5-day yoga forest retreat in the ancient Odenwald along the Nibelungen hiking trail with Éric Leclerq, Valérie Hartwich  and Yanina Prenzlau

Enjoy summer with us on a 5-day/4-night retreat at our yellow yoga retreat location Gebhardshütte in the deep forest of Odenwald, about 1 hour from Heidelberg. You will be accompanied by 3 of our regular yellow yoga teachers, Éric, Valérie  and Yanina, who will lovingly support you with their experience and hold various vinyasa, fascia flow, funky flow, yin and restorative yoga classes each day. Besides yoga, the forest retreats have many other wonderful things on offer: breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation, sound journeys and massages, talking and singing circles, sauna and campfires!

Retreat time is a time for transformation and (self-)healing, a time to recharge your batteries, a time for yourself – and a time together, in a wonderful community.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

About the yellow yoga Gebhardshütte
In the middle of the Odenwald – near the Nibelungensteig – Claudia, the founder of yellow yoga, came across the beautiful Gebhardshütte together with her family a few years ago. Until then, the Gebhardshütte had been a hostel for pilgrims and hikers. Slowly but steadily, over the last 4 years, it has been growing into a cozy retreat center. The Gebhardshütte is deeply hidden in the forest, far away from the noises and chaos of the city. It has a beautiful and large garden, a spacious farm kitchen with a guest room for 28 people, many quiet spaces, several balconies, lovingly designed rooms and a small meditation room for up to 16 yogis. The décor, with its vintage furniture, is simple yet tasteful, authentic yet familiar. The place was maybe not created with a lot of money, but instead with a lot of care and love for our yellow yoga community. Our yoga forest vacations are community retreats and thus follow the principles of karma yoga, i.e. we cook together and everyone helps out. In this way, we can offer each and every one of you a longer and deeper retreat experience even on a low budget.

What can you expect?
– At least 2 yoga sessions daily, open to all levels. Classes are held in English.
– Many different yoga styles: vinyasa, fascia flow, funky flow, yin and restorative.
– A daily pranayama practice and a daily meditation practice.
– Yoga theory and philosophy.
– Workshops and rituals.
– Delicious and freshly prepared organic vegetarian/vegan meals with vegetables from our own garden.
– Unlimited drinking water, herbal teas and fresh fruit.
– Campfires and sauna.
– The experience of a morning in silence and stillness.
– The possibility of massage treatments (not included in the price).
– Relaxing walks in the beautiful nature and hikes in the surrounding area.
– Karma yoga = lots of fun chopping vegetables and cooking together. 🙂
– And of course: a wonderful time!

Theme
Unruly Yoga – A Playful Path to Self-Discovery
Play is an essential part of our development, it is how we learn and grow at every stage of our lives. But as we reach adulthood, play is seen as childish and gets buried under conventions, rules and norms. We often stop questioning and exploring possibilities outside of socially accepted behaviours. This can also happen in yogasana practice, with many yogasana traditions/schools focusing on perfect alignment, good posture, correct sequencing, etc.

In this retreat we will create a safer space to nurture our playful, light, yet deep and insightful inner child. Because play is how we come to understand ourselves and the world. So expect joy rides and deep listening, time alone and in community. There will be guided and more open practices for you to really allow that inner child to come out and play. This shift in approaching ourselves and our practice will also allow us to notice patterns that get us stuck, out of habit or social constraints. Together we will connect with the power of playfulness, what it means to allow ourselves to be more curious and less stiff or serious, and explore how reconnecting with the playful child in us can enrich our lives.

Prices
The total price, including accommodation and full organic catering for 5 days/4 nights, is as follows:
465 € your own tent
495€ 3-bedroom
525€ double room 
635€ single room

You can organize your journey independently. For those in Berlin, we have already purchased Deutsche Bahn group trip-ICE tickets for a total of 75€ return, including reservations, which can be utilized (see below). There is also the option to join the yoga retreat in exchange for working hours during the retreat. Please contact us at info@yellowyoga. Please contact us at info@yellowyoga.

Reservation and payments
365€ to confirm your place
On-site in cash: between 100€ and 270€ for the accommodation, possibly 75€ for the group-ICE-train ticket.

You can reserve your space here. Fully booked!

Example program

How to get there
By train
Starting from Berlin, we already bought Deutsche Bahn group trip-ICE tickets for a total of 75€ including reservations, which can be used. It is possible to use either the outbound ticket or the return ticket.
– Departure: Wednesday, 30.07.2025, 07:44 Uhr Berlin Ostbahnhof – 13:57 Uhr arrival at Beerfelden Hetzbach Bahnhof
– Return: Sunday, 03.08.2025, 12:59 Uhr Beerfelden Hetzbach Bahnhof – 19:41 Uhr arrival at Berlin Ostbahnhof.

If you want to organise your travel individually the final station is „Erbach“(Odw.) – with onward journey by bus to „Bullau“ or in Hetzbach Beerfelden Bahnhof. Let us know your arrival time in advance and we can try to organize a pick-up. Please book a refundable ticket.

By car
This is the location of the house on Google Maps. Important! Arrival by car via the village of Bullau otherwise, navigation might send you through the forest. Please use our step-by-step description!

Refund policy
yellow yoga is a non-profit project and we do our best to offer the lowest price possible and we rely on the commitment of all participants. Reserving your space is binding and the amount paid cannot be refunded in case of non-participation or cancellation of the course. However, the place can be transferred to another person if the participant is prevented from attending. The participant would then have to arrange this themselves and provide us with the contact details of the other person by email. For this type of cancellation/replacement, yellow yoga charges a processing fee of 20€. This option is only possible up to 7 days before the retreat (replacements on such short notice mean a lot of re-organisation of transport, invoices, accommodation, etc.).

Please note that the retreats will only take place if there are at least 8 participants. If there are more than 12 participants, there will be 2 groups, i.e. 2 classes in the morning and 2 classes in the evening.