Breathwork with... Anna-Katharina Kestel
13. - 20. December 2026
From 13–20 December 2026, Anna-Katharina will be our guest as Breathwork Teacher in Residence. During this time, she will offer daily breathwork and yoga classes as well as sauna sessions. In her work, she combines the power of breath with mindful movement and shows how the breath can support us in everyday life - as something we always carry with us. Through her teaching, she creates spaces filled with lightness and joy in the practice.
From 13–20 December 2026, Anna-Katharina will be our guest as Breathwork Teacher in Residence. During this time, she will offer daily breathwork and yoga classes as well as sauna sessions. In her work, she combines the power of breath with mindful movement and shows how the breath can support us in everyday life - as something we always carry with us. Through her teaching, she creates spaces filled with lightness and joy in the practice.
What role does yoga play in your life?
Yoga continually brings me back to myself and to the present moment. For me, yoga and breathwork are not only a balance to everyday life, but also companions in the small moments when I need support. It is a practice for life that reminds me to remain open and empathetic, to treat myself and others with kindness, and to accept things as they are.
What do you hope to share with your students through your yoga classes?
I want to invite people to move from thinking more into feeling - with joy, presence, and conscious movement. We build strength, cultivate inner resilience, and stay connected to ourselves through the breath. It’s not only about the longer or more intensive practices, but also about the small tools we can take into everyday life: conscious pauses, supportive breathing exercises, or brief moments to slow down. Often, it is exactly these small steps that make our daily lives feel lighter.
What would you describe as the core of your philosophy?
In the end, what remains is the present moment - with presence, compassion, and authenticity. The breath as an anchor, the body as a compass, and the practice as a path to meeting ourselves more deeply. Because we can only meet others as deeply as we meet ourselves. I believe that bringing more awareness into everyday life can make our encounters - and perhaps even the world - a little better.
What role does yoga play in your life?
Yoga continually brings me back to myself and to the present moment. For me, yoga and breathwork are not only a balance to everyday life, but also companions in the small moments when I need support. It is a practice for life that reminds me to remain open and empathetic, to treat myself and others with kindness, and to accept things as they are.
What do you hope to share with your students through your yoga classes?
I want to invite people to move from thinking more into feeling - with joy, presence, and conscious movement. We build strength, cultivate inner resilience, and stay connected to ourselves through the breath. It’s not only about the longer or more intensive practices, but also about the small tools we can take into everyday life: conscious pauses, supportive breathing exercises, or brief moments to slow down. Often, it is exactly these small steps that make our daily lives feel lighter.
What would you describe as the core of your philosophy?
In the end, what remains is the present moment - with presence, compassion, and authenticity. The breath as an anchor, the body as a compass, and the practice as a path to meeting ourselves more deeply. Because we can only meet others as deeply as we meet ourselves. I believe that bringing more awareness into everyday life can make our encounters - and perhaps even the world - a little better.
Yoga Teacher in Residence
We are always expecting a variety of talented yoga teachers to create our open classes at Schwarzschmied and stay here as resident yoga teachers. Each of them brings their unique style and expertise to offer our guests an enriching yoga experience. You can look forward to varied offerings for your wellbeing and relaxation.
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We are always expecting a variety of talented yoga teachers to create our open classes at Schwarzschmied and stay here as resident yoga teachers. Each of them brings their unique style and expertise to offer our guests an enriching yoga experience. You can look forward to varied offerings for your wellbeing and relaxation.
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Our next Retreats
Our daily lives are often dictated by schedules and packed with tasks. We’re busy meeting the expectations of others, and in the process, we lose touch with ourselves. This can change at the "From Doing to Being" Retreat with Cathrin Niehus. Give yourself permission to take a break from constant doing and shift into being. Allow yourself space for you and your needs, to rediscover your inner calm and serenity. You will reconnect with your energy and return from the retreat balanced, full of vitality, and carrying a new toolbox of techniques and methods to support long-term balance in your everyday life.
During Cathrin’s retreat, you can expect a 90-minute Yoga-Mindfulness session both in the morning and afternoon. These sessions combine dynamic and relaxing yoga sequences, breathing techniques to regulate your nervous system, meditations for moments of stillness, and prompts for reflection. They create space to notice yourself, feel, and connect more deeply within. With lightness and depth, Cathrin invites you to explore new perspectives – both physically and mentally.
Program
Thursday
17:00 – 18:30 Welcome & Yoga-Mindfulness Session "Seeing"
Friday
07:30 – 09:00 Yoga-Mindfulness Session "Wonder"
16:30 – 18:00 Yoga-Mindfulness Session "Sensing"
Saturday
07:30 – 09:00 Yoga-Mindfulness Session "Sensitizing"
16:30 – 18:00 Yoga-Mindfulness Session "Sorting"
Sunday
07:30 – 09:30 oga-Mindfulness Session "Being" & Closing Circle
*Program subject to change
– suitable for all levels –
– Yoga, mindfulness, breathwork –
- 3 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Breakfast at “La Fucina”
- Lunch or dinner in our Slow Food restaurants “La Fucina” or Bistro “Luce” (for an extra charge)
- Yoga equipment (mat, meditation cushion, yoga blocks) provided free of charge
- Grander water available throughout the hotel
- Mobility card for unlimited use of all public transport
Cathrin is self-leadership coach, yoga teacher, and mindfulness expert. Her mission is to support people who carry great responsibility and are often there for others, in making sure they don’t forget themselves. Drawing from her professional experience in the corporate world, she developed a deep interest in understanding the root causes of stress and acquiring effective tools to counter it. After completing her first yoga teacher training in 2014, she went on to study meditation, earn a diploma in Buddhist psychology, train as a values-based systemic coach, and pursue further education on the nervous system (Polyvagal Theory). With Real Good Stuff, she founded her coaching business, sharing her strategies for greater calm, contentment, and success through retreats, coaching, talks, and workshops.
Valid until 22. March 2026
The (P)REHAB Retreat accompanies you on a journey to strengthen your connection with yourself and rediscover your innate bodily intuition. This is achieved through a combination of science and spirituality in the fields of breathwork, meditation, and movement.
It is not a “classic-traditional” yoga retreat, but rather offers you the opportunity to connect with yourself in a truly individual, therapeutic, and holistic way. The aim is not only to make you feel better through yoga, but also to help you become better at feeling.
Program
4 therapeutic yoga and breathwork sessions in the morning
4 therapeutic yoga and breathwork sessions in the evening, each lasting 90 minutes
The program also includes a Welcome Circle and a Closing Circle to round off the shared time together.
- all levels -
- 4 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Breakfast at "La Fucina" restaurant
- Lunch or Dinner at our slow food restaurants "La Fucina" or Bistro "Luce" (for an extra charge)
- Yoga equipment (yoga mat, pillow, yoga blocks) provided free of charge
- Grander water in the entire house
- Mobilcard for usage of public transport
As a yoga and meditation teacher with a therapeutic and trauma-sensitive focus, Anja is deeply committed to supporting people holistically. She combines her expertise in yoga and mindfulness coaching with sports science and therapeutic practice for psychotherapy. For over ten years, she has been guiding individuals and groups in movement. Since 2015, she has been integrating this extensive experience into yoga classes, and since 2018, she has also been training students in yoga teacher trainings, particularly in the areas of anatomy and embodiment.
22. - 26. March 2026
This retreat invites you to experience movement, sound, and community as medicine. Through yoga, free somatic practice, and sound sessions, we dive layer by layer deeper into our body and our inner self.
We shift the rhythm: slowing down, speeding up, pausing, and letting go. Balancing asanas strengthen and open, somatic movements provide access to deeper levels, and sound brings you into stillness, where silence and vitality meet.
Alongside the intensive practice, there is also time for connection, sharing, and enjoying nature, culinary delights, and quiet moments. Together, we create a safe space where regeneration, clarity, and new inspiration can arise – a retreat that nourishes body, mind, and heart.
Program
Thursday
5:00 – 6:30 pm Welcome Ceremony
Friday & Saturday
8:15 – 9:45 am Morning Yoga
5:00 – 6:30 pm Evening Yoga
Sunday
8:15 – 9:45 am Wrap Up
- all levels -
- vinyasa yoga, liquid flow -
- 3 nights at Hotel Schwarzschmied
- Breakfast at “La Fucina”
- Lunch or dinner at our Slow Food restaurants “La Fucina” or Bistro “Luce” (at an extra charge)
- Yoga equipment (mat, meditation cushion, yoga blocks) provided free of charge
- Grander water throughout the hotel
- Mobility Card for unlimited use of all public transport
Sinah Diepold is a yoga teacher, entrepreneur, and founder of BodyMindTherapy as well as Kale&Cake. With her holistic approach, she combines yoga, somatic movement, meditation, and sound to bring people back into connection with themselves. Her work is characterized by depth, lightness, and a clear perspective on the needs of our modern, often fast-paced lives. In her retreats, Sinah creates spaces where healing, growth, and community can emerge - always carried by mindfulness and authenticity.
