Creative Workshop Cologne

Welcome to an inspiring retreat in Cologne, created as a space to awaken your creative energy and explore new forms of self-expression. Through rhythm, flowing movement, authentic expression, and deep meditation, you are invited to reconnect with yourself in a fresh and vibrant way — whether through dance, theatre, painting, or rhythmic impulses.

What you can take home from the weekend

• The courage to express yourself creatively and release your inner strength.
• Deep relaxation, self-discovery, and a renewed sense of all your senses.
• Practical insight into how rhythm can be harmoniously integrated into everyday life.
• The experience of surrendering to music and allowing it to move through you naturally from within.
• A chance to simply be yourself through theatre improvisation, movement, and music.

F.A.Q.

Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is open to everyone who wants to discover or deepen their creativity. No previous experience is needed at all. You do not need to know anything or be able to do anything in advance. The focus of the workshop is simply on being present in the here and now. It is not about techniques you may have learned before, but about something entirely fresh, spontaneous, and authentic that rises from within.

What should I bring?
Please bring comfortable clothing and a personal water bottle.

What does the daily schedule look like?
The workshop combines practical exercises, meditation, dance, rhythm, painting, and creative phases with breaks for rest. Lunch features delicious vegetarian food. The evening highlight is a shared mantra concert with Kiran, Kali, and Om as part of the Open Sky Band.

Rhythm
In a playful and joyful way, you will explore how rhythm through body percussion and drumming can strengthen inner balance and awaken creative energy.

Enjoying movement and free dance
Discover your own ways of moving, allowing you to find your expression intuitively and without inhibition.

Painting – expression of the soul
Use painting to make inner images visible and shape your feelings creatively.

Meditation
Through meditation, find more calm and clarity — an important foundation for creative expression and personal growth.

Body awareness – mindfulness and stress reduction
With gentle, playful exercises, you will learn to notice your body more consciously, reduce stress, and live your creativity with greater freedom and presence.

Authentic expression in the moment
Experience this both individually and in the group through movement and communication games as well as free improvisation.

Mindful encounter
Take part in mindful encounters that deepen interpersonal connection and create new impulses.

The artists
Kiran, Kali, and Om have been making music together for five years, sharing their energy through mantra circles and concerts, Sufi heart dance, and improvisational music. Each of them has followed their own musical and artistic path for many years and enjoys inspiring people through the diversity and vitality of music and art.

Program
Arrival: from 9:00 am
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Afterwards: mantra concert with the Open Sky Band at Shunia Center Cologne.
We leave together from Hitdorf at 6:00 pm for Cologne — carpooling is available.

Prices:
110€ including vegetarian lunch
75€ reduced rate & for students under 27

Arrival on Saturday evening is possible.
Overnight stay per night:
Shared room: 20€
Single room: 35–55€

Location
The retreat takes place at the beautiful Open Sky House directly on the banks of the Rhine in Hitdorf, between Cologne and Düsseldorf.
Rheinstraße 54
51371 Leverkusen

Current date 2026:
16 August with Kiran, Om, and Kali
at Open Sky House Hitdorf, Germany

Here you can register for the retreat. We will get back to you shortly to clarify the next steps.