Summary

🔹 Brief summary & aim of the retreat
Physical symptoms are often more than just "bad luck" or biochemical coincidences.
They are messages. Clues from your soul.
An attempt to make you aware of something that you may have ignored until now.

"Understanding your illness" is a retreat for people who are ready to look behind the physical symptoms - and to recognize the spiritual origin of their illness.
It does not replace conventional medical treatment - but it complements it where medicine often stops: at the inner cause.

The aim is to explore with clarity and honesty what your body is trying to tell you - and how you can learn to reconnect with yourself.

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories: Breathing, Relaxation, Vision quest, Traditional European Medicine (TEM), Shamanism, Meditation, Qigong, Fasting hike, Therapeutic fasting, Feldenkrais, Kneipp, Dark Retreat, Fertility, Integrative Medicine, Resilience training, Personal Development, Silence Retreats, Consciousness, soul, senses & spirit, Monastery Retreats, Silent Retreats, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Self-discovery, Zen Retreat, Wellness, Detox Retreats
Date: Available all year round
Language(s): German, English, Spanish
Level: Beginner
Place: Valverde, Spain
Accommodation: not included
Catering: No meals
Services: Private coaching on site

Reflection program

Self-discovery program

Systemic therapy (optional)

12 months aftercare program (optional)

Therapy (optional)

Hypnosis (Optional)

Talk therapy (optional)

Excursion, hike, e-bike etc. (optional)

Individual awareness training

Online Zoom aftercare (optional)

Accommodation

Accommodation & meals (optional)
87,00 € per overnight stay

Private 25 m² log cabin with bathroom (WC & shower)
Full board: Breakfast, lunch snack, dinner (no vegan/vegetarian options)
Water, tea, coffee & fruit all day

Catering

Optional if you book accommodation with us: Full board: Breakfast, lunch snack, dinner (no vegan/vegetarian options) Water, tea, coffee & fruit throughout the day

sequence

🔹 Procedure & program
7-day retreat - into the depths of your body & soul.

📍 Location: El Hierro - healing nature, space, silence
🏡 Accommodation: Your own 25 m² wooden house with bathroom - a safe space for you
📴 Digital retreat: No cell phone, no WiFi, no external stimuli
🍽️ Catering: Strengthening, clear full meals - no sugar kick, no detox hype

Your personal routine:

👉 Daily individual coaching sessions with Dan Howard (5 sessions of 45 minutes each)
👉 Reflection exercises & body awareness: What does your symptom show you?
👉 Working with psychosomatic patterns & emotional blockages
👉 Clarification: What in your life needs to be seen, changed or healed?

Optional: Therapeutic sessions (talk therapy, hypnosis, constellations)
Supplementary nature modules: Hiking, forest bathing, breathwork

🧩 After the retreat: moving forward holistically (optional)
The week is the first step - but true change takes time.
After the retreat, you will be supported for 12 months:

👉 Over 200 in-depth video coaching impulses
👉 Monthly 1:1 zoom coaching sessions with Dan Howard
👉 Support in integrating insights and changes into your everyday life

Turning insight into real healing - inside and out.

🔒 Prerequisite for participation
Participation only after a binding preliminary talk (Zoom, 45 minutes).
This retreat is not aimed at people who are hoping for a "spiritual miracle cure" or who want to consume therapy.

It is aimed at people who are ready to take responsibility for their health on a spiritual level - in addition to medical treatment.

It is not a substitute for medical help. But an honest invitation to inner healing.
Not everyone is accepted - only those who are really willing to look.