Storycrafting Retreat: Breathe, Dream & Tell
Let your stories work. Join us for a transformative, 4-day retreat of creative immersion that helps you find personal power, resilience and inspiration through narrative self-discovery. In this transformative space, we will explore the power of pause, presence, and narrative self-exploration, discovering how mindful moments and creative inner work can reshape your personal and professional journey.
Let your stories work. Join us for a transformative, 4-day retreat of creative immersion that helps you find personal power, resilience and inspiration through narrative self-discovery. In this transformative space, we will explore the power of pause, presence, and narrative self-exploration, discovering how mindful moments and creative inner work can reshape your personal and professional journey.
Let your stories work. Join us for a transformative, 4-day retreat of creative immersion that helps you find personal power, resilience and inspiration through narrative self-discovery. In this transformative space, we will explore the power of pause, presence, and narrative self-exploration, discovering how mindful moments and creative inner work can reshape your personal and professional journey.
Storycrafting Retreat
"Breathe, Dream & Tell: A Creative Immersion"
Transform Your Stories into a Source of Inspiration and Growth
Are you longing to withdraw in nature and connect with your creative mind? Do you have a creative project you want to start or deepen while being supported and nurtured in a retreat setting? Or are you curious to work with your dreams and life stories to find some guidance and inspiration in it?
“Maybe you know this feeling running through every day’s busy life—at least it happens to me—that I feel disconnected from my deep creativity. Yet, I know that acting from there brings meaning and joy in what I do. So, from time to time, I need some withdrawal, and this retreat is an invitation for you to join.”
WHAT: Let your stories work. Join us for a transformative, 4-day retreat of creative immersion that helps you find personal power, resilience and inspiration through narrative self-discovery. In this transformative space, we will explore the power of pause, presence, and narrative self-exploration, discovering how mindful moments and creative inner work can reshape your personal and professional journey.
WHERE: Steigerhaus, Eastern Germany. Surrounded by a “Grimms` fairy tales”-like forest, this venue is hosted by professional breathworkers.
WHEN: 3rd to 6th of July 2025
We are excited to host a special retreat in Steigerhaus, Eastern Germany, which draws wisdom from Stephanie´s upcoming book “Signature Work - the alchemy of your own telling”. Drawing from her professional and life experiences, this book and the retreat journey support you to connect with your personal power and find resilience through narrative self-discovery (working with your life stories). Working with our conscious and unconscious stories (narratives, the untold and dreams) enables us to not only understand our past but to transform it as a source of wisdom and creativity.
This retreat supports you in embarking on your own narrative journey, questioning your stories, and gaining deeper insights into your life and your place in the world. With the support of the book's methodology, you'll have all the tools to bring your own creative project into life.*
The retreat days consist of the following:
Guided morning practice
Sessions with methodological prompts on emergence, lucid dreaming, and storycrafting
Personal creative time/space for yourself
Breathwork and drumming sessions
Working with your narrative material, such as life myth, signature stories, and dreams
Working with inner and outer critics and supporters
“Stage” sessions to share your story or project, including feedback
Enjoying delicious meals together
Relaxation and rejuvenation in nature
*Your creative project can be anything from a writing project to a speech, or from an entrepreneurial concept to a podcast. You are also warmly invited to join the retreat without any creative project in mind and see where the journey takes you!
This retreat has space for only 12 people.
Pricing:
850 euros in total (reduced price on tuition fee possible)
Including:
retreat facilitation
accommodation in a double or shared room
delicious organic vegan food, water, tea, and coffee.
Accommodation and food (300€) are paid at Steigerhaus upon arrival. Single/double rooms are available upon request and subject to (limited) availability. Fee for single room 25€. Contact Steigerhaus to book a single/double room.
About Stephanie:
Stephanie Bachmair is a leadership coach, conflict facilitator, process-work diplomat, and writer. Stephanie supports individuals, teams, and organizations to explore and craft their dreams and stories, tell them with charisma, relate to their audience, and increase their transformative power through dialogue. Her methodology is informed by process-oriented psychology, narrative research, and transformational storytelling approaches.
More about Steigerhaus & the hosts:
At the Steigerhaus, in the middle of the forest, as close to nature and as far from our civilization as it is possible in Germany, Jumana and Matthias offer spaces for self-discovery and experiencing deep connection.
They focus on energy self-sufficiency, plant-based nutrition, and loving coexistence between men and women.
They are breaking new ground and, in this place full of possibilities, invite others to connect with like-minded people connected to sustainable living and a better future for all.
Cancellation policy
Your registration is binding. If you cancel 14 days before or after the course, we will charge 50% of the retreat fee. If you cancel 7 days before or after the start of the retreat, we will charge 100% of the retreat fee. In case of an obstacle, the course can be transferred to another person. B.ONFIRE & Steigerhaus reserve the right to cancel the course due to low enrollment or other reasons. In this case, we will refund the course fee in full.