Berlin Summer Retreat @ C*SPACE: Alchemizing Presence

Berlin Summer Retreat: Alchemizing Presence

Sensory Journeys through the Arts, Nature & Embodied Practice

A co-created retreat across 3 weekends in August 2025

📍 C*SPACE Berlin –

www.c-space.eu

🗓 8–10 August · 16 August · 23 August

✨ Hosted by the Creatives in Summer Residence

About the Retreat

A retreat at pace and in peace—without leaving the city.

Step into a summer of creativity, curiosity, and co-creation.

Alchemizing Presence

invites you to awaken your senses, slow down, and explore inner alchemy through immersive workshops combining movement, art, meditation, and nature-based ritual.Each workshop is offered as a standalone journey—you can attend one, several, or all. Curate your own retreat in rhythm with the moon.

Co-hosted by:

Katelijn Verstraete · Kelly Reedy · Clara Reichertz · Luiza Henz

Creative practitioners with roots in Asia and a shared passion for embodiment, healing, and expressive arts.

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Full Moon Opening Event: Dinner Social Club

"Rhythms & Rituals" – A Full Moon Sensory Feast

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8 August | 6:00 PM

📍 C*SPACE Berlin

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35 EUR

Celebrate the full moon with a ritual dinner designed as an act of alchemy. Together, we prepare, share, and eat with intention—exploring rhythm, ritual, and presence through food and conversation.

👩‍🍳 Co-hosted by our Summer Residency creatives

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Weekend 1: Inner Alchemy through Qi Gong & Art

A 4-part series – attend one or all

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9–10 August

📍 C*SPACE Berlin

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Sliding Scale: 40–55 EUR per session | 80 EUR for 2 | 160 EUR for full series

Each workshop includes:

• Qi Gong + embodiment practices• Guided creative expression (clay, ink, watercolors)• Elemental themes (Earth, Water, Air, Fire)

Maximum 30 participants per session

🌍 Earth –

The Right to Be

9 August | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Grounding | Form | BelongingCreate clay vessels as expressions of inner rooting.

🌊 Water –

The Right to Feel

9 August | 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Emotions | Fluidity | Letting GoInk and water meditation meets the flow of inner tides.

🌬 Air –

The Right to Love and Be Loved

10 August | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Lightness | Connection | BreathBreath-led art and movement for spacious connection.

🔥 Fire –

The Right to Act

10 August | 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Transformation | Power | Creative WillSymbolic burning, ritual, and creative fire.

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Weekend 2: The Silent Mirror

Cultivating Presence through Interoceptive & Meditative Arts

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16 August | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

📍 C*SPACE Berlin

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Sliding Scale: 40–50 EUR

Guided by Kelly Reedy & Luiza Henz

Tune into your inner world through movement, mirroring, poetry, calligraphic dance, and sound meditation. This workshop invites stillness and sensory attunement through embodied reflection.

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Weekend 3: Root to Table – Nature Ritual & Community Dinner

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23 August | Two-part event (join one or both)

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Sliding Scale: 40–50 EUR (tree workshop) · 20–30 EUR (ritual + potluck)

📍 Nature location near C

SPACE + C

SPACE Berlin

🌳 Part 1 –

Tree Qi Gong: Grounding with Nature

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Outdoor park near C*SPACE

Connect with the grounding energy of trees through embodied practice. Learn to root yourself through nature-based qi gong, breathwork, and energetic awareness.

🌀 Led by Katelijn Verstraete & Kelly Reedy🔗 [Eventbrite Registration Link]

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Rituals & Reciprocity: Community Offering + Potluck

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM | C*SPACE Berlin

Inspired by the Balinese

canang sari

, we co-create personal offering baskets with natural materials and set intentions under the New Moon. Followed by a community potluck dinner. Bring a dish, your presence, and your intention.

🌀 Led by Katelijn Verstraete & Kelly Reedy

✨ How to Join

Each event has its own

Eventbrite page

—you can join any workshop individually or combine multiple for a deeper retreat experience.

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Questions or group bookings?

Please contact us at:

project@c-space.eu

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Location:

www.c-space.eu