About this trip
Schloss Blumenthal is a landmarked Château only 45 minutes from Munich, in the middle of nature, surrounded by forests, lakes and fields. Today it is a seminar hotel and a perfect retreat location with restored and creatively designed rooms that offer a unique, relaxing and charming atmosphere.
The focus of the retreat will be revitalizing our health, inspiration, and as a catalyst for deep inner illumination, or self-awareness. Our five days together will consist of Max Strom’s Inner Axis system; practices of breath initiated movement and yoga, lectures, dynamic meditation, and writing. There will be plenty of time for contemplation and rest.
Author of the book A Life Worth Breathing (Das Herz des Yoga), and, There is No APP for Happiness, Max Strom is known for inspiring and empowering the lives of his students and readers. Due to an ever-increasing demand for his teachings, Max travels extensively teaching his Inner Axis system globally. His method addresses the internal, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our life, as well as physical healing and vitality. He has taught tens of thousands of students, and trained over a thousand teachers. Some recent speaking appearances were three TEDx events, and a keynote speech on ethics at a Fortune 500 company. His articles and interviews have appeared in many magazines and newspapers, online media, television, and radio around the world. For more information about Max, please see www.maxstrom.com
Our Focus:
• Key Postures, Movements, and Actions to heal the body
• Writing and discussion for transformation
• Dynamic Meditation to recalibrate the nervous system
• Wisdom beyond the Mat for a life worth breathing
• Communication tools for deepening relationships
All classes will be taught in English.
Requirements:
For the ultimate retreat experience, it is important that each participant has practiced with Max Strom before, or, has practiced several times with Max’s DVD “Learn to Breathe,” prior to the retreat. If you are a beginner you are very welcome, but it is vital to Max that everyone has personally experienced his method prior to committing to this retreat. There will be people who are very new to this work and also people who have over 10 years experience. It is a noncompetitive environment and you are encouraged to “do what you can, with what you have, with where you are.” You can buy Max’s DVD or digital download at www.maxstrom.com and many other websites such as www.amazon.de or www.yogamatters.com
**Please note that this is not a party retreat, but a retreat for those who are committed to self-improvement and who wish to detox, sleep better, enhance our vitality and build our community. Max Strom strongly urges you to unplug from all electronic devices during the entire retreat and to keep consumption of alcohol to a minimum or abstain from it until the last evening.
The first class will occur on the Sunday March 12th at 4:00 - 5:30 pm, followed by dinner at 6:00 pm. The final class will be at Saturday March 18th followed by check-out and a final brunch at 11:00 am.
Note: You are not required to take all of the classes, but are instead encouraged to take only as many classes that are appropriate for you.
Please bring your own yoga mat, block, belt and a light blanket. There is only limited yoga equipment available in the hotel!
What’s included
Not included
Accommodation costs /person:
These include:
6 nights accomodation, see different room categories below
3 vegetarian meals / day (breakfast, 2 course - lunch, 3 course - dinner)
free access to drinking water
hot water, ginger water and tea the whole day
bed linen and bath towels
(excluding additional drinks during meals or during the day)
Standard Single Room: € 780,00/person (single occupancy, queen-size bed)
Comfort Single Room: € 840,00/person (single occupancy, full size bed or twin beds)
Comfort Double Room: € 696,00/person (double occupancy, full size bed or twin beds)
Three Bed Room: € 620,00/person (triple occupancy)
(Please note: Single participants have no claim to the price of a multiple occupancy room until other participants are found to share such a room. In such cases the price of a single room is valid)
Hotel check-in arrival day: 3:00 pm, Hotel check-out departure day: 11:00 am.
Contact details of Schloss Blumenthal: Mail: hotel@schloss-blumenthal.de, Phone: +49(0)8251-8904-300
Wellness treatments:
Schloss Blumenthal offers a variety of different wellness treatments during the retreat, e.g. Craniosacral therapy, ayurvedic treatments and massages, foot reflexology, classical massages. It is highly reommended to make appointments in advance before the retreat begins.
To make reservation for wellness treatments please contact: Sabine Horak, Phone: +49(0)160-97931950, Mail: S.horack@heilpraxis-blumenthal.de
Before You Go
In case you would like to stay longer in Bavaria for some sightseeing, we recommend the following travel agencies organizing trips to e.g. Salzburg, Schloss Neuschwanstein, Nuremberg, Regensburg.