Yoga und Horsemanship

The encounter with a horse can mean connection and closeness. A horseman knows how horses think, feel, live and learn. Get involved with the body language of these fascinating animals and learn to build trust and respect. Yoga brings you into balance.

The Vierkanthof in a secluded location with a view over the hilly landscape of the Mühlviertel offers the ideal atmosphere for a sustainable break. Try out new things, clear your head and feel the impetus for change. You will find retreat and peace at the natural swimming pond, in the woods and in the vastness of the gently rolling landscape. Enjoy moments of relaxation in the pine-scented sauna and in the evening in a cozy atmosphere around the fire bowl.

Modern, vegetarian-vegan cuisine awaits you at the Kleebauer Hof Retreat Center. Start the day with a feel-good breakfast with breads, jams, cheese, freshly prepared porridge, fruit, various types of milk, 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.

Combine yoga with horsemanship on this break in the Mühlviertel hills. A horseman is a horse person who applies his knowledge for the benefit of the horse on a daily basis, taking into account the horse's individual personality as well as its daily condition. Taking this path in harmony with the horse as a living being brings both sides security and lots of wonderful moments.

The best way to enter this extensive and diverse world of horses, regardless of riding style, is with horses that have already been trained and give the students direct feedback on their body language. In ground work, when we humans are also grounded with both feet, it is easier for us to enter into a relationship with these magnificent animals, to get involved with them and to lay the foundation for a trusting relationship, namely a "herd of two".

In eight sessions, your program instructor will teach you what is important when communicating naturally with horses, how to develop respect and trust on the ground and why this is so important.

You will feel harmony not only in your relationship with horses. With yoga, you will feel completely at one with yourself. The yoga sessions are activating in the morning and relaxing in the evening. Practice physical exercises, breathing techniques and meditation and feel strength, expansiveness and pure joy.

Equipment: sturdy shoes and possibly light gloves

Program schedule:

Thursday:
Arrival
Yoga afternoon session
dinner
Getting to know the horses, theory (approx. 1 hour)

Friday:
Yoga
breakfast
Horsemanship workshop (approx. 1.5 hours)
brunch
Horsemanship workshop (approx. 1.5 hours)
yoga
dinner

Saturday:
Yoga
breakfast
Horsemanship workshop (approx. 1.5 hours)
brunch
Working in the round pen
yoga
dinner

Sunday:
Yoga
breakfast
Horsemanship workshop (approx. 1.5 hours)

By car
From Linz: via Ottensheim on the Rohrbacher Bundesstraße to Altenfelden
From Passau: via Oberkappel or Engelhartszell to Altenfelden

By train
To Linz main station, from here there are regular bus connections to Altenfelden, pick-up from Altenfelden bus station is included at fixed times:

Pick-up from the bus: 14.36 h and 15.36 h (registration at least 24 hours before arrival)
Transfer to the bus: 09.50 h and 10.50 h