The Aliveness Retreat - an immersion into the living field of energy
- Oct 24 - 31 2026
- whole day program
- from 1895 euro
- in English
Over seven days, guided by Juno Burger and Mario Santoni, you will enter into a rhythm of practice that strengthens sensitivity, resilience, and inner spaciousness. You will explore the full spectrum of energies that move through life—light and shadow, contraction and expansion, stillness and intensity. By meeting them all, you cultivate a profound freedom: the freedom to live connected, alive, and at ease with the ever-changing dance of existence. This retreat is more than a program—it is a lived experience of returning to your natural state of flow, where awareness, compassion, and life energy unite. Due to the international audience, all classes will be presented in English.
The Essence of Aliveness
Energy—also called chi, life force, or simply aliveness—is the invisible thread that connects all things. It is the current that animates your body, the pulse beneath your emotions, the rhythm of nature itself.
Like water, energy can flow, stagnate, nourish, erode, or polish. When it flows freely, life feels vibrant, inspired, and in harmony. When it stagnates, stress, conflict, and disconnection arise, affecting our health, relationships, work, and creativity. Although unseen, energy is always present. When the flow of your chi is restored, life unfolds organically—with less effort, more joy, and a natural rhythm.
This retreat is an invitation to step into seven days of immersion—a living laboratory where awareness, compassion, breath, and movement become your guides. You will not just learn about energy; you will enter into direct relationship with it—sensing, releasing, and expanding your capacity to flow with life as it is.
Four Pathways into the Field of Energy
Qi Gong – Flowing with Life Force
Qi Gong becomes a living dialogue with life energy. Through the body, we learn to reconnect to the Three Treasures—to gather, cultivate, nourish, and circulate energy. This ancient art of aligning breath, movement, and intention teaches you to cultivate chi with grace and precision. Through flowing postures, grounded stillness, and mindful repetition, you will learn to feel the subtle currents within your body, dissolve blockages, and strengthen your vital energy. Qi Gong reconnects you to nature’s rhythm, helping you sense the qualities of Yin and Yang within your energy—revealing that energy is not separate from you; you are energy in motion
Breathwork – Unlocking Inner Power
The breath is a direct gateway into your energy system.Through powerful guided breathwork sessions, you will reconnect your vitality with your awareness, realigning your being with the deeper purpose of your life. This transformative practice opens the body and nervous system, dissolves stored tension, and allows access to deeper layers of presence. Breathwork awakens emotional release, inner clarity, and heightened states of vitality. Each breath becomes a reminder that life energy is always here—waiting to be received fully.
Energy Clearing – Awareness and Compassion in Action
Energy Clearing opens the doorway to awareness and compassion. Through Systemic Constellations, the Dyad Inquiry Process, and Energy Clearing, you will refine your sensitivity to the subtle fields within and around you. By consciously engaging with different frequencies of your inner and outer landscape, you’ll learn to recognize, acknowledge, and embrace them in compassionate awareness. This multidimensional practice dissolves tension at its root, restores natural flow, and expands your energetic bandwidth—so you remain grounded, spacious, and compassionate, whatever life presents.
The Dyad Inquiry Process – Communication and Self-Discovery
The Dyad is a beautiful form of communication and self-inquiry practiced between two people. In this retreat, we use the Dyad process to train our awareness and our compassionate capacity to be genuinely available for ourselves and for others. Through this deep presence and mutual attunement, a natural process of healing an integration unfolds—one that restores authenticity, compassion, and oneness. Dyads cultivate presence, empathy, and authentic relating, inviting a living experience of compassion in action.
Synergy in Practice
Each of these practices is a powerful path in itself. Together, they weave a tapestry of transformation:
- Qi Gong grounds and balances, cultivating flow in the body.
- Breathwork opens and intensifies, unlocking reservoirs of energy and release.
- Energy Clearing integrates, offering awareness and compassion that embrace and transmute whatever arises.
- The Dyad Inquiry Process refines presence and deepens connection, training awareness and compassion to be genuinely available—for ourselves and for others.
Together, these pathways form a complete cycle of transformation: move, breathe, become aware, relate, release, integrate—and flow again.
Included
Boutique room
Light, spacious and comfortable rooms with incredible supersized mattresses, en-suite bathroom with shower, toilet, basin and vegan body care products. Decorated with heart and soul.
Healthy food
Our restaurant with sea-view veranda serves delicious vegetarian food with fresh ingredients from mostly local farmers. All meals, drinks and afternoon snack/smoothie are included. Our kitchen team is happy to adjust to specific dietary needs.
Wellness
Recharge in the large sea-view pool surrounded by bamboo sun beds, lounge chairs and umbrellas. Cleanse on a deep level in the Turkish bath, Finnish or infrared sauna. Treat yourself to an additional massage and enjoy the walking trails and panoramic meditation spots uphill.
CO2 compensation
We love our planet and every living beauty on it. That’s why Soul Valley tries to contribute in all kind of ways to preserve this beauty. We offer only vegetarian food, with fresh biological ingredients from our own property and local farmers. We minimize waste and recycle compost for the lands. Solar panels provide natural energy. In our aim to make Soul Valley completely CO2 neutral, we will plant a tree with every booking.
Daily Schedule
Day of arrival
- Dinner: 19:00–20:00
- Introduction and opening session
Consecutive Days
(a general outline)
- 07:30–08:45 — Qi Gong
- 09:00–10:00 — Breakfast
- 10:00–11:30 — Energy Clearing
- 11:30–12:00 — Morning Break
- 12:00–12:45 — Dyad Inquiry Process
- 13:00–15:00 — Lunch & Siesta
- 15:00–16:30 — Energy Clearing
- 16:30–17:00 — Afternoon Break
- 17:00–17:45 — Dyad Inquiry Process
- 18:00–19:00 — Qi Gong & Meditation
Departure Day
- 07:30–08:45 — Qi Gong
- 08:45–10:00 — Breakfast & Check-out
Accommodation & Pricing
- Single Room - for 1 person or a couple | €2195 p.p.
- Twin Share Room - for 2 guests, 2 single beds | €1895 p.p.
For information about and booking of this retreat you can visit the website: junoburger.com
Retreat host
Juno Burger
Juno’s life motto, “Let It Be,” encapsulates the essence of the compassionate heart. Over time, he discovered the crucial role that the subtle energies within living and working spaces play in restoring balance and harmony.
With over 30 years of experience in the fields of energy work, awareness, and compassion, Juno specialises in the dynamics of energetic interaction between individuals and their environments. For the past 11 years, he has published monthly blogs under the title “The Paradox of the Compassionate Heart,” sharing his simple yet profound message of awareness and compassion. In September 2021, his book The Invitation was published, igniting an active and committed community of over 10,000 people.
Mario Santoni
Mario is a multidisciplinary holistic practitioner with over 30 years of experience in Shiatsu, Breathwork, Craniosacral Therapy, and Reiki. His lifelong passion lies in Tai Chi Chuan, which he has practiced daily since 1997, training and teaching across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. A certified Yang Family Tai Chi teacher since 2005, Mario continues to refine his art through diverse masters and the Buddhist lineage of Lohan Qi Gong. His 15-year journey with the Charles Berner Institute deepened his understanding of self-inquiry, breathwork, and consciousness studies.
Retreat into nature
Situated in a small private valley with stunning views over the nearby azure blue Mediterranean Sea and surrounding mountains. Enjoy true silence, clean air and starry nights to recharge from your busy daily life. Discover the walking trails around the property and the panoramic meditation spots uphill.
Things to know
Practical info
- Check-in Saturday from 15:00
- Check-out Saturday before 10:00
- No alcohol
- Minimum age 18
- 45-minute drive from Cagliari International Airport
- (Electrical) smoking only in designated area
- Additional massages available
Conditions
For information about and booking of this retreat you can visit the website: junoburger.com
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