Art of Relating Mini Festival in Nature

Name: Art of Relating Mini Festival in Nature
Start: 2026-07-22T12:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-26T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Schedule

Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 12:30 pm to Sun, 26 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, BU

𝐀 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞.
Think Circling and Transformational Connection. But also workshops yoga, silent walks, constellation and breath work, music and connecting with nature. Lots of time to relax, walk, take a swim or to follow one workshop after the other.
𝐖𝐡𝐲?
We want to offer a low cost, communal summer camp that is transformational and nourishing based on 3 pillars: connection with Nature, Transformational Connection and other relating practices, karma yoga and community thinking.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?
- Five days with a group of max. 45 people in the midst of wild nature, on the banks of the mighty Semois, far South of Belgium, from July 22nd (Wednesday noon) to July 26th (Sunday afternoon)
- An opening and closing ceremony based on relating and shamanic practices
- Campfire every evening
- Wide choice of workshops: transformational connection but also other relating practices, blended with music, movement, connecting with nature, shamanistic and energetic practices.
- It’s a mini festival: so no fixed program or container, plenty of time to find your own flow.
- Big Surrendered Leadership Circle on Saturday
- Individual healing and bodywork sessions (not included in the fee)
- Kids welcome
- To keep the cost low we ask you to take care of the grounds and spend two shifts of 2-3 h helping in the kitchen.
- For more impressions: https://artofrelatingbelgi.wixsite.com/art-of-relating/festival
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞?
The suggested price for the event is 525 euro / 590 euro / 650 euro, early bird until 22/5. Limited inside sleeping places available. E-mail us if you're interested.
We hold an intention of wanting everyone to be able to participate, regardless of income. If you find the regular price is too high for you, you can choose a price that feels honoring of the work while possible for you to pay. In that case, enroll through email with the amount you want to pay ([email protected]). If, on the other hand, the suggested price feels too cheap (if you are thinking that this event can’t be high quality because of the price), we would appreciate it if you would pay a bit more. See the supportive ticket on Hipsy. This will also help us support those who cannot pay the suggested price.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥? See Hipsy ticket link.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲?
That will be more a Transformational Connection retreat: a developmental container with a fixed program for the whole group. For this event we want a more festival / gathering like atmosphere.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐬:
𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩
Pieter facilitates circles since 2019 and has trained with Transformational Connection Europe (formerly known as Circling Europe) intensively. He's a coach, trainer and partner for about 15 years at Van Kelst & Co, bringing Transformational Connection to business and leadership programs. Spending time in nature is where he finds truth, nourishment and support. Pieter works with horses, trees and music as a doorway to more depth and connection.
𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝑽𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆
Benjamin is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, art installation builder, self taught musician and long term meditator. His artistic practice has always focused around creating an embodied experience for the public. Offering them a shift of perception on reality or as he likes to call it “analog psychedelics”. Recently he found himself doing an SAS ( circling Europe training ) in Amsterdam , getting certified and hosting circling workshops at his home studio in Brussels. He is fascinated by interweaving his artistic embodied practices with those of circling as they both have quiet a lot to offer each other.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
Experience profound connection in a short time, touch into what is most essential to you in a way that creates transformation and renew a sense of wonder and awe with the world.
In these practices, we bring meditative acceptance and awareness to what's happening in the moment by allowing our presence, aliveness, and truth to come into connection with another person or a group. While not always easy, it's common for people to experience flow states, synchronicities and psychedelic-like experiences. We have seen hundreds of people become more loving, expressed, connected and alive in these practices.
We find this video highly valuable in transmitting what this practice is about.

Read more on Transformational Connection and Surrendered Leadership through the links below.
https://www.transformationalconnection.com/what-is-transformational-connection
https://www.transformationalconnection.com/what-is-surrendered-leadership