September 16-21 2025

LAKE CHIEMSEE, BAVARIA, GERMANY

The time has come - our first in-person event is here!

going out looking in - The Experience is coming to you this year, September 16-21 in beautiful Bavaria in Germany. After a more than 2.5 year long journey here on the podcast it was time to finally break down the walls of technology and meet in the flesh to share and explore everything I've learned and gleaned from over 70 conversations with world-renowed thought leaders, wisdom keepers, professors, creatives and experts in the field of trauma, healing, spirituality, relationships & intimacy, body work and so much more.

This episode will introduce you to my two fellow leading facilitators for this 6-day immersive experience: Chrissie Fire Mane from the Mana Movement and Shems Heartwell. With a combined experience of over 40 years in facilitation of individual and group processes, I couldn't be more excited, humbled and grateful to have such experts with me to create a sacred and safe container for you as a participant to experience. This is the only "personal development" retreat you'll have to attend.

This conversation serves as an opportunity to get to know Chrissie and Shems and everything we have planned for this event. We share our intentions, elaborate on our individual backgrounds and what we are looking forward to bring into this project. Also, we go over the three pillars that build the foundation of this experience. So buckle up and enjoy this gem of a conversation packed with wisdom, love and excitment for this upcoming co-creation.

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YOUR FACILITATORS

Shems has been honing and sharing his craft for 20 years. He has mentored with some of the most influential teachers in the fields of coaching, healing, relationship, and transformation. He is a licensed acupuncturist, certified coach, relationship guide, and Qigong teacher. What I found so fascinating about Shems is how he blends his experience and knowledge into a unique way of coaching and mentoring that is on the leading edge of the human potential movement. Shems is also a passionate athlete, gardener, and musician, living with his beloved wife, Achintya, on the beautiful island of Maui.
Co-Founder of MANA, Chrissie has always been guided by the excitement of empowering people to be creators. Named 'chaqaruna' or Bridge-Person by the Q'ero, Wisdom Keepers of the Andes, Chrissie's north star is activating and rewilding humanity with modern and indigenous wisdom, reminding people of what is already inside but forgotten or suppressed. Chrissie has been facilitating transformational weekends, workshops and retreats around the world intensively since 2012, moving online also in 2017. The journey of motherhood has greatly shaped Chrissie's path, raising her two wild children travelling the world and sitting in sacred ceremonies, learning from elders.
A seeker, musician, podcaster, online marketer, son, twin, friend, guide – just a few words to describe Maxi as a person. One of his passions in this life is creating safe and sacred containers for people to express themselves from the heart. There's many of those spaces - from his interview podcast "going out | looking in" to his work with men to writing and sharing his music and art. Maxi's work is rooted in the values of: Truth, presence and love. He studied under Richard Baker Roshi in the Zen Buddhist monastary Dharma Sangha in the Blackforest. He practices QiGong and Zen meditation. Further influences on his work are based on the theories of C.G. Jung, Michael A. Singer, Paramahansa Yogananda, David Deida and Richard Rudd. He currently trains with the men’s organization Sacred Sons.

Physical

How do you relate to your body?

As humans, we’re all born into the ever-evolving mystery of life experienced through the vessel of the body. This miraculous flesh suit inhabits our soul for the duration of our journey here on Planet Earth and is the conduit through which we experience reality. Upon closer inspection, one can build a deep relationship with one’s body through practices, movements and exercises.

Together, we will explore and get to know our body deeply and evaluate our relationship to it with compassion, grace and love. We will put it to use, expose it to new settings and closely observe, feel and learn from the inherent wisdom that lives within us all.

Emotional

How do you relate to your heart?

The relationship to our heart determines our quality of life and the relationships in it. The deeper we get to know and feel our heart, the deeper we can love and experience life and relationships. That is with our partner, family, friends and most importantly - with ourselves.

Together, we will explore our hearts in its fullest capacity ranging from the deepest of shadows to the brightest of lights. Guided by love, empathy, compassion and experienced facilitation you’ll get a chance to express your heart fully and unapologetically. You’ll feel the depth of your BEING and this human experience in its entirety so that you can leave this event with an open, courageous, soft and discerning heart of love and grace.

Spiritual

How do you relate to spirit?

There’s much to be explored between the realms of heaven and earth, between the limitations of sense and the infinite all. Anyone who has ever watched a sunset or stood on a mountain top experienced what I’m refering to - an innate knowing, a subtle glimpse, a brush of divinity that will touch you to the core of your BEING. This is spirit.

During this event, you will get to know this part within you, gently going on a walk with the ethereal. The way to heaven is down which is why we will approach this quest grounded and accompanied by ancient wisdom of the wisdom keepers of the Andes, handmade offerings and songs to travel to what sometimes seems so far but is always there within when truly listened to.

OUR PARTNERS

Questions & Answers

going out | looking in - The Experience is a 6 day immersive in-person event taking place in near Lake Chiemsee in the state of Bavaria in the south of Germany. The event is the culmination of the learnings and insights gained after more than 2.5 years and 70+ episodes with international thought leaders, wisdom keepers, scientists and artists in the fields of holistic health, healing, spirituality, trauma, somatics and much more. It aims to explore and experience the human experience deeper and more colourful. The intention behind this event is to provide a safe and sacred space for the participants to dive deep into their inner world guided by internationally renowned facilitators with more than 40 years of combined experience. The three pillars that act as a foundation for this event are 1) physical, 2) emotional/relational and 3) spiritual/ceremonial.
This event is designed for anyone who wants to get to know, experience, feel and understand themselves better and in ways they haven’t before. It is for people who are curious about the big questions of life. People who dare taking a look beneath the surface of the fabric of life and what an existence beyond the limitations of societal norms could look like for them. This event is for both - men & women. Couples are welcome.
You can book your free 30 min discovery call for the event here. In this call you’ll get the chance to ask questions and get clarity on how this experience can be of assistance in your personal, emotional and spiritual life and wellbeing.
You will receive a pdf with a detailed overview of pricing and accommodation options after your discovery call. Prices vary due to room size and occupation type (single use or shared). Payment plans are available upon request.