Sitting – breathing – sensing – moving  – expressing

Awareness is not a concept. Awareness is an experience.                                                                  

Awareness is stillness and movement: body and mind breathing, feeling, sensing within the open space of unfolding experience.                                                                                                

With body as our earth, mind as our sky and a vulnerable, communicative heart as the bridge between both, we want to dive with you into the vibrant happy and sad dance of life, longing to express itself in every moment of experience.

We will work with meditation in stillness and movement, guided journeys into the inner landscapes of the body, spontaneous movement improvisation and verbal exchange.

No experience in meditation or body awareness practices required.

Teachers of this program will be Friederike Tröscher and Barbara Märtens.                     

Both look back on a long journey in their respective traditions. Their curiosity, joy and interest in further development made them aware of each other. Similarities, but especially the natural complements of the traditions in which they each were trained, inspired them to look for ways to weave them together and invite others into the unfolding richness of this process.

For more information regarding Body-Mind Centering® please see here: https://www.bodymindcentering.com/

Practical details

Arrival day: Monday,  24th November. You’re invited to come from 4 pm in order to register and settle in your room. Dinner is served at 6.30 pm. Orientation talk at 8 pm. 

End of programme: Saturday 29th November. Closing circle and banquet in the evening

Departure day: Sunday 30th November. You may leave anytime (no programme). You’re welcome to stay for lunch.

Please register by Monday, November 3rd at the latest.

This programme is taught in English and will be translated in French. Request for interpretation in other languages need to be made in advance and confirmed (please indicate your are requesting interpretation on the registration page).


Programme price

Regular350 €
Patron458 €Help support lower income participants
Under 30 years of age175 €

If you require financial assistance to attend this programme please contact [email protected].

Accommodation and food

Full board60 €/ night *

* includes standard accommodation and all meals.

Price information

  • Regular: this is the regular price for participating in the programme. Occasionaly (if specified in the programme description), there may be an additional fee for materials, to be paid upon arrival.
  • Patron: for those who can offer more than the regular price, your generosity in paying the Patron Price helps cover the costs for others who are not able to pay the full programme price and provides support to Dechen Chöling.
  • Under 30 years of age: 50% reduction on the regular programme price for persons under 30 years at the start of the programme.

Accommodation: the standard accommodation we provide is in a dormitory for the winter and a furnished two-person tent in the summer. Extra fees for room upgrades can be paid upon arrival. Additionally, room tax will be charged at 0.22 € per person, per night.

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Note: participation in any programme offered by the association of Dechen Chöling requires you to be up-to-date with the association’s annual fee (15 €), which can be settled upon arrival.