Forgiving Freiburg 2007

Post-Conference

High energy workshop on top of the "mountain of the gods" in Alsatia with Sibylle Staehr

Sunday, Sept. 23. (15:30) – Monday, Sept. 24. (20:00)

This extraordinary workshop invites you to take a bath in the high energies of the "Taennchel" which was a place of wordhip and sacrifice for the Celts and the Druids some centuries before J.C., in later times also for German tribes.
It offers the opportunity to dive into another realm - leaving thinking and conventional talking behind - with shamanistic elements, magic nature theater and a ritual using the fantastic rock scenery around.
The strong and deep encounter with these unique natural phenomenons inspires our creative power in the "théàtre nature", gives us access to natur beings - at least in our imagination. It will facilitate the letting go of overdue patters in a ritual of sacrifice with the aid of ancient stone basins.

Program:
Departure on Sunday 23 at I5.3Oh from the parking in front of Waldhof/ Freiburg-Littenweiler. Little bus or individual cars according to number of participants.
16.3Oh  visit of the medieval center of Colmar/France, an enchanting medieval town full of timber-frame architecture and remainders of the "Rhenanian mysticism". This historic jewel has been preserved - almost by miracle -throughout centuries of terrible wars at the German/French
border. Guide: Sibylle Stähr, translation possible in French or Spanish.
abt. 19.3O Arrival at hotel an dinner in Bergheim, a typical Alsatian wine-growing village near our next day`s destination.
2O.3Oh: first group session: get-together and preparation of tomorrow`s ritual

Monday:
abt. 8.30 to 9.30 breakfast, afterwards short meeting, organisation and tuning in to our excursion.
1O.00 h: Departure to the "TAENNCHEL". Pilgrimage (one hour`s walk), partly in silence.
Approx. 11 h arrival on the "planet of rocks"After a survey of the area and the panorama short break
Approx. 11.30 introduction and preparation of the theatre playing "act and be", followed by a picnic in the forest (d´jeuner sur l`herbe) at abt. 14.30 h.
Around 15.30 h walk to the ancient sacrifice stone bowls
Ritual with the support of the elements

After the ritual we walk back through a partly devastated wood where we have a meditation and spend some time on ecological reflections. We should arrive at Bergheim at about 18.30 h and be back to Freiburg at abt. 20 h.

Please take along little rucksacks for the excursion, walking or tennis shoes and anoraks. Lunch packages wil be prepared by the hotel staff.

Fee: workshop including special guided tour of the historic center of Colmar: 160,-- Euros
Hotel: single room approx. 60,--, double room 80,--, double room "de luxe" (1 available) 125 Euros. Dinner probably individual menu, breakfast buffet abt. 15 Euros and cost for transport according to the number of participants(max. 12)

Registration: sibylle.staehr@ph-freiburg.de
Phone: 49 (0)7 61/2 17 16 59