Breath, Dream & Tell
A Creative Journey
Storycrafting Retreat
A creative journey July 03. to 06. 2025
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(The retreat is held in mixed language german/english. Basic knowledge in german is beneficial. Zur deutschen Version)
We are delighted to welcome Stephanie Bachmair – leadership coach, conflict facilitator, and author – who will lead this special retreat with us:
“Perhaps you know the feeling of losing touch with your creativity and playful lightness in the rush of everyday life – I certainly experience this time and again. By now, I also know that taking time out (short or long) helps me to center myself and brings aliveness, meaning, and joy into my actions. This Storycrafting Retreat is an invitation to withdraw and connect with yourself through narrative work.”
Do you long for a retreat into nature and connection with your creative spirit? Do you have a creative project you would like to start or deepen – within a supportive and nourishing retreat setting? Or are you curious to work with your dreams and life stories to find inspiration and orientation within them?
WHAT: Let your stories work. Take time for a four-day retreat that will help you find personal strength, resilience, and inspiration in your stories. During these days, you will have the opportunity to explore the power of pausing, presence, and narrative self-exploration – and discover how taking a pause and engaging in creative inner work can reshape your personal and professional journey.
About Stephanie Bachmair: Stephanie accompanies individuals, teams, and organizations in exploring their dreams and stories, telling them with charisma, connecting with their audience – and thus further developing storytelling in a dialogical way.
This retreat draws on the wealth of experience from Stephanie’s soon-to-be-published book, “Signature Work – The Alchemy of Your Own Telling.” This retreat invites you to embark on your own narrative journey, to question your stories, and to gain deeper insights into your life and your role in the world. With the supportive methodology from the book, you have all the tools you need to bring your own creative project to life.
Your creative project can be anything – from a writing project to a speech, a business concept, or a podcast. You are also warmly invited to join even if you don’t have a project idea yet – and see where the journey leads you!
By working with conscious and unconscious stories (narratives, the
unspoken, and dreams), we learn not only to understand our past but to use it as a source of wisdom and creativity.
The retreat includes:
- Guided morning practice
- Sessions with methodological impulses on emergence, lucid dreaming, storycrafting
- Personal creative time / space for yourself
- Breathwork & drumming sessions
- Working with your narrative material, such as life myth, signature stories, night dreams
- Working with your inner and outer critics and supporters
- “Stage” sessions to share your story/project including feedback
- Enjoying delicious meals together
- Relaxation & recovery in nature
The retreat is limited to 12 participants.
Schedule:
Thursday, July 3 to Sunday, July 6, 1:00 p.m.
Arrival is possible from Thursday, 3:00 p.m.; seminar times are flexible. Saturday evening is time for socializing or individual integration – as you prefer.
Costs:
654.50 € seminar fee (incl. 19% VAT)
(A reduction of the seminar fee is possible upon justified request.)
Reservation fee: 200 €
300.00 € for food and accommodation (incl. 19% VAT)
- 3 nights in shared rooms (double room +45 €, single room +75 €, availability on request)
- Delicious organic vegan food, as well as water, tea, and coffee
Cancellation policy:
Your registration is binding. For cancellations up to 14 days before the start, 50% of the course fee is due. For cancellations 7 days before or after the start of the course, we charge 100%. With a medical certificate, only a processing fee of €30 will be charged. You are welcome to provide a substitute participant.
B.ONFIRE & Steigerhaus reserve the right to cancel the retreat if there are too few participants or for other reasons. In this case, the full course fee will be refunded.
General information about the Steigerhaus:
Please – if possible – bring your own towels, duvet covers, and a fitted sheet (140cm wide). Duvets and pillows are provided. Otherwise, you can rent towels and bed linen for a one-time fee of €15/person.
There is an honesty box for soft and alcoholic drinks, snacks, and the sauna.
All seminar, accommodation, and extra prices listed are gross final prices including 19% VAT.
Would you like to join us or do you have questions?
To book, please use Stephanie’s B.ONFIRE shop link.
For questions about the retreat and the Steigerhaus, or to coordinate your accommodation, please use the contact form below.
We are very much looking forward to these special days with you.
Let your stories work!
Warm regards,
Jumana, Matthias, and Stephanie
