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reflections · June 4, 2026 · en

Herztage

Some gatherings you photograph; others you have to feel first and film second. Herztage — heart days — was the second kind: music, cacao, circles of people choosing to be soft for a while.

A small "festival" among friends in a barn in Lower Bavaria that somehow drew people from a 200 km radius. All of it organised and carried by one radiant family who, simply through their own way of being, quietly take the people of their village along on their own inner growth, and inspire them.

That's how the Herztage came about — readings, workshops, concerts, in a small, familiar circle where you instantly felt part of a family, in shaping and being together.

The world could do with a lot more of this. In and around and through every single one of us…

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Hands laying rose petals into a pattern
A flower mandala on the grass, from above
Building the flower mandala
A heart laid out in petals
A gong at a sound bath
Cacao, cupped in open hands
A mother and her child
A circle gathered on the grass
Dancing in the field
By the red van
Children and a goat
The whole group, together
A hand-lettered sign: loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance