"Introductory Naikan" – 3-day full retreat at the Bavarian Forest National Park

Two of our four rooms face southeast and have balconies, while the other two face northwest. We offer a single room, a small double room, a large room with two double cabins, and a large room with three cabins (similar to Japanese-style rooms). There is a surcharge of €60 for the single room for the entire stay.

If you have an intolerance to gluten, milk protein, or other foods, or simply don’t like them, we can easily accommodate your needs and prepare vegan meals, for example. Please let us know about any allergies, intolerances, or food preferences well in advance of the seminar (about one week beforehand) so that we can adjust our menu accordingly.

Leave your everyday life behind and immerse yourself in a new world. Feel (almost) like a child again—someone who doesn’t have to worry about a thing and is lovingly cared for in every way.
Whether you bring a current issue with you or wish to examine your relationship with a specific person more closely is entirely up to you. After arrival and dinner, the introductory session takes place, during which the daily schedule and how to approach the three Naikan questions will be explained, and you will have ample opportunity to ask questions. Immediately afterward, the exercise begins, interspersed with brief conversations with the facilitator.
Over the course of these 3 days, in addition to approximately 25 short one-on-one conversations, 9 meals, and fruit, beverages, etc., you will gain an initial insight into self-reflection using the Japanese Naikan method (Nai = inside, kan = to observe). You may even find that you have already mastered a major challenge in your daily life—in any case, the “tools” provided by the three questions will remain with you...

For a voluntary donation, we’d be happy to pick you up from the nearest train station. The nearest stations are: from Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, etc.: Spiegelau; from Vienna, Linz via Passau: Grafenau
The transfer to/from one of the airports listed below is charged at €50 (€70 for Nuremberg) per leg (travel times by car = approximate figures for one-way trips): to/from Munich - 163 km (1:55 h) to/from Nuremberg - 231 km (2:38 h)
to/from Linz - 153 km (1:57 h) Just let us know your arrival time and we’ll be there. Of course, we’ll also take you back to the train station on the day of departure (after lunch)...