VHS Center West

"Gaslighting" - Recognizing and Understanding Manipulation and Toxic Relationships

In this day retreat, we will deepen mindfulness meditation and relaxation techniques to promote body awareness, regulate the nervous system, and achieve lasting calm. Together, we will explore a new way of engaging with thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations. Instead of reacting automatically, we will practice perceiving ourselves and our surroundings consciously and accepting them without judgment. How does it feel to simply be with things—whether pleasant or challenging—without needing to change anything? A balanced combination of mindfulness exercises, regulation methods, meditations, and mindful bodywork will help us arrive in the here and now. In this way, step by step, we can build greater inner peace, serenity, and emotional stability as valuable resources for everyday life.

With old milk and juice cartons, we create exciting prints in one day. We discuss how the brought motifs can be realized in light/dark. We create the preliminary drawing and transfer the motif onto the carton - and print! The inside of a milk carton has special properties. The creases, for example, will be visible in the print and can create interesting effects.

In this course, we focus on the breath as the central element of yoga: Pranayama, the conscious guidance of life energy through breathing techniques. The course offers a mindful introduction to the various techniques of yoga breathing and, at the same time, provides space for deepening for experienced practitioners. We begin with gentle physical exercises (Asanas) and practice targeted breathing techniques that can bring the body and mind into harmony. In doing so, we learn, among other things, about complete yoga breathing, Nadi Shodhana (alternate breathing), Kapalabhati (fire breathing), Ujjayi (victorious breathing), and Bhramari (bee humming), and experience their effect on our concentration and inner balance. The course is aimed at yoga beginners who want to perceive their breath more consciously and at experienced yoga practitioners who want to

This course offers a playful insight into the subject of watercolor. From the diverse templates - animal portraits, extraordinary fish, insects, or birds - we select motifs that we like and whose implementation is simple. Playful or more realistic pictures can be created, or fantastic animals can be developed. We train our ability to see and simplify. There's a lot to discover, even for those who have already participated.