Our co-founder, Marianne, shares her first-hand experience at a conscious dating event in Berlin.

Olivia Köhler from Kailo Nature Therapy shares insights into how she incorporates Jungian dream work into her retreat facilitation.

The setting for a retreat really shapes the experience: the mood, the pace, and the feeling that guests take home with them. Whether you’re drawn to something rustic or luxurious, minimalist or maximalist, close to home or far from it, there’s something here for everyone. And even if you’re not planning a retreat right now, it’s always fun to daydream.

“There is a moment just before the music begins when everything becomes quiet. Not externally - the room is alive, anticipation is building - but internally, there is a still point. A breath. A choice. Am I here to perform, or to reveal?” Anya Ananda Schwarz shares with us the story behind House of Soul Strip and her conscious approach to stripping.

Cross-cultural researcher and artist, Alisa Reimer, shares insights into the energetic parallels between ancient Beltane rituals and contemporary May Day celebrations.

Yasmine Orth shares the vision behind Berlin Breathwork Days, co-created with Prof. Dr. Isabel Dziobek, and introduces six experts joining this year's edition.

Not so long ago, Pilates was something you’d stumble upon in a small, specialized studio or as a side offering in a yoga space. Fast forward to today, and it’s everywhere and shows no signs of slowing down. Pilates teacher and teacher trainer Carolina Sambado shares some insights into why Pilates has overtaken yoga in popularity in the last years.

Malte from b23 shares how he began offering Bildungsurlaub with Nikola Küsters, plus lessons and advice for facilitators interested in following this path.

We’re very excited to announce the latest addition to Soul Collective’s repertoire: retreat venues. We’ve added a new section to our website where you can explore a range of beautiful spaces in unique locations across Europe, each one perfect for hosting your dream retreat.

Natalie from Soul Collective shares a summary of her days at Residence Retreat in Cape Town, reflecting on what it's like to attend a retreat that's focused on cooking rather than yoga or meditation.

Let’s make the best out of the cozy weather days still ahead of us by curling up with a good book. This week, we asked wellness facilitators across different modalities to share the books that have been inspiring them lately.

In honor of International Women’s Day, we called on women duos we admire in Berlin to share about their connection and the advice they’d pass on. Featuring friends, co-founders, collaborators, and even family, this newsletter offers a boost of inspiration — and we’ve also shared a bit about our own dynamic.

Yes, we’ll admit it, we’re two of the many Berliners who flocked to Mexico City this winter. We spent most of February working remotely there and squeezing in as much time as we possibly could to explore all that this rich, vibrant city has to offer. It felt like we barely scratched the surface, but we pulled together a list of some of our favorite places from our visit to share with you.

Community-builder, experiential creative director & facilitator, Tina Ateljevic shares with us her insider tips for Copenhagen, including her favorite wellness studios, wholesome cafes, saunas, and unique spaces from people who have become friends.

To kick off Lunar New Year today, Yun Shu shares some insights into the architecture of the Fire Horse year and how understanding your birth chart is the best way to navigate the heat it will bring

Raised within the Vietnamese diaspora in Germany, Berlin-based TCM practitioner Jenny Trinh shares with us her perspective on Lunar New Year and the deeper context around the upcoming Fire Horse year.

An insider view into Guatemala with tips and recommendations for Antigua, San Marcos La Laguna, and El Remate.

The German Pension Insurance (DRV) is changing its rules from 01.01.2027, to decide whether teachers are allowed to work as self-employed freelancers or must be hired as employees by their studios. This particularly affects yoga teachers, sports and fitness trainers, Pilates trainers, dance teachers and music teachers, i.e. professions that are traditionally practiced as freelance, self-employed teaching activities. Our guest author, Yasemin Ege Vollmond, shares with us how wellness studios and teachers can prepare now.

We’re back from our hiatus and with our first newsletter of the year, and we called on some special individuals from our Soul Collective community to share some of their “out with the old, in with the new” insights and intentions for this year. Since we’re still in the Chinese year of the Snake (although it seems like everyone on the internet is continually referencing the year of the Fire Horse — we’re not there yet!!) it feels appropriate to talk about what we’re shedding and letting go of from this past year, and what we’re calling in for 2026.

To learn more about the Rauhnächte, we invited cultural researcher, multi-disciplinary artist and educator, Alisa Reimer, to share the meaning of this tradition for pre-Christian peoples and how to continue honoring this as a time for stillness and reflection today.