Crystal Cave

A time into soundscapes, communal presence, and deep stillness.

Let mantra guide you, let silence hold you, let the New Year unfold from within

In the deep silence of winter, as one year dissolves into the next, we gather to honor body and soul.
Through Kundalini Yoga, mantra meditation, song, dance, and shared stillness, we cross this threshold together.

This year, our journey places the power of mantra at its heart.
The voice as medicine.
The vibration as guide.
The sound current as doorway into presence, intimacy, and renewal.

We will chant, meditate, and expand into the mystery of our own voices — discovering deeper layers of sound, silence, and connection.
In community, we rest into stillness, celebrate with movement, and soften into the warmth of sauna and song.

We invite you into this New Year’s cave of meditation and celebration:

to explore your voice as a channel of truth, healing, and intimacy
to use mantra meditation as a tool for quieting the mind and opening the heart
to shed what is old and awaken the new within you
to ground into your body through yoga, dance, and embodied practices
to nourish yourself with rest, community, and the medicine of shared presence

Moments from our first New Year´s Retreat 2023 at Landhaus Gottsdorf

PROGRAM

Kundalini Yoga

The teachings of Kundalini Yoga serve as the backbone of our retreat. Through Kriyas and mantra meditations we empty our minds and fill our spirits with true nourishment.

Bodywork and DAnce

We want to as well focus on our physical body and release and let go in these times, softening our bodies through touch, and journey of dance.

Voice Work and Chanting

Voice work is a deep and transformative way of releasing stuck emotions, fear, unnecessary burdens and exploring deeper levels of our hearts expression. Let us meet in a space that is filled by our hearts vibration and join in circles of songs and sound.

Ceremonies and Community Time

In this magical times of the rough nights and the changing of years we come to gather in ceremonies of song, cacao, through rituals of transitions and simple being together in the Crystal Cave.

Spaceholder:

“I live my life in deep connection with nature.”

Prithi Nivas Kaur, Alicia is a yogini and Kundalini yoga teacher.

As a musician of devotional music, she is rooted in the tradition of Kundalini Yoga as well as in the wide field of heart and medicine music. She has been living and studying for many years in the Ashram Ram Dass Guru in Portugal and is a Karam Kriya consultant (applied numerology). She dedicates her life to the connection with nature, healing work, and the immersion in the sound current of mantras. As an alternative practitioner, herbalist, and bodyworker she teaches and offers concerts in different places in Europe. She is the founder of Artemisia- Temple of Wild Wisdom, a holistic mystical school of life based on yogic principles and the cyclic wisdom of nature.

Where:

In a quiet and peaceful atmosphere we want to reach a state of deep relaxation. Surrounded by beautiful forests, nature invites us to roam around. Organic and yogic food support us to feel nourished and light. We invite deceleration and a softening to let an inner crystallization unfold. Integration also happens when we bring together what might seem paradox: Sound and silence, celebration and stillness, as well as being in community and hibernating in solitude.

We invite your inner eremit into the heart of this community. We welcome you to join a supportive, prayerful and transformative space for your transition into the New Year. These are sacred days in a rich and quiet space to rest, renew and remember the Preciousness of Being Human.

Landhaus Gottsdorf is a beautiful seminar house in South Brandenburg with a light seminar room for yoga and meditation, a sauna, a fireplace in the garden, and wild woods in a 5-minute walk.

VENUE

Landhaus Gottsdorf
Am Sprint 1
14947 Nuthe-Urstromtal/ Gottsdorf
(1.5 hours South from Berlin)

HOW TO GET THERE

By car: Arrange shared rides with other participants (a shared contact sheet will be available after registration).
By public transport: Train to Luckenwalde, then taxi (12 Euro) or 30 min. bike ride.

Contribution for Retreat & Soul Food

The contribution for retreat and meals is 388 € per person
(accommodation is booked separately through the seminar house).

Accommodation

Accommodation costs vary between 23 € and 55 € per person/night, depending on the room category. Options include multi-bed dormitories, double rooms, and single rooms. Booking will be made directly with Seminarhaus Gottsdorf about three weeks before the retreat.

Accessibility

It is important to us that everyone who feels called has the opportunity to join. If you are facing financial limitations, please reach out — together we will find a way. Options include installment payments and a few helper places with a reduced retreat contribution.