November 7-9, 2025
Yoga Vidya, Bad Meinberg, Germany
Festival

5th Sattva

with Dada Sadananda
and Didi Ananda Devapriya
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Kirtans, group meditations
Yoga dances, asanas, yoga massage
Live music from Jacek Rutkowski (beatbox, hangdram)
Spiritual conversations with Didi Ananda Devapriya
Inspiration from Dada Sadananda
Master classes from the masters of the festival
A talent concert where you can express yourself
Mini-festival for mini-participants (children's program)

The program includes

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Dance therapy by Virat (Ivan Sapegin)
Master craftsmen fair (food and handmade products)

Reasons to go to the festival

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Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of music, creativity, and yoga. Get the most out of intensive exploration of yourself and your own mind.
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Meet other practitioners and creative people. Share experiences, spend time with like-minded people.
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To make progress in meditation, which in ordinary life takes months of deep practice
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Get answers from Dada Sadananda and other yoga and meditation teachers, find inspiration, and discover a way out of the crisis.
This is the largest Meditation Steps Germany retreat of the year!

What will we do at the festival?

During group meditations
Focusing on self-awareness
At asana classes
Working with the body and bringing the nervous system into balance
At lectures on philosophy and yoga
Understanding the fundamental principles of yoga philosophy and wisdom
Immersing yourself in creativity
Be enriched by the beauty of music, and marvel at the talent and craftsmanship of artisans.
Eating sattvic and delicious food
Nutritious vegan food twice a day
During question and answer sessions
Handling real-life situations
Invitation to the festival from Dada Sadananda

What is the Sattva?

Literally translated as “existence, reality”. The essence of goodness, one of the three qualities of nature in yoga philosophy.
Sanskrit - “purity”, ‘pure’

What is the
SATTVA Festival?

It is an unforgettable weekend in the benign atmosphere of music, creativity and yoga.

One sip of creativity, purity and inspiration - enough for a whole year until the next festival. A celebration of life - without alcohol or doping. True happiness is already within you!

The dress code of the festival

The real highlight of the festival is all of you, the participants.
White embodies subtlety, mindfulness, and the awakening power of sattva, while orange or saffron represents service, mutual support, and the purity that overcomes all challenges.
To promote a harmonious atmosphere, we invite you to wear white and orange clothing during these three days.
Orange and White
Observing the dress code is not mandatory; it is optional.
May these two colors help us focus on subtle ideas during the festival.

How it was last time

SCHEDULE

16:00 - 18:30 - check-in, settlement
17:30 - 19:00 - dinner
19:00 - 20:00 - Grand opening, interactive program with Didi Ananda Devapriya
20:00 -21:10 - Live music concert - movement and sound (beatbox hangdrum vocals) Jacek Rutkowski
21:10 - 21:40 - kirtan + guided meditation (20/20)
21:30 - 22:00 - Free time and good night!

Children's program

This program aims to awaken their creative potential through workshops and yoga classes guided by two teachers.

The program ensures that the little guests are well occupied and enjoy interesting, valuable activities while their parents devote themselves to their own transformation and relaxation time.

The program is suitable for children ages 4-15.
Alongside the main retreat program for participants’ children, a children’s yoga camp will take place.
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Please make sure that the children wear comfortable shoes (no slippers or socks), as walks and games in the fresh air are planned. Rubber boots and a waterproof suit are ideal.
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There is no childcare during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Please pick up your children.
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To parents whose children are participating in the children's program: Don't forget to give your child a water bottle.
Important information for parents

Prices

Retreat program, accommodation and full board (vegan food)
Adults
1 place in a 4-bed room
527 €
1 place in a 2-bed room
623 €
1 place in a 1-bed room
719 €
Child 3-15 years
1 place in a 4-bed room
263 €
1 place in a 2-bed room
299 €
Children 0-2 years
Free*
*On condition that the child does not occupy a separate sleeping place.

How to get to the festival venue?

After registration, you’ll join a group chat with other participants where you can:
find carpool options
arrange shared rides or transfers from major cities
Bremen
Groningen
Frankfurt am Main
Düsseldorf
Essen
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Hannover
Hamburg
Take the S-Bahn train directly from Hannover Airport

How to get to the festival on your own (from Hannover Airport)

Find the S-Bahn station inside the airport building — it’s super convenient
Hop on the S5 line heading toward Paderborn Hbf
Trains leave every hour, for example: 12:36, 13:36, 14:36, 15:36, and so on
Travel time to Steinheim (Westf) station is about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Ticket price: €22.20
Walk for about 1 minute to the bus stop Steinheim, Bahnhof (it’s right in the direction the train is heading)
Catch bus number 776 towards Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof.
Get off the train at Steinheim (Westf)
Stay on the bus for:
Steinheim, Bahnhof → Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof — approx. 25 minutes (don’t get off yet!)
Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof → Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern — another 3 minutes
Walk straight until you reach the building marked Haus Shanti (address: Yogaweg 1, 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg)
From the stop Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern, walk about 500 meters:

Head north on Hamelner Strasse

Turn right onto Siebenstern street
Walk to the camp at Haus Shanti
Ride to the stop “Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern”
Switch to a bus at Steinheim station

How to get to the festival on your own (from Hannover Airport)

Take the S-Bahn train directly from Hannover Airport
Find the S-Bahn station inside the airport building — it’s super convenient
Hop on the S5 line heading toward Paderborn Hbf
Trains leave every hour, for example: 12:36, 13:36, 14:36, 15:36, and so on
Travel time to Steinheim (Westf) station is about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Ticket price: €22.20
Walk for about 1 minute to the bus stop Steinheim, Bahnhof (it’s right in the direction the train is heading)
Catch bus number 776 towards Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof.
Get off the train at Steinheim (Westf)
Stay on the bus for:

Steinheim, Bahnhof → Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof — approx. 25 minutes (don’t get off yet!)
Bad Meinberg, Busbahnhof → Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern — another 3 minutes
Walk straight until you reach the building marked Haus Shanti (address: Yogaweg 1, 32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg)
From the stop Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern, walk about 500 meters:

Head north on Hamelner Strasse

Turn right onto Siebenstern street
Walk to the camp at Haus Shanti
Ride to the stop “Bad Meinberg, Siebenstern”
Switch to a bus at Steinheim station

Reviews from the last Sattva Festival

FAQ

Raja Yoga is a special type of yoga that combines both physical and spiritual aspects. Raja yoga works not only with muscles and joints, but also with consciousness. By focusing on the physical side, we heal the body, and by controlling the mind and emotions, we gain peace and mental comfort.

Asana classes will help you:
- restore excellent health
- become stronger and more resilient
- discover new possibilities of your body
- balance your hormonal and emotional state
- experience joy and fulfillment in life

Olga Iurkova (Amiya) is an experienced certified instructor who will introduce you to this wonderful practice and gently help you master various asanas.
Asana classes with Olga Yurkova
Kirtan or dynamic meditation (Sanskrit: कीर्तन, IAST: Kīrtana; “to repeat, to sing loudly”) is a form of spiritual practice that involves collective singing and amplifying the meaning of a mantra. The more you sing about Love, the more there is around you ❤️

Guided meditation is a spiritual practice where a leader guides the meditation process. This helps practitioners understand where to direct their attention and what to focus their thoughts on. From breathing and visual thinking to attentive inner listening to the mantra and awareness of its meaning.

Meditation will reboot your mind. The collective flow of practice enhances the concentration and depth of personal meditation.
Kirtans, group meditations
Dada Sadananda is a yogic monk and an experienced teacher of yoga and meditation. He is the founder of the online project “Meditation Steps” and its accompanying YouTube channel, which has over half a million subscribers.

His experience in yoga and meditation spans 27 years. He has been teaching meditation and yoga practices since 2000 and has personally initiated and guided more than 2,000 people. Approximately 470,000 people have been introduced to the universal meditation technique through Dada's basic course in meditation.

He spent three years in yogic monasteries in Sweden and India and organizes annual retreats and educational programs around the world.

At the Sattva Festival, Dada will talk about the inexhaustible source of inspiration and how to avoid a creative crisis.
Conversations with Dada Sadananda
Didi Ananda Devapriya is a nun, yoga and meditation teacher. Didi Ananda Devapriya founded the Romanian branch of Meditation Steps and launched a YouTube channel in 2022.

- Personal experience in yoga and meditation: 27 years.
- Teaching since 1996.
- Has initiated more than 600 women from 13 countries into personal spiritual practices and provided individual guidance.
- Spent 2.5 years in yoga monasteries in Sweden and India.

Since 2005, she has lived and worked in Romania, heading the NGO AMURTEL Romania with 7 main social service projects.

International trainer and author in the field of neo-humanistic education, an alternative approach to education inspired by yogic principles and practices.

At the Sattva Festival, Didi will open the program with an art therapy session to connect and get acquainted. She will share inspiration and advice on meditation. In addition, Didi will answer questions about the nama mantra (a preparatory meditation lesson). There will also be an opportunity to receive preparatory and advanced meditation lessons in person (for women only; men receive lessons from Dada).
Spiritual conversations with Didi Ananda Devapriya
Jacek Rutkowski is a musician and performance artist from Poland who currently lives in Switzerland. He regularly participates in retreats and festivals.

At the Sattva Festival, Jacek will perform an original concert in the beatbox genre, combining vocals with handpan accompaniment (hang drum).
Live music by Jacek Rutkowski
We invite musicians, vocalists, and other artists to make the festival even more vibrant! You don't have to be a professional artist.

If you sing, dance, play instruments, or are skilled in theater, pantomime, or art performance, show your talent at the Sattva Festival's Talent Show!

A nice bonus for artists: a 10% discount on festival participation.

Places are strictly limited! To apply, write to coordinator Jana Bulgakova on Telegram (https://t.me/juthika_juthika ).
Talent Show
We invite artisans, astrologers, nail therapists, massage therapists, and all creative individuals who want to share their craft and make the festival brighter!

If you create jewelry, cosmetics, musical instruments, or furniture, sew or knit, paint pictures, or collect herbs for tea, participate in the Sattva Festival's “Craft Fair”!

10% of your sales will go to support the non-profit organization “Meditation Steps e.V.” founded by Dada Sadananda and you can keep all the rest to develop your business.

A nice bonus for artists: a 10% discount on participation in the festival.

Places are strictly limited! To apply, write to the coordinator Jana Bulgakova (https://t.me/juthika_juthika).
Handmade Fair
A special one-hour dance session that integrates your spiritual experiences and creates new neural connections to help you realize your desires.

Through movement, you will:
- Process your doubts and fears
- Undertake a symbolic journey toward your goals and acknowledge your dreams
- Find the energy to follow your path
- Activate the necessary state to realize something new

Author of the practice: Ivan Sapegin (Virat).
• He has been practicing and teaching meditation and yoga for 15 years
• He worked on the “Meditation Lessons” project for 10 years
• He has visited more than 20 countries worldwide with lectures, concerts, and retreats
• Certified coach

With the help of conscious movements, breathing techniques, and meditative practices, you can internalize everything you have discovered within yourself during the day and tune in to the path to your desired future.
Ecstatic Dance
A special program designed to awaken children's creative potential, including master classes and children's yoga classes led by two teachers.

Thanks to this program, young festival guests will not be bored and will be able to enjoy interesting and useful activities while their parents are busy with their own experience of transformation and re-booting.

The program is suitable for children aged 4-15.
Children's program
We invite participants of the craft fair and talent concert to make the Sattva Festival even brighter!

If you know how to teach others what you know, hold a master class at our festival!

10% of your sales will go to support the non-profit organization “Meditation Steps e.V.” founded by Dada Sadananda, and you can keep the rest for yourself to develop your business.

A nice bonus for artists: a 10% discount on participation in the festival.

Places are strictly limited! To apply, write to coordinator Yana Bulgakova on Telegram (https://t.me/juthika_juthika).
Master classes
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