Wellspring Retreat Center

05/09/2024

Are you in need of a SANCTUARY? Join the WELLSPRING COMMUNITY and become a RESIDENT VOLUNTEER!

Wellspring is a cosy retreat center, that offers space – a sanctuary – for those who want to retreat, heal, reorient themselves and their lives, learn and grow. We offer a variety of holistic treatments, retreats, workshops and trainings.

⭐️NATURE PARK SOUTH EIFEL

Wellspring is located in the Nature Park South Eifel, an amazing forested area with many streams, and home to countless large and small animals.

⭐️COMMUNITY LIFE

As a community, everybody is involved in the workings of the centre. Together we live and work, in mutual support, serving the center’s mission.

⭐️LIVING, WORKING & MEDITATING

You get a private room, and can join all the group activities and meditations. We start and end our days with meditations, breathwork, movement, music, ... and in between there is a lot of freedom to find and choose your own working hours, explore nature, ...

⭐️COACHING

Aernoudt Knecht offers all residents 1 or 2 coaching sessions a week, to help you heal/grow and (re)align with your life’s path. This is included.

⭐️EXCHANGE

Part of what we offer is an exchange, in the form of volunteer work. The amount of hours depends on the package, see website. You work between 6 and 24 hours a week (depending on your package), hours you can spread throughout the week.

⭐️WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Are you in need of a place to retreat, recharge, reorient, and do you have an affinity with the work we offer at Wellspring?

Would you like to join the Wellspring Community for a while?

⭐️More info:

Wellspring is a cosy retreat center, that offers space - a sanctuary - for those who want to retreat, heal, reorient themselves and their lives, learn and

26/07/2024

Join us, on a JOURNEY through the CHAKRAS, this summer: KUNDALINI TRANCE DANCE RETREAT

August 5-12 - Wellspring Retreat Center
Nature Park South Eifel

We will make an inner journey, a Kundalini awakening, step by step... dance by dance... to clear and open up different aspects of your being, and energizing each Chakra along the way. These daily trance dances will be embedded in a larger program of meditation-, body-, breath- and soundwork.

7 DAY RETREAT including:
⭐️ lodging and meals
⭐️ daily program of meditations and exersizes
⭐️ journey through the chakras
⭐️ afternoons free to explore nature

This retreat is a chance to have a life changing experience and connect to ALL layers of your being!

SOME TESTIMONIALS

"When I tell people about our week, they say my eyes sparkle." Ingrid

"No workshop gave me so much energy. Highly recommended!" Caroline - Goed Gevoel Magazine

"It still resonates. I have noticed many new things. My intuition has sharpened." Danielle

JOIN US!

24/06/2024

The HONEYEES are BACK at Wellspring!

What a glorious moment.... they arrived during the Volunteer Retreat last week, when there was a group of beautiful wonderful people, after we had prepared the new Sunhive. Especially had totally dedicated himself to building a comfortable home for the bees, making all the details perfect. At the moment they are still inhabiting a 'normal' wooden hive, that the local beekeeper used to catch the swarm. It's a very small hive, but they have a queen, and seem healthy. I see them fly in and out of the hive all day long... what a wonderful sight! They will move to the Sunhive soon.

Thank you Roman, Maryana, Happy (Sheila), Monique, Kristina and Meritt, for your love, coöperation and diligence! It was/is wonderful to have you here, as part of the Wellspring community!

The moment of arrival of the bees reflects beautifully how Wellspring has entered a NEW LIFE-STAGE, with a COMMUNITY of volunteers living here on site, and your bee-ingness has been an integral part of that development.

This will be our MOTHER-HIVE. When they survive the upcoming winter, they wil SWARM in the spring, and we can start to expand. In time, I want to have three to six hives of honeybees at Wellspring in the future.

I am looking forward to the NEXT VOLUNTEER RETREAT!

Would you like to join us? I have several spots left!

Check it out:

VOLUNTEER RETREAT - AUGUST 12-18
https://well-spring.eu/retreats/volunteer-retreat/

Welcome!
Bzzzz

Aernoudt

12/06/2024

We will welcome a new HIVE of BEES at Wellspring Retreat Center! It has been more than 10 years since I kept any HONEYBEES, and I am very excited!

Next week, during our VOLUNTEER RETREAT (June 17-23), they will arrive!

Nature is the greatest teacher, and I have a thing with honeybees (or they have a thing with me) in spirit. Their life of transformation in the darkness of the hive, connection to flowers, pollination, the sun, living as one consciousness surrounding the queen, serves as a powerful message and teacher (book tip: The Shamanic Way Of The Bee by Simon Buxton).

I have a very special new home to offer them: a SUNHIVE or WEIßENSEIFENER HÄNGEKORB! ❤🐝

This amázing hive, a brilliant design by German artist and beekeeper GÜNTHER MANCKE, incorporating many natural principles like the GOLDEN RATIO (prevalent in natural structures, including the growth patterns of plants, animals, and the geometry of honeycombs, creating a harmonious and balanced structure for natural comb building and bee movement), will serve as the perfect WOMB-like home for the bees. It was made in the workshop at the artist village of Weißenseifen, close to Wellspring.

Isn't it beautiful? ❤

At Wellspring we have a more HOLISTIC and SUSTAINABLE approach to beekeeping. As you can see, the hive consists of two parts, two baskets or hives, put together as a rounded shape. Unlike normal angular hives, in which bees are forced to build square comb, at the top of this unique beehive there is a set of rounded wooden planks where they can build their comb naturally, rounded or egg-shaped, focusing on the bees' natural needs rather than maximum honey production. It will be hanging, promoting natural behaviors and improving bee health. The bees can leave and enter the hive through a hole at the bottom, supported by a conical landing platform. The hive will also add aesthetic value, being an attractive addition to the retreat, and supporting local BIODIVERSITY with its presence.

These days I am preparing the hive, doing the finishing touches. In the mean time we are preparing for the upcoming Volunteer Retreat, when the bees and their queen will arrive.

DO YOU WANT TO BE PAR OF THAT?
There are still a couple of spots available for the retreat!
Check it out here:

Let's cross-pollinate!
Bzzzzz,

Aernoudt

22/05/2024

⭐️ LAST CALL! ⭐️ May 26 – June 2, 2024 ⭐️
🌀 Cleansing & Detox Retreat 🌀
https://trance-dance.net/events/retreats/cleansing-detox-retreat/
🌱 Nature Park South Eifel 🌱

LETTING GO on ALL LEVELS, through fasting, herbal detox, daily exersizes, meditations and nature exploration, PURIFYING your whole system!

23/04/2024

EARTH DAY - Imagine.... if we condense Earth's history into one year.

Each day would represent roughly 40 million years.

The planet began as a fiery wasteland, evolving over months.
Life emerged in late April with single-celled organisms.
Multicellular life followed in mid-September.
Vertebrates appeared in late November.
Life ventured onto land only around mid-December.

Modern humans, Homo sapiens, emerged in the final 5 minutes of the year! Our rapidly evolved neocortex led to unique cognitive abilities like language and problem-solving.

Human art, music and creativity emerged in the last minute!

Recorded language and history, from hieroglyphs to HTML, spans just the last 3 to 4 seconds!

HUMBLING, isn't it?

As far as I'm concerned, EARTH DAY is a reminder, that despite our tendency to view ourselves as separate from nature, we are an integral part of it. The vast scale of time and our relatively recent emergence, shows us that we are but players in the grand story of evolution.

Stay humbled, and always seek a transcendent perspective, as your guiding light. Acknowledge the importance of being in service to the INTERCONNECTED WEB OF LIFE of which we are a part.

Love,

Aernoudt

19/04/2024

Ready to REFRESH this spring, and REJUVINATE your body, mind, and spirit?

There is a strong connection between your MIND and your BODY - for example between gut health and mental/emotional well-being - where emotional and mental states can influence physical health, and vice versa.

UNLOCK your FULL POTENTIAL for balance and vitality!

The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in regulating mood, thoughts, and behavior. A thorough cleanse will eliminate toxins and emotional blockages, paving the way for spiritual clarity and emotional release.

In our upcoming retreat, in addition to physical detoxification, we offer daily exersize, breathwork, stretching, meditation, sound healing, trance dance, sharing circles, and we will also have invigorating walks through nature.

CLEANSING & DETOX RETREAT!
LET GO of the old, and embrace the NEW!
May 26 - June 2

Wellspring Retreat Center
Nature Park Sounth Eifel

Maximum 12 participants
https://trance-dance.net/events/retreats/cleansing-detox-retreat/

NOURISH your soul, FREE your mind!
Join us, this May!

With passion,

Aernoudt

LETTING GO on ALL LEVELS, through fasting, herbal detox, daily exersizes, meditations and nature exploration, PURIFYING your whole system!

16/04/2024

Need some quality TIME AWAY and want to get INVOLVED at Wellspring Retreat Center?

💛 It's spring time, and the summer is coming! Let's enjoy some time TOGETHER, and work on maintaining and expanding our SANCTUARY.

There are always things to do (around) here, something to suit anybody, from simple chores and gardening, to construction work.

What we offer, in EXCHANGE for a couple of hours of daily work:

💚 Stay in a room at the retreat
💚 Share meals
💚 Enjoy surrounding nature
💚 Participate in daily sessions
💚 Receive coaching if needed

It usually works best, if you want to get involved, to commit to staying for a (couple of) week(s) or more.

❤️ Just send us a DM to check out the possibilities.

Love,

Aernoudt

24/03/2024

How about a HIGH DOSAGE of MEDITATION?

After another amazing training and retreat last week, with a group of beautiful people from Germany, Holland, Belgium, Greece, Lebanon and the US, enjoying nourishing meals, exploring ravishing nature, connecting from the heart, and surrendering to a profound inner journey, I see again how much we need this! To regularly come down, to drop, from our worried heads and busy lives, into our bodies and the felt presence of the moment.

7 days of trance dancing is powerful. The change is even visible in the faces, before and after, when people drop their masks of limited conditioning and separation, and return home, deep within.

When inspiration comes from inner peace, from deep within, you align with your most authentic self, with your own nature, and with the purpose of your existence.

Want to join us next time?
Check out the upcoming dates!

Welcome,
Aernoudt

05/11/2023

Upcoming retreat.
A magical workshop!
A unique experience!

In this special retreat you spend most of the time in complete darkness. We provide a secure space, in which you can slowly surrender to your inner journey.

15/06/2023

VOLUNTEER RETREAT - SUMMER 2023!
Looking for an affordable summer vacation?
Willing to roll up your sleeves?

⭐️ "Refreshing, Fulfilling and Enriching!"

We are organizing another volunteer retreat, to continue building on Wellspring Retreat Center. Our Concept is Simple: Work for 4 hours per day. Be free the rest of the time. In the free hours we provide an activity program for the group, every day.

You stay for a week in the beautiful Nature Park South Eifel, pay only 95 euros for the expenses of your stay and food.

⭐️ Work (4 hours/day):
Simple tasks and chores, for example cleaning, construction or gardening, in and around the building.

⭐️ Group Activities
(Trance) Dance, Drumming and Making Music, Meditations, Soundjourneys, Creativity, Nature Walks, ...

⭐️ Join us!

Looking for a fun and affordable vacation? Willing to roll up your sleeves? This is your chance, for an amazing week, with Dance, Music & Nature in the Eifel!

31/05/2023

Upcoming Retreats & Facilitator Trainings:
https://trance-dance.net/

Find a Local Facilitator:
https://trance-dance.net/international/facilitators/

Trance Dance Retreats & Trainings

07/04/2023

TRANCE DANCE RETREAT
April 24-30, 2023

In a week or two we have another wonderful retreat, at our beautiful centre in South Eifel Nature Park. This retreat is a chance, to have a life changing experience, and an opportunity to connect to ALL layers of your being. We will work with:

⭐️ Breathwork
⭐️ Meditation & Trance
⭐️ Sound & Music
⭐️ Movement & Dance

During this week your mind clears up, and room for profound contact with your essence, and the source of life and creativity, is created. This journey inside, connecting with who you really are, at a deeper level, will bring mental clarity, healing, creativity and growth!

Check it out, and sign up today!

This retreat is a chance, to have a life changing experience, and an opportunity to connect to ALL layers of your being!

21/03/2023

CLEANSING RETREAT
KAHUNA DETOX & TRANCE DANCE

⭐️ Letting Go on ALL Levels!!! ⭐️

We feel blessed to announce a wonderful NEW retreat program where you can, through fasting, herbal detox, daily exersizes, meditations and trance dancing, clear out your entire system, ridding yourself of up to a kilo of body waste every day: sticky biofilm, bad bacteria and fats, ferments, putrid proteins, acids, mucus and toxins.

Through the connection of the intestine to the nervous system, emotional issues can also become aware and let go. Therefore we will have daily exersizes, breathwork, stretching, dance, meditation and relaxation, as well as sharing circles, in the mornings and evenings. We will work with:

⭐️ Kahuna Detox
⭐️ Bodywork & Dance
⭐️ Meditations & Sound
⭐️ Trance Dance
⭐️ Soul Retrieval
⭐️ Sharings

This is the perfect retreat, that will allow you to return home truly rejuvinated!

Next to the fasting and treatments, you will be able to enjoy the amazing nature surrounding Wellspring Retreat Center: the beautiful forests and streams of the South Eifel Nature Park.

Check it out, and join us this fall!

Cleanse!Effective Cleansing to Let Go on ALL Levels!Kahuna Detox!Hawaiian Kahuna Colon CleansingDance!Stretch & Move to Clear Out your

02/02/2023

Amazing walk around the monastery of Sankt Thomas ❤️

08/01/2023

COUPLES ❤️‍🔥 RETREATS

⭐️ If fear and dissociation are the disease, then love and connection must be it's antedote! ⭐️

Our lives are often so busy, and as a couple we often lose touch with ourselves, and with each other. Signing up for a retreat together can be a very powerful decision. Isn't it wonderful to have an ocean of quality time together, and make this time, these days together, sacred and healing!

Many couples have found their way to our other retreats, and always has it provided them with a deepening of the connection, a clarification and softening of boundaries, and a fueling of love. Even if that was not the goal of the particular workshop. Last year we finally took these spontaneous experiences as inspiration, and a new retreat was born!

If you've always dreamt of joining one of our retreats together with your partner or lover, this is your moment! We have a special 200 EURO OFF for the upcoming

💟 VISIONARY DARKNESS RETREAT
February 1-5
https://well-spring.eu/retreats/visionary-darkness-retreat/

And, of course, there is the special

💟 TA***IC TRANCE DANCE RETREAT
February 16-19
https://well-spring.eu/retreats/tantric-dance-retreat/

designed especially for couples. We are looking forward to these immensely, and we are dedicated to the growth and healing it will bring.

31/12/2022

Welcome home!

09/11/2022

Anything can be a meditation. Today ours was moving firewood... being aware, again, that using wood as a source of heat warms you up several times 😉