Introduction

​Life is great
beauty and pain,
joy and sorrow.
 
Life deals us such
fear, anger, anxiety and
love, connection, goodwill.
 
We must embrace our vulnerability. 
 
We must keep up the fight
against oppression and injustice.
 
We must build a better world.
 
It is a marathon,
not a sprint. 
 
The journey is lifelong.
 
We must give ourselves
space and time
to recover
to prevent
exhaustion.
 
heals_pace is a five-episode, 
self-guided retreat series,
based in Berlin, Germany.
Each episode offers
restorative experiences
and tools for healing
and daily health.
 
Through immersion in nature,
embodied practices,
and exceptional food,
you are invited
to slow down,
to notice,
to reflect,
and to appreciate.
 
Each episode lasts 3 hours
and focuses on a particular
conceptual tool designed
to counteract the
exhausting effects
of modern living.
 
Through heals_pace,
you will spend your time in solitude,
within spaciousness.
 
You will be slowing down.
 
You will observe
a physical and social silence,
disconnecting from your screen
and connecting with yourself. 
 
With your full attention,
you will observe
sights, sounds, smells, tastes.
 
With your full attention,
you will notice your
physical sensations,
your thoughts,
your feelings.
 
You will spend some time
thinking about your beliefs and actions,
about your past experiences,
your present orientation,
and your imagined future.
 
 
 
There will be aids along the way
to guide you towards a meaningful,
restorative encounter with yourself.
 
Enveloped by nature and quietude,
a calm comes into you.
 
Prompted by poetic prose and embodied practices,
a space and pace of contemplation emerges.
 
Through mindful eating of carefully prepared food,
you taste the richness of sensation itself;
you savor the wonderful gift of presence. 
 
These experiences rejuvenate
the mind, body, and spirit.