Embodied Life Johanneshof Germany Public Retreat
April 23rd – 26th, 2026
“EMBODIMENT, PRESENCE, CLARITY: Next Steps in Your Unfolding Life”
Returning to Essence and the Ground of Being
Dates: April 23rd – 26th (Thursday to Sunday)
Time: Registration begins Thursday at 15:00, retreat ends Sunday at 12:15, lunch ends at 14:00
Location: Zen Center Johanneshof
Tuition: (€ or $) 350
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No one excluded for inability to pay.
Please contact us if your financial situation is limited.
* This retreat is open to all.
” Right Now, Your unique life is unfolding…
Right Now, You are co-creating your personal future…
Right Now, We all are co-creating our shared future…“
Join Russell and Linda for a special retreat using Embodied Life practices to explore “EMBODIMENT, PRESENCE, CLARITY: Next Steps in Your Unfolding Life”.
“Who are you before your parents were born?” This illuminating Zen question, usually spoken as “Original Face”, opens an inquiry into a quality of Being before, within and beyond our usual self-identities. Can we both value and be free from our historic self-identities?
Returning to Essence: Points directly to knowing ourselves before our thoughts, feelings, stories and inner dialogue.Deeper than our cultural conditioning, this essence never goes away.
Ground of Being: When grounded in our bodies and sensing the support of the earth, we can open to the moment, “just as it is”. This ground of Being gives us great confidence for learning from our life challenges.
This Embodied Life stands on three legs:
1) Embodied Meditation – sitting and walking meditation,
2) Embodied Movement – Feldenkrais movements, Spatial Awareness and other original somatic practices,
3) Embodied Inquiry-Awareness explorations based in Focusing, Non-Violent Communication, life-giving memories and deep listening.