New Book:
Upcoming Events:
Whitsun Retreat
26 May – 04 June
Open Day
23 – 25 June
Volunteer week
26 June – 02 July
invites you!
For FREE Volunteer Weeks:
26 June – 2 July
31 July – 6 August
16 – 22 October
A Transformative Week
Many ways to get to know yourself in a fresh way
Experience Spiritual Communtiy
Bring Silence, Mindfulness and Love into your daily life. Discover how Spirituality can be embodied from day to day. We invite you to take part in the life of the community and the evening activities.
We invite you to Be as You Are!
Open Sky House is open to everybody, who wants to look inside. Karma Yoga is a wonderful way to open your heart, get to know the community and let go of the every day thoughts and concerns. You can discover what a great experience it is to work hand in hand with others and offer your care and energy to the every day flow of the community.
As the physical place needs care and attention, the community needs people who like to work and support through their involvement.
Fields of work are: Support in the kitchen, preparing guest rooms, help in the garden, handyman jobs, special projects, e.g. research, technical support at events and much more.
We look forward to meeting you!
Living Fully!
Creativity, Authenticity, Music – from Silence
Digesting the spiritual teachings
Love and Peace are our Essence, all else is unnecessary weight which we can let go off This is not easy as we are identified with our weight, which refers to the strategies which we aquired in order to function in our social environments.
All of these patterns we want to examine. At the core, we want to examine the identification with the question “Who am I”. If this question does not find any answer anymore, our conditioning dissolves and you can discover who you really are in your essence.
The Program
Get to know yourself, have wonderful meetings and dive into the energy of the community.
Find out if you are eady for a new way to live, full of energy
Yoga and Meditation
Start the day with movement and focus inward. In the morning we come together, warm up and align our body and mind.
Meeting with John David
Meet John David, who can support your path with his clarity and energy.
Midday Heartdance
Circle dance with live music at noon: open your heart, let go and surrender!
Mantra chanting
Mantras with the Open Sky Band that bring body, mind and soul into vibration.
Daily workflow
Various simple tasks that let you become part of the workflow of the community. This is how energy gets moving!
Self Enquiry Workshop
Finding out who we really are. The essence of all spiritual teachings.
Authentic Theater
Discover your playful power and let everything come alive that is inside you.
Spiritual films
Original films about awakening and spiritual work
Program
The volunteer week has an active day with regular meditation and time for meditation and stillness
In the evenings we offer Satsang with John David, Workshops, Mantra Singing and Spiritual Films There is space to discover the inner work of the community, to ask questions and discover yourself in different ways.
The week is a great chance to meet the members of the community and exchange.
Here you can find out if you want to take a new step in your life, providing a protective and supportive environment for your inner search for freedom.
We are always open for helpers and new residents who would like to take part and carry a deep longing for peace inside.
You are Welcome!
Feedback from participants
Already 30 metres before arriving at the Open Sky House, I felt a serene, arrived mood in my body. The programme has filled me up, changed my thinking about everything, life, being human and myself, day by day. What remains are many questions and, in a way, a speechlessness.
I am deeply grateful that my life has been good to me and that it has let me get to know such a great place with wonderful beings. Thank you for every single conversation with John David, residents and helpers, it was beautiful.
Shivani, 28
I felt very comfortable, could be as I am and accept myself more. Through the spiritual work I learned that I need more grounding. There was a lot of creativity, and I was able to express myself musically and dance-wise. It was just great!
Philipp, 24
Annemarie, 69
It was such a beautiful week. Within a very short time I felt at home. I experienced the days as a lively hustle and bustle and at the same time there was this “more”, a stillness, a connectedness and depth that I can’t describe with words. It was a very precious time.
Martina, 50
It was good to dive into another life, to fill up with new impulses and energy from the silence and to be a useful part in a spiritual community. In addition to the daily yoga sessions and silent meditations, my highlights included the joint mantra chanting, the exchange with the community members during the daily work and the loving togetherness.
Franziska, 32
The week felt like at least a whole month and an incredible amount has happened inside me. Outside there was a lot of newness and a lot of input and inside it got quieter and quieter, went deeper and deeper and is still going on … I feel infinitely wide and grateful to have found the Open Sky House Community and John David.
Maria, 34
The feeling of calm and silence within is still very present even after a couple of days back home.
I do feel more in touch with the essence of our true self and the sense of unity unfolded deeper and more effortlessly.
There is mostly love and great gratitude linked to this wonderful experience with this wonderful community. It’s almost like there are not enough words to describe what is felt…
But what I can say is that the connections made are so profound and it pretty much felt like meeting parts of yourself and healing with them and through them.
Thank you
Silence is the language of God. All else is poor translation.
-Rumi
Lena, 30
Sign up now
Start: Monday 10am, arrival Sunday afternoon possible
End: Sunday afternoon
Price: Free of charge incl. overnight stay and food
Single rooms are available on request for an extra charge
Indira
Tel: +49 (0)2173 4099203
Whatsapp: +49 (0)178 2890814
Email: office@openskyhouse.org
The retreat will take place in the beautiful Open Sky House directly on the banks of the Rhine in Hitdorf between Cologne and Düsseldorf
Volunteer Week
8 – 14 May 2023
Here you can register and reserve your place in the helper week. We will contact you as soon as possible to clarify everything else.
We look forward to seeing you!
Start in Silence
Before the Helperweek we offer the Vipassana Island Weekend. You will spend 44h with a blindfold on your meditation island which consists of a mattress, a char, meditation cushion and backjack. This setup and the supportive energy will allow you to enter deeply into meditation. This is a great way to start the experience in the community.
