Autumn Retreat

Kate Kuss is a teacher’s teacher. Her trainings and classes open up space for teachers and students to feel more comfortable sharing their voice. Kate has experienced how a dedicated yoga and meditation practice leads to a healthier lifestyle. Kate’s true love is sharing how we can take care of ourselves from the inside out. With over 1,700 hours of yoga teacher training, 700 hours of meditation training and teaching both students and teachers for 10 years, Kate passes down yogic tools that can be practiced both on and off the mat.

The round building with a central skylight located was built in 1987 by the architect DI Georg Thurn, the founder of the LICHTUNG. Through the use of terrestrial lines of force, an energy field was created whose vibrations are suitable for opening consciousness. The 85 square meter seminar room, which is suitable for groups of 15 - 35 people, impresses with its all-round window front, the enormous room height, the light from the glass pyramid roof and the warm atmosphere of the wood.

Depending on requirements, the equipment includes meditation cushions and blankets, tables, chairs, presentation walls, a music system, television and beamer.

Lovingly and individually furnished single, double and triple rooms offer space for up to 35 guests.

The forest house, built around 1750, is located in a clearing surrounded by spruce trees next to the seminar house. In the rustic hut you dine atmospherically, in warm weather you set the table under the open sky in the shade of the old trees.

In the Waldhaus, a rustic breakfast buffet awaits the guests in the morning, and our chef Miguel Leon offers balanced and varied whole-food nutrition for lunch and dinner. Tea, coffee, fruit and pastries are freely available outside of meal times.

Of course, we take special diets or intolerances into consideration and ask you to inform us in writing of your wishes in good time.

Genieße Ruhe und Abgeschiedenheit inmitten von Wäldern und Wiesen. Wer auch zu kühlen Jahreszeit gern ins Wasser springt kann in den hauseignen Teich springen, oder auch im Purzelkamp und dem Ottensteiner Stausee. Wanderwege gibt es in Hülle und Fülle auf endlosen Wegen.

Die unmittelbare Umgebung von Rastenberg bietet eine Vielzahl an kulturellen und sportlichen Attraktionen:

• Tennis auf dem eigenen Sandplatz sowie im Tennisclub Peygarten
• Fischen im Stausee Ottenstein (4km)
• Golfen auf dem 18-Loch Platz des Golfclubs Ottenstein in Niedergrünbach (3km)
• Wandern, Klettern, Schwimmen, Reiten, Radfahren und Langlaufen in den weiten Wäldern und Seen des Waldviertels
• Kirchen und Klöster Niederösterreichs: Stift Zwettl (12km), Stift Altenburg (28km), Stift Göttweig (40km), Stift Melk (61km)
• Heurigenbesuche und Weinverkostungen

Enjoy peace and seclusion amidst forests and meadows. Anyone who likes to swim, even throughout in the cooler seasons, can jump into the hotel's own pond, or in Purzelkamp and the Ottensteiner reservoir. Moreover you can explore the endless hiking trails around the retreat place.

The immediate vicinity of Rastenberg offers a variety of cultural and sporting attractions:

• Tennis at the hotel's own sand court and in the Peygarten tennis club
• Fishing in the Ottenstein reservoir (4km)
• Golfing on the 18-hole course at the Ottenstein Golf Club in Niedergrünbach (3km)
• Hiking, climbing, swimming, horseback riding, cycling and cross-country skiing in the vast forests and lakes of the Waldviertel
• Churches and monasteries in Lower Austria: Zwettl Abbey (12 km), Altenburg Abbey (28 km), Göttweig Abbey (40 km), Melk Abbey (61 km)
• Heurigen visits and wine tastings