{"id":2036,"date":"2026-02-10T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/publications\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:11:29","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/en\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id689_d646b3-a8{margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id689_d646b3-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id689_d646b3-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id689_d646b3-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1112px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 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class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox kt-info-box689_80604e-55\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-center\" href=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/publikationen\/#vortraege\" aria-label=\"Zum Vortrag\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-intrisic kt-info-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-pink-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"kt-info-box-image wp-image-217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-pink-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-pink-1-300x300.png 300w, 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.kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);border-right:1px solid var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);border-bottom:1px solid var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);border-left:1px solid var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);box-shadow:7px 7px 13px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);}.kt-info-box689_7d05d4-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox kt-info-box689_7d05d4-44\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-center\" href=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/publikationen\/#artikel\" aria-label=\"Zu den Artikeln\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-intrisic kt-info-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-mittelblau.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"kt-info-box-image wp-image-221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-mittelblau.png 1000w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-mittelblau-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-mittelblau-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-rund-mittelblau-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h2 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">Articles<\/h2><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\"><strong>Articles published in various professional journals and books<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column689_f1a14e-fd > 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class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\"><strong>My book on experiences and insights from 20 years of desert retreats<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>.kb-row-layout-id689_be411e-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id689_be411e-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id689_be411e-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1112px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id689_be411e-3d > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id689_be411e-3d > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column689_577b3d-81{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column689_577b3d-81 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column689_577b3d-81 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_577b3d-81\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Talks<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column689_29cce1-35{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column689_29cce1-35 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_29cce1-35\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.kb-image689_64fc20-0e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image689_64fc20-0e .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:748px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image689_64fc20-0e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-23-um-14.28.03.jpg 1682w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-23-um-14.28.03-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-23-um-14.28.03-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-23-um-14.28.03-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-03-23-um-14.28.03-1283x1536.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1682px) 100vw, 1682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-897bee1f-a6b0-4643-80e6-370fd5c73d67\" href=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GBP-Eroeffnungsvortrag-mit-Bild.pdf\">GBP-Ero\u0308ffnungsvortrag mit Bild<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GBP-Eroeffnungsvortrag-mit-Bild.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-897bee1f-a6b0-4643-80e6-370fd5c73d67\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Joy of the Invisible \u2013 Subtle and Spiritual Aspects of Body Psychotherapy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening keynote at the 24th GBP Conference, October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spirituality &amp; Therapy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On experiences at the edge of the known that enrich our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">n body psychotherapy, we come into contact with ourselves through our feelings. As we move deeper, essential aspects of our being are increasingly touched. In this way, the therapeutic process becomes spiritual.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In meditation, we experience dimensions beyond all boundaries while also coming into contact with the limitations of human existence. Integrating the more difficult aspects of life becomes an essential part of the journey.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two realms inevitably touch one another. In this talk, I explore how they can enrich and illuminate each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Author: Bettina Specht<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>.kb-row-layout-id689_f69ff2-bf > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id689_f69ff2-bf > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id689_f69ff2-bf > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1112px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}.kb-row-layout-id689_f69ff2-bf > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}.kb-row-layout-id689_f69ff2-bf > 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.wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column689_12a362-03{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column689_12a362-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column689_12a362-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_12a362-03\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.kb-image689_56aa6c-88 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image689_56aa6c-88 img.kb-img, .kb-image689_56aa6c-88 .kb-img img{filter:drop-shadow(0px 0px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image689_56aa6c-88 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"1240\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cover-Journal-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cover-Journal-2023.jpg 873w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cover-Journal-2023-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cover-Journal-2023-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cover-Journal-2023-768x1091.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Darkness into Light <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summary<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3690ec-32\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3690ec-32\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3690ec-32\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading689_3690ec-32 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3690ec-32\">Our world is shaped by visual impressions. Social media, computers and television, films and books, advertisements everywhere \u2013 all constantly draw our attention outward. Not having everything within our sight can quickly feel threatening.   <br\/>Many unconscious aspects of ourselves remain hidden in the dark. It can be tempting to distract ourselves from them.  <br\/>Keeping our attention constantly focused on something outside ourselves has almost become the norm. The images and the world around us seem to be rushing by, and we hurry along behind them with our attention.<br\/>And yet, closing our eyes \u2013 in sleep, during deep relaxation or while receiving a massage \u2013 can feel profoundly soothing. Trust begins to unfold. We experience what it means to be accepted. Time moves at a different pace in the darkness.<br\/>\u201cIn the stillness of darkness, you can hear the grief of your heart.\u201d<br\/>\u2014 Ivonne Weingart (1974)<br\/>And then, sometimes unexpectedly, insights, realizations or even visions arise. Hidden within us lies a mystery worth uncovering, the mystics tell us:<br\/>\u201cThe more deeply we recognize the darkness, the more truly we reach the invisible light within it.\u201d<br\/>\u2014 Nicholas of Cusa (1401\u20131464)<br\/>I myself have learned to love the darkness.<br\/>Once I spent ten days, and another time fourteen days, in complete darkness as part of a dark retreat.<br\/>This article shares exercises and experiences from a workshop in which we spent some time with our eyes closed. Together, we ventured inward and allowed the unexpected to reveal itself.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Author: Bettina Specht<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column689_c1ff38-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_c1ff38-be fadein\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Power from Silence \u2013 Meditation in the Desert<br\/>Essential Resonance Spaces of Healing <\/h5>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_f7c9f6-c1\"><br\/>Summary \u2013 Vianova Publishing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article brings together Bettina Specht\u2019s knowledge from various spiritual traditions with biodynamic psychology and psychotherapy. In therapeutic work and supportive accompaniment with the subtle dimensions of the human being, experiences may arise that require particularly sensitive guidance and a broader transpersonal understanding.<br\/>At such moments, the intellect needs to step back, allowing consciousness to come into contact with a deeper dimension \u2013 the essence of our being.<br\/>Bettina Specht draws in particular on experiences shared by participants in the \u201cDesert Retreats\u201d she developed. The concluding perspective turns to the return to everyday life: to the individual\u2019s place within the Earth as a collective space of healing, to the power of the Earth, and to the connection between individual processes of transformation and healing and collective trauma work.<br\/><br\/>    <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Harald Piron for Vianova Publishing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.kb-image689_2a7d58-04 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image689_2a7d58-04 img.kb-img, .kb-image689_2a7d58-04 .kb-img img{filter:drop-shadow(0px 0px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image689_2a7d58-04\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/homepageImage_de_DE-e1772014635413.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/homepageImage_de_DE-e1772014635413.png 878w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/homepageImage_de_DE-e1772014635413-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/homepageImage_de_DE-e1772014635413-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column689_9c916a-55{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column689_9c916a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_9c916a-55 fadein\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.kb-image689_532d18-c7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image689_532d18-c7 img.kb-img, .kb-image689_532d18-c7 .kb-img img{filter:drop-shadow(0px 0px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image689_532d18-c7 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tagungsjournal201920Cover-1444x2048-1.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Primary Personality as a Source of Lived, Embodied Spirituality<br\/><br\/><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSit contentedly\u201d \u2014 or perhaps \u201cSit joyfully\u201d \u2014 is a simple phrase from Gerda Boyesen that has stayed with me for many years.<br\/>What does it truly mean to be content? Contentment is more than acceptance. To be at peace with the moment as it is means to meet life with appreciation and gratitude, to allow what is unfolding, and to surrender into a trusting relationship with life itself.<br\/>A loving openness toward life, together with the joy of meeting and connecting with another human being, are qualities of the primary personality. This deeper, more essential self gradually opens when we begin to feel truly at home within ourselves. A gentle, relaxed and welcoming environment can support this unfolding enormously. A free and open awareness cannot flourish under stress.<br\/>Anyone who has spent time in meditation knows this quiet inner space \u2014 a field of presence that is always there, quietly waiting beneath the surface. Yet the reflex of staying constantly alert, the habit of expecting something negative, our tendency to judge, and especially the harshness with which we sometimes turn against ourselves, can carry us far away from this simple state of contentment.<br\/>And so we may forget how to simply be here \u2014 to sit, to breathe, to feel, and to meet life with an open heart.          <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can we feel fulfilled and connected, even in difficult circumstances?<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This workshop took place during the second lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving us a unique opportunity to explore this very question together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Author: Bettina Specht<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column689_cedb37-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column689_cedb37-fc fadein\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heart Space \u2013 A Tender Encounter with Yourself<br\/><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gentle bodywork, simple and deeply attuned to ourselves, helps us cultivate intimacy with our own being and a closer relationship with ourselves. At times, it feels almost like a meditation through the body, from which creative elements may emerge. Above all, it is a simple practice, rooted in listening inwardly. In this way, tension and habitual holding patterns in the body can begin to soften and release.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And throughout the practice, in the \u201ccorner of our attention,\u201d awareness rests gently on the heart. In this relaxed and trusting closeness to our own heart, it begins to reveal its secrets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This becomes fertile ground for meeting life in a true and authentic way \u2014 first ourselves, then other people, nature and life itself, and perhaps even the source and the mystery of where it all begins and ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Author: Bettina Specht<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.kb-image689_4285f1-11 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image689_4285f1-11 img.kb-img, .kb-image689_4285f1-11 .kb-img img{filter:drop-shadow(0px 0px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image689_4285f1-11 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/bettinaspecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BiodynamischeVielfalt_29JahreGBPe.v.jpg\" 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vastness\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading689_3cc2b0-6a\">As far as the horizon, I can see nothing but sand dunes. I sit here and simply enjoy the vastness. My gaze glides over the soft, flowing shapes of the dunes. Today, they seem almost feminine in their rounded forms.<br\/>Up ahead, one of the women who is currently on retreat is walking across the dunes. It is clear to see that she is happy. She runs up and down the sandy hills, dances, and keeps returning to a tree that seems to have become her special place for meditation.<br\/>There is something so free and alive in her movements. Her red scarf catches the wind, standing out in vivid contrast against the pale sand. 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