

I’m offering rides in my car from various starting points in Germany and along the route. Please get in touch with me if you’d like to take advantage of this. The nearest airport is in Salzburg. However, you’ll definitely need a ride to get to the starting points in the morning. I’ll also help arrange for people to share rides with other participants who are offering seats, renting a car, or carpooling.