Schmiede Stolzenhagen

In the village of Stolzenhagen, an old building has been given new life as a home for learning, art, and gathering. The Schmiede Stolzenhagen is where dialogue, movement and personal growth happen in the middle of forests and flowers.

The team behind the Schmiede both builds its own projects at the intersection of education, art, and community and also supports event hosts to hire the the Schmiede: a 60 square meter seminar room suited to workshops, retreats, and seminars of every kind, whether the work is creative, personal, or body-based.

A second 60 square meter communal room with a kitchen, bathroom, and toilets gives people somewhere to cook, eat, and rest between sessions. When the work calls for open air, the garden and terrace are right there to step into. Groups can come for a single day or stay for a longer retreat, and the space shapes itself around what they need.

Workshop hosts and their participants can arrange to stay in the accommodation in Stolzenhagen intentional community, which lies next to the Schmiede.

Behind the space is Christa Cocciole, a Berlin-based body-oriented systems therapist and consultant for embodied leadership. She brings together thirty years of work as a dancer, choreographer, and social activist, alongside a spiritual practice, into what she calls Radical Presence: moving with playful compassion. Christa helps design formats that open up creative expression, support sustainable ways of living, and deepen how people talk and listen to each other. Andi runs the space alongside her.