Nature as a co-facilitator.
Space, silence, trees, grass between your toes; 52 hectares of healing landscape at your feet. Spend the night at the edge of the forest, enjoy honest food from our own garden, and unique locations that add value to your program. If you’re looking for a space for your retreat that has it all, you’ve come to the right place.
Nature works with you here. Not as a backdrop, but as a silent co-facilitator that carries your group. That’s not just a nice extra, but a core part of your program.
The retreat package
We facilitate retreats for groups of 10 to 60 people. From yoga, meditation, breathwork, and cacao or truffle ceremonies to silence, creativity, and awareness journeys. You bring the program, we take care of the rest.
You always rent a location including catering: all our food comes fresh daily from our own land. The package is all-in, starting from 165 euros p.p. per day, prices excl. VAT.
Included: location, overnight stay, breakfast, lunch, dinner, landing nourishment, coffee/tea and fruit water, campfire, retreat materials.
Summer retreat
A retreat in nature calls for a place that moves with the seasons. In the summer months, from May through September, our Tipi is the favorite spot for retreats. That’s where the work happens.
In addition, we’ll choose a second location together as a home base; for eating together, relaxation, and any additional activities. This could be the Slot, the Greenhouse, or the Boskamer, depending on the group size, the season, and the character of your program.
Winter retreat
With its fireplace and wood-burning stove, the Slot is comfortable all year round. And perhaps it’s at its most magical in winter. The winter months have their own character; quieter, more intimate, often more powerful.
This makes the Slot perfectly suited for a silence retreat, a truffle retreat, deepening awareness journeys, or small groups who really want to retreat into their own world for a while.
Customization
Do you want to organize a one-day retreat, a full weekend, or an entire week? An annually recurring ritual for your community? Do you want to use multiple locations and bring your own facilitators? Or do you want something completely different, creating your own exclusive bubble and renting out the entire nature reserve? The possibilities are endless, and we’re happy to think along with you.
You and your group
During a retreat, we consciously stay in the background. We are always nearby and reachable, but not around you all day. You and your group determine the rhythm, with as little distraction and as much freedom as possible.
You light the campfire yourselves when it feels right and wrap up when you feel the day is done. This way, you as the facilitator stay in control.
A complete experience
Yūgen Forest is not your standard retreat center. It is a unique nature reserve with its own market garden and four unique locations. Coming together, eating, sleeping, and simply being in nature here already contributes to your program.
Honest food
Every retreat includes our honest food. Nutritious and vegetarian as a base, fresh daily from our own garden. A retreat requires food that supports rather than burdens. Our kitchen understands this and tailors every meal of the day to your rhythm.
Sleep
You’ll sleep in our off-grid cabins, glamping tents, or in the tiny house. Each for two people, cozily furnished with softly made beds.
Locations
Yūgen Forest has four locations full of character: the Tipi, the Slot, the Greenhouse, and the Boskamer. All four can be perfectly tailored to your group and your program.
Extras
We offer endless activities that you can book separately to enrich your program. From wellness, workshops, and foraging, to breathwork, sound healing, and ceremonies.
Let your intention grow in our Intention Forest
Everyone comes to Yūgen Forest for a reason. You can have your participants write down their intentions on special paper and place them bundled under the roots of a newly planted tree. This adds more meaning to your program; it makes an intention tangible. It can take root and grow, just like your participants.