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Marta Jalkiewicz
Playful Vinyasa Flow
Marta is an experienced vinyasa and yin yoga instructor and a certified, trauma-informed life coach.
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Ready for the next chapter?
Join us in an unforgettable life-changing summer experience that will lead you into deep connection with yourself, other people and nature and the world as a whole!
We realign our inner compass, unleash our creative potential and learn to live meaningful relationships - to consciously and proactively create a regenerative and just future together. With music, art, dance, ceremonies and holistic learning we celebrate pure life in all its facets!
Months and Weeks of thinking, discussing, communicating, sorting out, playing tetris and designing are over... Our 2025 Timetable is out now! Please check on the grounds for minor adjustements and changes. Use this schedule to plan your own journey. And at the same time, always remember: The flow will take you were you need to go anyways.
Marta is an experienced vinyasa and yin yoga instructor and a certified, trauma-informed life coach.
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Raphael is an Award winning reporter, author and member of the New Generation. With him, we‘ll lean into a world on fire, into the big transition we‘re going through, the new world that our hearts know is possible. We‘ll look at those points where our lives and the planet are entangled, how we can non-violently resist what‘s destroying, what we love, and instead how we can heal and grow. We‘ll explore the political and spiritual heritage of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and all those women and men who fought hate with love and shaped their societies. We‘ll practice what this path feels like, so we are prepared to walk it in our everyday lives.
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We explore inner transformations integrated with business strategies to unlock our true potential and purpose, and redefine success in order to create businesses that thrive in harmony with humanity and life on Earth. For this, we will work with key exercises and life experiments from Nikkis book "Sacred Business". Sub-topic focus areas include: rising feminine for unity leadership, aligning with Earth's wisdom in business, and leading business from within to thrive with life. Nikki is a brand strategist, CEO adviser, regenerative investor and podcaster dedicated to shaping a future where business thrives in harmony with humanity and the Earth. She also wrote the book "Sacred Business".
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We‘ll lean into a world on fire, into the big transition we‘re going through, the new world that our hearts know is possible. We‘ll look at those points where our lives and the planet are entangled, how we can non-violently resist what‘s destroying, what we love, and instead how we can heal and grow. We‘ll explore the political and spiritual heritage of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and all those women and men who fought hate with love and shaped their societies. We‘ll practice what this path feels like, so we are prepared to walk it in our everyday lives.
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This morning gathering is an invitation to consciously wake up and to express the vital language of our being. Rooted in classical Hatha Yoga and enriched with elements of fluid and embodied movement, this practice is both grounding and activating. We will explore how remembrance lives within the body – as intuition, breath and the quiet knowing that moves us from within. Carried by an explorative soundscape and our own voices, we will drop into deep listening – beyond the thinking mind – to allow our body to move from a place of softness, intuition and truth. Moments of stillness will alternate with vital sequences in a constant rhythm of our breath, creating space for connection, subtle energy to awaken and its integration. Join this opportunity to open the body, calm the mind and nourish the soul, setting the tone for a day of meaningful connection and exploration – by ourselves and together. Nina is a Hatha Yoga Teacher, Co-Founder of SPACE Yoga Studio in Las Palmas and passionate facilitator of Women Circles and Cacao Ceremonies – walking the path of remembrance together.
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Transitions hold quiet magic. Before stepping into the heart of the festival, let’s slow down together and honor this gentle threshold. Expect simplicity, playful curiosity, and moments of genuine connection - with yourself and with those around you. We meet softly in the space between arrival and beginning. This gathering is an invitation: breathe deeper, move gently, perhaps share a smile, a playful glance, or even a hug if that feels right. Together, we'll savor the ease and warmth of truly landing, preparing to enter Pura Vida with presence, openness, and a quiet sense of wonder. Vishal is a facilitator, storyteller, and community builder dedicated to creating gentle, playful spaces for authentic human connection.
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Desire is the quiet voice within us that whispers, “This is what I want.” It’s the spark that makes us feel alive, the pull toward something meaningful, and the energy that moves us forward. Yet, in the rush of daily life, it’s easy to ignore our longings and lose touch with what truly matters. This workshop invites participants to slow down, reconnect with their desires and explore them as a guiding creative force in life. Through guided reflection, visualization, and actionable steps, they will uncover what lights you up, gain clarity on what they truly want, and visualize the impact of honoring those desires. By the end of the session, participants will identify meaningful actions to bring their desires closer to reality and take the first steps toward creating a life that feels aligned and fulfilling. Also, they will step out with some inspiration on how their time at Pura Vida can serve them best. Anja is a pleasure activist, researcher and storyteller for communities building and experimenting with and for the future. She invites you to listen, trust, and let desires lead you somewhere beautiful.
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In this workshop, we will explore our connection to the natural world through an interactive sensory experience. When we start to learn to use all our sensors while in nature we discover not only different aspects of the world around us but also our inner world. We will be exploring practices as group meditations, working in pairs, guided plant connection exercise, drawing, writing and ceremony. This workshop is for people that would like to deepen their relationship with nature in a playful way, helping us to reconnect with the childlike side in all of us and our inner cosmos. Tash is a trained Medical Herbalist, TCM & Homeopathic practitioner as well as over 13 years experience working in the fields of foraging, plant medicine making and plant communication.
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Anni ist zertifizierte Naturtherapeutin, Prozessbegleiterin, Erlebnispädagogin und teil des Wir bauen Zukunft Kosmos. Sie nimmt uns mit in das besondere Ökosystem vor Ort. Komm mit auf einen ganz besonderen Tauchgang und erlebe den Wald auf eine neue Art und Weise. Er lädt dich ein in tiefe Resonanz zu gehen und deine innere Natur in der äußeren Natur gespiegelt zu sehen, zu spüren. Du kreierst deine ganz ureigene Reise, in Bewegung, in Stille. Wir werden gemeinsam beginnen und enden. Dazwischen hast du Zeit in deinem Tempo und Rhythmus Zeit mit dir selbst, deinen Themen und dem Wald direkt neben dem Festivalgelände zu verbringen. Dabei bekommst du einen Einblick in die Arbeitsweise der systemischen Naturtherapie. Und aarst du schonmal nachts im Wald? Hier begegnen wir uns selbst. Umhüllt von Dunkelheit und Stille verschmelzen wir mit der Nacht. Atmen. Sitzen. Liegen. Bis sich unsere Augen, unser Geist unser System eingestimmt haben und wir die Wunder sehen können. Begib dich auf eine magische Reise auf der du mit viel Glück, hunderte von Glühwürmchen sehen wirst. Erforsche was die Dunkelheit des Waldes mit dir macht und wie du dich innerlich zum Leuchten bringen kannst. Dieser Workshop lädt dich ein, dir Zeit für dich zu nehmen, dein Nervensystem herunterzufahren und dich mit der umliegenden Natur zu verbinden. Dabei bekommst du einen Einblick in die Arbeitsweise der systemischen Naturtherapie.
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Primal Play is an embodied, relational movement practice that transcends words and delves into the depths of human interaction - sometimes wild, sometimes tender, completely open and also closed, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet - and every time completely new and different. Lee Lester is a certified trauma-informed embodiment facilitator and somatic resourcing coach who leads the Empathy and Awareness team at Pura Vida Festival and facilitates workshops in Berlin and London. He will guide us into a space to witness, to research, to learn from each other and grow together - safe in the knowledge that so much can happen, but nothing has to. The perfect way to deepen your connection to yourself and others as your journey at Pura Vida 2025 unfolds.
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We will meet each other in powerful movements, honest sharings and intimate encounters. We want to strip away old conditioning that hinders us to come together as men who support each other and share with an open heart. What does it take to feel so strong that we can have each others back? What does it take to surrender to let yourself be truly supported by other men? We will talk honestly about the limitations and invite, using powerful exercises, the opportunity to rewrite your story when relating to men. Andreas is an international leadership facilitator and gestalt therapist who empowers groups and individuals to step into their authentic self, actualise their soul's purpose and overcome self-sabotage for over 10 years.
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A 2-hour Workshop of embodied introduction to the somatic dance practice that is Contact Beyond Contact (CBC). The session explores different layers of Authentic Movement, Dance and Contact Improvisation, on our own and in connection. CBC aims to create a safe-boundaries-environment in which people can integrate, transform and evolve through movement and dance. In this container, each individual is able to express, trust and transform by genuinely and energetically connecting with themselves, one another and with nature - the world beyond the means of physical contact. Elias is a DJ, music producer, Hero's Journey guide and certified "Contact Beyond Contact" facilitator with backgrounds in Gestalt and Music therapy.
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Ceri is a soil ecologist and food grower based out of a 150-hectare biodynamic farm in North Germany. On this guided walk with her, we will journey through Earth’s evolution. Along the way, we will pause at pivotal moments of entanglement among fungi, microbes, plants, and humans. My intention is to guide you into experiencing Deep Time and the interwoven world of microscopic life - offering a new perspective on how we might reorient ourselves in the quest to transform food systems. This workshop will be a space for emergence and reimagining. You will leave with a deeper sense of connection to the unseen forces that sustain life, a richer understanding of soil as a living entity, and a renewed vision for nourishing both ourselves and the Earth. Bring your insights, questions, and dreams as we walk, listen, and learn from the land together. Please note: We will be walking outside and sometimes not on define paths so appropriate footwear, sun protection and a level of mobility is needed.
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Mila is a cognitive scientist and experienced voice coach with a deep background in sound healing and music. With her, we will start our day by gently waking up the body and voice through guided breathing, face massage, and simple vocal warm-ups that activate both energy and presence. Together, we will explore the power of sound as a tool for connection and well-being, combining group singing, voice Chi Gong, and playful soundscaping exercises.You’ll be guided in a safe and supportive space to experiment, express, and enjoy your voice—no previous singing experience needed. We will co-create a shared soundscape, discover new ways to connect through voice, and leave with fresh confidence, tools for daily vocal care, and a sense of joy and presence that carries into the rest of your day.
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How do psychedelics alter perception and could they really deepen our connection to the natural world? Recent research suggests that these substances can reduce cognitive and emotional rigidity and expand our awareness of ecological interdependence. However, the context and intention of psychedelic experiences play a crucial role in shaping their impact. Henrik is the Director of the research and education organization MIND Foundation, trained in Medical Psychology and Public Health, dedicated to bring psychedelic therapy into public healthcare. In this talk, we explore the science of nature awareness through the lens of psychedelic research, uncovering how altered states of consciousness can reignite our innate ecological sensitivity. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and environmental studies, we will discuss key findings on how psychedelics influence perception, emotion, and behavior toward nature. For this, we also need to de-bullshit psychedelics and liberate them from some historical naivité.
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Wir entdecken, wie wir unser Gehirn bewusst formen können, um bessere Ideen zu haben, mehr Energie und Begeisterung und um uns endlich zu trauen, das zu tun, von dem wir schon wissen, dass es das Beste ist. Wir testen gemeinsam Tools wie Metakognition, stellen uns mit den anderen Teilnehmenden neue Fragen zu unseren eigenen Herausforderungen und finden spielerisch die Möglichkeiten die "neu denken" bereithalten. Wie, womit und was brauchen wir, um unser Gehirn intentional zu formen? Wie bringe ich meine Synapsen dazu, sich so zu formieren, dass es mir selbst, meinen Liebsten und der Welt am Ende besser geht? Der Workshop ist für alle Menschen mit einem Gehirn ;-) und der Vision für eine bessere Zukunft. Lasst uns unsere Synapsen benutzen, um eine bessere Welt zu gestalten! das macht übrigens auch noch Spaß. Wenn Ihr habt, bringt Euer Journal mit. Diane ist Moderatorin, Autorin, Workshopleiterin und Gründerin von LifeXLab, der Plattform für positive Psychologie und Transformation.
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Bettina ist zertifizierte IFS (Internal Family Systems) Therapeutin in eigener Praxis in Celle und Berlin. Nach einer Einführung in das Konzept der IFS (internal Family Systems) erforschen wir einen inneren Anteil wie zum Beispiel einen inneren Kritiker oder einen ängstlichen Teil. Mit angeleiteten Innenreisen und anschließendem Sharing versuchen wir, ein verständnisvolleres Verhältnis zu unserem Anteil zu entwickeln. Dadurch bereiten wir den Boden für Veränderungen in unserem System. Falls schmerzvolle Gefühle hochkommen und TeilnehmerInnen sich davon überwältigt fühlen, ist Unterstützung gewährleistet!
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Unsere Sexualität ist eng mit unseren persönlichen Geschichten, der Gesellschaft und dem Zeitgeist verwoben. Sie kann Quelle von Lust, Nähe und Erfüllung sein – aber auch von Leid, Erwartungen und Druck. Doch was macht sexuelle Erfahrungen wirklich bedeutungsvoll? Und wie finden wir heraus, was wir selbst wollen? In diesem Workshop schaffen wir einen sicheren, kontemplativen Raum – ohne Berührung. Egal, ob du viel, wenig oder keinen Sex hast (oder haben möchtest), ob du allein bist, in einer Beziehung oder in einer anderen Konstellation: Dieser Workshop ist eine Einladung zum Entdecken, Nachdenken, und Teilen neuer Perspektiven für alle, die ihre Sexualität auf eine tiefere Weise erforschen möchten. Alle sexuellen Orientierungen und Vorlieben sind willkommen.
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We are opening the space for a living kaleidoscopes of conversations, which allow people to experience interdependency and generate understandings of systemic patterns and complexity. By shifting perspectives through a transcontextual conversational structure, the Warm Data Lab process increases our abilities to generate conceptual movement and respond to difficult issues in a new way. By design, a Warm Data Lab doesn't have to reach a specific goal or outcome but is meant to open room for complexity and depth to unfold and in that way, allows for the emergence of new insights. Warm Data Labs have been developed by Nora Bateson and build on the theories of her father, the systems thinker and anthropologist Gregory Bateson.
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Get better in setting and accepting boundaries with gratitude. This Workshop is a hands-off immersive NO-Party. We will celebrate and dive deep into our own NO, our clear YES and the MAYBE... How does it feel in your body? How can you notice it? How can you tell somebody clearly and honest? How can you accept the other persons no? We will play and try to express our boundaries keeping the fun at the same time. And we will learn how to be better in hearing a NO and what happens after? Be curious and just come if you feel a clear YES ;) Amelie is an empowerment facilitator and sexological Bodyworker in certification, living and working at Wir bauen Zukunft.
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One of this year’s Festival Retreat highlights! Zen teacher Paul Kothes with more than 30 years of practice experience offers us a journey - to the place where everything begins. What if the most important path we can walk is the one that leads inward? Paul reminds us that meditation is not a technique, but a way of meeting life – an invitation to face reality just as it is. His combination of mindfulness and entrepreneurship is unique: In addition to founding the successful communications agency KohtesKlewes (now Ketchum), Paul also founded the Identity Foundation, a charitable foundation for meditation and science. Today, he coach executives and write books on success and spirituality. He is also the voice of 7mind, the most widely used meditation app in German-speaking countries. On our Festival retreat, you will also have the chance to morning meditate with Paul!
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This current moment in human history demands a maximum level of presence and care from all of us – and the full spectrum of everyone’s creativity! Toni Morrison says: „This is precisely the time when artists go to work.“. But unfortunately, this our society is also perfectly designed to choose to numb ourselves in endless doomscrolling instead or spiritually bypass. We are less and less used to freely expressing the healthy physical and emotional impulses where they happen: in the body! In this Somatic Laboratory, we will experience a set of embodied practices and mental tools that can easily support us in accessing our body’s healthy impulses again. These practices include guided movement sequences, exercises for nervous system regulation and lots of space for free creation. By diving right through the deep layers of collapse and numbness we will discover our more subtle sensitivities and the massive, primordial rivers of aliveness that are to running through our veins at all times. From that place, everyone can become a vessel for the Greater Creativity to work through them. This is an invitation to absolutely everyone. Because we are all artists, sculpting, imagining, designing our own life and the ecosystems around us with every breath we take, through our thoughts and our actions. No matter whether you are a creative professional or so far did not regard yourself as a creative person, you are absolutely welcome and needed in this big work of collective imagination! We need new stories, new designs, new technologies, new imagery, new plans for adaptation, new ways or organizing. To get there, we will make use of the fact that we are many. A healthy response to the current conditions will not emerge through an isolated genius. It will be facilitated by collective intelligence. The natural world, especially plant and animal spirits will be by our side as well to guide us, so that we may remember that we are nature, too: always boundlessly creative. Daniel Bernhard is an artist, a somatic coach and a certified Pantarei practicioner with 22 years of experience working as an author, director and performer in theatre.
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Forum is a transformative community-building practice that fosters trust, deepens connections and allows for authentic, embodied expression. Together, we create an environment for sharing from the heart—raw and real. Through mindful witnessing and self-expression, we move from judgment to curiosity and from isolation to connection. Your presence, whether sharing or witnessing, is invaluable. This is not a performance; it’s a practice of collective presence. No experience is needed—just come as you are. Lia is a leader and facilitator who supports individuals, teams, and communities to thrive.
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Drawing on the theory and practice of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy this workshop will offer an experiential exploration of what it means to relate to oneself, others and the world from an open-hearted and loving state of being. In Hakomi we call this state of being “Loving Presence”. Through mindfulness, partner exercises and assisted self-study we will explore and become more conscious of our otherwise unconscious habits and beliefs that get in the way of Loving Presence as well as how we can let go of them in order to return to and nurture our connection to our originally open, whole and loving hearts. Pascal is a Hakomi therapist and trainer who explored mindfulness and meditation for the past 30 years.
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Kurz vor einem Vortrag, im Angesicht einer großen Entscheidung oder beim Blick auf die großen Krisen unserer Zeit – Unsicherheit ist allgegenwärtig und für viele schon zu einem Lebensgefühl geworden. Was wäre, wenn du der Unsicherheit in deinem Leben mit Offenheit und Neugier begegnen könntest? Wenn du sie als gute Freundin kennenlernen würdest, die nur dein Bestes will - auch wenn nicht jeder Rat von ihr auch förderlich ist. Was, wenn Unsicherheit nicht ein Hindernis, sondern der Wegweiser zu einem erfüllten Leben sein könnte? Daniel begleitet dich einen Schritt auf diesem Weg. Mit Erkenntnissen und Übungen aus der Achtsamkeit, der Emotionalen Intelligenz und der positiven Psychologe begegnest du dir selbst und teilst deine Erkenntnisse mit anderen. Daniel ist erfahrener Coach für Führungskräfte, Mitgründer von Wevolve und Autor des Buches „Auf der Suche nach dem Hier + Jetzt“. Als Speaker, Rapmusiker und Stand-Up Comedian - aber auch als frisch gebackener Vater und Bürger dieser Erde - begegnet ihm die Unsicherheit in seinem eigenen Leben täglich.
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Wir werden erkunden, wie Organisationen durch regenerative Führung, zyklisches Arbeiten, einen konstruktiven Umgang mit Konflikten und andere regenerative Praktiken einen kraftvollen Beitrag zu einer lebendigen Gesellschaft leisten können. Dabei werde wir unterschiedliche Themen beleuchten, uns von vielfältigen Ansätzen und Methoden inspirieren lassen und diese praktisch mit Kopf, Herz und Hand erkunden. Lino teilt Erfahrungen aus seiner Organisation Reinventing Society, die als Reallabor einer regenerativen Kultur gegründet wurde und zeigt, wie sich emergente Strategien, Naturverbundenheit und das mutige Beenden von Dingen praktisch in die Zusammenarbeit integrieren lassen. Gemeinsam reflektieren wir, wie diese Impulse nicht nur unsere Organisationen, sondern die Gesellschaft insgesamt stärken können. Wenn du Lust hast, dich von neuen Ideen beflügeln zu lassen und in vertrauensvoller Atmosphäre an deinen eigenen regenerativen Perspektiven zu arbeiten, dann ist dieser Workshop das Richtige für dich.
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Get to know yourself and the world - through Political Theatre! In this workshop we will dive into different creative, partly non-verbal approaches from the fascinating field of Political Theatre (inspired by the Theatre of the Oppressed, mainly founded by Augusto Boal), that will help us to explore how it feels to live in our individual bodies and minds, in this modern world and modern society. We will create individual and collective body images that show our various feelings and perspectives. From these images and small movement sequences we will build up a small performance, that will lead us to a discussion about what we've perceived, if we can relate to what we've seen. Ida is a theatre educator and social activist. The aim of this workshop is to create awareness about our feelings, obstacles, as well as visions and dreams that live within us as individuals and as a collective in relation to the world we live in.
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Seit dem Ausbruch des Krieges in Israel und Gaza im Oktober 2023 erleben viele Menschen eine tiefe Verunsicherung, Überforderung und Sprachlosigkeit. Gerade in politischen oder pädagogischen Kontexten stellt sich die Frage, wie wir Räume gestalten können, in denen wir miteinander ins Gespräch kommen – offen, achtsam und ohne einfache Antworten. In unserem Workshop beim Pura Vida Festival Retreat öffnen wir einen mutigen Raum, in dem Unsicherheiten ausgehalten werden dürfen. Mithilfe verschiedener Methoden, die zur bewussten Wahrnehmung eigener Gefühle und Gedanken anregen und zugleich Platz schaffen für unterschiedliche Perspektiven und Narrative, möchten wir die Ambiguitätstoleranz der Teilnehmenden stärken. Ziel ist es, gemeinsam über den Krieg in Israel und Palästina ins Gespräch zu kommen – mit all seinen Spannungen, Mehrdeutigkeiten und den damit verbundenen Emotionen. Wir laden ein zu einem respektvollen Dialog, in dem die jüdisch-israelisch-deutsche Perspektive von Michal, die deutsch-palästinensische Perspektive von Zakariyya und die Perspektiven der Teilnehmenden in Beziehung treten können. Dabei geht es nicht um Einigkeit, sondern um Zuhören, Verstehen und das gemeinsame Aushalten von Komplexität. Michal und Zakariyya sind Referenten in der kritischen politischen Bildung. Im Auftrag verschiedener Träger geben sie im Tandem Workshops an deutschen Schulen, um den Palästina-Israel Konflikt multiperspektivisch besprechbar zu machen.
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What happens when we are truly present? Gal Har-Yam invites you to immerse yourself in slowness - and to experience intimacy in a new way: in your body, your breath, your encounters with others. A workshop for more depth, softness and real closeness.
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Stephane is a Qigong, Kung fu and mindfulness teacher who explored and practiced this techniques for the past 30 years. In his workshop we will meet ourselves. We enter a space where stillness, movement, and breath become guides. Through elements of Qi Gong, mindful bodywork, breath techniques, and principles of martial arts, I invite you to reconnect with your inner strength and presence. We will feel, explore, remember. We explore how movement becomes meditation. We feel how breath grounds us in the now. We remember clarity, calm, and vitality already living within us. Rooted in Daoist philosophy and the Five Elements, this workshop is both an inner journey and a shared experience of presence and authenticity. You will leave with renewed clarity, a deeper body awareness, and a sense of peaceful energy. Stephane gjourney with presence, depth, humor, and an open heart.
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Caroline a visual artist, musician, and shamanic practitioner. With a background in Fine Art and experience working with various traditions from the Amazon, my work is deeply rooted in nature, creative process, human connection, and the mystery of life itself. I draw from these inspirations to guide others back to their own innate creativity and inner wisdom.
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Who shapes social transformation when politics fails? Simon Berkler opens up spaces for new ways of thinking about business, transformation and the power of organizations as agents of real change. An invitation to find new answers to old questions - bold and visionary.
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We look forward to an eclectic musical fusion of live performances by multi-instrumentalist artists blending traditional, indigenous, folk, and contemporary music from various cultures around the globe with other genres, such as electronic, jazz, classical, or experimental music. Be ready for a unique and immersive, co-created musical experience that transcends geographical boundaries, celebrates cultural diversity and opens the gates to new realms of creativity and feeling.
Synergy Sessions is an immersive, interactive jam series that brings together outstanding musicians and an engaged audience to co-create music in the moment. Blending genres, emotions, and spontaneous expression, Synergy is a space where sound, movement, and imagination meet—shaped by presence, connection, and collective creativity. Each session is a co-creative journey shaped by deep listening, presence, and the energy of the moment.
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NECTAR is a collective of friends devoted to co-creating juicy, trippy, and ecstatic music as a sacred, healing, and joyful offering to make you feel more alive.
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Izzy Amuw, born in Monrovia, Liberia, blends Afrobeat, pop, and dancehall in his music. Raised in Lagos, Nigeria, he used music to overcome life’s struggles. With experience in projects like Ethno Roots and Cars and Drums, and performing with bands like MultiTimbral, and now with Root Repuclic. Izzy has played major stages across Germany, including Maxxim Club, Musik & Frieden, festivals, clubs, weddings and Karneval Der Kulturen.
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Melt into Tango invites you to explore this dance as a mindful practice of connection, trust, and presence - no partner or experience needed. Guided by electrotango beats, we move beyond traditional roles through consent-based touch. As we melt into each other in the embrace, the boundaries between self and other dissolve. Come with a curious heart, and let the dance take over your senses... Diego Sanlor has been teaching tango at alternative festivals and events for over a decade, blending traditional elements with influences from somatic practices and contact improvisation. By redefining tango beyond its traditional confines, he envisions it as a profound meeting of two bodies - rooted in presence, dialogue, and mutual care - resulting in a ritual of connection that invites healing, intimacy, and deep listening.
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Lotte Ahoi’s sound is a melting pot of music selected from various decades and gathered from around the world, beautifully mixed up in a cocktail she calls funkumbiafrorientropical Slothdisco. Inspired by producers interpreting their own and others’ musical roots, she is breaking clichés by expanding genres and blending them to a new and unique sound. Colorful tunes mirror her fascination for multicultural music, bringing happiness and warmth to her listeners.
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Hearbeat Celebrations - that is Miri Wonder and Jannis Hofgrefe. A conscious dance experience full of earthy textures, flowing rhythms and organic beats. The journey begins gently, with mindful movement and grounding sounds guided by Jannis. As the energy slowly rises, Mirie weaves ambient downtempo into deep, melodic grooves, inviting you into your body and beyond. Live Didgeridoo elements may emerge — soft, ritualistic touches that deepen the moment and connect you with the present. Whether moving wildly or resting in stillness, you are free to feel, to listen, to express. Mirie Wonder creates musical portals into presence and connection. As a genre-fluid DJ, live musician and founder of sober dance events in Hamburg, she blends electronic sounds with live instruments to craft deeply emotional, embodied journeys. Jannis is an osteopath and skilled spaceholder. With his background in handpan, didgeridoo and movement practices like acro-yoga, he guides you into the body with grounded presence and sound. Together, they are the founders of Heartbeat Celebrations – a project dedicated to conscious gatherings that merge music, movement and mindfulness. Through retreats, Conscious Dance and DJ workshops, they create spaces for authentic expression and deep connection. They now invite you into a world where rhythm becomes ritual — playful, powerful and heart-opening.
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Daniel San is a German rap artist who combines conscious lyrics and beats inspired by the golden era of Hip Hop. On his latest album he travels through time, telling stories of his childhood in a small town, his time as a teenager in the skate park and his current life in Berlin. Better known by his real name Daniel Rieber, he is part of the Pura Vida community and an expert in mindful leadership and cultural transformation.
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Tayphoon is a turkish german ecstatic dance DJ born in Hamburg and living partialy nomadically in his van and partialy in Amsterdam. He is a worldwide traveling DJ for Conscious Dance Events. He is also a ceremony leader, facilitator and spaceholder for Conscious Events of all sorts and the co-founder of the „Middle Eastern Infusion“ started in Amsterdam so as "Ecstatic Dance Oasis", a conscious event that is based on being a nomadically moving caravana. Tayphoon’s ecstatic dance journeys are inspired by his Turkish heritage and his love for ethnic bass and rave music from all around the world. He specializes in his ecstatic dance sets towards anatolian, middle eastern, indian, balkan and north african music.
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Lila Collective is a brand new collective, a group of creators - artists, musicians, dancers, yogis, shamans, therapists, bodyworkers, astrologers - with an infinite number of approaches to the practice of dealing with chaos and cosmos. It offers collective spaces: retreats, circles, gatherings, residencies and performances. At Puravida Festival the Lila collective will present the " Temple of 10 directions" as part of the artistic vision of Giulia Anna Maria, “Temples Voices”: a vision of nomadic temples, interactive altars, and sacred spaces, where diverse voices harmonize towards oneness. An ode to union, a prayer for bliss, and a dream of healing. The performance is a ceremony, a space to celebrate resistance, renewal, and interconnectedness. Through dance, music, improvisation, visual and symbolic art and installations, it creates a collective healing experience.It is an act of reclamation, of cultural appreciation celebrating the strength of community. https://lilacollective.life/
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Sari Seramor weaves world rhythms, medicine music, and soulful vocals into interactive concert experiences that awaken the voice and open the heart. Her performances blend concert and ceremony, inviting the audience into a shared journey of healing, joy, and connection. Her music reflects her deep spirituality, as she came to understand she is a mere conduit for a higher force that ignites the fire of those who experience her art. As a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Portugal, her sound is a fusion of reggae, and latin rhythms blended with DUB effects, transporting listeners to a world of empowerment and self reflection, developing a new music genre called MEDICINE DUB. Her global rhythms and multilingual compositions are an expression of a true world citizen that has lived many adventures around the world. From the depths of the Amazon to the bustling streets of Berlin, Sari builds bridges between language & culture and reminds us that there is more that connect us than what keeps us apart. In 2023 Sari changed her name from Serodio to Seramor. Sari’s soulful, passionate energy and fearless stage presence are a reflection of her courage. She leaves fans spellbound and thirsting for more, making her a truly empowering live act at festivals worldwide.
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We invite you to join us on a mystical and immersive sound experience—a journey where we weave our original compositions with curated ambient sonic landscapes to create a space of connection, presence, and transformation. We believe that music is a powerful medicine—a bridge that supports deep integration and helps us reconnect with ourselves. Through sound, we open doors to feeling, remembering, and coming home to our inner world. Step aboard our Sonic Ship, where ambient textures blend with jungle rhythms, birdsong, flowing waters, and distant wildlife. As the journey unfolds, Astra Laguna’s original songs rise and fall like waves—carrying you between earthy vibrations and celestial frequencies, and guiding you gently into realms beyond the physical. Astra Lunga are artists Caroline Mackintosh and Bummela who live and breathe sound.Ever since they met 8 years ago they have been weaving sonic magic and composing songs together. Originally from South Africa, they are world travelers who have a passion for studying different spiritual and musical traditions and are avid collectors of instruments and songs that inspire them.
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Azúcar Escort is a Berlin based performance and Dj duo run by Simon Knab and Rafael Ibarra. The artists collided during their fine art studies and are since then inseparable. Founded in 2016 the project fuses Latin American rhythms with electronic genres and live vocals. Expect a musical journey full of intense percussions, seducing voices and Disco to cheer you up!
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... and make new friends while having breakfast, lunch or dinner! Our food and drink corner is situated on the main road at the most central spot on our grounds and serves as a buzzing meeting point. Our kitchen team will serve you a great menu every day and ensures to nourish everyone perfectly well with amazing delicious meals and affordable prices. Everything is vegan, organic and made with a lot of love of course.
We are excited to invite a variety of artisans and crafts makers for our buzzing market space! Stop by for an organically produced coffee, refresh yourself with a lemonade or try some deliciously nutritious snacks and sweet treats throughout the day, while you have a look through the jewelry, clothes, incense products and much more handcrafted valuables... Maybe you'll find a special little talisman to always remind you of your unique Pura Vida experience?
While many of the workshops and festival activities are family-friendly, we also provide childcare during workshop times, so adults can also attend the experiences without their kids and fully dive into the sessions. At our kids space, children of the ages from 3 to 12 have their own creative playground to engage in various projects. Will they design their own upcycled crazy hat, create a magic dreamcatcher or come up with a completely new game to play together?
Our Healing Space is a hidden oasis of calm on the festival grounds where you’ll be able to connect with facilitators offering one-on-one massages, bodywork, coaching, energy work, as well as a variety of other individual sessions for mind, body and soul. The team's mission is to empower and guide participants to find the capacity to heal within themselves and dive deeper into the ethos of personal development and conscious awakening - a crucial part of Pura Vida Festival Retreat.
There might be times at the festival when you experience intense or challenging emotions. We are here for you. Find somebody with a Walkie-Talkie or come to us: Our empathy and awareness tent is the safe space to ground and relax your nervous system by reconnecting with yourself as well as with others. Our team has different specialties in embodiment, breathing and meditation practices as well as guidance through emotions and trauma. They support you whenever you need it! The space is free for anyone to come anytime, to take a breath, cuddle, rest or to be held and seen.
Also, always keep in mind: We are all co-creators of everyone's exerience. Please engage with consent, respect boundaries - and communicate your own clearly. Let's care for a harmonious space where everyone feel safe, supported, valued and heard.
Our Wellness Space awaits you to sweat and detox in the sauna within the flavours of different nature infusions, provided by our wellness angels.
Elevate your experience and make yourself a cozy home and safe haven to rest, relax and recharge during the festival journey! Treat yourself with an extra bit of comfort immersed in nature. The stylish tents offer space for up to four people and are equipped with beds, sheets and pillows, a carpet, a lamp and electricity connection.
We have the pleasure to invite you to join an ancient powerful ritual for cleansing and connection to the spirits of nature! Our shamanic guide is experienced in leading sweat lodges since ten years and has been initiated into several shamanic traditions of North America. Combining ancient wisdom with the pulse of our time, we will release old energies and emotions, invite new power and direction into our lives, and arrive fully in the here and now.
You can already pre-book a 4-hour sweat lodge ceremony with Jakob Recklinghausen now!
Elevate your experience and make yourself a cozy home and safe haven to rest, relax and recharge during the festival journey! Our Glamping area will be provided by Domo Camp. Check out their amazing offer and treat yourself with an extra bit of comfort immersed in nature. The stylish tents offer space for up to four people and are equipped with beds, sheets and pillows, a carpet, a fatboy lamp and electricity connection.
An enchanted 10h ecosystem between Hamburg and Berlin: “Wir bauen Zukunft” is our visionary partner project and the vibrant home to our festival retreat.
Expect lush idyllic nature with wide open green fields, majestic trees, lots of magical hidden spots and a magical forest to be explored. Here, in a flourishing environment and absolute tranquility far away from the main roads, underneath the sparkling starry skies, we can experience ourselves as beings that belong on this planet.
Truly a place where body, mind and soul come into harmony!
Treat yourself with a healing time-out at the festival retreat - in a healing session that gets deep under your skin. In this special combination of deep tissue massage, acupressure and energetic bodywork, we invite your system to let go of old Qi, release tension and activate your self-healing powers. Here you can come back to yourself, take a deep breath and surrender to the flow of new life force. An invitation to your body to regenerate - and to your soul to remember. Come by, give yourself a break - you deserve it. Stephane has dedicated himself to the practice of Qi Gong and Kung Fu for almost four decades. For him, these paths are far more than techniques - they form the basis of a deeply rooted vocation that he lives with dedication and awareness. Since 1995, Stephane has been accompanying people with massage and energetic bodywork, opening up spaces for relaxation, regeneration and the activation of self-healing powers. His work is characterized by mindfulness, presence and a deep connection to the human being. You can book 60 mins slots with Stephane in German, English, French and Turkish.
Experience deep relaxation, pain relief, and transformation in a way words can’t describe. Let Leo Fey guide you back to your natural flow. Leo Fey is 2x German Massage Champion. For him, massage is more than a technique - it’s a life philosophy. With over 10 years of world-class training, he has refined his craft, yet the true magic of his touch lies in his presence, intention, and connection. Leo offers Element Massage, an organic-somatic experience inspired by the five elements: Earth (Bones), for structural balance through deep pressure & mobilization. Water (Fascia), for myofascial release & stretching for fluidity. Fire (Muscles), with deep strokes & trigger points to relieve tension. Air (Nerves & Skin) – gentle touch for integration & relaxation. And Ether (Space): Craniosacral therapy to harmonize body & mind. Leo's sessions are 60 or 90 mins long.
https://www.leofey.com
Clare is a therapeutic massage practitioner offering restorative bodywork rooted in deep listening and holistic care. With a background in trauma-informed practice and naturopathy studies, her sessions are intuitive, grounded, and tailored to meet the needs of each individual. Drawing from a range of techniques including deep tissue, osteothai, and nervous system regulation, Clare creates a safe space for tension to release and the body to return to balance. Her approach is both nurturing and effective and supports physical relief, emotional reset, and a deeper sense of clarity. Clare offers 60 or 90mins English-speaking sessions.
https://www.clarityhealingspace.com
Experience deep relaxation and embodied presence through Psychedelic Bodywork with Farhad. He heals with touch, focusing on energetic alignment, emotional release, and deep relaxation. In his 60 or 90 mins English sessions, he'll start with a conversation and foot analysis to identify where your emotions show up in your body. From this, he works with different modalities of touch and movement towards your goal, which can be to relax, release tension, gain focus and clarity, or explore unexpressed emotions.
https://psychedelicbodywork.com
Robin is a Personal Self-Leadership Coach specializing in Internal Family Systems. In his 60min English or German sessions, he helps Conscious Creators, Entrepreneurs and Changemakers to step into their empowerment, blending evidence-based therapy with mindfulness and spiritual wisdom.
https://www.robintamura.com
Inna is a certified psychologist and somatic-oriented therapist working within the Jungian and Gestalt approach. Her practice involves using active imagination, tools for mental and emotional regulation, and general systemic analysis for personal transformation. She also integrates body techniques—Rebirthing, Bodywork, Hakomi, and massage—that help process emotions and restore the unity of body and mind. She specializes in the integration of psychedelic experiences as well. You can book a 60min session with her in English, Ukrainian or Russian.
https://www.instagram.com/inna_krylo
Vafa is an astrologer whose work centers on exploring the vast complexities of the human experience—without dividing the world into good or bad. She approaches the natal chart as a symbolic blueprint, holding both our potential and our limitations, the threads of our personal story. You’re invited to come for an astrological reading exactly as you are—raw, unedited, and curious. Each session is a 90 min journey into your inner world, your mysteries, and your recurring patterns. During a consultation, we may overview your strengths and innate talents, the challenges you face and ways to engage with them, potential directions for career and financial fulfillment, patterns in relationships and emotional dynamics, the key placements in your natal chart as well as grounded pathways toward resolving current difficulties. Vafa speaks English and Russian.
https://www.instagram.com/vekendra/
Joannas massages are grounded in the principles of Abhyanga — the traditional Ayurvedic oil massage — and interwoven with elements of osteopathy and somatic practices. Each session of 60 and 90 minutes includes warm, herbal oils chosen to support your current state, long, flowing strokes to calm and regulate your system, and intuitive touch that invites softness, grounding, and reconnection. You are invited to slow down and listen to your body. Nourish and honor your physical form. Come back to your breath, sensations, and own inner rhythm. Joanna is a holistic bodyworker trained in Ayurveda, osteopathy, and embodiment practices. Based in Berlin, she offers 1:1 sessions, holistic health guidance, workshops, and retreats. She speaks English, German, a little Spanish & Portuguese.
http://www.alchemillaberlin.com
Embracing narratives and tools from ancient wisdom traditions and latest scientific insights, our stages are designed to inspire contemplation, self-inquiry, togetherness, exchange and transformation.
Our inner worlds hold many secrets and great power. What happens when we become aware of these - and learn tools and methods to change and shape the fabric of our perception and wellbeing? We meditate, dive into the mystery of consciousness, discuss and explore philosophies of selfhood, identity and mental health. By training our minds we cultivate an accepting, kind, and compassionate relationship towards ourself and others.
Our heart - center of love, compassion and forgiveness - holds deep and profound truths. What will unfold when we dare to open it, listen to its whispering melodies, tap into its power - and express its geatest desires? With heart-opening breath work-sessions, practices of authentic relating, compassion and kindness, we aim to support the cultivation of an ethic of love through which we can walk through life and act more benevolently and generously.
We are marvelous sentient beings! How can we truly find a home in ourselves? How do we build trust in our emotions and in the wisdom and resilience we intuitively hold as breathing moving bodies? Grounding our experiences in movement and body awareness, we embrace a philosophy of embodied learning.
To play is an essential form of our true nature. Play worships the present moment, it allows a space to try, fail and learn without judgment. Unleash your imagination to envision the new worlds of tomorrow!The Play stage is also our big main stage: During the days, laughter, curiosity, and joy reign supreme while at night we celebrate the liberation of the human spirit with big ceremonies and blissful DJ-Sets.
This earth is more than our environment. When experiencing ourselves as one with nature and this universe, how do we look on global challenges and processes of destruction and transformation? How can we become guardians and caretakers of a flourishing planet? We reflect on our role in creating new visions and values to build new tomorrows in deep and meaningful relation with everything around us.
