Strength - Source - Nature - The Path to Yourself - Outdoor Day Seminar New Dates for 2026

5.0 (4 Reviews) · Wald-Michelbach, Germany
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Summary

Are you exhausted? Burned out? Then join us on this journey!
Regain your energy, strengthen your resilience, and create your own little monastery retreat.
My core offering is the one-day seminar, which takes place on Saturdays.
You can arrive as early as Friday and/or stay overnight at the monastery until Sunday, or just come for the one-day seminar on Saturday. So, no overnight costs! The one-day seminar takes place on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.

You CANNOT take this journey online. It is a journey to yourself—into your inner self—and at the same time, a varied program in nature awaits you. Feel free to read some testimonials from my participants.
You’ll find them below.

In the forest, your cells will begin to breathe, and you will experience deep relaxation. A day of mindful time-out can work small miracles and is a great opportunity to absorb the seminar content without spending hours in a seminar room.

We’ll walk through beautiful nature to a place of power and a healing spring. The path is also an invitation to discover an inner journey, to reconnect with yourself, to regenerate, and to recharge your energy.
How you experience yourself on this inner journey can provide you with deep insights into your life.
Together, we’ll set the right tone for this journey. It’s a process of self-discovery and a mindfulness exercise.

You can have a deeply transformative experience and release old trauma, or simply recharge and relax.
You set your own inner pace.

Nothing will be forced upon you along the way.

You’ll learn a lot about myths and legends, and if you’d like, you can let yourself be transported to another world and learn to rediscover nature and see it in a new light.

You’ll train your body awareness and mindfulness, reconnecting with yourself and nature, which is a true source of strength.

In the stress of everyday life, we often lose touch with our own bodies, and most people tend to live in their heads—yet the body holds such profound wisdom. Your body, too, will remember.

Would you like to truly feel yourself again and experience harmony with nature?

Then I would be delighted to inspire you.

We’ll build resilience and self-love, as well as a fresh, vibrant attitude toward life.

On this day, I’ll weave together content from my long-running, successful seminar “Happiness Through Self-Love” with new insights.

Below, you’ll find out how you can structure the day—depending on your budget.
I’m very much looking forward to our journey together.

You should be physically fit enough to manage the walk there (1/2 hour downhill) and back (approx. 1 hour uphill through the forest). The total distance is about 8 km. We’ll walk slowly! With average fitness, it’s very manageable.

By the way, I’m also happy when men set out on this journey to themselves ;-)!

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories
Monastery Retreats, Self-discovery, Resilience training, Nature Vacation, Mindfulness, Detox Retreats
Language(s)
German
Level
Advanced, Beginner
Group Size
16
Place
Wald-Michelbach, Germany
Accommodation
not included
Catering
No meals
Types of food
Gluten-free, Raw Vegan, Vegan, Vegetarian
Services
  • Community experience

  • Mindfulness and Resilience Training

  • Lecture on the topic of water

  • Visit to a healing spring

  • Visiting a sacred site

  • Mindful Walking

  • Stress Management

  • Calm the mind

  • Revitalize resources

  • Recognize nature as a source of your strength

  • Let go and take a deep breath

  • Exercises to regulate the nervous system

Accommodation

Book the room of your choice if, for example, you’d like to stay from Friday to Saturday or from Saturday to Sunday.
Standard single rooms are available for €55, as well as rooms in a higher category. Whatever suits you best.
The meal package costs €43 per day and includes three delicious and hearty vegetarian buffets.

If you are only attending the one-day seminar on Saturday, you can either wind down the day in the tea house or enjoy the evening monastery buffet for €15.50. (I think that’s a wonderful option.)

The seminar takes place on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.

Catering

We serve delicious Asian and German cuisine, and my past seminar participants have been delighted.
Please book your meals when you reserve your room.

If you book only the day seminar—that is, without an overnight stay—you can round out the seminar with dinner for €15.50 at the monastery on Saturday at 5:45 p.m. and enjoy the delicious monastery buffet once again.

sequence

We’ll meet on Saturday at the BuddhasWeg monastery in the Odenwald.
We’ll begin our journey here in the beautiful garden of BuddhasWeg.
We’ll engage in some self-reflection (please bring something to write with) and do mindful yoga exercises to
get in touch with our bodies.
Afterward, we’ll set off through the forest to visit the place of power and the healing spring.
There, we’ll linger, perform a ritual, relax, and share our experiences.
We’ll begin our return journey around 3:00 PM.
We’ll arrive back at the BuddhasWeg Monastery around 4:30 PM. There, you can wind down the day in the tea house. With a delicious cappuccino or tea and a tasty slice of cake, and/or have dinner at the monastery at 5:45 p.m.
You can book an overnight stay and turn the day seminar into a short monastery retreat if you’d like, or head home.

So there are many options, meaning there’s something for every budget.
I’m really looking forward to seeing you.

Arrival

In this one-day seminar, you’ll have the opportunity to explore spiritual wisdom, body awareness, mindfulness, rituals, connecting with nature, and resilience training.

I’ve been leading groups in mindfulness, meditation, self-awareness, and self-love for 22 years, and I love nature. I’d be happy to inspire you and guide you along the way.

Feedback from my participants:

Kristin, seminar on June 22, 2025
Dear Martina,
........it continued to resonate with me long afterward, and I can feel that I’ve now fully returned to myself! A wonderful seminar, set in magnificent nature, and the weather certainly contributed to it. Thank you, dear Martina, you embodied your very empathetic nature, your clarity, and your knowledge in a wonderful way during this seminar. You opened the sacred space with appreciation and non-judgment, and so we were able to let go and free ourselves from what was weighing us down. Thank you! I felt very comfortable and drove home feeling liberated, relaxed, and happy.

Warm and sunny greetings from the heart
Kristin

Dagmar, Seminar 6/22/25
Dear Martina,
the day spent with you and the group was something very special for me. Although I normally wouldn’t have hiked through the Odenwald at 33 degrees in the shade, it was somewhat similar to a sweat lodge with the shamans. My trauma came to the surface and was finally transformed this time, ready to be released. Thanks to your wonderful guidance, dear Martina, this process was able to unfold fully and come to completion. You held the space for it, together with this amazing group. I am very grateful for that!

Warm regards,
Dagmar
Dear Martina, I’d like to add a few more thoughts to my feedback.

The seminar was a successful blend.
On the one hand, stillness/silence/being alone. On the other hand, communication/information/group experience.
On the one hand, a fire ceremony at a magical place. On the other hand, refreshment and relaxation at a spring with clear, cool water, right across the way. Purification through water, but also through constant sweating in temperatures over 30 degrees and the midday sun with its intense light on June 22, shortly after the summer solstice.

The seminar began at a huge, golden, male Buddha statue that radiated a great deal of calm.
The seminar concluded at a female Buddha statue made of white stone, located directly across from it.
Yin and Yang.
Thank you, dear Martina, for this wonderful choreography!
Warm regards,
Dagmar

Birgit, 6/22/25

The meditation with Martina did me a world of good. Afterward, I felt relaxed, balanced, and well-grounded. This day was enriching for me and restored my energy.
Thank you very much, I’d love to come again. 😊

Buddhas Weg 4, 69483 Wald-Michelbach, Hessen, Germany

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Martina has a really great and authentic manner, I immediately felt at ease and was able to switch off quickly. Thank you very much for the wonderful time, the conversations and the inspiration!

Irina Galjucenko

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Martina knows what she is talking about and can convey it well and empathically. The seminar is well structured and not overwhelming, with enough 'solo' time around it. Buddha's path and the Odenwald for hiking is worth a trip and I was already welcome there 2 days before.

Cordula W.

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The seminar is highly recommended. The location, the peace and quiet and the way Martina organizes the seminar are all-round harmonious. I took a lot away with me and would attend a seminar with her again at any time.

Anna Wunderlich

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Very nice time out! I would book the seminar again at any time. Martina is very responsive to each participant and has adapted the program individually to the needs of the participants. The accommodation is functional (standard single room, there are also higher quality rooms) and the catering is very good (vegan, vegetarian or gluten-free well feasible).

Annika M

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Cancellation policy

If you cancel up to 14 days before arrival, you will receive a 50% refund of the booking price.
After this, the booking is non-refundable.

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