PILATES
Céline D’Hont is a professional dancer, movement director and model based between Antwerp and New York City. With a strong foundation in body awareness and alignment, she blends her background in dance with the mindful precision of Pilates. Céline will be leading a Pilates masterclass on the rooftop, inviting you to reconnect with your body under the morning sky.
GUIDED ICEBATHS
As a certified orthomolecular therapist and cold exposure guide, Julie offers a grounded approach to nervous system regulation and inner resilience. Through guided breathwork and stress management techniques, participants are invited to drop into presence and explore the transformative power of the cold.
BREAKDANCE
Born in the Bronx and rooted in the heartbeat of hip-hop, breakdance is a vibrant form of sacral expression that unites rhythm, strength, and soul. In this workshop, we explore its essence through freestyle movement and body awareness.
ENERGY IN MOTION
Behind Just the Club is Justien: a dancer, dance therapist and sensitive spirit with a love for connection and emotion. For her, dance is never “just movement”. It’s a mirror of your subconscious, telling stories beyond words as each movement reveals, heals, and connects.
Her Energy In Motion experience isn’t about steps or perfection. No choreography. Just you, in motion; exploring your body’s own language. Justien guides you on a playful yet deep journey inward, using rhythm and flow to tap into your body’s intelligence.
Move your body, meet yourself.
AURA TRANSFORMATION
Drop into stillness and explore the subtle layers of your energy field. This guided session blends breathwork, aura sensing, and intentional presence to gently clear and recharge your energetic space. We’ll close with a shared cup of tea, grounding the practice in calm connection.
FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS
Family constellations explores hidden dynamics within your family system that may unconsciously influence your life. By bringing these patterns into the light through a constellation, deep insight, healing and transformation can occur. It’s a powerful method to release inherited patterns and reconnect with your authentic self.
SONIC SANCTUARY by Alchemia
Sonic Sanctuary is a multi-sensory journey designed to reset the nervous system, rewire the subconscious and bring deep inner rest. The experience combines breathwork, hypnotic meditation (with NLP) and immersive live sound healing using crystal bowls, gongs and chimes. High-quality headphones and spatial mics create a layered soundscape that surrounds and vibrates through your body. As your system softens, you’re guided inward into a state of clarity and balance. Experience a full-body return to presence and inner harmony.
KUNDALINI ACTIVATION
Kundalini activation refers to the awakening or stimulation of the kundalini energy; a powerful spiritual force believed in yogic and tantric traditions to reside dormant at the base of the spine. When activated, this energy is said to rise through the central energy channel (called the sushumna) and pass through the chakras, leading to profound experiences of transformation, awareness and spiritual awakening.
SPEED CONSTELLATIONS
Have you ever wondered about the future, or a conversation you never had with your partner because it felt uncomfortable? Are you curious about your next work move or seeking more insight into your connections? Would you like to deepen your relationship with your children, or do you have any other questions that long for your attention? Well, this is your invitation to dive effortlessly into all of these areas. With ‘Speed Constellations,’ we will work from the foundation of systemic (family) constellation work, but in a fun, practical, and dynamic way. Enrich your life with answers, awareness, and a deeper sense of connection.
RADICALLY OPEN BEING: WAYS TO MAKE LOVE FROM THE HEART
Simon is a facilitator with the International School of Temple Arts. He supports people to reawaken their innate life current, tap into their deeper intuition, and create marvellous things in this world. He is a second-generation shamanic healer with a PhD in poetry.
CACAO CEREMONY
Step into a sacred space where ceremonial cacao becomes a bridge. Cacao has been used for centuries in Mesoamerican traditions to open the heart, enhance clarity and deepen emotional connection. In this ritual, Ella-June guides you through a journey with breath, voice and connection. The cacao softens your edges, awakens your senses, and invites you into communion with yourself and the collective field. For this occasion, she will team up with her dearest Adrian Atma, who will guide the ceremony with his all musicality.
PENDULUM
Learn how to use a pendulum to connect with your Higher Self and receive clear guidance. This workshop covers how a pendulum works, how to cleanse it, discover your personal code, and use it with charts or letters. Bring your own pendulum or purchase one at the event.
RADICALLY OPEN BEING: WAYS TO MAKE LOVE FROM THE HEART
Simon is a facilitator with the International School of Temple Arts. He supports people to reawaken their innate life current, tap into their deeper intuition, and create marvellous things in this world. He is a second-generation shamanic healer with a PhD in poetry.
BIO-ELECTRICITY
What is Bio-Electricity? It’s the subtle charge flowing through your body bringing your life force in motion. Aimé will activate your energetic system through vagus nerve tuning, meridian flow and eye-gazing practices. The group experiences a group bio-electric activation, ending with a shared ritual to amplify connection, charge and coherence.
HEAL THE HEALER
A sacred space for healers, therapists, and caregivers to reconnect with their essence. Release what’s not yours, realign your energy, and remember the deeper truth of who you are. Because true healing flows from a nourished soul.
SIREN CALLS
siREn cAlls is a fluid ritual where listening becomes ceremony; an invitation to attune to the water within yourself, to return to the tides of your own body. An ode to the seas; those that shape our planet, and those that live within us. A reminder that everything is connected. Together we listen, we breathe, we remember: we are all bodies of water, part of a greater current.
QI GONG MASSAGE FOR HIGH SENSITIVE CHILDREN
A gentle, nurturing qigong experience designed to support sensory regulation, body awareness, and emotional ease. Guided by scientifically proven Qigong Sensory Therapy principles, this workshop helps nervous systems settle so authentic connection and growth become possible. Whether you’re a parent, practitioner or participant, you’ll learn simple touch‑based routines rooted in traditional Chinese medicine and modern neuroscience to help reduce overwhelm and foster calm presence. 1 TICKET = ADULT + CHILD
HUMAN DESIGN
What if you were never meant to fit in? But to understand your unique rhythm, energy, and way of seeing the world? In this immersive introduction to Human Design, Paula Torraco invites you into a living blueprint of yourself. Part ancient wisdom, part modern science, Human Design offers a practical map for decision-making, alignment and self-trust. Think of it as a permission slip to stop second-guessing and start living in a way that actually fits.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Zhao Sven Xuan went to the university of Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine and practiced medicine with his father for about 10 years before he decided to bring his expertise to our community. Explore the foundations of TCM and discover how meridians, pressure points and energy flow influence your well-being. This workshop introduces key healing tools including acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and kinesiology, offering insights into how each modality supports your healing.
PILATES
Céline D’Hont is a professional dancer, movement director and model based between Antwerp and New York City. With a strong foundation in body awareness and alignment, she blends her background in dance with the mindful precision of Pilates. Céline will be leading a Pilates masterclass on the rooftop, inviting you to reconnect with your body under the morning sky.
ALMA EN CANDELA: OPENING CEREMONY
Our opening ritual blends grounding breathwork, intuïtive vinyasa movement, and moments of stillness. Andrea, rooted in Caribbean passion and rhythm, gives you a soulful invitation to move, feel, and set your energy for the day.
YIN YOGA
Anouk De Vlaeminck is a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, and manager at YogaLoft Gent. Known for her gentle and grounding approach, she specializes in Yin Yoga; a slow-paced style that draws from traditional Chinese medicine, where postures are held for extended periods to stimulate energy channels in the subtle body. Anouk will guide a calming Yin Yoga session, inviting deep relaxation, inner balance, and mindful connection with the body.
DUO YOGA
Some journeys begin with a single step; Laurenz’s began on the mat. What started as a personal practice soon grew into a calling: a path that led him to educate himself in kids & family yoga, yin yoga, vinyasa yoga, and more. Each training added another layer, not just to his teaching, but to the way he understands movement, stillness, and the human spirit. Today, as the studio owner of Atelier du Mon in Antwerp, Laurenz invites every student on an inward journey. A journey back to creativity, to breath, to the beauty of one’s own body. In his classes, the mat becomes more than a surface: it becomes a home.
TAI CHI
Els Jageneau has been teaching tai chi and qi gong since 2017 at Rust in Beweging in Boechout. She was first introduced to tai chi in the 1980s and has been studying the sun style and qi Gong since 2008 under Kris Van Cappellen. Els is a certified instructor in tai chi for arthritis, for energy, and fall prevention through Dr. Paul Lam’s programs. In her workshop, Els invites you into the gentle art of tai chi, often described as “meditation in motion.”
VINYASA YOGA
Alya Mourad is a devoted yogini and instructor, calling both Beirut and Antwerp home. She completed her 200-hour ashtanga-vinyasa teacher training under Paul Dallaghan at Centered Yoga in Koh Samui, Thailand. Drawing from diverse yoga tradition; including vinyasa, ashtanga, yin, jivamukti, acro, and power yoga; Alya brings fluidity, strength and creativity to the mat. Join her for a dynamic vinyasa yoga session that weaves breath and movement into a joyful practice.
QI GONG FOR HEALTH
Ingrid Van Hoof is a certified qi gong instructor with the school Rust in Beweging. She guides participants through this ancient Chinese practice designed to cultivate and balance vital energy (qi) in the body. Her sessions focus on gentle, flowing movements and breath awareness to support both physical and mental well-being. Join Ingrid to discover the healing power of qi gong and reconnect with your inner calm.
FLOW YOGA
Gaëlle Szalaï Vandenplas brings the festival to a soulful close with her signature flow yoga session; a gentle yet empowering practice infused with breath, movement and voice. A true electric soul, Gaëlle is head coach of yoga & pilates at Release Antwerp, a reiki & ceremony guide and singer-songwriter at heart. With a deep sensitivity for energy and expression, she invites you to land fully in your body as the day gracefully winds down.
XAVIER LE CLEF
Xavier Le Clef is the founder of the holistic institute “Xavier Le Clef” and is a well-known figure in Antwerp. As an acupuncturist, osteopath, and physiotherapist, he approaches each patient holistically, with this integrative philosophy at the core of his treatments. With 20 years of experience in so-called alternative medicine, he offers a wide range of healing methods within his practice, including acupuncture, (micro)osteopathy, manual therapy, general physiotherapy, lymphatic drainage, and much more.
SHAMANIC BREATHWORK
Jessy and Gregory are experienced shamanic practitioners in various fields of healing and are happy to share their combined expertise. You will be guided safely into the session using conscious connected breathwork and an immersion of soothing sounds including gongs, crystal & Tibetan singing bowls, trance drums, chimes, flutes and voice… An invitation to float in meditative space vibrating on all elements.
ASHTANGA YOGA
Annette is a certified holistic nutritionist, fasting coach and passionate Ashtanga Yoga teacher. After discovering yoga through personal healing, she found lasting strength and focus in the discipline of Ashtanga. With a background in wellness and plant-based nutrition, Annette brings a grounded, energizing presence to her classes. At the festival, she’ll guide you through a dynamic and empowering Ashtanga Yoga session; breath by breath, movement by movement.
ELLA-JUNE HENRARD
Ella-June Henrard is an actress, doula, and space holder with a deep connection to the spiritual path. Alongside her work on screen and stage, she guides women through cacao ceremonies, rituals, and energetic practices. The sacred cacao plant brought her closer to her intuition, femininity, and the natural rhythm of life. As a doula, she offers intuitive and heartfelt support to women in all phases of pregnancy & birth.
SEXUAL SHAMANISM: THE KEY TO TRANSFORMATION IS RIGHT UNDER YOUR CLOTHES
Simon offers space for people to explore elements of themselves that might not get a lot of air in their everyday lives. His practice of bodywork and intimacy coaching comes from a grounding in ancient traditions of sensual wisdom, like Tantra, shamanism, and the arts. He conducts one-on-one sessions, workshops, and retreats with the intention of helping people to embody their own empowerment, pleasure, and spiritual growth.
ROY VERMEULEN: “LONGEVITY” by The Brick
Roy Vermeulen is co-owner, manager and coach at The Brick, Antwerp. Just a kid from Deurne who began building his dream 13 years ago, Roy has become a trusted voice in the world of fitness and performance coaching. Known for his no-nonsense approach, he believes persistence and consistency are the keys to long-term success, both in training and in life. In this interview, he shares his insights on longevity, sustainable fitness, and what it really takes to build something that lasts.
DAVID KETTERIDGE: “RESET”
David Ketteridge is a speaker and addiction expert with over 15 years of experience in healthcare. He has supported countless individuals on their path to recovery. David’s mission is to break the stigma surrounding addiction and to provide professionals, families and organizations with a clear understanding of the realities of addiction and the journey toward change. His approach is direct, insightful and fueled by a deep passion for true transformation.
PIETER EMBRECHTS
Pieter Embrechts is a Belgian actor, singer and creator whose artistic journey has increasingly intertwined with a deep spiritual path. Where his work once centered mainly on performance and outward expression, it now also embraces introspection, awareness and foremost connection. Through meditation, breathwork and ritual, Pieter has discovered deeper layers within himself that enrich not only his personal life but also resonate through his creative expression. His voice, presence and storytelling reflect the path of a man in motion: journeying inward, through life, and ever closer to the essence.
BODY & MOVE
Gaëlle Szalaï opens the Kids Stage with Body & Move; an energetic morning workshop full of games, singing, and playful movement. From kids’ Twister to mantra singing, she channels their morning energy into a bright flow for the day.
YOGA FOR KIDS
With warmth and playfulness, Annette introduces children to yoga in a way that’s fun and engaging. Through simple poses, breathing exercises, and imagination games, she helps them improve body awareness.
VLINDERBREIN
‘Vlinderbrein leren’ is an approach to education that focuses on developing the full potential of a child, with an emphasis on creativity, curiosity, and well-being. It’s about creating a learning environment where children don’t just gain knowledge, but truly flourish and discover their unique talents. We’re looking forward to listen to Juul’s story: he will open up about how this education has profoundly impacted both him and his family.
HILDE DE BAERDEMAEKER
Hilde is a mother, former actress, and now living the most beautiful chapter of her life: PLAY/PAUSE. With a rich background in yoga, meditation, energetic healing, and psychology, she guides you on a journey toward inner peace and genuine authenticity. During the ecstatic dance, she’ll set the space for the group to energetically connect and fully settle into our bodies, freeing our inner child and experiencing the healing power of dance.
DJ DELOIN
DJ Deloin, Antwerp native with mixed roots known as the man behind popular Antwerp nightlife event RRRUMOURS, always embodies a fresh, authentic energy with every set he’s behind the decks. For this occasion, he’s preparing something truly unique; a musical voyage through space and time, featuring his smooth mixing skills and old school vibes that will lift the dance floor to new dimensions.
SEPP BREESCH
Sepp’s Rocket Vinyasa Yoga classes are a journey; playful, progressive, and full of challenge. Based on the Ashtanga system and inspired by the late Larry Schultz, Rocket offers endless possibilities for everyone, from first-timers to seasoned practitioners. It’s a practice that shows you that you’re stronger than you think. Why the name “Rocket” ? Because you get there faster.
Push your limits, explore your edge, and welcome it all.
DAOUD FAWAZ
Daoud has dedicated his life to martial arts, cultivating strength, movement, and yang energy. Along the way, he discovered the softer balance of yin through breathwork, meditation and sound. His path weaves these forces together to create true harmony. In this workshop he will create a rich tapestry of sound with his extensive collection of instruments.
