Retreat Febuary 2025

Date of this retreat will be confirmed soon.

Where do you stand on your path of life?

When you know the way, you know the goal, because the goal is not at the end, but in every moment, in every step of the way, there lies the end goal, in the consciousness of the here and now.

Mahavira (Vardhamana) 599 BC - India

Return to yourself and enjoy your own path

Staying true to your life path is an age-old human question. There is no trail to follow, there is no unequivocal answer and no one other than you can walk it. The most important thing is that you get to know yourself. Who am I? Am I walking on my own path or am I following someone else's path?

Rianne van de Griendt and Rokus Harder are both passionate coaches and trained to work on your life questions. They do this with love and respect, and are both enthusiastic to guide you during this retreat. Step out of your daily routine and take the time to connect with yourself. Where am I, what do I want, what do I need?

What can you expect in this retreat?

The most important person in and input to this retreat are you yourself. You come first. There is also a great program where we meet as a group in different ways. Walking and being creative are the core of our program. There is room for one-on-one guidance and time to reflect on where you stand. Your question is the main topic this weekend, to seal an appointment with yourself on Sunday about your next step. In short, a weekend of quality time with and for yourself.

The program

During a retreat you put yourself first, it is about your question and the answers you find through peace and reflection. But you also do a retreat together, you meet each other with or without words, you stimulate each other because we are all busy with the same thing: "getting away from the routine, the hustle and bustle and all the information that comes our way". That is why the program is a mix of personal and group activities, either in tranquility with yourself or by sharing with others.

The location of the retreat also has an effect, it has its own appearance and energy. That does something to us, it inspires us and it actually takes us out of our own world. Kafarnaüm has its own character due to a rich past as a pilgrim hostel and as a center for people's reflection on their life path. It also has a beautiful garden with lots of art, its own studio space and contemporary chapel.

The retreat program includes creativity, walking and self-reflection alone or in the group. In short, a program that fits nicely with this location. To give you a sneak peek:

  • Friday is about getting to know each other, your question and the setting. We take all the time to get into the here and now through explanations, creativity and other activities. From action to stillness.

  • On Saturday we start the day with some physical exercises followed by reflection: "Where are we?". Then it is time to go into nature where we pay attention to mindfulness, examining our desires and preparing for a creative evening. There is also sufficient time for reflection and the opportunity for 1:1 conversations or Reiki treatment. We will then use the evening for a creative workshop to take a closer look at where we are on our life path.


  • On Sunday we will start together with energetic exercises and see how our desire is reflected in our body; "has anything changed?". We look at our needs and what we need to let go of. We conclude by looking ahead. What do we take with us from this retreat? What can we do with it specifically? And how do we seal this with a beautiful symbol?

And of course there are other elements, which we keep secret for now ;-)

Practial information - to be updated/confirmed with 2025 details

For this retreat we meet in Pilgrim hostel Kafarnaüm in Vessem. Registration on Friday at 03:00 PM, program starts at 4:00 PM, closing on Sunday around 4:00 PM. The program is fully catered for, including meals, coffee, tea and overnight stays in a single or double room. We like to keep the group small (maximum 8 participants) to enable enough time and space for each other. The costs of this weekend are about 350 euros per person (= will be confirmed soon with 2025 price =)

Who are we

Rianne van de Griendt – Life & Soul Coach

I'm work parttime at Philips als Training & Competence Lead and peer coach. In this business world I missed spirituality and the connection with people on a deeper level.

My education to New Age Therapist and Spiritual Master of Angelology inspired me to start my New Age practice 'Nieuwetijdspraktijk Rianne' in 2022. My passion is to guide people to the next step on their life path, to activate their self-healing capacity and to pass on wisdom. www.nieuwetijdspraktijk-rianne.nl

Rokus Harder – Life and Career Coach

In 2019 I decided to focus on personal development. Within and outside Philips, I guide many people who have questions about their life goals or career choices. I like being able to be of significance in this. I do this in addition to my work as a team manager within Philips. www.rokusharder.nl