ALIVE RETREATS
deep dive event:
"Just a Part of Me"
ALIVE RETREATS
deep dive event:
"Just a Part of Me"
The next ALIVE Deep Dive event:
August 21, 2025, 2 PM CET – August 24, 3 PM CET | Schliersee, Germany
(With optional additional landing day on August 20th 2pm CET)
Do you ever feel like different parts of you are pulling in opposite directions? Or that “something has taken over” that was stronger than you?
Welcome to the fascinating world of your inner sub-personalities.
Modern psychology confirms what many wisdom traditions have long understood: Our mind is not a single, unified voice but a dynamic system of different parts, each with its own emotions, perspectives, and intentions. Some of these parts protect us, others carry wounds from the past, and at times, they can become stuck in old roles that no longer serve us.
The Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach offers a powerful way to engage with these parts, helping them release outdated burdens and allowing your true Self to lead with clarity and compassion.
If and when participants feel ready, we will also gently touch and integrate childhood trauma, supporting the deep healing of emotional wounds.
Through experiential exercises, mindful self-inquiry, and deep dialogue, you'll learn to recognize, communicate with, and integrate these parts—allowing more ease, self-trust, and authentic expression.
Facilitators: Maren Jakob and Dr. Jens Riese, both deeply familiar with inner parts work. Jens has been trained and mentored by Dr. Richard Schwartz, the founder of IFS therapy, and has co-led IFS workshops with Dick.
In this Alive workshop we will introduce and deeply work with the IFS model. Program elements include:
- Introduction to the Internal Family System
- Getting to know 3 Cs of “Self”: Compassion, curiosity and courage
- Increasing somatic awareness to detect and locate parts in the body
- Healing exiled parts (trauma)
- Updating protector parts to serve us better now
- Working with inner polarizations
- Using the IFS model in relationships
- IFS meditations and exercises
As a results, participants experience a new view on themselves, others and humanity. The works supports a higher level of leading one’s life from true self, and bringing harmony and update to our internal parts and our lives.
The workshop is highly experiential, with a lot of individual, pair, triad and group work.
In addition to the core program elements, we will resource and inspire ourselves with:
- Morning movement and meditation practices
- Healthy vegan and vegetarian food
- Walks in the beautiful Apls
- Relaxation in the chalet’s sauna, pool and spa
- Music with sing alongs and play in the evenings
It is important to us that everybody who feels drawn to this experience, can
join. That’s why we offer a wide fee range from 650 € (low income) to 2700
€ (corporate) within which you pick what is right for you- no questions
asked.
Fees include a post-program integration call 4 weeks after the program ends
Additionally, there is a charge of 60- 250 € / day per night for full board meals and accommodation (depending on the room category).
If you plan to have your company cover the fees, please let us know and we will send a program description highlighting the leadership development lessons of the program.
You can contact us either through the messaging function below, or by writing us an e-mail:
info@marenjakob.de
info@riese.de