✨ a deeply nourishing weekend retreat in nature with other colorful creatures awaits us from 19 to 22 September to celebrate Equinox✨

mmmh how delicious to imagine a group of like-minded faeries and friends singing, dancing, sharing and listening to our hearts in nature all while enjoying tasty food which will be prepared with love for our beautiful bellies 

all while slowing down, resting, connecting to ourselves and others, emerging into the forest and possibly giving and receiving sensual massages 🧚🧚🧚

just imagine a fluffy group of quirky Quings* creating art, poems, music, sharing, laughing, crying, holding each other and being held

simple, raw, rested.

zzz miauuu yooohooo kikerikieee 

lets ~harvest ~ the fruits of this summer and celebrate Equinox and the new cycle together 💚

~ who is it for ~

We heartly welcome all you radiant, weird, colorful creatures who honor authenticity, self expression and cherish playful and respectful spaces of exploration. 

The team represents a mixture of queers & allies from three different continents and we envision a colorful crowd who: 

• enjoys a playful, light vibe at retreats yet value organization

• feel curious about sharings from the heart and emotional expression 

• see movement in various forms as a way to release and elevate frequencies

• value sober spaces and are able to detox digitally (as much as personal reasons allow) 

• communicate, are self-responsible and practice consent 

• look forward to a group of like-minded beings where asking for touch and cuddles is welcome while the focus is not on sexual encounters  

We invite creatures of all genders, ages, sexual preferences no matter their ethnicity, religious or spiritual background. We appreciate you no matter if you are extroverted, introverted, soft, wild, slow, fast, neurodivergent, disabled, fat, thin as long as you feel generally comfortable in queer spaces and overall diverse crowds.

We will not tolerate any form of racism, queerphobia, body shaming, ableism, ageism nor religion-phobias.

This Retreat is no substitute for therapy – we are no therapists and can not provide excessive individual support.

~ offerings aka programme ~ 

Thursday 19/9

slow arrival between 2 and 5.30 pm, dinner, opening circle, gentle movement 

Friday 20/9

yoga & meditation, cacao connection ceremony, forest, ecstatic dance & collective rest  

Saturday 21/9

breathwork & yoga, harvest vision walk & art, sharing circle, equinox ceremony~celebration with singing

Sunday 22/9

movement meditation, closing circle, cleaning & departure by 2 pm 

& daily food

early bird breakfast from 7.30 am, brunch at 11 am, snack around 3 pm, dinner at 6 pm 

Our schedule includes breaks and we dearly invite you to choose what participation feels good to you in each moment and to adapt it to your needs and abilities. 

It is only possible to arrive by Friday 12 pm the latest to be able to join the opening ceremony of the weekend. 

~ our team ~

We are a team of four creatures interweaving our different passions to create a deep, nourishing, yet light ~harvest~ retreat for you

Each one of us has gathered experiences at various retreats as co-facilitators and loads of workshops and circles and we look forward to combining our magic at the upcoming ~harvest~ retreat!

~ money money money ~

We offer various price categories, please choose the one that you can afford: 

€370 → first 3 spots *sold out*

€420 → 2 spots left

€470 → the rest (til 17/9 but allergies consideration only until 15/9) 

If this is too expensive for you please write us an email with how much you are able to contribute and how you would like to support us e.g. helping with transportation, cooking-support, photography, decoration, massages, marketing etc. We are happy to hear from you here or via momo@connectingpassions.de 🙂 

If you want to pay for someone with less access to money we will redistribute! 

The price includes: 

• 3 nights in a shared room
• vegan meals (3x early breakfast, 3x brunch, 2x snack, 3x dinner, water, tea, coffee)
• all offerings as mentioned in the programme
• transportation from the train station in Falkenberg to Arruda and back  

~ sign up & pay ~ 

Please follow this link and answer the questions sincerely so we can a sense of you and the group.  We will get back to you within 7 days with more information about payment options.

~ our seminar house ~ 

We will stay in a seminar house around 1 hour from Berlin near Eberswalde/Falkenberg (Mark) in a small, calm village next to a forest with a stream. We will share rooms (2 – 6 people) and have a lot of space in communal areas too.

We chose the seminar house because of their location, accessibility and also their values. The seminar house is self-organized by the non-profit Arruda Collective, which is also a co-living project. Their main focus is on Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Empowerment and Queerfeminism.

~ accessibility ~ 

The ground floor and basement are fully wheelchair accessible including the toilet and shower. The first floor where we will do movement and yoga is reachable via a slow lift that carries up to 200 kg. 

If you would like to bring a personal assistant they can join for cost coverage only, if needed. Some exercises during movement workshops will need to be adapted. We suggest a phone call so we can prepare accordingly, also to talk about how we can support with the transportation from the train station.  

We are aware of neurodivergence and also highly sensible people and we recommend talking about your needs in a phone call as bigger groups and a lot of stimulation can only partly be influenced.

~ language ~ 

The workshops will be held in English while none of us is a native English speaker. We also speak German, Arabic, and Spanish and are happy to support translating. 

~ notes on spirituality and cultural appreciation ~ 

We believe spirituality, intentional spaces and critical brains can merge. In addition we are queer(aware) and hence try our best to avoid binary language also in songs. If one of us shares traditional practices we intend to explain what we have learned and what it means and you choose what feels authentic and aligned to you. 💚

Roby, who will lead the ceremonies, is on the Red Path and a devout practitioner of traditional rituals according to the ancient wisdom of indigenous in Abya Yala (America). They are a 9 days Vision Quester and a Sacred Pipe holder. 

~ what is autumn equinox ~

The magic will happen on the 22rd of September in the Northern Hemisphere where day and night are nearly equal. Indigenous around the world use this period to give thanks for all that has been harvested, for the fertility of the earth.

✨it is time for us creatures to gather, store and treasure what we need for the winter… to smell the scents of autumn, the stronger colors, red and darker greens… a time of balance between light and dark ✨

It is also a time for introspection, contemplation, to be still, to reflect, to dream, to observe our own shadows, our own fears and apprehensions.

It is the season to prepare for winter, when the earth rests, or-as the Mapuche (indigenous from southern Chile/Argentina) people-say when the earth sleeps and dreams.

Let’s embrace together as magical beings from the world the coming darkness, to accept that disintegration is part of the cycle of life, and to let go of what has served us, for it is time to let go…. 🦋

~ sober & sassy ~ 

This is a substance free retreat including no alcohol and we ask you to respect that. If you want to smoke there will be an area outside to do so. 

We invite you to come as your sassy self, bringing whatever colorful, extravagant clothes and make-up you want to wear ✨

~ more impressions of our retreat spaces ~

Here are some photos from our ~ harvest retreat ~ in 2023 at Arruda!

We like to take photos and videos to show what a colorful world is also possible and yet totally respect if someone does not want to be on social media or websites (with their face). We have our ways to do that all consensually – let us know if you have questions in that regard in the sign up form :-]

Let’s co-create some magic together and spend a deeply nourishing time at the ~harvest~ retreat 

* Quing = mix of Queen and King or Queer Wings 🦋

All photos on this website are from Khaled.mov