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On five stages, we will dive into embodied learning experiences. The following facilitators and speakers will inspire us, guide us into connection, help us build valuable knowledge and a critical consciousness and empower us to take positive action.

Lino Zeddies & Jan Hoorn

Collective Flow Space

Lino Zeddies & Jan Hoorn

Collective Flow Space

German

What if you trusted the life within you - your perception, intuition, energy, impulses, needs, and boundaries? What if you allowed your aliveness to unfold in connection with others?


In this four-hour workshop, we open an experiential space for collective aliveness, regeneration, and emergent intelligence. We invite you to let pure life energy - la pura vida - flow together.


Why? Many social structures are based on control, disconnection and isolation. Systemic change requires a fundamentally new mode: people who are connected to their aliveness and guided by the intelligence of life itself. Exploring this mode together is the purpose of this workshop.


We begin with a connecting arrival and a brief framing: What do we mean by aliveness, regeneration, and emergent intelligence? From there, we move into an open experiential space, where anything may happen that feels alive and connected. Within this space, we sense into ourselves as well as into the shared field and express our impulses — mindfully, lovingly, and with respect for boundaries, nervous systems, and group safety. At the end, we integrate the experience together and gather insights for our everyday lives and work.


The workshop is open to anyone who longs for deep encounters with themselves and others and is able to take responsibility for their own experience within that process.

Lino is co-founder of Reinventing Society, author, and catalyst for a vibrant, regenerative society. He combines visions of the future, depth, and transformative practices to create spaces where new forms of connection, leadership, and social change can be experienced.


Jan facilitates change with a keen sense of people, processes, and what is seeking to unfold. He combines clarity, presence, and depth to create spaces where connection, growth, and new perspectives come to life.

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Raphael Thelen

We are Pura Vida!

Raphael Thelen

We are Pura Vida!

English

We'll host the first ever Pura Vida Community-Assembly!

Pura Vida has grown past a normal festival into an event that hosts a community. This workshops harnesses the power and beauty of this community in coming together and working out: What are our shared dreams and visions for Pura Vida?

Raphael is a campaigner, author and activist, fusing spirituality and politics. As a journalist, he covered the Arab Spring, accompanied Syrian war refugees along the Balkan route, and wrote about East Germany and the climate crisis.

Raphaels Website

Ceri Flook

Deep Time Walk: Journey through Earth's evolution

Ceri Flook

Deep Time Walk: Journey through Earth's evolution

English

We will uncover Earth’s 4.6-billion-year evolution through a guided nature immersion.

Walking together through forests and fields, we pause at key evolutionary moments - from the emergence of the first microbes to the rise of humans - exploring how Earth’s living systems came to be, how they continue to unfold today, and what the future might hold.

By weaving together science and deep ecology, we are invited to sense, reflect, and reconnect with the living world around us through guided ecosomatic practices.

Leave with a fresh wonder for Earth’s evolution and a renewed appreciation for the living beings and systems that sustain life!

Ceri is a soil ecologist, food grower and eco-villager who has been exploring the role of food systems in human and planetary health for over a decade.

Ceris Website

Paula Schwarz

Understanding Wealth: Regrow love in German economy

Paula Schwarz

Understanding Wealth: Regrow love in German economy

We'll dive into data to understand wealth in Germany: Who is wealthy? When do people feel wealthy?

And how can we create structures that enable a dignified transfer of wealth across generations in society? How can we help one another to grow more wealthy?

Some strategies will be suggested and discussed, others will come from you. Be ready to challenge the status quo and create the future together with those who can truly move something for the long run.

Paula is an expert in financial and mental wealth management. In her book "Unbezahlbar", she tells her story - from the world of startups and social innovation to a radically honest exploration of wealth, integrity, and what really matters.

Paulas Website

Nikki Trott

Leading from Intuition

Nikki Trott

Leading from Intuition

English

In a world of constant noise, intuition is one of our most underused superpowers.

This workshop is a grounded, embodied exploration of intuition - not as something mystical or abstract, but as a practical inner compass for leadership, creativity and life decisions. Expect clarity, depth and simple tools to strengthen trust in your own inner knowing!


Nikki will help our bodies to land in the space before we dive into the question of what intuition really is, what it isn’t and why it matters now more than ever. Through a reflective practice she will guide us into reconnecting with intuitive signals in our body and practising deep intuitive presence with another.


We will leave the session clear and refreshed inner guidance for daily life.

Nikki is the author of "Sacred Business", founder of Sacara, a strategic adviser, podcaster and international speaker at the intersection of business, consciousness and regeneration.

Nikkis Website

Emilia Roig

Keynote

Emilia Roig

Keynote

Emilia Roig stands for radical change, justice, and the transformative power of love. As a political scientist, author, and thought leader, she has shaped the discourse on social justice, healing, and social change for years with her incisive analyses.

In her books and essays - including the bestsellers Why We Matter, The End of Marriage, Loving, and Dear Son: How to Save the World - she envisions new ways of living together: freer, more loving, more mindful, and for everyone.

She teaches at universities, speaks on stages across Europe, and, as an Ashoka Fellow and multi-award-winning catalyst, operates at the intersection of political change and personal responsibility.

We can’t wait to dive deep with her, take a closer look, challenge existing paradigms, and be inspired to contribute to a collective transformation.

Emilias Website

Johannes Alber

Democracy Fitness: Disagreement & Empathy

Johannes Alber

Democracy Fitness: Disagreement & Empathy

English

Democracy thrives when we train it together!

Join for an interactive and fun democracy experience that strengthens your empathy and disagreement muscles — without breaking a sweat!

Johannes is a certified Democracy Fitness Trainer. He will guide us into exercises help us listen better, disagree courageously, and handle differences without losing connection. A safe and inclusive space for all is ensured.

This Workshop is in English.

Democracy Fitness

Lucas Nagel

Peacebuilding - The way of council

Lucas Nagel

Peacebuilding - The way of council

Council is a powerful communication tool that creates space for profound processes and insights.

With a simple and clear structure this practice can inspire us to maintain a mindful presence, listen to one another and speak as equals - whether in personal relationships and friendships, at work or within groups and organizations.



Drawing on the wisdom of the circle we share “uncomfortable truths,” and deepen our understanding of one another to grow and learn together. Like this, conflicts can be resolved constructively, while it is a lot of fun, also. Council is active peacebuilding.


Lucas is a facilitator of retreats, seminars and workshops focusing on connecting with nature, ritual work, dance, body awareness, personal growth and support in processes of transition and bodyworker based in Berlin.

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Melina Kalomenopoulos

Authentic Movement

Melina Kalomenopoulos

Authentic Movement

What happens when we really show ourselves - without performance, without filter?


The Discipline of Authentic Movement, developed by Janet Adler, will help us practice exactly this. Not by forcing ourselves to "let go", but by learning to let things BE.

Together, we'll explore the power of being truly seen and learn to witness ourselves with the same compassion we offer each other. No music. No judgment. Eyes closed. We move what wants to move – nothing performed or planned – being witnessed by someone else.

We start slow, land in our bodies and build trust before entering that vulnerability. Every body is welcome. No prior experience necessary. Just openness and curiosity.

Melina is a certified Dance and Movement Therapist and Jivamukti Yoga Teacher in Berlin, facilitating Authentic Movement for 2 years.

Melinas Website

Saskia & Nadine

Delicious Connecting

Saskia & Nadine

Delicious Connecting

German

Es wird dunkel, die Partynacht geht los und dir ist eher nach nährendem Kontakt? Mach dich bereit für eine verbindende Pause von dem Trubel des Festivals - sinnlich und explizit nicht sexuell!


Saskia lädt uns ein, mit uns einzuchecken, unterstützt uns dabei, unsere Bedürfnisse und Grenzen in den Kontakt zu bringe. Egal ob du dich gerade saftig oder süß, verspielt oder schüchtern, erdig oder feurig fühlst - Find out what feels DELICOUS to you RIGHT NOW!

Miteinander zelebrieren wir Genuss.

Wenn du hast, bring gern Folgendes mit: Tücher, Federn, Ketten, Blumen, Naturmaterialien, Öle, gewaschene Hände, eine Person, die du interessant findest oder Offenheit einer neuen Person zu begegnen.

Saskia ist B.A. Psychologin, Systemische Beraterin, Beziehungs- und Körperforscherin. Auch Nadine erforscht Beziehungen, Beziehungsdynamiken und Kommunikation in den verschiedensten Ansätzen seit über 10 Jahren.

This Workshop is in German.

Mihaela Vilcu

Playful presence for human connection

Mihaela Vilcu

Playful presence for human connection

We explore what it means to be present with ourselves and others through simple, guided practices combining mindful awareness, movement, and relational exercises.

We slow down and bring attention to the body, noticing sensations, impulses, and patterns in how we connect or disconnect. Through playful partner and group formats, we practice listening more fully, expressing ourselves clearly, and staying with what is actually happening in the moment.

The workshop is experiential and interactive, with minimal theory and a focus on direct practice. It draws on principles from mindfulness and authentic relating, offering practical ways to experience connection rather than just talk about it.

Mihaela will create a space that is light, respectful, and grounded, where you can explore at your own pace.

She is a facilitator of interactive workshops that help people experience presence and connection through mindfulness, movement, and relational practices.

Website

Natalie Sennes & Ralf Müller

Earthships & Regenerative Building Culture

Natalie Sennes & Ralf Müller

Earthships & Regenerative Building Culture

German

What if the house of the future already exists and has existed for 50 years?

In this workshop, we dive into the world of Earthships, nature based principles and regenerative building culture: an approach to architecture that works with nature instead of against it. We use earth, recycled materials, sunlight, and rainwater to create homes that give back more than they take. And even more regenerative culture starts before the first brick is laid, in the way we think, listen, and build together as a collective.

No prior knowledge is needed. Just curiosity and a willingness to imagine differently.

In this workshop, we explore the core principles of Earthship design and discover how surprisingly close they already are to the way many of us want to live. We'll find transfer hacks: small shifts in everyday life that move us toward a more regenerative way of inhabiting the world.

We also become the architects of our own futures: playfully designing regenerative communities and projects rooted in nature based principle. Bold, and grounded in what's actually possible.

Whether you've never heard of Earthships or you've been dreaming about them for years: this is a space to think bigger, feel into what's possible, and co-create visions of the places we actually want to inhabit.

Natalie is an organizational developer with 15 years of experience and a social architect who creates spaces for groups to connect deeply and thrive in living their purpose.

Ralf is an architect with more than 30 years of experience, working to drive ecological and systemic change so that future generations can flourish.

Bee-Onik WebsiteLinked In

Johannes Milke

Your dream future space

Johannes Milke

Your dream future space

What if your favorite place in the countryside became a vibrant space for living, working, connection, and community?

Johannes Milke is an ecosystem designer and one of the founders of our wonderful partner project and home location to our festival retreat: "Wir bauen Zukunft" is a place  of the future, with impact for the region and hope for the world.

In this workshop, he will give us insight in how to build future spaces. We will get to know the new impact criteria of the Netzwerk Zukunftsorte – the Germany-wide network for collaborative living and working spaces in rural areas. Using the concrete example of "Wir bauen Zukunft", we will explore how such a place is created and how it generates impact. Then, we will dream: in a guided vision journey, we will imagine our own place of the future… and develop an initial concept in small groups – concrete, creative, and aligned with the criteria that define outstanding places of the future.

This workshop is for people who already have a place in mind – and for everyone who is still allowed to dream.

Wir bauen Zukunft

Kasia & Isa (Radikale Töchter)

Train your courage muscle

Kasia & Isa (Radikale Töchter)

Train your courage muscle

In times shaped by uncertainty, polarization, and overwhelm, the world needs new, radical ideas and actions. And above all, it needs one thing: more courage!

Kasia and Isa from Radikale Töchter invite you into a political, creative, and energizing workshop. Through practical examples and tools of performance art and artistic activism, we explore how we can find the courage to take a stand and turn conviction into action. What truly matters to me? What do I want to stand for? And how can I make my concerns visible in everyday life, public space, or social and political contexts?

Sharpen your perspective, find allies, and discover new ways of contributing to democratic culture and social change!

For several years, Kasia and Isa have been empowering people through the tools of performance art to take a stand and engage for a democratic society. Kasia is a curator and member of the Migration Council. Isa is co-managing director of betterplace lab and works to strengthen democratic resilience and civil society.

Radikale Töchter

Nikolas Klein & Frank Sippel

Steward Ownership

Nikolas Klein & Frank Sippel

Steward Ownership

english

What happens when companies are designed to serve a purpose beyond profit?

In this interactive mind–body–brain journey, Frank and Nikolas explore emerging approaches to ownership and introduce the concept of Steward Ownership. Drawing from their experience as co-founders of steward-owned companies, they share practical insights into building organizations that prioritize long-term responsibility, purpose, and contribution.

How can alternative ownership models operate within today’s economic systems while pointing toward a more balanced and regenerative future? What is the difference between an ownership mindset and a stewardship mindset, and what does that shift mean for the way we lead, collaborate, and create value?

Nikolas is a Karma Lawyer and transformation enthusiast, trying to collectively learn how to live in better harmony with ourselves, each other and mother earth, particularly through empowering transformative ventures. Frank is a licensed Economist and Ecopreneur since 25 years in the field of guarding Mother Earth and consciously developing Real Estate.

Karma CapitalReal Future

Jette Schwarz

The Untamed Body - Foundations of Somatics

Jette Schwarz

The Untamed Body - Foundations of Somatics

How can we begin to relate to our bodies as allies? How do we notice tension, understand protective patterns, and reconnect with what is already alive within us?

In this workshop, Jette invites us to explore the body’s somatic intelligence, our capacity to sense, move, and relate to ourselves through embodied awareness. Together, we will look at how learned protection shapes the way we feel, think, move, and connect with others, and how these patterns can begin to shift through embodied practice.

The Untamed Body weaves together embodied inquiry, movement, breath, dance, touch, and shared reflection. It is not about fixing ourselves, but about listening more closely to what is already here - creating space for presence, expression, connection, and agency.

What to expect

  • Introduction to somatic foundations and embodied self-awareness
  • Movement, dance, and body-based exploration
  • Touch and self-touch as practices of regulation and co-regulation
  • Group reflection and intentional exchange

Jettes Website

Vishal Jodhani

Brave New Story

Vishal Jodhani

Brave New Story

We gather in a safe, vibrant circle to explore the power of the stories we carry - those beliefs and patterns that shape our lives. Through reflection, creative exercises, and meaningful group sharing, we’ll uncover limiting narratives and learn how to rewrite them into new, empowering stories that serve our growth and the world we wish to create. Expect a blend of deep insight, connection, and practical tools for lasting change. Vishal is a storyteller, facilitator and a coach. He has worked with a range of individuals and organizations to harness the power of story to create meaningful change and connection. This workshop will happen in English.

Vishals LinkedIn

Maximilian Wolf

You, Me & Us – A Relationship Centered on Needs

Maximilian Wolf

You, Me & Us – A Relationship Centered on Needs

How can we live our relationship authentically? What does it take to let go completely—and how can we create genuine harmony in our relationship instead of just trying to please each other? 

In this in-depth relationship exploration, we’ll examine which needs in your relationship may currently be unmet and what you can do to (re)integrate them into your life together. We also lovingly and gently address the darker sides and blind spots, and discuss typical relationship patterns that we frequently see in couples therapy. Through introspection, conversation, and body-oriented methods, you can get to know yourself better within the context of your relationship. 

This workshop is for greater self-awareness, the courage to change, and that wonderful feeling of love!

You can participate alone or with a partner or partners. It doesn’t matter what kind of relationship you’re in or what your orientation is. Even if you’re single, you can use this space to reflect on past or desired relationships.

Maximilian is a certified psychotherapist and supports people through couples therapy, sex therapy, and body-oriented psychotherapy in individual sessions, as well as through group seminars he leads with his partner under the name OASIS. This workshop draws on Max and Jarla’s many years of experience as workshop facilitators and couples therapists. They have been together for 14 years and have been parents for six.

OASIS Website

Isabell Crone

Die Zukünfte der Demokratie

Isabell Crone

Die Zukünfte der Demokratie

Die Demokratie ist ein fragiles, lebendiges Gebilde, das sich ständig weiterentwickelt und derzeit von vielen Seiten unter Druck steht.

In diesem 4‑stündigen Natural Future Lab experimentieren wir deshalb mit unterschiedlichen Zukünften der Demokratie. Wir sind eingeladen, neue Perspektiven einzunehmen, Zukunftsannahmen zu entdecken und zu hinterfragen sowie gemeinsam erste Ideen für Handlungen in der Gegenwart zu entwickeln. Natur wird dabei zum Resonanzraum: als Inspirationsquelle, Spiegel und Experimentierfeld für demokratische Prinzipien wie Vielfalt, Aushandlung und Verbundenheit.

Das nimmst du mit:

- Zukünfte der Demokratie neu denken und fühlen.

- Eigene Annahmen sichtbar und diskutierbar machen.

- Die Natur als Lern- und Reflexionsraum erfahren.

- Konkrete Impulse für Handlungen im Hier und Jetzt ableiten.

Isabell ist vielseitige Strategin mit Leidenschaft für Entwicklungsvorhaben. Sie begleitet Organisationen dabei, Zukunft zu gestalten – mit Blick auf das, was möglich ist, und dem Bewusstsein, dass Veränderung immer im Gegebenen stattfindet. Ihr ist es wichtig Entwicklung erfahrbar zu machen – denn Erleben formt Realität. Dazu experimentiert sie mit Formaten, Räumen und der Frage, was passiert, wenn die Umgebung in unseren Gesprächen auch einen Stuhl bekommt.

Dawn Patricia Robinson

Clowning for Connection

Dawn Patricia Robinson

Clowning for Connection

Let's play!

Dawn is a performer, theatre maker and a clown (on and off stage). In her workshop, we will play, fail, and explore together through games and clowning exercises, reconnecting with our inner fool and rediscovering playfulness, freedom, spontaneity, and presence.

Together we will let go of self-judgment and the pressure to “be” something, embracing failure as a source of joy, authenticity, and connection. By being fully in the moment together, we’ll open space for curiosity, surprise, and genuine connection and above all, we will have a lot of fun!

Dawns Website

Crussen

Vivation Breathwork

Crussen

Vivation Breathwork

We will explore how gentleness, pleasure and detailed body awareness can be supported by your own unique breathing without 'pushing' and 'solving' but by 'softening' and 'sensing'. Playful and liberating on the one hand. Subtle and mystical on the other.

Crussen is an everyday mystic having traveled the world for over 10 years sharing and receiving lightheartedness as fuel for transformation.

This session is not suitable for highly pregnant people or ones with recent major operations or severe mental disorders.

Andi Mueller

Improtheater: Out of your head!

Andi Mueller

Improtheater: Out of your head!

German

Improvisational theater is much more than just an art form.

It’s an attitude toward life and work. It invites us to let go of unnecessary control, to be fully present in the here and now, and to build trust with one another.

Through small, hands-on exercises, you’ll gain a vivid insight into the world of improvisation. It’s not about being funny or creative. It’s more about (re)discovering different facets of yourself, being present together in the moment, and experiencing a sense of ease.

Andi is an improv trainer and somatic coach, and has been hosting and performing on stage for over 15 years.

Alice Priori

Rest as Resistance

Alice Priori

Rest as Resistance

We come together in a collective space of slowing down, reconnecting, and being held - countering the exhaustion, isolation, and fragmentation produced by systems of oppression.

Grounded in abolitionist and decolonial perspectives, and inspired by practices such as "Rest is Resistance" by Tricia Hersey, this workshop explores rest not as withdrawal, but as a deeply political and relational act that sustains both individual and collective struggle. In a gently guided and participatory journey, we will explore how embodied practices can nourish resilience, deepen solidarity, and open space for radical imagination.

We will make use of check-in circles, somatic practices, guided rest, and reflective writing. There will be invitations to move, to pause, to listen inwardly and collectively, and to experience rest as a shared, supported practice. Together, we will co-create a safer space where different needs and rhythms are welcomed. Participants will have the opportunity to reconnect with their bodies, reflect on their relationship to rest and productivity, and imagine futures rooted in care, justice, and interdependence.

The workshop offers both a restorative experience and a political inquiry - supporting you to leave with a renewed sense of grounding, possibility, and connection to themselves and others.

Alice is a community organiser, feminist facilitator, dancer, and Art of Hosting practitioner, working across Europe to support deep systems change through participatory and decolonial practices.

Music Line-Up

We look forward to live performances by multi-instrumentalist artists blending music from various cultures around the globe with genres such as electronic, jazz, classical, or experimental music. Be ready for a unique, diverse and co-created sound experience that opens the gates to new realms of creativity and feeling.

Rüdiger Har Anand

Nada Brahma - Gongpuja

Rüdiger Har Anand

Nada Brahma - Gongpuja

Embark on a timeless journey of sound through the auditory universe of gong and leave everything else behind!

The tones of gongs reach us in a way that can guide us to other levels of consciousness. Detached from the constant stream of thoughts, they connect us with the natural rhythms of life and open the door to our deepest personal layers. The sounds activate our individual primal tone and bring us into harmony with our soul. The ocean of subtle sound vibrations washing over us c. We can let go of our familiar dimensions and experience an inner peace and stillness in which self-healing powers can be stimulated by releasing blockages. In the sea of sound, the tones of various gongs, similar instruments, and singing carry us through time in gentle rhythmic waves.

For many years, Rüdiger has been teaching yoga, meditation, and martial arts, and facilitating shamanic ceremonies. The common thread connecting all of this is sound - NADA BRAHMA. He is passionate about this with all his devotion, grace, curiosity, and enthusiasm. This is how his gongs sound. During the gong puja, we can experience ourselves in a state of sleep as if we were awake in our own dream (Turiya). Timeless in the Now...

Philipp Johann Thimm

Concert

Philipp Johann Thimm

Concert

Philipps work spans live performances, theater productions, music for art installations, scoring for big and small screens as well as audioplays.

Over the past decade, he has abetted and instigated numerous musical explorations with various musicians in and around his home base of Berlin. He has displayed his talents as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer on projects ranging from his first band Abby (later evolving into Gheist) to his longstanding alliance with Sascha Ring/Apparat.

In 2019, Philipp and Sascha were nominated for a Grammy for Best Electronic Album with Apparat’s LP5. That same year, their soundtrack for the Italian film Capri-Revolution earned them both a David di Donatello award and a Soundtrack Stars Award in Venice.

Amidst this thriving journey, Philipp found the time to record and release his debut solo album, ‘Birds Singing Till The World Ends’, in 2023, receiving international critical acclaim.

"I've always felt this klang, like a quiet force pushing me to create something raw and personal, then let it loose in the world. It’s been there for ages, just waiting, but I never had the blueprint. Now, it’s like everything’s just syncing up, flowing together in this effortless, almost surreal way.”

This year, Philipp unveiled his first full-length evening musical experience, transforming the vast halls of Mahalla with the visionary lighting sculpturers of Organysmo. His residency has now fully developed into a celebrated fixture of Berlin’s art scene, drawing large, enthusiastic audiences and blending sound and light into an unforgettable, otherworldly spectacle.

In 2026, Philipp will drop both his second solo album and A Hum of Maybe with Apparat, followed by an extensive concert series for both releases.

Philipps Instagram

Mushina

Ecstatic Dance

Mushina

Ecstatic Dance

Mushina is a Portuguese artist and facilitator in the global Ecstatic Dance scene, known for his magnetic presence and immersive musical journeys. Blending organic rhythms with ancestral and tribal influences, he creates powerful collective experiences. Beyond performing, he leads community-driven initiatives in Portugal, using music and movement to inspire connection, elevate consciousness, and foster a more unified and vibrant world.

Mushina delivers immersive Ecstatic Dance journeys that weave organic rhythms, tribal elements, and emotional storytelling into a transformative experience. Featuring the presence of Katia Buben, each journey unfolds in a carefully crafted arc: a gentle, grounding opening, a powerful and liberating peak of full-body expression, and a deeply soothing, integrative closing. More than a set, it is a shared ritual that invites connection, release, and expansion.

LIHLA

The River

LIHLA

The River

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and storyteller Lihla (Lih-Qun Wong) combines a vast instrumental skillset of piano, cello, electronics, and spoken word, to crafts intensely immersive aural-hallucinatory worlds of intricately shifting landscapes. Her work explores the diaspora of time and space, the meeting place between memory and longing. Her explorational vocal and poetry textures invoke and echo the ancient, the feminine, and the otherworldly. Her voice guides us, weaving through electronics and field recordings of the ‘real world' to set the path for a poetic and deeply haunting journey through the internal psyche that is truly transportive and escapist.

LIHLA Instagram

Kirtan Family Band

Kirtan

Kirtan Family Band

Kirtan

The Kirtan Family is an eight-member Kirtan band from Berlin, born out of a vibrant community around our monthly Kirtans with 200–300 participants. With powerful mantras, delicate soundscapes, and lots of live energy, they bring the magic of singing together to festival stages, churches, concert halls, and even onto the water. Carried by Sanskrit mantras, every voice is important and welcome – the audience becomes part of a living, breathing sound field. Through these collective voices, a portal opens: the band holds and nurtures this field, creating a journey – from silence, through deep connection, back into community, and up to the highest frequencies of ecstasy.

Norema Pauw – Lead Vocal & HarmoniumSabrishnu – Percussion

Kay Peter Recher – Bass & Percussion

Felix Wallerand – Bass & Guitar

Felix Leela Arun – Handpan

Joachim Dicks – Guitar & Vocal

Andreas Grotekemper – Harmonium & Vocal

Roman Görlacher – Piano & Guitar

Crussen

DJ Set with live harmonica

Crussen

DJ Set with live harmonica

Lively and original. Expect heavy electronic beats, playful melodies, live harmonica, collective dancefloor breathing and a lighthearted remembering and celebrating of the fundamental mystery of being alive.

Crussen is a swedish breathworker, DJ, music producer and retreat facilitator with a passion for the mystery and wonder of being human. While traveling the world for 10 years he sees hiself opening more and more to a channel for a sense of lightheartedness and simplicity towards life.

Aura of Indigo

Sonic Puja

Aura of Indigo

Sonic Puja

Aura of Indigo is a Berlin-based music collective that explores the transformative power of sound and deep listening. Using voice, cello, sarangi, santur, violin, ransingha, frame drums, and electronic soundscapes, they create immersive sound journeys inspired by Indian classical music, Sufi traditions, and meditative practices. Their concerts blend elements of ritual, concert, and sound meditation, inviting audiences to cultivate presence, inner experience, and collective listening.

Bertolt W. Schieferstein: Vocals, sarangi, sarod, celesta,duduk, ransingha, carnix, harmonium

Konstanze Näther: Vocals, santur, cello, violin, ransingha

Dana Leichsenring: Vocals, drum set Arda Aygün: Frame drums, darbuka

Instagram Aura of Indigo

Annida Tattva

Dance Rituals - an ecstatic dance journey

Annida Tattva

Dance Rituals - an ecstatic dance journey

Annida is a DJ and sonic storyteller from India, founder and curator of Femme Riddim, and known for her immersive Dance Rituals. Devoted to crafting spaces for authentic expression through music and movement, she weaves global dance music into high-energy, percussive, and genre-fluid sets. Her sound blends earthy grooves, bass-heavy rhythms, groovy vocal textures, global dance music and diasporic club sounds with influences spanning house, afrobeat, jazz, dub, jungle, and world music. Rooted in an ancestral musical lineage, her sets unfold as intentional journeys inviting presence, connection, and collective joy on the dancefloor.

From wellness gatherings and ecstatic dances to late-night club floors, Annida has played guest mixes for Subtle Radio, AAJA Radio, Soho Radio, Frequencies London, and at festivals across the UK, Europe and South-East Asia, including a set on the iconic fields of Glastonbury Festival. Whether at sunrise or sunset, her selections bridge ritual and rave, bringing people together on the dancefloor.

Annida’s ecstatic dance sets are genre fluid and rhythm driven, moving between nostalgia and forward thinking global electronic sound. Rooted in bass and percussion, she draws from house, Afro diasporic grooves, organic electronica, disco, dub, and leftfield club music to create high energy journeys that feel both expansive and intentional. Influenced by diasporic rhythms, prayer, and chant, she builds sets with steady progression and emotional depth, guiding the dancefloor through tension, release, and collective uplift.

Anne & Felix

Open Stage - Creative Expression Night

Anne & Felix

Open Stage - Creative Expression Night

English & German

The Open Stage is a community-held space for courageous expression. It is more than a performance, it is a field of support and connection. Whether through music, poetry, spoken word, movement or silence, you are invited to share what truly lives in your heart. All emotions are welcome here. Your voice has value. Your truth matters and it will be heard. We don’t perform to impress! We express to connect and find our way back home: to ourselves and to each other.

Anne is a trauma-informed embodiment coach and singer-songwriter devoted to creating spaces where people feel supported to express their authentic truth. Through retreats, group mentoring, open stages, singing circles and 1:1 work she supports others in reclaiming their voice and sharing their unique gift with the world. She believes that when we dare to live and express our truth without our old stories, we contribute to a more peaceful, connected and compassionate world.

Felix Leela Arun is a musician, facilitator, and space holder whose work bridges sound, body awareness, and emotional depth. He supports others in reconnecting with their bodies and accessing a deeper sense of presence and authentic expression. After rediscovering music through the handpan, Felix developed an intuitive and feeling-based approach to playing and teaching that goes beyond technique and invites a personal, embodied connection to sound.

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