Modern Hippies: Cat and Cow Festival: Hohenmölsen

07/05/2023 - 07/10/2023

Cat and Cow - Yoga and Healing Festival. And with so many intense impressions, it's impossible to describe in a nutshell. We try anyway. Separately, to be half fair:

MARK:

Few things are as easy to scoff at as the tribal movement with its mix of esotericism, 70s hippieism, techno movement and sex/body positivity. But, I confess, it only lasted a few hours and I was blown away. Rarely, probably never, have I been able to experience so much mindfulness, self-esteem and appreciation of others, sincere communication and simply joy in life as in these 5 days.

Test carried out several times: just stand in any place on the festival site and look around. And indeed there were always at least two people hugging intensely ♥️

Of course, such an atmosphere does not come by itself. Consent workshops, a lot of yoga and breathing instructions, joint concerts and mantra chanting as well as a fire and cuddly yurt simply do not remain without effect. And dance, dance so much!! The fact that after the body painting and the subsequent joint performance almost 300 people danced naked on the beach to electro beats was perhaps surprising even for the organizers.

Long story short: the dates for next year are already firmly blocked.

TANYA

As nice as it was to experience this extensive program of workshops and ceremonial practices and to immerse myself in this peaceful atmosphere, I also learned so much about myself and my very personal limits.

My personal highlights were certainly the gong meditation, the ecstatic dancing (of the hero's journey), the van sauna and the cozy mantra singing in the fire yurt.