Happiness
The Wellbe Festival is here with the intention of offering a variety of life stories and wellness practices for the joy of life.
Welcome to the place of wellbeing.
Wellbe Festival is an environment of wellbeing and great people.
Wellbe is a positive energy event in an extraordinary natural environment, on the edge of the Julian Alps. Three days of inspiration and quality life practices will build us and make us happy. Participants will experience modern techniques for a better wellbeing and healthy living on various stages and natural locations in this beautiful area.
International and domestic artists of life, people of many living practices and excellent speakers will share with us their knowledge of a better feeling for a modern way of life.
Wellbe speakers, teachers and trainers
Mark’s direct, honest, clear and humorous way of teaching will not leave you indifferent. He is sourcing from experiences in a variety of embodied practices and applying what works into everyday life situations. His way of integrating different practices offers tools to help you tap into the body’s immense wisdom.
Nina teaches inspiring yoga classes integrating meaningfully sequenced asanas, meditation, pranayama and mudra in each of her classes. She is also a body-oriented psychotherapist with a passion for science, integrating modern findings about body/mind into her classes as well as Teacher Training courses she runs around the globe.
With only one functioning lung, a prognosis of fourteen days to live, and being in a coma for a year, Sean has broken through defined human limitations in order to redefine the way the world views success. As Sean continues to defy the odds, test his own endurance and inspire and motivate people around the world.
Francesco is an acrobatic and circus soul. Handstands and hand to hand, movement and games are his specialties. Valeria has dedicated herself to the various branches of Yoga, meditation, training and Acroyoga practice. She loves to combine control, tightness and stability with smoothness and lightness.
Simon’s free-style Vinyasa is fluid, intuitive, and encourages freedom through self expression. Simon is profoundly influenced by his core teachers for the past 20+ years: Shiva Rea, Richard Freeman, Maty Ezraty, Joan White, and Dharma Mitra. His blend of these influences finds a beautiful alchemy in his style.
Nahuel created Nawuemovement as a practice that not only strengthens muscles, joints, and mobility but also deepens inward attention and leads to being present in the body. The practice builds upon natural movement, inspired by how free we move as children before we unlearn it and start to fit in modern society.
With original songs and inspired covers, vibrant improvisations and mantras interpreted in a contemporary way, these two world-class talents will uplift your yoga experience to new heights. Connecting elements of classical western music with traditional sounds and rhythms from all over the world.
As a certificated Yoga, Aerial Yoga and Face Yoga teacher Dana leads Yoga Teachers Training courses, aerial yoga, face yoga, micromovement yoga, aerial silks, and aerial workout programs in Slovenia, abroad, and online.
She worked and performed with different collectives (groups), choreographers and artists in Europe and overseas.
Erika is the founder of the company Fermentarnica and has a master's degree in Microbiology. She believes that maintaining an optimal microbiome is key to our well-being, good metabolism, stable immune system, optimal cognitive function and our body's supply of micronutrients that nourish the body from within.
Monika is a flower child, a lady with a wide smile and sparkles in her eyes. Cultural anthropologist by profession, though by nature, she is an artist, forager, wild woman, scout, nature lover, and beauty hunter. In the last years, she is dedicated to collecting wild edible, and beautiful plants. The first she puts in the pot and with the latter she designs unique floral creations.
Andreja is a teacher of hatha yoga and yoga for children as well as a forest bath guide. She is a co-founder of the brand Exploring Forest. Her vision is to raise awareness of the potential of the forest environment in the field of health and well-being, thus encouraging people of all generations to spend as much time in the forest as possible.
Being a professional sportswoman has taught Brigita to understand the mind and potentials that everyone has within them. The Method helps you unleash your hidden potentials with a variety of techniques and tools. With the help of your natural abilities, you solve everyday challenges and create the world the way you want it.
Katarina is a certified kundalini yoga teacher, multi therapist, author and teacher of universal laws and portals and an international speaker. The last 30 years Katarina has one ever lasting passion - a passion for teaching: from languages, theatre, wild edible flowers to sacred geometry, yoga and the laws of the universe.
Tina believes that well-being begins in our homes and that a tidy home is essential to living the way we want. She helps others to organize their apartment or house by creating space, clear thoughts, time and joy for what means most to them. She is the first certified consultant for the Marie Kondo method in Slovenia.
Nastja’s vision is to help people live in a tolerant and innovative society of well-being for all. Therefore her mission is to bring thinking (as a separate subject) into every school, establish an Idea-manager (as a position) into every organisation and seed Positive Psychology virtues in every mind and heart.
Maja runs yoga for children in cooperation with several kindergartens in Ljubljana and organizations throughout Slovenia. She is constantly improving her knowledge and in addition to education, she builds her knowledge through experience working with children. It is the children who are her greatest teachers.
Gašper pushes his mind and body beyond imaginable. With practice, he became one of the most active and innovative Slovenian slackliners. These days he pursues the beginner's mind on highlines, where he continues to overcome fears and learns to relax his body and mind in extreme situations.
Vita’s colors are in the first place bound to the energy of mandalas. She feels a unique intuitive message with each mandala she draws. This is how she enjoys a meditative journey, blends with the mystic, and shares this passion with others. While drawing mandalas Vita is raising awareness for herself and others.
Wellbe Open Stage presenters
Urška is a certified practitioner of bioenergy and alternative therapy. She deals with different relaxation techniques and alternative approaches to treatment. She tries to expand her practice and bring it closer to all people for use in everyday life for good mental health. In her company Time for the Soul, she offers people various services to pamper their soul and body and train them for a healthy, conscious and happy life.
Izabela is a certified yoga teacher, yoga therapist, indologist and certified holistic life coach by Radiant Coaches Academy in the USA. Izabela firmly believes that you are the designer of your life, the author of your reality and the creator of your world and she looks forward to helping you on your journey to reconnect with yourself and lead you to build a life rooted in love, purpose and joy through yoga.
Leja Katarina Lederer is a social scientist and yoga teacher and researcher of body movements. She wants to bring valuable knowledge from yoga, functional anatomy, breathing, intuitive movement, body practices for better well-being and one's own strength to as many people as possible in a useful and interesting way.
Timetable
Three days of lectures, practices, activities and entertainment.
| MAIN STAGE | WOOD | MATS | MEADOW.1 | MEADOW.2 | FOREST | POKLJUKA | OPEN STAGE | 10.00-12.30 | Teacher's Intensive** Simon Park / Nina Vukas |
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| 12.30-14.00 | Break | |||||||
| 14.00-17.00 | Teacher's Intensive** Simon Park / Nina Vukas | |||||||
| 17.30-18.45 | Organic Movement Flow Valeria Maggiali | What creativity is. And isn't. Nastja Mulej | Introduction to Nawuemovement Nahuel Menéndez | Drawing Watercolor Mandalas Vita Trefalt | ||||
| 19.00-21.00 | Musical Performance Miriam Hanika & Simon Popp |
| MAIN STAGE | WOOD | MATS | MEADOW.1 | MEADOW.2 | FOREST | POKLJUKA | OPEN STAGE | 8.00-10.00 | Liquid Flow Yoga Simon Park - accompanied by Miriam Hanika & Simon Popp |
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| 9.00-10.15 | Nawuemovement - Extended Body Nahuel Menéndez | Visualization Brigita Langerholc | Rikli / | Intuitive drawing Urška Kovačič | |||||
| 10.30-11.45 | Kundalini Yoga Katarina Marinč | 100 Ideas in Minutes Nastja Mulej | Playing with Creativity Acroyoga | Yoga for Kids* Maja Podpečan | Slackline Exercise Gašper Stojc | Forest Yoga Andreja Košir | I'm breathing, therefore I am! Leja K. Lederer | ||
| 12.00-13.30 | Yoga Beyond the Bullshit Mark Walsh | Healing, Hope and Triumph Sean Swarner | Drawing Watercolor Mandalas Vita Trefalt | Wild Plants in the Kitchen Monika Golja | |||||
| 13.30-15.00 | Lunch break | ||||||||
| 15.00-16.15 | Yin Yoga Valeria Maggiali | Tidy Home, Clear Thoughts Tina Markun | Movement Flow Francesco Semino | Yoga for Kids* Maja Podpečan | Slackline Walk.1 Gašper Stojc | Sound Therapy Primož Oberžan | |||
| 16.30-17.45 | The Depth Psychology of Yoga Mark Walsh | Fermented veggies and fruits Erika Gioahin | Acrojedi Toolbox Acroyoga | Dotting Mandalas on Stone.1 Vita Trefalt | Slackline Walk.2 Gašper Stojc | Forest Bathing.1 Andreja Košir | Where are my limits Leja K. Lederer | ||
| 18.00-19.30 | Ground and Let go Nina Vukas | Visualization Brigita Langerholc | Kundalini Yoga Katarina Marinč | Dotting Mandalas on Stone.2 Vita Trefalt | Forest Bathing.2 Andreja Košir | Sound bath Urška Kovačič | |||
| 19.30-20.30 | Dinner | ||||||||
| 20.30-22.00 | Sacred Mantra Circle singing Jérôme Boujon | ||||||||
| MAIN STAGE | WOOD | MATS | MEADOW.1 | MEADOW.2 | FOREST | POKLJUKA | OPEN STAGE | |
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| 8.00-10.00 | Fearless Heart Nina Vukas | |||||||
| 9.00-10.15 | Nawuemovement-Dynamic Balance Nahuel Menéndez | Tidy Home, New Beginning Tina Markun | Embodied Meditation Mark Walsh | Aerial Yoga Dana Auguštin | Rikli / | Sound Therapy.1 Primož Oberžan | ||
| 10.30-11.45 | Handstand Class Valeria Maggiali | How to get the right idea Nastja Mulej | Hand2hand Wonderland Acroyoga | Yoga for Kids* Maja Podpečan | Slackline Exercise Gašper Stojc | Flowers in Your Hair Monika Golja | Sound Therapy.2 Primož Oberžan | Prenatal Yoga Izabela Marić |
| 12.00-13.30 | Liquid Flow Yoga Simon Park | Healing, Hope, and Triumph Sean Swarner | Aerial Silks Dana Auguštin | Drawing Watercolor Mandalas Vita Trefalt | Wild Plants in the Kitchen Monika Golja | I'm breathing, therefore I am! Leja K. Lederer | ||
| 13.30-15.00 | Lunch break | |||||||
| 15.00-16.15 | Yoga Off the Mat Mark Walsh | Visualization Brigita Langerholc | Aerial Workout Dana Auguštin | Slackline Walk.1 Gašper Stojc | Yoga for Kids* Maja Podpečan | |||
| 16.30-17.45 | Tidy Home for Inspiration and Well-being Tina Markun | Drawing Watercolor Mandalas Vita Trefalt | Slackline Walk.2 Gašper Stojc | Forest Yoga Andreja Košir | Where are my limits Leja K. Lederer | |||
* Yoga for Kids – Free admission, open for all children.
** Teacher’s Intensive – Extra professional content.
*** OPEN STAGE – Free admission, open for all.
Vision
The creators of the Wellbe Festival know that only a state of contentment and inner happiness is good for a person. However, our everyday life is an ongoing process that pushes less important things to the top of the daily pyramid. Sometimes so much, that it is difficult to regulate our inner harmony. Movement, acceptance of oneself, pristine contact with nature, mature relationships and creativity are important for a balanced life.
Our sincere purpose is to create an environment of wellbeing and extraordinary practices for those who seek a more harmonious life. We want to achieve all that is good for the modern me, you, all of us … a space of inspiration, new experiences and insights. The Wellbe Festival is here with the intention of giving a variety of life stories and wellness practices for the joy of life.
Join us in 2023 at
Olympic Rowing Center . Bled . Slovenia
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