Weekend Retreat @ De Hoorneboeg | 22–24 January
Open Your Heart
A Weekend Retreat with Victorine
Retreat Teacher Victorine
brings together a unique blend of yin yoga, meditation, visualisation, connection with spirit, and her background in psychology. This weekend is dedicated to opening your heart and becoming aware of subtle energies. Through yin yoga and visualisation, you gradually journey deeper into your body, learning to listen to what is alive within you and creating space to open up and let go. A beautiful way to begin the new year!
You will learn a variety of tools to connect with your heart, deepen your feelings and release what you no longer need to carry. With an open heart, you come closer to your true self, live more authentically and remain true to who you really are. This creates space to experience life more deeply and to meet yourself on a whole new level.
Victorine lives on Ibiza and is a certified yin yoga teacher, psychic medium and psychologist. From an early age, she has experienced a special connection with the spiritual world. Her own journey has been shaped by teachings, inspiring guidance, meditation, and spending plenty of time in silence, listening inwardly. Drawing on this rich combination of experiences, she guides both individuals and groups, naturally bringing together the body, psychology, energy and spirit.
During this retreat, you will not only deepen your connection with your own heart, but also with the hearts of your ancestors.
The Accommodation
This yoga retreat takes place in a unique, historic farmhouse situated right next to the heathland. The farmhouse has been completely renovated inside and tastefully decorated, combining contemporary design, beautiful natural materials and vintage elements. It is nestled beside the expansive heathland and surrounded by a spacious woodland garden.
There is a wonderful workshop space with a huge window overlooking the garden, a library, a spacious living room, and a sauna with a relaxation area. You can choose from cosy single and double rooms on the upper floors, measuring approximately 11 m² and 16 m² respectively. All rooms have their own private bathroom! Shower gel, shampoo and towels are provided in each room. Two hairdryers are available in the relaxation area next to the sauna.
There is also a treatment room where you can enjoy a massage from one of our favourite massage therapists. In addition, a life coach is regularly available, and you can book a one-to-one session during the weekend if you would like to explore personal issues in greater depth.
The farmhouse is part of Buitenplaats De Hoorneboeg in Hilversum, a beautiful 13-hectare estate featuring its own woodland, centuries-old winding paths and a magical hill at its centre. The estate is also home to Bij de Tuinman, a vegetarian farm-to-table restaurant with its own vegetable garden, a lovely space for workshops and training sessions, and a venue for cultural and social initiatives housed in a historic villa.
The Kitchen
We work with a wonderful team of experienced retreat chefs who prepare exceptional vegetarian dishes for you.
The chef can accommodate vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free and nut-free diets. However, the meals are prepared in a kitchen where these ingredients are also used, so we cannot guarantee that cross-contamination will not occur.
As our meals are served buffet-style, catering for very specific or restrictive diets can sometimes be challenging. Please inform us of any other allergies or intolerances before booking, and we will check with the kitchen to see whether these can be accommodated. Of course, we will do our very best to meet your needs.
The Programme
The yoga retreat begins on Friday afternoon at around 4:00 pm with a short introduction. This is followed by dinner in the stylish living room, which features a wood-burning stove and large windows overlooking the garden and woodland. After dinner, there is a more in-depth opportunity for everyone to get to know one another, followed by the first yin yoga class.
On Saturday, we start the day yin yoga, followed by an extensive brunch. Afterwards, there is plenty of free time for you to enjoy as you wish. You could explore the surrounding countryside, relax in the sauna or treat yourself to a massage.
In the afternoon, we serve a healthy snack, followed by a gentler, more meditative yoga session and then dinner.
On Sunday, we begin with another wonderful yoga class and a delicious brunch. You will also have plenty of time for a walk, a massage or simply relaxing in whatever way you prefer.
The retreat concludes with a final afternoon meditation and a closing circle. The retreat finishes at around 2:30 pm on Sunday.
A typical daily schedule
8:00 am – Tea and fruit
8:30 am – Meditation
9:00 am – Yin Yoga
11:00 am – Brunch
3:30 pm – Healthy snack
5:00 pm – Yin Yoga
7:00 pm – Dinner
“Victorine Jansen works with and has natural abilities. Working with her was more powerful than psychedelic retreats I’ve attended. I feel ready to integrate all the tools she has taught me into my life, and I am excited about the new chapters ahead. Thank you thank you!”
“It’s not often that you come across someone who touches you so deeply. During a difficult time in my life, Victorine guided me in a very warm, powerful, yet deeply loving way. I worked with her online twice for the three-day private retreat. This worked really well, because I was already fully immersed before starting the three-day experience.
I think I had been searching for a long time, but I wasn’t truly “ready” yet to go so deep with myself. Victorine made me feel safe and said exactly what I needed to hear with very few words. She is straight to the point, without any detours.
It felt intense and almost scary that she could see so deeply into my soul, because she gave me the feeling that she knew me better than I knew myself. Wow, what an experience. I am very grateful to her.”
“Working with Victorine cracks your heart open to levels I didn’t even know existed. What can I say... five days of magic... it was life‑changing.”
“Victorine created a retreat for me and three friends. Our conversations went deeper. Not only did our connection to ourselves deepen, but also the bond between me and my friends grew stronger.
It was a truly wild experience to work with her, from yin yoga with magnificent views to 1:1 sessions where she connected with deceased loved ones, my dog included. Victorine’s gifts, combined with the island’s magic, made it an unforgettable experience”
“Challenging, but so good. Exactly what I needed. I now know much better how to connect emotionally, physically, mentally, and energetically with myself. Especially the last one makes all the difference. I didn’t realise everything is energy. Now I know… thanks to Victorine!”
“We came with the question: How can we bring spirituality into the bedroom? My partner and I had little experience with meditation, but wow, Victorine took us on a journey.
Four days of learning new ways to connect to ourselves and to each other, discovering so many powerful techniques that deepened our intimacy on every level. Four days that changed our relationship, and Victorine changed our lives.”