🔥 Art of Peace Festival · The Call of the Rauhnächte
Namasté! Five days around New Year's in our seminar house. Mantra concerts, healing and singing circles, dance, pool and sweat lodge, and in between stillness and time out in nature with forest and rocky landscapes
Practise the art of peace with us, open your heart and enjoy a loving togetherness. Together we shape the new era.
Highlights
- Five days around New Year's, one to five days bookable individually
- Mantra concerts with JayJay Gopalino and the Mantra Mates
- Healing and singing circles, dance and massages in the water and on the swaying air cushions
- Warm and cold water pool, sweat lodge in the Hobbit House
- Poolitical Healing Art, female-male healing ritual, Quantum Healing
- Candlelight dinner for New Year's Eve
- Single room, double room, shared room, camper van or as a day guest
What awaits you
The Rauhnächte are the twelve nights between the years, the time when the old year is not yet over and the new one has not yet begun. We celebrate these days to let go of the old and draw the new into our lives.
Every day there are several offers you can join. There are singing and healing circles, dance, bodywork and massages, and concerts with JayJay Gopalino and the Mantra Mates in the evening. You are welcome to bring an instrument of your own and make music with others at mealtimes or in the lobby.
Between the workshops you can use both the warm and the cold water pool, as long as no workshop is taking place. You can also use the Hobbit House as a place to retreat. If you don't feel like taking part in anything, you can relax in the chill-out area under the glass pyramid in the lobby or enjoy a walk in the woods nearby.
There are many varied offers from different directions: encounter through dance with live piano music, whirling dance, breathwork, and much more.
We celebrate New Year's with a candlelight dinner.
How our days together go
Every day we come together in a sharing round. We talk and reflect on our time together.
We are happy if you can take part on all days so we can build a shared group energy. And whoever can only come on single days is warmly welcomed into the group.
Who this is for
- For you, if you want to spend New Year's with open-hearted people
- For you, if you like mantra music and singing, even without any training
- For you, if you like an open seminar format
- For you, if you can only join for one or two days
Who this is not for
- If you are looking for a New Year's Eve party with techno or folk music, this is the wrong place
- If closeness in a group makes you uncomfortable, the week will be tiring
- If you expect a hotel room with absolute quiet, the seminar house won't suit you
Also for seminar leaders and exhibitors
If you offer something yourself and would like to contribute, get in touch with me. Seminar leaders and exhibitors are warmly invited.
Your contribution for the Art of Peace Festival
The price has two parts: the contribution for the programme, which depends on the number of your days, and accommodation with full board.
Your contribution for the programme
The longer you stay, the cheaper each day gets.
| Duration | Contribution |
|---|---|
| 1 day | 80 € |
| 2 days | 150 € |
| 3 days | 210 € |
| 4 days | 260 € |
| 5 days | 300 € |
Day of arrival and day of departure each count as half a day.
Accommodation and meals, per day
| Item | Price per day |
|---|---|
| Full board | 43 € |
| Single room | 49 € |
| Double room | 39 € |
| Shared room, tent or your own camper van | 15 to 34 € depending on occupancy |
| Day guest, no overnight stay | 13 € in addition to full board |
As a day guest you come without staying overnight. You pay full board at 43 €, plus 13 € for the day in the house, and your contribution.
Example, five days in a camper van: 5 × (15 € + 43 €) accommodation/full board 290 € + 300 € festival contribution = 590 €
Example, two days in a double room: 2 × (39 € + 43 €) + 150 € = 314 €
Not included:
- Travel to Maibach
- Drinks other than water, coffee and tea. Using the pool costs 10.00 € extra per day
The seminar house Maibacher Schweiz asks all guests to help out for about 30 minutes a day.
Closeness and safety
This festival has several offers involving touch: the dolphin massage, the oil-water dance and the air cushion massage.
All offers are voluntary and take place in protected spaces with the greatest mindfulness.
In the pool, during the air cushion massage and in the sweat lodge you can wear swimwear if you feel more comfortable that way.
Frequently asked questions
Can I come for just one day?
Yes. One to five days can be booked individually, and you can also join as a day guest without staying overnight.
Can I travel alone?
Yes. Most people come alone. Around New Year's you quickly find company within five days, because you are together the whole time anyway.
Do I need to be able to sing or dance?
No. In the singing circles it is not about skill. If you want to listen, you listen.
Do I have to join in with everything?
No. Everything is voluntary, and the chill-out area under the glass pyramid is explicitly there for doing nothing.
Where do I sleep?
Single room, double room, shared room, in your own camper van, or not at all if you come as a day guest.
How do I register?
Through the form on this page. You will get a confirmation afterwards, and I will get back to you personally.
How do I pay?
You will receive a notification by email.
How do I get to Maibach?
The address is: Alt Maibach 12, 35510 Butzbach-Maibach, Germany. You organise your own journey, carpooling is welcome. You will get details after you register.
What should I bring?
Comfortable clothes, indoor shoes, swimwear for the pool and sweat lodge, and your instrument if you like.
Would you rather go to the snow?
In February I go to the Swiss Alps, to Val-d'Illiez in the Portes du Soleil. A week in a small group.
By the way, for breakfast there is my Prana Müsli, which I developed myself.
Who leads this
I do, Gerald, self-employed for over 20 years and with more than 50 guided trips and retreats. You can read more about me on About Gerald.
Reserve your place
Five days between the years, as many of them as you like. Sign up below, and I will get back to you with all the details.
Questions beforehand? Call me: 0160 99446468, or write to me: weiss@relax-gutes-leben.com
We look forward to seeing you.