Conscious Man

Rafał Górniak

Relationship with Mother – Deep Healing Process

Rafał about his session:

I invite you to a workshop that will be a deep healing process of the Relationship with the Mother. During the workshop, you will experience a profound encounter with your Mother, which will allow you to process difficult emotions and open up to a close, safe, and nurturing connection with her.

The relationship with the Mother affects various important areas of life:

• trust in life,
• trust in yourself and your emotions,
• experiencing love and closeness,
• romantic relationships,
• being a parent.

Healing the relationship with the Mother (whether she is still alive or not) can profoundly transform our lives. During the workshop, we will touch what is difficult and work on healing it. And equally importantly, we will open ourselves to receiving all the gifts that come from the Mother – especially the gift of Love and trust in Life.

You are warmly invited.

BIO:

I am a man, a father, a psychologist. For fourteen years, I have been participating in Men's Circles inspired by the spirituality of indigenous cultures. For over ten years, I have been leading deep, healing workshops for men (more than 100 men’s workshops and over 1500 hours of work with men).

In my work with people, I use a variety of methods and tools for personal development (Gestalt therapy, Process-Oriented Psychology, family constellations), as well as body-based approaches – movement, dance, voice, touch – and spiritual healing methods based on energy work, intuitive singing, and connecting with the Soul.

Together with Tomek Kocot, I co-create the podcast Rozmowy o Męskości ("Conversations on Masculinity"), which explores various topics related to masculinity and the development of the modern man.

More about Rafał and his work:

FB: Ogień Serca
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/ogien.serca/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@OgienSerca
SPOTIFY: Widzieć Sercem – https://open.spotify.com/show/3jzPHWv0F8LFnAGVx6YnHl

We warmly invite you!

Jakub Rubaj

Relationships – What Happens When I Stand in My Power?

Jakub about his session:

An experiential bodywork workshop with elements of Lowen's method, dedicated to the topic of confrontation in relationships. Through the body, expression, and movement, we will explore how we come into contact with others.

During the work, we will face questions and inner dilemmas that may arise:

• I'm afraid of masculine strength—it feels threatening and destructive.
• It's easier for me to give up my position. I don't like arguments and avoid direct confrontation—I prefer things to be pleasant.
• I avoid conflict because I believe it destroys relationships. If I show resistance, I’m sure to lose someone.
• I’m usually the one trying and pushing to maintain the relationship, without thinking about how much it costs me.

In the workshop, we will explore these mechanisms in a safe space, allowing ourselves to experience new ways of expressing ourselves in relationships.

BIO:

I’ve always been curious about human beings and the intricacies of their nature. In connection with the body and nature, I have always felt a unique potential and depth.

I’m currently in training as a psychotherapist in Bioenergetic Analysis (body-oriented psychotherapy – based on Alexander Lowen's method). I’ve completed a Psychological Support Program in the Gestalt therapy approach. I also trained in the Possibility Management tradition – a psychological and developmental system, a modern collection of initiations into adulthood (https://possibilitymanagement.org).

I’m a co-creator and trainer of the first men's forest workshops in Poland: Męskie Wyprawy do Lasu (FB: Męskie Wyprawy). In 2023, I authored a chapter titled "Towards Inner Coherence" about modern masculinity in Joanna Flis’ book "What’s Wrong With Me" (https://tinyurl.com/cozemnanietak). I also created, coordinated, and co-led the project "Zajawka Na Życie" aimed at youth aged 15–18 (zajawkanazycie.com).

I graduated from the Łódź Film School. In the past, I traveled extensively, wrote, and photographed. I’ve visited 50 countries across 5 continents and returned to the Amazon many times. I’m fascinated by native cultures—their primal wisdom and holistic healing paths rooted in nature.

I create spaces where we can expand our perspectives on who we are, explore how else we might exist in our humanity, truth, and authenticity—sometimes beyond the limiting messages passed down by our culture.

More about Jakub and his work:
FB: Jakub Rubaj – Emotions / Body / Nature

Warmly welcome!

Michał Pyziak

Rites of Passage for Different Life Phases

Michał about his session:

Rites of passage have accompanied people throughout history. They helped individuals find their place in new phases of life and access the inner resources needed to face challenges and embrace new roles. In our times, however, many of these rituals have lost their meaning. They have become empty ceremonies that fail to provide what we truly need. Instead of strengthening us and initiating deep internal processes, they often become mere obligations or forms of entertainment.

As the African spiritual teacher Malidoma Patrice Somé said, whether we realize it or not, life initiates us anyway—through the challenges it presents. It is better for us to face this with awareness rather than unconsciously.

During the workshop, we will deepen our understanding of the power of ritual. In a practical way, you will experience what a rite of passage truly is. You will connect with the current phase of your life and what it is calling you toward. You will uncover your inner resources and allies—so that you can step into this phase more consciously and with trust.

BIO:

Personal development trainer and integral coach.

Initiator of the Men’s Circle that has been meeting continuously since 2012 in Łódź. He works individually with men to help them better understand themselves, find inner grounding, access sensitivity, and personal power. He facilitates group workshops for men, as well as solitude and silence retreats in nature. He is a member of the European Men’s Leadership Summit. Author of the book The Men’s Path. Co-host of the podcast "A Book for Men".

Husband in a marriage of over twenty years and father of three daughters. He draws energy from relationships with people, meditation, and time alone in nature. He enjoys life.

More about Michał and his work:

Website: www.meskasciezka.com
FB: Męska Ścieżka
YT: youtube.com/@ksiazkadlamezczyzny-mx5fv

Warmly welcome!

Gooral i Tomasz Szymocha

Dance It Out! 5Rhythms® | Gooral Live

About his session:

Dance it out! Everything that’s been sitting inside you. Bring Joy, Creativity, Courage, Freedom, Wildness, Gentleness, and Spaciousness into your life.
We will immerse ourselves in an extraordinary fusion of live music and deep bodywork. Gooral, a master of blending traditional highlander music with modern electronic sounds, will play his magical tunes, while Tomasz Szymocha will guide us through the 5Rhythms® wave. This practice will be both a spiritual journey and a transformative experience. Gooral, tuning his music to Solfeggio frequencies, will harmonize our chakras and souls.

5Rhythms® is a practice that teaches us how to awaken the body and free the mind. The mind calms down when the body is recognized, befriended, and danced. When the body is in motion, it becomes pure energy, flow—it becomes life itself. Through the five qualities of movement (Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness), we give ourselves a chance to find ourselves, to understand, to be Here and Now—with open hearts and clear minds. When you set your body in motion, your soul will heal on its own.

The 5Rhythms® method, created by Gabrielle Roth, is a dynamic movement practice that draws from various global traditions and philosophies. It integrates wisdom from indigenous, mystical, shamanic, and Eastern paths, as well as elements of Gestalt therapy and transpersonal psychology. The method is based on the idea that everything in nature—including our lives—moves in rhythms and cycles.

Solfeggio frequencies are tones known to positively affect the healing of the body and mind. Each frequency has specific healing properties—supporting the release of fear, harmonization of relationships, problem-solving, transformation, and enhancing intuition.

BIO:

Tomasz is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher. He completed his teacher training in 2016 at The Moving Center® New York. Since then, he has actively led 5Rhythms® classes and workshops in Poland, Germany, Israel, and Spain. He is a professional mime actor educated in Berlin, where he worked in theatre for many years. Tomasz has taught movement in Germany, Poland, Italy, France, the USA, and Israel, and conducted dance-theatre classes for children and youth in Berlin and Paris.

Originally from Warsaw, he performed as a mime in the Buffo Theatre. In 1987, he emigrated to Berlin. At the age of 25, he meditated intensively for 2.5 years in the Himalayas. Since 2011, he has been the founder of BioRezydencja in Świeradów-Zdrój (www.biorezydencja.pl), an eco workshop and development center. He is also a traveler, father of five, vegetarian, Lomi Lomi Nui massage therapist, ISTA L1 & L2 graduate, and forest lover (he planted 70,000 trees!).

More about Tomasz and his work:
FB: 5Rhythms - Tomasz Szymocha
IG: @5rhythms_tomasz_szymocha

BIO:

This year marks 20 years since Gooral began blending traditional highlander music with electronic sounds. He has showcased this unique fusion in over 1200 live shows across 20 countries, performing at many major European festivals such as Pol'and'Rock, Opener, Orange, Sziget, Exit, and Colours of Ostrava.

Since releasing Ethno Elektro 2 (Wolno) in 2020, he began performing downtempo live acts tuned to A-432Hz and enriched with Solfeggio frequencies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi9FOhczhRc

In November 2022, the artist from Bielsko-Biała released the downtempo album Wolno 2 under the Guatemalan label Resueno, curated by Mose. This solidified his position in the new genre, with his live shows gaining recognition at many special festivals.

This prolific producer has released 7 studio albums and one DVD with the Mazowsze folk dance ensemble, which became an Empik bestseller. He is the co-founder of Psio Crew, won a Machiner award, received nominations for the Fryderyki, scored the film South, collaborated with Paprodziad, and created the innovative Techno Healing project. He also composed for the theatre play "Krakowiacy i Górale" and his music was used in Opener Festival’s 10th anniversary ad.

Recently, Gooral has collaborated with the regional group Ondraszek from Szczyrk, creating another unique project.
His music is appreciated worldwide—his track Krywaniu from Ethno Elektro 2 was featured on a compilation by Germany’s Bar 25 Music, and End of Beautiful Day appeared on a release by U.S. label Pipe and Pochet. The track Doducha, created with Julia Scott, was included on Guatemala’s Cacao Dance compilation. His Snowfest live set was uploaded to Moscow label Level 2’s YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VPfpM4dGBg

Currently, Gooral is finishing a new album aligned with Solfeggio frequencies. His latest live performance has even become a favorite of traumatized elephants at the Wrocław Zoo—their caretakers report the animals calm down and show signs of healing when listening to Gooral's music.

More about Gooral and his work:
FB: Gooral
IG: @gooral
YT: @KardiogramTunes

Jacek Szczesny

The Use of Psychedelics in Therapeutic Processes

Jacek about his session:

In recent years, we’ve been witnessing a phenomenon that can be described as the renaissance of psychedelics. There are several reasons for this:

• In popular culture, we see a shift in the perception of these substances. Psychedelics are no longer only demonized; they are increasingly being presented as tools for growth and healing. A key factor here is the scientifically proven positive impact of some substances on neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to create new connections between neurons.
• There is a growing number of public figures, including doctors and therapists, who openly speak about their (positive) experiences with psychedelics.
• Awareness around mental health is increasing—among professionals involved in treatment as well as among patients themselves, who often see the limitations of conventional therapies (low effectiveness vs. side effects). This drives the search for alternative methods.
• Scientific studies in psychiatry and psychology conducted over the past ten years have shown that psychedelics can be successfully used in the treatment of certain mental illnesses. The strongest clinical evidence supports: Psilocybin for depression and coping with end-of-life anxiety,, MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),, LSD for anxiety disorders—especially in hard-to-treat cases that do not respond well to standard therapies.

However, it is important to remember the "dark side" of psychedelics, which relates not only to their effects on the central nervous system but also to the emergence of problematic social phenomena surrounding their use (e.g., ayahuasca tourism).

I am a physician and trauma therapist. Since completing the Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training under the guidance of American psychiatrist Phil Wolfson—considered the godfather of this therapy—I have been legally and successfully applying this approach with my patients.
In my 1.5-hour talk in the Knowledge Zone, I’d like to share insights into the therapeutic use of psychedelics, and above all, the conditions that must be met to ensure the process is safe.

BIO:

I’m 49 years old. For over 25 years, I’ve been on a shared journey with my wife Magda, with whom I share both professional and personal passions. Together, we’re the parents of Justysia (20) and Olaf (24), as well as the caretakers of our dog Polly and our cat Hermione.

Our shared passions include travel, good food, cinema, theater, various forms of physical activity, personal and spiritual development (5 Rhythms, Tantra, Shamanism), and the exploration of visible and invisible worlds…

We live and work in Germany. I’ve been working with people professionally for over 20 years. I am a trained physician, specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, emergency medicine, and intensive care. After many years of working as an interventional cardiologist in the catheterization lab and ICU, I decided to leave hospital work. For the past 6 years, Magda and I have been running our own private medical practice.

Additionally, I am a developmental trauma therapist (NARM) and a shock trauma therapist (Somatic Experiencing). Since completing the Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training with Phil Wolfson, I have been applying this method with success in my practice.
In my work with people, I integrate knowledge from various fields and disciplines...

More about Jacek and his work:
Website: https://empatio.pl/zespol/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/path_of__heart/

You're warmly invited!

Roman Przygodzki i Michał Urbankiewicz

Am I Addicted?

Roman and Michał about their session:

"Am I Addicted?"
This question stirs up a lot of emotions—fear, guilt, shame, anger... What comes up for you?

This lecture, combined with a workshop segment, is designed to give participants a chance to honestly explore the topic of addiction in their own lives. It’s not so much about whether it’s alcohol, drugs, work and making money, food, pornography, sex, smartphone use, or anything else.

What matters more is: what is the truth about your life in this area—and what can you do about it?

Two speakers will share their personal stories of recovery from addiction and reveal what was hidden underneath their compulsions. Participants will have the opportunity to hear potential parallels with their own experiences and reflect on whether and how certain patterns may be at play in their own lives.

During the workshop segment, everyone will have a chance to examine their habits, thought patterns, and emotions that may be driving compulsive behaviors. In a safe, non-judgmental environment, participants will gain insight that can become their first step toward change.

This is not a meeting meant to judge anyone. It’s a space for honesty with yourself—and a decision: do you want to do something about it?

This lecture is for you if you feel this topic relates to you—or if you simply want to better understand yourself and others.
It could be the first step toward true freedom.

BIO:

Michał Urbankiewicz – He overcame an addiction to medication, alcohol, and drugs in 2013. Since then, he has been helping men find their way to freedom from addiction and has been exploring the spiritual aspects of addiction and psychology.
A psychologist-in-training (year 4 out of 5), facilitator of three-day Men’s Retreats based on the 12 Steps model, and organizer of workshops such as "Emotional Intelligence in Practice", "Reset & Calibration – Nervous System Hygiene", as well as men’s circles in Ostrów Wielkopolski.
Mindfulness trainer with 9 years of meditation practice (around 1,500 hours spent on the cushion).
Privately engaged to Kinga. He loves cycling trips, nights spent in the forest, slow travel, and good food.

BIO:

Roman Przygodzki – Hi, I’m an addict, and my name is Roman. Sober from drugs, alcohol, and pornography since 2020. On a spiritual path of development for 5 years, and since then actively involved in helping others struggling with addiction.
Founder of the Men's Circle in Podhale since 2023, currently a moderator of circles for the Masculinum Foundation.
Organizer and co-organizer of men’s workshops, multi-day silent trips for men, and mountain expeditions for men.
He draws energy from contact with nature, especially forests and mountains, and he loves traveling by camper van, cycling, and enjoying good food. He loves life!
Privately, he has been a husband for 22 years and is a father to adult children Julia and Krzysztof. Professionally, he is an entrepreneur.

Learn more about Roman, Michał, and their work here:
FB: Męski Krąg Podhale Masculinum
FB: Michał Urbankiewicz – Retreats / Mentoring / Workshops

You are warmly welcome!

Sławomir Nizner

Your Policy for an Uncertain Future

Sławomir about their session:

The lecture "Prepping – Your Policy for an Uncertain Future" aims to introduce participants to the idea of prepping, which means preparing for unpredictable crisis situations. In today’s world, full of uncertainty and threats, it’s worth investing in a preparedness strategy. Prepping is not only about stockpiling or learning survival skills, but a comprehensive approach to personal, family, and property safety in the face of various threats.

During the talk, participants will learn why it’s important to be prepared – how climate change, economic crises, wars, or social disruptions can affect our lives, and what steps we can take to avoid panic in the face of a crisis. Practical actions will be presented, such as building shelters, storing water, food, and energy supplies, as well as defense and first aid skills that may prove essential in difficult times.

The lecture focuses not only on physical preparedness but also on the mental aspect. Participants will discover how to develop stress coping abilities, build mental resilience, and prepare for tough situations. Practical steps will be discussed – from learning about local threats and planning evacuation routes, to investing in the right equipment such as weapons or supplies.

Attendees will also become familiar with basic legal regulations worth knowing in the context of prepping, such as building law, self-defense rights, gun ownership laws, and other regulations that can affect preparedness.

This session is for anyone who wants to begin prepping as well as for those who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in order to create a safer and more self-reliant life.

BIO:

Sławomir Nizner is a prepper – someone who prepares for various crisis situations, both natural (e.g., natural disasters, climate change) and caused by social or political factors (e.g., wars, blackouts, economic crises). His main goal is to ensure safety and self-sufficiency for himself and his loved ones in case traditional social structures and infrastructure fail. As a prepper, he stockpiles supplies and equipment and hones survival skills such as first aid, shooting, building shelters, and sourcing and purifying water. He also delves into crisis response knowledge and prepares mentally and physically for difficult times.

His passion for survival began in his youth, even before he knew the term "prepper." Over time, it became a way of life. On March 10, 2012, he founded Preppers Poland. What started as a fanpage with survival-themed content quickly grew into a large and well-organized community.

Sławomir promotes preparedness by organizing workshops, training sessions, and courses for both adults and children. He is also a frequent speaker at festivals and gatherings. Every year, he organizes the Preppers Poland Conventions, which serve to integrate the Polish prepper community, provide education, and facilitate the exchange of experiences. In his home workshop, he crafts specialized gear such as survival knives, firearm accessories, and more.

Learn more about Sławomir and prepping here:
FB: Preppers Poland

You’re warmly invited!
Get your ticket today:
https://stage24.pl/events/2025-conscious-man-3537

Tymoteusz Niemiec

The Healthy Masculine in You and Me

Tymoteusz on his session:

While attending the School of Shamanism led by Robert Rient, I volunteered to lead a ceremony for the Tribe. Preparations took several months, and the more often I sat in the circle to ask the Spirits for guidance, the more fear I felt about leading the ceremony. Yet the message I received was clear – regarding the title, the form, and the content.

Knowing that over 90% of the Tribe were women, and that I was to invite them into a shamanic journey where, if they chose, they would meet the Healthy Masculine – that awareness was, in some way, terrifying. The closer the ceremony got, the more I wanted to back out; the fear grew stronger. But in the end – the ceremony took place, and its effects stayed in the circle and with the participants.

In this shamanic journey with the drum, I invite you to meet the Healthy Masculine – I believe this aspect lives in every human being. What you encounter in this journey, and how, largely depends on you.

BIO:

A human in a man’s body. Father, brother, son, friend. A life enthusiast, passionate about communication and human relationships. On a path toward harmony, I guide experiences in communication based on Possibility Management, tantra, and Gestalt.

One of my life mottos is: "Dreams do come true."
Always evolving, I draw inspiration from working with people, getting ever more in touch with myself – and while I still stumble on the path of being human, I walk it consciously.

I hold space in men's circles, lead workshops for men and offer individual consultations. I support men and accompany them on various stages of this journey we call life. You can meet me at men’s gatherings such as "MANiFEST" and "Conscious Man – Festival of the New Masculinity." I also support travelers in integrating psychedelic experiences.

Learn more about me and my values here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FS3xuox7kXdfjfXDl2zOK
More about Tymoteusz and his work:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jDDW8PbZHAe01BwMwKGEh

Więcej o Tymoteuszu i jego pracy znajdziecie tu:

FB: Tymoteusz Niemiec
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6EMTRl2Vhzbh2UJaN9SrjQ

You are warmly invited from the Heart!
See you all at Conscious Man!

Maciej Gierasimiuk

Father, Men, and Me – A Workshop on the Masculine Heart

Maciej on his session:

We too have a heart.
And the relationship with our father is extremely important to make it accessible to us.
So that our strength can be both powerful and gentle.
So that we can allow someone to get closer.

It’s good to have armor within us for tough times... but do we want to eat in it? Spend time with loved ones? Have sex?
Do you enjoy contact with others who are always in armor and don’t let anyone close?
And yet, we keep walking around armored.
The relationship with our father had a huge impact on whether we had to build up armor or not.
Without a good connection with him, we might not know how to relate to men. Can we trust them? Can any man become IMPORTANT to you?
Without his support, we remain at the mercy of the mother – her needs, expectations, fears. Without a strong father, we may want to take care of the mother – taking on a role that isn’t ours.

Unexpressed, misunderstood feelings towards the father complicate our inner world.
For example – when "I don’t want to be like him" and I don’t allow myself to use my masculine resources.
When I fear missing him, I might keep men in my life at a distance.
When I didn’t feel important to him, I might think I’m not a valuable person.
And many other feelings.

In this workshop, through the body, we will touch on feelings related to the relationship with our father, whether he was present in our lives or not.
In this work, we will help each other – in exercises, supporting each other in important moments.
The workshop aims at improving our relationship with ourselves as men.
This may help build a better connection with other men.
It may help in building a better connection with women.
It may help you feel better with yourself and spread your wings.

The workshop will be conducted in the Bioenergetic Analysis approach of Alexander Lowen.

This is a therapeutic approach where the body, mind, and emotions are closely connected. What happens in the mind reflects changes in the body and vice versa. As its creator wrote, "The aim of therapy is to help resolve emotional problems and utilize life potential so that life brings more pleasure and joy."

Exercises through the body are aimed at moving our body tensions so we can breathe deeper and allow ourselves to feel the emotions held by these tensions. To the extent we are ready and feel safe.

Through the combination of movement, body positions, and spoken words or sounds, we more easily connect with what is deep and true within us – often in the form of emotions. By engaging the body, we can feel our emotions with our whole being, not just talk about them.
Other exercises will help express these emotions – with words, movement, and sound. This usually brings relief, joy, a sense of being oneself, a sense of authenticity. And also clearer awareness of what we want and what we don’t want.

In the workshops, emotions like anger, sadness, fear, longing, and joy often appear – because they are in us, and here they get space to be expressed in a good way. Surprisingly, this is often pleasant. And after the session, we are left with relief, relaxation, and often joy – that something important, which usually has no place within us, found its voice.

Work in this approach can be intense, so it’s worth considering participation carefully, especially for those with high sensitivity to strong stimuli, e.g., shouting.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

• Psychotic states
• Pregnancy and postpartum
• Various inflammatory and acute conditions
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma

BIO:

I am a certified psychotherapist in Bioenergetic Analysis by Alexander Lowen. I am also a supervisor and trainer in this approach. I have led 85 weekend workshops and nearly 500 three-hour Lowen exercises on various topics (self-esteem, parentification, intimacy, sexuality, heart, and many others).

I’ve been leading individual psychotherapy for 8 years.
I found my way to Bioenergetic Analysis seeking paths to understand myself. Movement and the body, sports, have always been close to me, so when I discovered this form of psychotherapy, it seemed like a natural choice. However, instead of an immediate revelation and excitement, I gradually became convinced of this type of work, and it took some time before I started benefiting from the sessions. Over time, however, the belief grew stronger that it was the right path, one that embraces the whole person, allowing me to understand, feel, and simply be.

What attracted me was the naturalness that when I feel something and express it, my body participates in it. That what is written in my personality is also written in my body, that I am a whole. Over time, the perspective offered by this approach became my approach to life, and the therapeutic practice and experiences helped me reconnect with myself, something I had longed for for many years.

I am especially drawn to group work, where the individual difficulties of participants are reflected in the group. It reminds me how similar we are – each of us has experienced wounds, longings, frustrations, or fear. Everyone in the group also has an immense resource in the form of a body that can experience pleasure, joy, calm, and vitality. I believe that this kind of work, whether group or individual, allows us to become "more ourselves" and, as a result, experience life, others, and ourselves more fully.

I help clients free themselves from a difficult past, through the body and conversation.

More about Maciej and his work:

Live Workshops: https://bodyself.pl/warsztaty-lowenowskie/
Online Workshops: https://kurs.bodyself.pl/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@bodyself-warsztatyLowena
FB: Bodyself warsztaty w nurcie A.Lowena

You are warmly invited from the Heart!
See you all at Conscious Man!

Borys Mańkowski

Mobility Training with Martial Arts Elements

Borys on his session:

A mobility workout interspersed with movements derived from martial arts. It's a training session in which we use movements to increase flexibility, strengthen muscles, and burn calories, while also learning basic techniques that appear in martial arts. Personally, I call this form of training Taz Drill.
I believe that mobility exercises are the most important yet most neglected aspect of physical training. It’s not just about training, it’s about life itself. Thanks to these exercises, life gets better, one feels younger, has much better body awareness, and most importantly, this training only requires personal will because it doesn’t require a gym or any equipment.

BIO:

Borys Mańkowski, born on October 13, 1989, in Poznań, is a Polish mixed martial artist (MMA). Between 2014 and 2017, he was the international KSW welterweight champion (up to 77.1 kg). After retiring from his fighting career, Mańkowski shared his experiences in his book "Stań się Fighterem" (Become a Fighter), in which he describes the secrets of success in martial arts and inspires personal development.
Currently, Borys Mańkowski is considered one of Poland's top MMA fighters, and his career is an inspiration to many young martial arts enthusiasts. He also shares his knowledge on his YouTube channel, where people can train with him and reach out for physical help. Recently, he has been strongly promoting mobility training, as he believes it is the most important form of training that every person concerned about their health should care about. Importantly, these exercises require no equipment and can be done anywhere.

More about Borys and his work:
FB: Borys Mańkowski
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mankowski.borys/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@BorysMankowskiTazDrill

We invite you with all our hearts!
Join us: https://stage24.pl/events/2025-conscious-man-3537

Jacek Masłowski

From Boy to Man – Male Initiation

Jacek about his session:

Male initiation is a process that, in traditional cultures, marked a key moment in the transition from boyhood to adulthood. Modernity often strips men of these rituals, leaving them lost in the search for their own identity. The lecture "From Boy to Man – Male Initiation" is based on the reflection of Richard Rohr, author of "The Male Identity," who points out that maturity does not come automatically with age, but requires a conscious confrontation with one's shadow, failures, and fears. Rohr distinguishes five key initiatory truths that help men discover who they truly are, reject the illusion of omnipotence, and find their path in the world.
During the session, we will discuss why, without initiation, a man may remain an emotional boy, how modernity has blurred the natural stages of maturation, and whether we can regain what we've lost. It will be an opportunity to look at masculinity as a journey — full of challenges but essential to finding one's true self. I will also share my own experience gained through male initiation.

BIO:

Jacek Masłowski (born 1972) is a Polish psychologist, philosopher, Gestalt psychotherapist, coach, trainer, and publicist. He graduated in philosophy from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia, studied psychology at the School of Social Psychology and the Jagiellonian University, and completed a trainer and therapist school at the Gestalt Therapy Institute in Krakow.
He is a co-founder and president of the Masculinum Foundation, which addresses the issues of modern men in Poland. As part of the foundation's activities, he conducts workshops and initiatives that support the development of men and promote healthy models of masculinity.
As a publicist, Masłowski has written articles for publications such as "Gazeta Wyborcza," "Polityka," and "Newsweek Psychologia." He is a co-author of books addressing masculinity, including "Sometimes Tender, Sometimes Barbarian" (2016), written together with Tomasz Kwaśniewski, and "No Joking. In Search of Masculinity" (2022), created with Martyna Harland. "The Daddy Syndrome," co-authored with Magdalena Adaszewska. In his publications and therapeutic work, he focuses on the challenges faced by modern men, aiming to recognize the deep causes of their difficulties and discovering ways to improve the quality of their lives.
Masłowski is also involved in educational and social activities, giving lectures, leading workshops, and participating in debates on the role of men in the modern world. His work aims to support men in conscious contact with themselves, their needs, and limitations, which allows them to build satisfying relationships with others.

More about Jacek and his work can be found here:
WWW: https://masculinum.org/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@rozmowy_maslowskiego
FB: Fundacja Masculinum

We warmly invite you!
Join us: https://stage24.pl/events/2025-conscious-man-3537

Jakub Wiktor Gontarski

"Playfight / Breathwork"

Jakub on His Workshop:

Man. Your psycho-body is a unique map.
Every move, every decision is a step in the story of your self-discovery.
So, what do you want to explore and embrace—what are you ready to reject?

You’re not here just to achieve something or even win—though that too may be part of the journey.
In playfight, you express yourself to return to your core—to the wild, tender, and true. To the unified state of your truth.

This is not a competition of better vs. worse.
It’s a ritual of presence—of the parts of you that may not always live in harmony, but that can be integrated and reconciled without destructive polarization.

Playfight interactions are a way to meet what wants to move, express, dance, or confront the inner teacher called resistance and discomfort.
Your intention, attitude, and readiness are your allies.

This is a moment to connect intellect with the body’s intelligence.
To awaken the senses, engage the mind, and also let movement flow freely.
To give yourself permission for a kind of expression that might have been missing from your space.

In male partnership, we will explore trust, strength, gentleness, and connection.
This too is a form of power.

In the playfight and movement space, it's not about domination.
It’s about the courage to enter a relationship of mutual respect and support.

The courage to join a game where there is no traditional winner—
but there are hands ready to help, and eyes that see the aliveness in each unique expression.

To express yourself through your body in truth—this is one of the greatest victories.

In interactive games, we meet opposites—like mismatched puzzle pieces.
Sometimes there is tension. Sometimes withdrawal.
But exactly through these moments, we can recognize and welcome the parts that truly make us who we are.

You don’t have to accept or embrace them right away—it’s not easy.
But look at them with gratitude.
Sometimes, the greatest act of strength is letting go.
Sometimes, it's clearly setting a boundary.
Both are tools. Choose.

At the end of the workshop, we return to the breath. To the body. To stillness.
With conscious breathing, we give ourselves a reset—a space for integration.
A return from the journey.

BIO:

Jakub Gontarski - Certified breathwork trainer and therapist, personal trainer, self-defense instructor, lecturer, and passionate researcher of functional movement and breathing.

"My mission is to support people in discovering the immense potential of conscious breathing and creative movement. Breath and movement are not just proper exercises—they are the natural nourishment of life. Breathing, combined with bodily expression, is a life phenomenon and a gift, but also a practice of deep observation and self-integration—as both a sensitive and strong human being."

Certified instructor of the Breatheology® method (Stig Severinsen)
Certified breath therapist (Breath Academy)
Certified trainer in the Oxygen Advantage® program
Certified trainer with the Buteyko Clinic International®
Certified personal trainer (under Steve Maxwell, USA, and others), with 30 years of experience in sports, martial arts, and dance
Certified instructor of physical recreation (specialization: self-defense), AZS-AWF Wrocław
Graduate of the Wrocław School of Film Stuntmen "13" (training: wrestling, fencing, aikido, krav maga combat, kalaki, acrobatics, parachuting, diving, horseback riding)
10 years as a competitive judo athlete (Gwardia Wrocław, AZS Wrocław)
10 years involved in Capoeira (Europe and Brazil)
One of the leaders of the BodyConstitution research-education program at the Grotowski Institute in Wrocław
7 years in contemporary dance (contact improvisation, floor work, partnering, actor training)
President of the Creative Initiatives Association MOMENTUM, co-organizer of the Wrocław Festival of Movement and Dance CYRKULACJE
Breathwork lecturer and trainer at the Wrocław Academy of Theatre Arts
Provides corporate trainings in conscious breathing, self-defense, and movement
Leader of the educational project PLANET KIDS

More about Jakub and his work can be found here:

WWW: https://jakubgontarski.com/
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubgontarski/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@jakubgontarski/videos
FB: Jakub Gontarski Oddech - Ruch - Transformacja

Kuba Bania Izbicki

The Practice of Self-Love – Freedom Within Yourself and in Relationships

Kuba about his workshop:

We grew up within an outdated, destructive – yet widespread – model of masculinity. Often coupled with the complete emotional unavailability of our fathers. Most of us disconnected from deep feeling, body wisdom, intuition, and sensitivity at a very young age. No one taught us how to deal constructively with the overwhelming emotions that flooded us.

All of this leads to a painful truth: adult men dominate today’s statistics of various forms of self-destruction. Deep inside, we carry a psychological wound and pain that we try to numb in a thousand different ways – through substances, entertainment, sex, money, work…

If you don’t know how to deeply love yourself, you build all your relationships from a place of unmet need. You entangle yourself and others – and in the end, you are left with emptiness and disappointment. But it doesn't have to be this way.

We will begin by breaking free from the narrow cage of the masculine mind and diving into the core quality of masculine Presence.

Through breath, movement, sound, and intention, we will dismantle the armor of ego that has grown over our male bodies and release the emotions locked within. We’ll awaken and free our inner fire.

And once you begin to feel again, we’ll be ready to meet our vulnerability. Through the practice of self-love, you will begin to fill the emptiness you’ve been carrying. You will come Home. You will feel the peace and fulfillment you’ve been searching for in the outside world. We will open our masculine Hearts and reflect ourselves in one another – as brothers of a shared masculine tribe.

I invite you… if you have the courage to truly meet Yourself.
Kuba Bania Izbicki

BIO:

By profession, a psychologist, trainer, and holitherapist.

By passion, a tireless seeker of ways to live a fulfilled human life.

He works in workshops and individual sessions using the method of Holistic Reintegration – a coherent and comprehensive system of working with people that combines modern academic knowledge with unconventional practices derived from traditions focused around 8 key aspects of human nature.

He is a living embodiment of the Wounded Healer archetype – someone who has walked a long and difficult path of personal transformation. From a place where trauma burdens and completely takes away the will to live, to a space where it becomes a worked-through gift and a resource to share and support others.

After a period of fascination and disillusionment with the scientific heritage of the Western world, for over 20 years he has followed the path of embodied spirituality in the non-dual and tantric traditions. In his work, he bridges the worlds of spirit and body, mind and emotion, ancestral systems and personal patterns, bioenergetics and the inner calling that leads to true life fulfillment.

He finds artistic self-expression in photographing people in the movement of awakening.

Learn more about Kuba and his work here:

WWW: http://wPelni.com
WWW: https://meskieplemie.pl/
FB: wpelni.com - Kuba Bania Izbicki
FB: Kuba Bania Izbicki
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wPelni_com

Bart Jurkowski

Improvisation – Readiness for the Unpredictable

Bart about his workshop:

Surprise and change don’t ask for your permission – but you can choose how you respond.
This workshop is a practical space to train flexibility, mindfulness, and the ability to quickly regain your footing. It’s not about predicting everything – it’s about acting effectively, even when life throws you off balance.

Through interactive improvisation exercises, you’ll connect with the part of you that’s ready for the unknown. You’ll learn how to consciously respond to new situations instead of automatically falling into fight, flight, or freeze. You’ll experience how to stay clear-headed and empowered in chaos, how to listen to yourself and others, and how to find ease in uncertainty.

Improvisation is not the art of being funny – it’s the art of being present.
It’s a low-pressure courage training that helps you embrace surprise, awaken curiosity, strengthen your intuition, and stop stressing about not being prepared. For those who want to build trust in themselves in a world that keeps changing.

BIO:

Bart Jurkowski – business psychologist and creator of the "I'MPRO IMPRO" method, which helps develop inner flexibility, reduce stress, and find calm in an unpredictable world. He combines tools from applied improv and applied drama to support people in responding consciously to change, building self-trust, and acting with courage – even when nothing goes according to plan.

He has worked with leaders and teams from companies like Google, Mastercard, and Deloitte. He teaches improvisation as a tool for personal and professional development in MBA programs in Poland and abroad. Since 2016, he has led workshops that use movement, interaction, and play to help people reconnect with themselves and their natural sense of agency.

Learn more about Bart and his work here:

WWW: https://www.improimpro.com/
FB: Bart Jurkowski
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/impro_impro/
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartjurkowski/

Bartosz Zadurski

"How to Build Self-Worth"

Bartosz about his session:

This lecture is not just about theory – it’s a practical approach to building and strengthening self-worth. I’ll share effective tools and techniques that anyone can apply in everyday life to better understand themselves, their needs, and their emotions. You’ll learn how to break through inner blocks, deal with the inner critical voice, and build a healthy relationship with yourself based on authenticity and self-acceptance.

Together, we’ll go through the process of discovering how to nurture your self-worth regardless of external circumstances – so you can enjoy a life filled with satisfaction, peace, and confidence. I invite you on this inspiring journey inward – toward greater courage, freedom, and alignment with your true values.

BIO:

Bartosz Zadurski – trainer of Nonviolent (Empathic) Communication, Certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) Practitioner, TRE® Provider, Structural Integration therapist, and certified Buteyko breathing instructor. For years, he has been passionate about the mind-body connection and the influence of emotions on the body.

Host of the podcast "Zadurski Mówi" about emotions, the body, and communication.
Speaker at numerous conferences and festivals, including TEDx Gdynia and the Festival of Conscious Bodywork.

Learn more about Bartek and his work here:

FB: Bartosz Zadurski
INSTA: Instagram.com/Bartosz.zadurski

Grzegorz Sykała i Przyjaciele

"The Way Home" – A Concert of Songs

Grzegorz about his performance:

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been sitting, singing, and playing with people. It’s an honor to sit with you this time in the extraordinary setting of the Conscious Man Festival. We’ll embark on a long musical journey only to ultimately arrive at what is closest to us: ourselves, our hearts, our sensitivity, and our personal freedom.

We’ll travel on the wings of songs from South America and Poland. You’ll hear pieces I’ve learned from spiritual teachers of different traditions around the world, as well as songs I’ve written myself—songs dictated by a longing for my own heart.
It will be uplifting and nostalgic… but knowing myself—there will be some laughter too.

I’ll sing and play the guitar for you, joined by amazing musicians and old friends whose musical talents beautifully express the depth of their sensitivity and richness of life experience:
Dariusz Brodowski will accompany on guitar, and Łukasz Kacprzak on drums.

BIO:

Grzegorz Sykała – ceremonial musician, artist of the moment, brother and companion in the circle. A cultural studies graduate specializing in Intercultural Communication. He completed the Accredited Shamanic Practitioner Training with Beata Alföldi, as well as the Holistic School for Trainers. He has worked as a manager, stand-up comedian, and actor. Today, in his work, he does what he only aspired to do in his previous roles: he lets his soul be heard.

He has learned healing songs during ceremonies in Poland, Peru, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Denmark, Belgium, and Greece. In July 2023, he officially joined Beckley Retreats, one of the world’s most renowned institutions organizing ceremonies.

He sings South American ceremonial songs and original Polish compositions.

Grzegorz shares music that helps people feel. He creates open spaces where participants feel free, safe, and able to experience whatever they need in the moment. His events are known for their lightness, humor, and strong, clear energy.

Learn more about Grzegorz and his work here:

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@grzegorzsykaa-muzykaserca5116
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/g.sykala

Paweł Obolewicz i Dawid Bajora

"Trening uważności na Acupres Boards"

Paweł and Dawid about their workshop:

A modern method of working with the body, stress, and emotions—based on acupressure, breathwork, and the power of focus.
This training is designed to build mental and physical resilience. We combine breathing techniques, sensory stimulation, acupressure, and deep mindfulness to help you regain control over the "fight-or-flight" response and transform it into conscious action.

Practicing on Acupres Boards is both a physical and mental challenge, as well as an intense process of releasing tension, stress, and emotional burdens stored in the body. It strengthens the nervous system, regulates stress responses, and activates the vagus nerve – essential for regeneration, immunity, and inner balance.

Thanks to a unique, three-stage process:
Mentally, you learn to manage stress, step out of autopilot, and direct your attention consciously.
Physically, you release tension, restore natural breathing, and reset the body.
Emotionally, you let go of what’s holding you back and build a deep sense of strength, calm, and agency.

This is a training that stays with you—not as theory, but as a lived experience.
A practice for men who want to be resilient, strong, calm, and fully present—in action, in relationships, in life.

BIO:

Paweł Obolewicz – Mental trainer, peace trainer.
Co-creator of the Acupres Boards project and founder of the Meccije brand. He specializes in mindfulness training on Acupres Boards—teaching how to use intense physical stimuli to better understand emotions, release bodily tension, and break automatic reactions. He shows how to restore energy flow, improve well-being, and build inner strength through conscious work with the mind and body.

Dawid Bajora – A cold therapy enthusiast and world traveler, practicing winter swimming since 2009.
A curious mind with a decade-long interest in natural healing and optimizing body and mind. For the past 3.5 years, he has regularly practiced standing on nails and shares this practice around the world.
Learn more about Paweł, Dawid, and their work here:

WWW: www.acupresboards.com
INSTA: www.instagram.com/acupresboards
INSTA: www.instagram.com/pawel_obolewicz

Arek Piechowski

"Integrated Warrior: How to Embrace What’s Difficult?"

Arek about his session:

In a world that often expects men to be tough and in control, it’s easy to lose touch with your emotions and inner truth. This workshop is a space where you can set down your armor for a moment and meet yourself – without pressure, without judgment, with full presence.

I invite you on a shared journey through meditation, breathwork, and gentle movement to help you embrace the difficult and regain emotional balance.
This workshop is especially for men who seek support in integrating their experiences and those who want to learn simple emotional self-regulation tools they can take home after the festival.

Through conscious breathing and reconnecting with your body, you'll learn how to regulate tension, recognize and name your emotions, and regain calm and clarity in times of inner turmoil.
This is not a space for fixing yourself – it’s a space to simply be yourself, exactly as you are.

Thanks to the presence of other men and a safe, supportive atmosphere, you’ll get to experience that sensitivity and strength are not opposites, but two sides of the same coin.
An Integrated Warrior is one who feels – and doesn’t run away from discomfort.

No prior experience with meditation or personal development is required – just show up. The rest will unfold within you.

BIO:

I am a Breathwork Trainer, Buteyko Method Instructor, Coach, and Integrative Breathwork Practitioner, as well as a Neuromeditation Instructor. For the past several years, I’ve been sharing my knowledge and meditation experience.
I help people start meditating with ease, and I lead men’s circles as well as in-person and retreat-style workshops. I’m also a DJ with over a decade of experience, organizing intuitive dance events. I write a personal growth blog and love long walks in the forest.

In my work, I care deeply about helping people find balance between their inner insights and the actions they take in the world.
Breathwork combined with coaching quickly reveals and transforms mental blocks into strength that supports your goals and desires.

Through meditation, I offer a space to meet yourself.
Meditation is a moment of true presence, where there is space for breath, reflection, and authentic connection with what matters most.
I support people in finding inner balance so that every day becomes more conscious and meaningful. I help others walk the path of self-acceptance, healing, and the joy of being truly themselves.
This is not an escape from daily challenges – it's the art of being present in them, with courage and openness.

Learn more about Arek and his work here:

WWW: https://www.arekpiechowski.pl/
FB: Arek Piechowski
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/arekpiechowski_pl

Szymon Cechnicki

"Patchwork Men’s Circle"

Szymon about his meeting

Life doesn’t always follow the script we imagined.

Patchwork families, separations, new arrangements — and emotions that are often hard to contain.

In the Patchwork Circle, we create a space for men who:
are not living with their children on a daily basis,
raise their partner’s children,
or grew up themselves in patchwork families.

We will meet what is alive: anger, sadness, shame, guilt — but also strength, relief, and acceptance.

No judgments, no masks. Just — together. Because beneath our individual situations lie universal stories that connect us.

We invite all who feel this path relates to them.
Just come as you are.

BIO:

Szymon Cechnicki (46 years old) — father of adult Jago and four-year-old Aya. For two years, he has been practicing kind co-parenting with Aya’s mother, outside of a romantic relationship. Son of divorced parents, grandson of three grandmothers and three grandfathers.

For nearly two decades, he has accompanied people as an Ayurvedic therapist, yoga teacher, and translator of personal development workshops. He has worked with teachers of Ayurveda, Yoga, Tantra, and Shamanism (including Svarup, Pushan, Santoshi, Michal Maayan, Aaron Kleinerman, Shachar Caspi).

On his journey to himself, he spent a year on pilgrimages in India, two years in ashrams, and many weeks in the silence of the Amazon jungle, learning from power plants.

Today, he co-creates spaces for ceremonies, rituals, and transformational gatherings.

He lives in a new relationship, sharing daily life with three children of two other fathers.

Tomasz Kwieciński

"Rigidity or Flexibility? The Psychology of Masculinity in a Changing World"

Tomek about his meeting

Contemporary challenges once again raise the question: what is mature masculinity, and how can it be built in a world full of conflicting expectations? During this ninety-minute lecture, we will examine the concepts of psychological rigidity and flexibility in light of third-wave behavioral therapies and explore how cultural or individual narratives about being a man can sometimes unknowingly harm us.

We will explore how rigid beliefs about masculinity, attachment to various identities, or avoidance of difficult experiences can limit us, cut us off from emotions and relationships, and how developing flexibility allows us to combine strength with authenticity. No moralizing — just practical tools and inspiration for further work.

BIO:

I am a therapist currently in the final phase of a 4-year third-wave behavioral psychotherapy training.

In 2015, I completed Grof Transpersonal Training, which significantly shaped my approach to supporting therapeutic work with expanded states of consciousness. I have led workshops related to these states in several countries across multiple continents.

I also completed a one-year transgenerational therapy school named after Anna Schutzenberger. I work at KeyClinic, preparing, supporting during, and integrating psychedelic experiences during ketamine-assisted therapy. I am undergoing training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. To share my experiences in this field, I wrote the book "Follow the Call. Therapeutic Experiences in Expanded States of Consciousness" and host the podcast "Psychedelic Therapy." To support others in making life changes, I have completed various coaching trainings and was certified by the Coaching Chamber in 2015.

More about Tomek and his work can be found here:

WWW: Holotropicpoland.pl
WWW: holomind.org

Łukasz Falkiewicz

"The Emotional Release Technique According to David Hawkins"

Łukasz about his meeting

This workshop is a space where you will confront what truly keeps you stuck — without embellishments, without spiritual fluff, without blaming others.

The starting point will be the Emotional Release Technique according to David R. Hawkins — a simple tool but one that requires courage, readiness, and ruthless honesty with yourself. Its power reveals itself when combined with the Principles of POWER: honesty, humility, responsibility, lack of expectations, and the intention to serve life — not the ego.

These principles are not spiritual poetry. They are spiritual discipline. They are the pillars on which lasting transformation is built. Without them, the practice of development becomes a tool for avoidance rather than liberation. With them — it becomes the path back to inner truth and real strength.

The second part of the meeting is a practical session of deep release — focused on integrating what we as men repress and what we struggle with. We will do this to face the truth and finally move forward — toward [something missing in original?]. We will work with what is uncomfortable, hidden, immature — to reach a place where you no longer need to play anyone. You come back to yourself. To the place where you can truly stand strong — without armor.

BIO:

My professional journey began in the world of business and finance, where as a banker and entrepreneur I sought a path to fulfillment. However, what seemed like a path to success gradually revealed its limitations, leading me to a turning point in life.

In search of deeper meaning and inner transformation, my path evolved toward spiritual development. Personal struggles with depression became a catalyst for change and opened the door to understanding that the greatest strength is often hidden beneath the greatest burden. It was then, thanks to the teachings of David R. Hawkins and the practice of the Emotional Release Technique, that I began to overcome limits that once seemed insurmountable.

Today, I support others as a cognitive coach, sharing what I have tested on myself and through over 3,000 individual sessions. In my work, I combine the release technique with a deep understanding of the human interior — showing how conscious choices and work with the mind can lead to inner power, peace, and desired goals.

Privately, I am a father of two children — Aleksander and Wiktoria. Aleksander will join us in the circle for the second time, for which I am very grateful. Beyond professional life, my heart beats in the rhythm of sports such as tennis, squash, and kitesurfing, which give me a sense of freedom and joy.

My journey — from the world of external successes to the world of inner truth — has taught me that strength is not about being infallible but about the readiness to confront what is real. Today, I share this path with others, believing that each of us can find our own way to wholeness and harmony.

More about Łukasz and his work can be found here:

WWW: https://projektswiadomosc.pl/
FB: Projekt Świadomość

Ramzi Attia

"Dance Ceremony"

Ramzi about his session

We will begin our journey by listening to the silence.
Or rather, to the subtle sounds of the surrounding environment.

The emerging sounds of nature and instruments will be an invitation to sway, to move the body.
Freely, without form or expectation.

Surrounded by music, nature, and brothers — how does the body want to move?
Dense, sparse, loose, stiff...?
What do I allow myself? Am I hiding something? Am I ashamed of something?

How do I feel among people?
Among men only?

Dance is a vehicle on the journey of self-discovery.
It’s an experiment where you are both the researcher and the subject.
It’s a chance to shed your burdens and embody the qualities you long to experience in your life.

Curiosity, observation, surrendering control through dance.
A quiet mind, a body moved by rhythm.
A kind of controlled madness.

Let yourself be surprised by yourself!

I will lead the dance ceremony on the first day of the festival.
It’s your opportunity for a strong beginning.
To leave behind all the "important" matters and come closer to yourself.
To ground yourself in the here and now.
To prepare your body, mind, and spirit for the processes, breakthroughs, knowledge, connections, and rest that lie ahead…

You’re warmly invited!

BIO:

Ramzi Attia
A multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and performer whose roots stretch from Europe to North Africa. For Ramzi, music is like a lighthouse for a ship’s captain — guiding through the ocean of emotions, thoughts, and experiences.

His sound is driven by energetic Afro-Latin rhythms, harmonized with emotional soul, a pinch of mysterious oriental influence, and the depth of psychedelic experiences — all wrapped in a powerful electronic pulse.

In his sets, Ramzi creates a space for deep self-exploration, inviting listeners on a journey into their inner mystical world, inducing a trance in which the boundaries between body and mind disappear.

Ramzi composes and produces music, leads drumming circles, and facilitates music therapy sessions. His artistic path is a continuous process of exploration, experimentation, and refining his craft to create immersive, one-of-a-kind experiences.

As a performer, he blends organic sounds with electronics, creating energetic live shows using instruments such as djembe, darbuka, congas, guitar, and Native American flute. He also incorporates hybrid elements by combining live instruments with DJ sets, crafting dynamic and captivating musical journeys.

More about Ramzi and his work can be found here:

Live Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDgq8UZB20&t=1400s
WWW: www.ramziattia.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/RamziAttiaMusic
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ramzimusic/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@RamziAttia/videos
SC: https://soundcloud.com/ramzi-attia

Paweł Klukowski

"Understand Before You Answer – On Communication That Builds Relationships"

Paweł about his session

"The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
— George Bernard Shaw

We are always communicating, and our message is more or less clear. The way we receive what someone is saying depends on how we interpret it. Even with the best intentions, it may turn out that what we say is perceived as provocative or even offensive to the person we are speaking with.

Very often, a single word, gesture, tone, or facial expression can start an argument, which may escalate into conflict, or even lead to the breakdown of friendships, family bonds, or business relationships. Repairing such a rupture can be difficult, and the "cost" of rebuilding the relationship may be high and require patience.

My many years of personal and professional experience show me that such situations can be both a great loss and a great opportunity. That’s why it’s so important that we all learn how to use words to create alignment between intention and interpretation, and build a world based on partnership, respect, and trust. Because such a world makes sense.

The key to improving the quality of communication lies in learning how to conduct conversations based on the principles of dialogue. The first thing I want to show you is how to become aware of your own reactions to different types of communication and recognize when your survival mode (fight/flight/freeze) kicks in — responses rooted in the brain stem. We’ll also explore ways to notice how what you say — and how you say it — affects the reactions of others. This way, you’ll be able to respond before the situation "thickens" and leads to conflict.

I will also invite you to practice our dialogue structure for moments when communication becomes difficult. I say "our," because I usually conduct trainings with my wife and business partner (we’ve been running a training company together for over 20 years). It’s a series of steps that help maintain the quality of communication and connection with the person you’re speaking with.

A word of warning — working with communication is a one-way ticket. Anyone who truly understands the principles of dialogue and partnership will want to change their life. And they will change it. Be ready for it. Find the courage. It’s worth investing in changing your communication habits, because it will give you real influence over the quality of the reality you live in — and over what you bring into your relationships with others. It’s an extraordinary adventure and a beautiful journey to a place where a new quality of Meeting with another human being becomes possible.

BIO:

I am an educator by training. For nearly 30 years, I’ve worked as a trainer with groups and as an individual coach and therapist.

I started my work with children and youth — first as a scout leader organizing camps and as a survival instructor, then as a therapist at a Youth Sociotherapy Center, and later as the director of POMOST High School for socially challenged teens.

Currently, I specialize in leadership training for management at all organizational levels, and in team building and development. My favorite form of training is outdoor, where I apply experiential learning as an effective tool for leadership development.

In individual work, I follow a process-oriented, coaching-based approach that activates inner leadership.

Recently, I’ve been deeply engaged with SE® (Somatic Experiencing®) and NARM® (NeuroAffective Relational Model®). As part of SE®, I continue developing my skills by supporting SE® students as part of the assistant team.

I’ve completed a wide range of education and certifications, including:

Gestalt Therapy and Group Training School
Practitioner of the Art of NLP
Certified facilitator of Robert Cialdini’s "Ethical Influence" workshop
CoachWise Essential & Equipped (ICF-certified programs)
Mindfulness training
ISP® (Integral Somatic Psychology®)

In the outdoor training context, I’ve also completed:

Rock climbing course
First aid training
Lifeguard certification
Sailing and motorboat licenses

I’ve long been a volunteer for various public benefit organizations, including in recent years the "Red Noses Clown Doctors" foundation (offering supervision for actors working in hospitals and support for the foundation’s board).

Privately, I run a family business with my wife Lucyna. I’m also a fan of motorcycles, winter swimming, water tourism, and festive gatherings with friends. I'm a proud father of 26-year-old twin daughters, both psychology graduates — and for over a year now, also a father-in-law

WWW: www.misjaludzie.com

Mikolaj Rykowski

"From Loneliness to Love"

Mikołaj about his session

Stages of loneliness can vary greatly — for me, it started in childhood, continued through maritime school with a boarding facility, the early years of adulthood, and even into relationships.

Can you feel lonely while being in a relationship?
Unfortunately, yes.

Is it better to be in any relationship than to be alone?
I believe it’s not.

For the past few years, I’ve known that a happy relationship is not a myth. It can be a reality.

"Seek and you shall find" may sound a bit cliché — but seek actively, not passively, and in the right environment. You won’t find a seagull in the forest.

So how do you set the course of your life to find love without loneliness?

How do you avoid the shallow waters and discover the right ocean to fish in?

I invite you to a panel where we’ll navigate the turbulent waters of relationships — to arrive together in a safe harbor.

BIO:

Mikołaj Rykowski – President of the Wolne Miejsce Foundation and a social activist for over 25 years.

Originator of the largest Christmas Eve and Easter gatherings for lonely people in Poland and abroad.

Founder of Spichlerz, the first network of social and community grocery stores in Poland.

Creator of the innovative concept of the Social Ministry for Loneliness, including the social bistro Spichlerz.

Initiator of international humanitarian aid efforts — for the war in Ukraine (since 2022), the earthquake in Turkey (2023), and the flood in Lower Silesia (2024).

More about Mikołaj and his work can be found here:

FB: Wolne miejsce
FB: Społeczne Ministerstwo ds. Samotności
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/fundacja_wolne_miejsce/
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/ministerstwo.ds.samotnosci/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6rm98BUbiWxrR_VfrhGZw
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@fundacjawolnemiejsce

Marcin Szot

"Anger in Service of Life"

Marcin about his session

Anger has a bad reputation. People even say "złość" (anger) is close to "zło" (evil) in Polish. No wonder — most of our experiences with this energy involve irresponsible, hurtful expressions of anger.

But without the energy of responsible anger, it’s nearly impossible to say "no", "stop", "enough", or even "yes!", "I want this!". Without anger, it’s almost impossible to create TRULY safe spaces for healing, love, and authenticity — whether in work, relationships, family, or community — because all these spaces require boundaries. And sometimes, safety means it has to get uncomfortable.

Adult anger is Life expressing itself through our body. Anger is the archetype of the Warrior.

So how can we access it through relaxation and alignment with Life, rather than through tension and disconnection?

How can we feel the kind of anger that connects us to ourselves and fuels us — instead of draining us and harming others and ourselves?

This workshop offers a few steps (among many) toward learning how to flow with and navigate the energy of anger in service of Life.

BIO:

Marcin Szot – Longtime partner and father of two sons. Co-creator and facilitator of the original workshop series "Men’s Forest Expeditions", creator of "The Heart Warrior" men’s workshops and programs focused on expressing anger, emotional work, and discovering one’s calling.

Since 2015, he has been organizing emotional work groups and conscious communication trainings (based on feelings and needs) for both women and men.

Since 2017, he has been a pioneer and active member of the Polish and international Possibility Management community (https://possibilitymanagement.org/). He has collaborated with the "Alter Ego" Psychotherapy Center, "MONAR" addiction therapy centers, the Małopolska Center for Prevention, and private companies.

For many years, he has participated in, co-created, and led men’s groups and spaces where men and boys can explore new aspects of themselves and take deeper responsibility for their lives and what they create.

In 2023, together with his fiancée and son, he spent six months living in villages with Indigenous people on one of the most remote archipelagos in the world — the Kingdom of Tonga — learning their ways of living in close relationship with Nature and discovering their unique men’s culture.

Formerly a print journalist, he continues to write and run a blog.

More about Marcin and his work can be found here:

WWW: www.marcinszot.com
FB: Marcin Szot - Coaching i Trening Transformacji / męskie warsztaty i wyprawy

Dawid Rzepecki

"Crisis in a Relationship as a Springboard for Growth"

Dawid about his session

Does the moment when a relationship breaks down have to inevitably lead to its end? Is it possible that the greatest challenges — such as conflict, emotional distance, betrayal, or loss of trust — might become not the end, but a new beginning?

This session invites you to look at crisis in a relationship from a completely different perspective — as an opportunity for healing, deepening connection, and conscious growth, both within the relationship and individually.

Together, we will explore the mechanisms that lead to tension and the breakdown of intimacy. We’ll uncover what really happens when conflict arises, and why it is often the most painful moments that offer the greatest chance to discover true, deep needs — both your own and your partner’s.

Drawing on years of experience working with couples and a tantric approach to intimacy, this perspective shows that consciously moving through crisis can not only save a relationship, but make it stronger and more authentic than ever before.

This session may bring into your life:

A deeper understanding of the root causes of relationship crises and conflicts
Practical tools for communication in difficult moments
A new perspective on betrayal, disconnection, and lack of closeness
Skills for transforming emotional eruptions into connection and understanding
A space for reflection on your own patterns in relationships

We will create a safe space where each man can honestly examine his beliefs about being a partner, husband, or lover.

This session is also a deep invitation not to flee from the painful places, but to stay there a little longer — with an open heart and a willingness to grow. Because sometimes, it is in the ashes of crisis that the fire of true intimacy and mutual understanding still burns.

BIO:

Dawid Rzepecki – A teacher and trainer with a background in philosophy and therapy. Since 1999, he has been facilitating workshops in Poland and around the world (India, Bali, Peru, Egypt, Thailand). His workshops strengthen both the masculine and feminine aspects while deeply integrating spiritual experience.

Together with his wife, he leads tantric workshops for couples. He is the founder of men's circles and has been organizing men's transformational journeys to various parts of the world — including Morocco, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, the Canary Islands, Thailand, and Cambodia.

He is the co-author of the bestselling book "Sexual Life of Parents: How to Build Long-Term Partnerships" (published by Natuli).

More about Dawid and his work can be found here:

WWW: www.TantraLove.eu
FB: TantraLove
IG: instagram.com/TantraLove.eu_zosiaidawid

dr Łukasz Sobkowiak

"How to Age More Slowly?"

Łukasz about his talk:

Aging is an inevitable process – but its pace doesn’t have to be set in stone. More and more research shows that how quickly we age is influenced not only by our genes but also by our lifestyle, environment, and daily choices. In this lecture, we’ll explore the fascinating world of the biology of aging and discover how we can meaningfully impact both the length and quality of life.

Why do some people remain healthy and active at 70, while others experience chronic illnesses and weakness much earlier? What exactly happens in our cells as we age – and what can we do to slow it down?
We’ll discuss key biological mechanisms, such as oxidative stress, inflammation, DNA damage, telomere shortening, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

But that’s not all – this lecture is also highly practical. You’ll learn how everyday habits can influence longevity:

how to eat to support the body’s repair processes,
the importance of circadian rhythm and sleep,
whether intermittent fasting is worth trying,
why physical activity acts like a "youth elixir",
and how the gut microbiome, immune system, and tissue regeneration are all connected to aging.

We’ll also touch on promising but still emerging interventions, including nutraceutical compounds, cell therapies, hormesis, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and epigenetic modifications.

This lecture is an invitation to consciously reflect on your health. It’s not about magical solutions, but about understanding how your body works and how you can support its natural regenerative powers.
Science doesn’t offer immortality – but it does provide an increasing number of tools to help us live longer, more actively, and in better health.

BIO:

Łukasz gained academic experience in the Human Gene Therapy Program at one of the world's top 3 medical schools – Stanford School of Medicine (California, USA), as well as at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

He has also worked for several years as a manager in medical departments of pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, UCB, and Sanofi.

Łukasz’s mission is to make science accessible – especially in the fields of health, longevity, and biohacking.
He runs a growing Instagram profile, a scientific YouTube channel called Bio-portal, and closely collaborates with the Baromedical network of hyperbaric medicine clinics.

Learn more about Łukasz and his work here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562935697986
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_lukasz_sobkowiak/

Łukasz "Puszek" Puchalski

"The Tree, the Wood, and the Tree-Wisdom"

Łukasz about his talk:

This lecture explores and tells the story of trees and wood in Slavic tradition and culture, focusing on their historical and contemporary roles in our lives. I aim to present the meaning and significance of trees and wood, describe the tree species found in our climate, their properties, and the various types of wood – including how it is sourced and used for noble purposes.

The talk combines both practical and theoretical knowledge from the fields of forestry, arboriculture, dendrology, and forest use.

BIO:

Łukasz Puchalski of the Puchała lineage – a naturalist and forester, an enthusiast of Slavic culture, and an advocate of the Awakened Masculinity Movement.
A grateful father and husband.

Dawid Woźniakowski

"Sugar Under Control: How to Regain Energy, a Great Physique, and Peak Productivity"

Dawid about his talk:

Energy crashes after meals, morning fatigue despite 8 hours of sleep, lack of physical progress despite consistent effort, brain fog and concentration issues, poor sleep quality, and waking up around 3 a.m. – these are just some of the symptoms of a disrupted glucose-insulin balance.

Did you know that over 31% of adults in Europe suffer from metabolic issues, and most of them don’t even know it?
Blood sugar fluctuations affect the nervous, hormonal, circulatory, metabolic, immune, and digestive systems.

Glycemic balance influences your thyroid function, as well as levels of testosterone, cortisol, and dopamine. It directly affects your energy, brain function, and body composition.

A stable blood sugar level means:
Fewer food cravings and better control over your diet
More energy in the morning and no crashes during the day
Deeper sleep, better recovery, and fewer night awakenings
More motivation and better stress resilience
Sharper thinking, improved focus, and better performance
Improved hormonal balance – support for testosterone, reduction of cortisol
Better training results – more effective fat loss and muscle gain
Lower risk of insulin resistance, diabetes, and hormonal issues

World-class experts like Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Peter Attia agree that glycemic control is a key factor in health, productivity, and longevity.

In my talk, you will learn:
Why unstable glucose sabotages your health, brain, and physique
How to recognize symptoms of blood sugar imbalance
What tests to do – and how to interpret them
How nutrition, sleep, activity, and recovery influence glucose and insulin levels
What you can do to make blood sugar work for you – not against you

This won’t be a boring academic lecture. I’ve prepared the real stuff – actionable knowledge that will directly improve your quality of life.

BIO:

My name is Dawid Woźniakowski – I’m a nutritionist, high-performance coach, biohacker, and longevity expert.

For over 15 years, I’ve been helping people regain control over their health, body, and well-being – and overcome the obstacles standing in the way of a healthy, happy life.
I specialize in clinical nutrition, particularly in treating lifestyle diseases – metabolic and hormonal disorders that are now among the top causes of decreased quality of life.

My interest in nutrition, well-being, and biohacking began with my own story: I’ve lived with two incurable metabolic diseases, numerous hormonal disorders, and have undergone 17 major surgeries over the past 20+ years.

Despite battling severe obesity and long-term depression, I’ve managed to completely transform my life and body – and now I help others do the same.

Over the last 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity to share my knowledge at Poland’s largest conferences – held at venues like Warsaw National Stadium, Wrocław University of Technology, and the Poznań International Fair – as well as in trainings for companies such as Nestlé, Innogy, T-Mobile, Samsung, PwC, and H&M.

I know how precious life without limitations can be – that’s why I teach people how the body really works and what to do to take control of it effectively.

Learn more about Dawid and his work here:
 Website: www.dawidwozniakowski.pl
Welltalk: www.welltalk.pl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawidwozniakowski/

Mana Akitanga

"Haka, Polynesian Martial Arts, Polynesian Body and Mind Treatment"

Mana about his sessions:

Haka originates from the Māori people – the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Together with Mana, and with deep respect, we will perform the Haka in a way that honors its traditions. We will explore the culture and philosophy behind it, and step outside our comfort zones. We will embody our pride, let our emotions show on our faces, pay tribute to the land and our roots. Our voices will rise to the ancestors, our feet will strike the ground, and our bodies will manifest our will.

Mana will also share Polynesian power movements that elevate our spiritual energy – our "mana" – while simultaneously caring for the vessel that holds it: our bodies.
He will then introduce us to the fundamental movements and stances of Polynesian martial arts.

Mana is also a practitioner of one of the oldest healing traditions from Polynesia and will offer individual sessions and support for participants. This is deep, intensive work.

• Taurumi Tino – After battle, warriors would visit a Polynesian Tahu’a (healing expert) to restore and "repair" their bodies.

• Taurumi Vairua – Connection with nature, the ancestors, and one's mana was crucial to Polynesians, and maintaining that flow of energy was essential. Oil is used during this treatment.

BIO:

Mana is from Polynesia, born on the sacred island of Ra‘iatea – the legendary Havai’i Nui. His family comes from the last clan/tribe that resisted colonization on the Leeward Islands and in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
He was raised in accordance with tradition, learning from his grandparents who preserved the histories and legends of Polynesia, passed down by the elders during his childhood.

Mana's mission is to share the authentic cultures of Polynesia.

This is a gentle reminder:
Always seek Polynesian guidance when learning Polynesian practices – it is an act of respect toward these cultures. Teaching them without Polynesian roots or knowledge is a form of cultural disrespect.
Please – go to Polynesians.

Tomasz Siuda

"A Good Death"

Tomasz about his talk:

"Confrontation with death stirs fear, but it also holds great potential to enrich life."
These words by Irvine D. Yalom serve as the motto for this lecture – a reflection on the role of death in our lives.

During the session, we will learn about the mission of the Institute of the Good Death, an organization dedicated to education and training in the areas of death, dying, and grief. We’ll also explore the work of the Institute’s collective – a group of nearly 100 professionals from various fields who are engaged in this sensitive and essential area.

Tomasz will speak about ways of experiencing grief and present the theory of continuing bonds, explaining what it means and how it can support people in mourning. He will show how this concept can be integrated with phototherapy techniques to preserve memories and maintain a symbolic connection with deceased loved ones.

We will also reflect on the power of personal farewell rituals, which help bring meaning and coherence in the face of loss. The talk will touch on ecological burial practices, especially aquamation, as a respectful and natural way to return to the Earth.

Tomasz is an "expert in death and grief" in the same sense that anyone can be – through open and conscious experience of it. During this talk, he will share his personal perspective and practical insights based on his work with grieving individuals.

BIO:

Photographer, artist, art therapist, and phototherapist.
Graduate of the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts.
Lecturer, educator, and author of numerous photographic exhibitions and projects.
Organizer and participant in research expeditions to the Amazon rainforest.

Using photo-therapeutic techniques, he conducts workshops in the area of Ars Moriendi – exploring mortality, and confronting emotions around death and grief.

Member of the Institute of the Good Death collective.
Member of the Council of the Institute of the Good Death Foundation.
Board member of the Key for Tomorrow Foundation.

Learn more about Tomek and his work here:
Facebook: Tomasz Siuda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomaszsiuda_fotograf/
Facebook: Instytut Dobrej Śmierci

Andrzej Hrycaj

"Balls in Ice, Fire in the Heart / The Cold Immersion Zone"

Andrzej about his session:

What does it mean to consciously engage with cold – and how is cold exposure connected to men’s inner work? What lies beneath the surface of the well-known health benefits of cold? How can we go deeper into cold therapy and use it as a tool for conscious growth?

As Wim Hof says, "The cold is a merciless but generous teacher." What you learn from it depends on you – but only if you know how to listen. Cold water will gladly show you what you need and where you are on your path. Open curiosity is the mindset that reveals the vast, almost bottomless potential of cold immersion as a transformational practice.

During this workshop, you’ll learn:

How conscious cold exposure differs from classic cold plunging or winter swimming
What benefits it offers – physiological, neurobiological, emotional, hormonal, psychosomatic, and training-related
What happens in your body during cold exposure – and which internal mechanisms are activated
How to prepare, plan, and treat cold contact as a practice, while following proper safety and hygiene protocols
Which breathing techniques and mental attitudes (mindset) to use in cold work
How cold exposure can influence your daily life – internally, externally, and in relationships
How the path of cold can become your own journey of discovering your inner teacher, healer, and leader

Cold is a pure stressor. It sends a strong message to your brain: "fight or flight." But when you voluntarily enter icy water, it’s not to escape – and the only fight is with yourself.
What if, through the alchemy of consciously choosing your state, you could become a warrior of calm, with a heart burning bright, full of strength and clarity?

BIO:

Andrzej Hrycaj – in a loving relationship for over 25 years, father of two grown children, traveler, and lifetrepreneur. A passionate explorer of conscious body practices, breathwork, emotional integration, and mental alignment.

He studied cold exposure with Wim Hof and Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche, a Tibetan master of Tummo (inner fire practice).
A proponent of deep ecology and the understanding that everything is interconnected. His personal credo: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
He treats life as a continuous journey where every step and moment is a chance to act more consciously – and thus better.

In his work with men, Andrzej draws on the wisdom of indigenous traditions, mythological symbolism, including the Hero’s Journey, rituals, the medicine wheel, and Jungian archetypes.
His mission is to support others in becoming their authentic, powerful, healthy, and happy selves.

Learn more about Andrzej and his work here:
Facebook: Wewnętrzny Ogień
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM8HD5J06sE

Michał Godlewski and Marek Budziński and the Breath Practitioners

"BREATH. CONNECTION TO THE MASCULINE SPIRIT."

Michał and Marek about their session:

Transmodal Breath is a method based on millennia-old spiritual and shamanic practices, while also drawing on modern scientific research. During this year’s festival, we want to guide you toward safely feeling yourself, processing bodily and emotional residues from painful events, but more importantly, recognizing and accepting yourself on both the physical and spiritual levels. We believe in the good masculine energy that lives within us and have repeatedly witnessed how breath reveals and strengthens it.

Why do we share breath?
Because breath is the foundation of life. The freer it flows, the easier energy moves within us. We experience more emotions, passion, and motivation. We feel more, engage more deeply, and live more fully. We have better and freer contact with ourselves and others. We want to grasp life with full hands.

As men, we often seek access to this life energy. It is through this energy that we build and create, reach and conquer, set and protect our territory. With this power, we explore the world, discover our passion, and fulfill our life mission. From this place—our energized core—we can truly and sincerely open up to others, sharing our best gifts.

Breath allows us to release tension and emotional baggage, open to experiencing our vitality and embodiment, and can also lead to expanded states of consciousness achieved by shamans or in meditative practices.

The sessions involve energetic transformation, emotional release, integration of difficult past experiences, increased body awareness, and sometimes spontaneous healing of illnesses or life patterns, or even visions. You can approach the session with a personal life theme where you need support.

BIO:

HE MASCULINE TEAM – Practitioners of Transmodal Breath

Marek Budziński – Member of the Breath Institute. Tattoo artist and forest education trainer. Streetworker. A lover of life and well-being. Conscious breathing is my personal compass to myself. I lead individual and group sessions and workshops in various cities across Poland and online. I create safe breathing spaces where we can explore ourselves in trust and openness and live our lives in truth.

Michał Godlewski – Founder of the Breath Institute, author of the Transmodal Breath method, the book Breath Intelligence, and creator of the breath community. For 20 years, he has led breath workshops and developmental trainings attended by thousands, including Professional Breath Practitioners Training and Men’s Gatherings, where we experience circles, breath sessions, ceremonies, dance, and initiation. Also a dancer, composer, publisher, and businessman. Personally values deep, long-term relationships and considers creating a good partnership his success.

Learn more about the Breath Institute:
Website: www.InstytutOddechu.com
Website: www.InteligencjaOddechu.pl
Facebook Group – Breath Intelligence:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/527864764353248

Andrzej Gryżewski

"Secrets of Male Sexuality."

Andrzej about his session:

Do you really need a sexologist to have a fulfilling sex life and satisfying relationship? Or maybe a bit of knowledge, self-reflection, and courage is enough to avoid ending up on the therapist’s couch?

In this lecture—without taboos or sugarcoating—Andrzej Gryżewski, psychotherapist, sexologist, and bestselling author of The Art of Penis Care and The Art of Vagina Care, will share what most often brings men to his office… and how to avoid it.

He will talk about cultural traps of masculinity and femininity, myths about sexuality, mistakes we repeat in bed and relationships, and how not to fall into the pattern of "sex as an obligation," "orgasm as the goal," and "pretending instead of talking."

You will learn:
– how not to kill desire in a relationship,
– when porn helps and when it ruins intimacy,
– why it’s not worth waiting for things to "just work out,"
– what to say (and what not to say) to your partner in bed,
– and how to build a healthy, mature sexuality.

This lecture is an honest talk about sex—with humor, clarity, and experience from thousands of hours of therapy. It’s an invitation to learn to be your own sexologist instead of ending up in the therapist’s office.

Who is it for?
For everyone who is or wants to be in a relationship. For those seeking closeness and pleasure but who don’t want to repeat their (or their parents’) mistakes.

You don’t have to be a patient. You can be a conscious human being. Shall we start?

BIO:

Andrzej Gryżewski – founder of the Arte Vita Institute, psychologist, sexologist, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, and schema therapist.

Author of the bestselling books The Art of Penis Care and The Art of Vagina Care. Co-creator of the award-winning podcast Dialogues of the Vagina and Penis.

Learn more about Andrzej and his work here:
Website: www.instytutartevita.pl
Instagram: @andrzejgryzewski
Facebook: Andrzej Gryżewski

Piotr Matlok

"The Sweat Lodge Ceremony."

Piotr about his session:

The Sweat Lodge is an ancient ceremony during which participants have the opportunity to cleanse their body and mind while simultaneously connecting with a Higher Power to present their intentions and prayers. I received the knowledge of this ceremony from the Ceremonial Chief of the Blackfeet.

Although I pass on the ceremony in its unchanged form, I treat it as a tool to work with the Spirits of our land—not as an import of North American beliefs to our continent. Here, we deal with different energies and spirits than those on Turtle Island (as the indigenous people call North America). The same applies to the Pipe Ceremony. It is a way to communicate and connect with oneself, sending prayers and desires out into the world.

For me, due to health reasons, sauna is a difficult experience, but the Sweat Lodge is my home. Here I live, learn, experience, cook, and sometimes bake :))) I will gladly meet you in the space of brotherhood and strength along with all the qualities that the Conscious Man Festival brings.

BIO:

I am Piotr – Lightbringer. By profession, a Civil Engineer. Currently, together with my wife Ania, we run a farm that we open for developmental workshops and ceremonies. I passionately create ethnic instruments—flutes, drums, rattles. On my life journey, I am accompanied by nine great teachers, whom I call my children. I bring six of my sons to the Festival; they are a great support to me.

My passions include music, sailing, and leading initiation and development processes. For many recent years, I have attentively walked my life’s wheel. This sensitivity was taught to me by my (deceased in 2020) Master and Friend Dr. David Thomson, whose teachings remain relevant to me thanks to their vast versatility.

In 2019, I was entrusted by the Ceremonial Chief of the Blackfeet, Keith Chiefmoon (Onistaya Kopi), who passed on to me several ceremonies so I could serve people using pure indigenous traditions on our land. Men's circles are for me an opportunity to deepen my own practices and support others in their processes.

Learn more about Piotr and his work here:
Website: www.lightbringer.pl
Facebook: Lightbringer - flutemaker
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@piotrmatlok6020/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightbringerflutemaker/

Marcel Krzak

"The Nervous System – The Foundation of Your Experience."

Marcel about his session:

The autonomic nervous system is the lens through which you perceive the world. The state of your ANS determines what emotions you feel and what actions you take.

During the workshop, you will learn to recognize the state your system is in (fight, flight, freeze, social engagement), how your body communicates these states, and how to build a practice for returning to regulation.

Using polyvagal theory and tools involving bodywork, movement, breath, and relationships, you will create a personal map of your nervous system — a tool that will help you better understand yourself and make conscious decisions in moments of stress, overload, or disconnection.

The knowledge from this workshop will help you navigate your life towards growth instead of staying stuck in survival mode.

BIO:

I’m an ordinary guy who’s been through a lot. A trainer, coach, breathwork practitioner, and ultramarathoner.

Life’s upheaval threw me to Iceland, where after a nervous breakdown and bankruptcy, I began my own process of rebuilding. It was there, in harsh conditions and emptiness, that I found my calling: accompanying others in their transformational processes.

I founded the Men’s Circle for the Polish community in Iceland. I lead group and individual training — based on building natural strength and functional fitness.

At the same time, I develop my own coaching practice supported by therapeutic breathwork — a method that combines body, emotions, and awareness in a process of real change.

I believe effective self-work must include all dimensions: body, mind, emotions, and relationships. It must address the PAST to build a better FUTURE in the NOW.

"Bringing people closer to themselves and to each other" — best expresses my mission.

I have no formal education in psychology, which allows me to move freely between modern neurobiology and ancient philosophical and spiritual traditions.

I love mountain running and hiking. I’m obsessed with the human being in his rawest, most animal form.

Learn more about Marcel and his work here:
Website: www.marcelkrzak.com
Facebook: Marcel Krzak
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkrzak/

Michał Mania i Bartłomiej

"Warrior Gymnastics – A Workshop of Conscious Movement"

Michał Mania and Bartłomiej Ostrowski about their sessions:

We will explore the possibilities and fitness of the body so that you get to know yourself through movement, so that you trust your body more if you need to, and finally so that you meet other men in a good and supportive space through movement.
We will also bring awareness into our bodies.
What won’t be there? No fitness routines, repetitions, or competition...
It will be a comprehensive general fitness training focused on body awareness, so that by deepening it, we take care of strength (because, as men, we like to be strong), mobility (because maybe you sometimes sit too much), and psychomotor coordination/agility.
Strength, mobility, and coordination are the foundations of physical fitness in the literal sense, but we can also treat them as metaphors for psychological resources needed in life. Understood psychologically, they simply come in handy, and we will also work on embracing that within ourselves.

It’s called Warrior Gymnastics because we deal with martial arts, and a large part of the exercises will come from that area. However, there will be no strictly combat elements — we won’t be fighting. Warrior Gymnastics, because being a warrior is an identity that includes trust in yourself, a sense of strength coming from knowing yourself and your body. Not only what is strong in us but also awareness of our own weaknesses, readiness to face discomfort, to see our limits, and the ability to handle what is difficult.

We will work hard and then talk about what this shared experience did for us.

Combat Systema – Self-Defense / Hand-to-Hand Combat

In our training, we integrate the classical technical understanding of martial arts with the foundations of Eastern European / Slavic martial arts and movement systems.
We combine the principles of Russian Systema and classical technical martial arts understanding.
We work under the motto "know yourself" — words that capture the essence of Systema training philosophy, because through knowing yourself and your psychophysical resources, you build the ability to handle difficulties while also taking care of your well-being — coping with challenges or even threats, so that this well-being can be regained and protected when needed.

Our approach stands out from other schools by putting special emphasis on movement preparation, mobility, coordination, and breathwork training for combat — whether in strikes/kicks, clinch, or ground fighting.
We work comprehensively on body awareness in movement and combat applications, understanding the structure of your own body as well as your opponent’s in hand-to-hand combat, grabs, and strikes.
A large part of training is devoted to understanding body work in combat, intelligent use of weight, strength, spine work, and the role of mobility and flexibility.
An important part of our training is also working with emotions in threatening or combat situations, wherever we encounter fear and discomfort.
We focus on taking care of the awareness, physical, and psychological foundations that we later apply in hand-to-hand combat techniques.

BIO:

Michał Mania – psychologist, psychotherapist, trainer, Systema instructor — a martial art based on understanding biomechanics of movement and awareness of body and emotions, enthusiast of natural movement forms. Graduate of the Postgraduate Psychotherapy School at the Polish Ericksonian Institute.
He conducts individual psychotherapy, trainings, and workshops on communication, developmental workshops focused on working with the body, self-defense, and hand-to-hand combat trainings, and is occasionally a lecturer.
Founder and creator of Grupa Kontratak – School of Movement and Hand-to-Hand Combat.
In his therapeutic and training work, he believes in holism and humanism, focusing on resources and strengths while being aware of possible deficits and imperfections.

Bartłomiej Ostrowski — Combat Systema instructor (Kevin Secours School), motor preparation trainer, focused on movement aspects and its efficiency in combat/self-defense, considering the psychophysical capabilities of participants and spatial specifics. He combines experience in sport combat training with systems developed for self-defense.

Learn more about Michał and Bartek here:
https://linktr.ee/grupa_kontratak
Facebook: Grupa Kontratak - School of Movement and Hand-to-Hand Combat

Marcin Karbowski

"Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy – The Path to Your Full Potential."

Marcin about his session:

Many myths and misunderstandings have grown around hypnosis. Some stem from limited knowledge, others from deliberately creating mystery, and still others from pop culture, which loves drama. Stage shows play an undeniable (and unfortunate for hypnosis’s image) role.

We see hypnosis as something mysterious, almost magical; sometimes we don’t even believe such a state exists. Knowledge about hypnosis is usually fragmentary, and superstitions and beliefs take their toll — fear of losing control, fear of someone who can "enter your mind" and force you to do things you don’t want, fear of processes we don’t understand, which creates distance and lack of trust. It’s easier to believe movie scenes than to look closely at what hypnosis really is.

What are the facts?

Hypnosis is one of the oldest phenomena known to humanity and is present in various forms in most cultures worldwide.
It is a natural state of mind that we all enter daily when we "zone out" while driving, get absorbed by a movie or book, or gaze into a fire. It’s a state of relaxation and connection with oneself, but above all, it allows insight into areas we usually have limited or blocked access to.

Therapeutic hypnosis (hypnotherapy) is a state of focused, deepened, and expanded awareness in which we gain access and the ability to heal mechanisms, scripts, and beliefs that often burden us and negatively affect our relationships with the world, loved ones, and ourselves. In a safe space, it allows a shared journey to discover and utilize internal resources, overcome difficulties, develop potentials, and achieve goals.

Transpersonal hypnotherapy is more than working with the subconscious. Unlike mental hypnosis, focused on the mind, transpersonal hypnotherapy works with our most conscious part — called in various approaches the Higher Self, superconsciousness, or soul. This part is our best guide and healer, knowing our difficulties and showing us the way.

The transpersonal approach to hypnotherapy does not limit itself to body and mind but allows discovery and communication with our inner self, revealing previously inaccessible resources and possibilities.

This session will allow you to:

learn more about hypnosis and its applications,
see how it can support you in releasing difficulties and personal growth,
experience how combined with conscious breathing it enables deep relaxation and calm,
and perhaps help you find a path to your world of emotions, joy, love, acceptance, and connection with your soul.

BIO:

Hypnotherapist, member of the Polish Institute of Hypnosis and Transpersonal Therapy, in a loving relationship for 30 years, father of a wonderful daughter, graduate and participant of numerous courses in psychology, bodywork, breathing techniques, energy work, and spiritual development.

My professional life began with an economics degree and working in large corporations. However, I soon discovered that despite peace, stability, and a "solid footing," something important was missing in life. I sought answers and began exploring the spiritual side of life. I completed numerous courses in bodywork, psychology, energy work, and spiritual development, such as mindfulness, tantra, breathwork, and hypnotherapy. Through this, I found my path and connected it with my profession. As the owner of a design studio, I create and paint, which is an important form of expression and creativity for me.

I hold men’s circles, conduct workshops for men, and have developed a therapeutic path for years, which allows me to see the world not only through my own eyes but also from completely different perspectives.

Combining techniques, practices, and traditions is my way to integrate different elements, create my own path and methods, and develop my journey. Thanks to this, I can be a guide and accompany my clients in seeking their truth, offering tools that free them from burdens and limitations and help them find their inner beauty.

Learn more about Marcin and his work here:
https://hipnoterapiawpelni.pl/
Facebook: Hypnotherapy "W Pełni" Marcin Karbowski

Ron Timm i Tomek Eichelberger

"Qi Gong: Morning Connection with Power"

Ron and Tomek about their sessions:

BIO:

Ron Timm
Path of Dao Poland – Qi Gong Ron Timm
Founder and Head Teacher at Path of Dao, Ron teaches ancient Taoist practices that have stood the test of time. These practices offer a holistic view of modern life — with all its difficulties, questions, and imperfections — and provide concrete instructions for living and facing challenges.

Before founding Path of Dao, Ron trained and studied Kung Fu, Taijiquan, Shiatsu, the Healing Dao System, Seiki Soho, Qi Gong, Taoist meditation, and Zazen. His main teacher is Master Peng Wu Chi (Taiwan), with whom he trained in Qi Gong and Internal Martial Arts. Ron teaches in Switzerland, Germany, and Poland.

Tomek Eichelberger
Life process explorer, Qi Gong and internal martial arts teacher, and co-founder of Path of Dao in Poland. A graduate of the University of Physical Education, he has studied the Feldenkrais Method, functional training, and mindfulness. For the past 9 years, he has been studying under his teacher Ron Timm, practicing Qi Gong, Bagua, and Tai Chi. He’s also a sailor, nature enthusiast, dancer, and collaborator on various projects with the Institute of Psychoimmunology, the Center for Integral Psychotherapy, and W Gruncie Ruchu.

More about Ron, Tomek, and their work:
Website: https://path-of-dao-qigong.ch/pl/
Instagram: @pathofdaoqigong
Instagram: @tomekeichelberger
 Facebook: Path of Dao Polska / Ścieżka Dao – Qi Gong Ron Timm

Marcel Bird

"Brave Heart Yoga for Men"

Marcel about his session:

Brave Heart Yoga is a special yoga practice designed specifically for men — created for the festival and tailored for a large group of men of various ages and levels of physical fitness. It is part of the broader FREEdOM YOGA body-based practice, which I’ve been teaching individually and in groups for over 12 years.

What it brings and its effects:

This combination of conscious breathwork and grounding asanas strengthens our foundation (root and sacral chakras), which support our sense of safety and our relationships — both with ourselves and with the outside world. At the same time, it opens the heart and belly, allowing us to feel more and consciously enter emotions — dropping the armor.

Physical strength and grounding
Heart opening
Awareness and sensitivity to body and mind
Breath awareness and control
Greater mobility and flow of life energy
Mind-body connection, enabling more influence over your own life

BIO:

Above all, a human being.
Father of a wonderful son, Rafael.
Lover and connoisseur of life.
Creator, artist, and stoic warrior of heart-truth.

Marcel holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Film Directing. For over 20 years, he has been working with the body. He is a BMS (BodyMindSoul) therapist and teacher of FREEdOM Yoga — an integrated approach combining asanas from various yoga paths, breathwork, and Kundalini energy practices.

Since 2012, he has been running his individual practice SENSELIBRIUM – to Balance your Life, supporting conscious development through mindful touch, movement, breath, and body "de-armoring" — helping to release stored trauma and stuck energy.

He is the creator of YODAME (yoga dance meditation) and the personalized practice YODAME – Master Your Mastery.

Marcel leads workshops and festivals under the name YODAME – Dance of Life, inviting people into deep connection through authentic movement and self-love. He also guides sound journeys using various instruments and voice.

He has studied in India, South America, London, and Poland in fields such as yoga, tantra, shamanism, and many other disciplines enriching conscious living.

By integrating both light and shadow, masculine and feminine, Marcel draws from many areas of life, merging experience, intuition, and the path of heart-truth. He continually evolves as a human being, knowing that growth and development in one's truth and full potential is the only path to a fulfilled life.

His life’s mission is returning to self, to nature, to the heart, and discovering personal mastery. He leads men’s retreats and circles (Męskie BYCIE), co-ed unity circles, and collaborates with other teachers to create projects that inspire and support personal transformation.

Since 2023, he has been running TaHata – Consciousness, Creation, Being in the Kaszuby region of Poland, a healing space for individuals and couples navigating pivotal moments in life.

More about Marcel and his work:
FB: Yodame – Master Your Mastery
FB: Senselibrium – Enriching Humanity
FB: Męskie BYCIE

Foka

"Meeting with Songs of the Heart"

Foka about his session:

Singing together. Weaving words and sounds together. Vibrating together. Experiencing together. Simply being together.

These are songs that carry love — for ourselves, for others, for the Universe.
They bring joy, trust, soothing, release, letting go, forgiveness… and often invite reflection.
They comfort the soul, give strength, inspire — they offer so much.

Created by different people, from different cultures, sung in different languages — and yet, they carry universal messages that can resonate with anyone open to receive them.

Words matter. Words have power. So does music — it carries words.
And when the words of a song flow with music, their power unites.
When songs are sung with intention and presence, they can reach very deep and stir exactly what needs to be stirred.
Singing holds a kind of magic — the magic of expressing and experiencing.
And when we sing together, that magic is enriched by the connection with others. It becomes a powerful support for opening ourselves to this experience.

In that shared here and now, a Singing Tribe is born.

As I journey with songs, I meet far more women singing than men.
This imbalance may stem from the heavy emotional armor we often carry — armor that we rarely allow ourselves to loosen or remove.
But singing is a tool that can help us do just that.

So I invite you to sit in the circle — to soften a little, and to feel the relief that comes from that softening.

BIO:

A wanderer with songs.
Sometimes I don’t know whether I carry the songs, or they carry me.
I collect and share what moves me.
With the help of a guitar, I create space to meet your own voice, other voices, the Songs — and whatever lives inside us.

More about Foka and his work:
FB: Foka
YT: https://youtube.com/@foka.plynie

Mikołaj Foks

"Fatherhood – How Not to Be a Second Mom"

Mikołaj about his session:

Many modern fathers never had a strong, positive example of fatherhood in their own childhood homes.
As a result, they often learn how to be involved parents from women.
There are certainly many parenting skills men can learn from mothers —
but does fatherhood mean copying motherhood?

How can a dad build a strong bond with his child without becoming a second mom?
What’s different — and rightfully so — about fathering compared to mothering?
What should we learn from women, and where should we trust our own male intuition?
What to do when you hear: "You let them get away with everything!"?
Why do children need masculine energy as they grow up?
How can parents stay united while still embracing their differences?
What are the long-term effects of being a dad versus a second mom?

The result?
A deeper understanding of your father identity — and the unique role that comes with it.
More confidence and satisfaction in your fatherhood journey, and a greater sense of balance and complementarity with your parenting partner.

BIO:

Mikołaj Foks – creator of men’s workshops, development programs, and retreats.
Facilitator of men's circles.
Author of the podcast and blog ZawodOjciec.pl ("Professional Father").
Former journalist, manager, trainer and coach in business — now fully devoted to supporting men’s development.
Husband and proud father of five.

More about Mikołaj and his work:
zawodojciec.pl
FB: Mikołaj Foks
YT: ZawodOjciec – Mikołaj Foks
Spotify: Podcast on Spotify
IG: @mikolajfoks

Dario Egelie

"Sweatlodge – Ceremony of the Elements."

Dario o swoim spotkaniu:

We will gather in the womb of Mother Earth to reconnect, realign, heal and pray.

We go through the four doors, through the elements and the directions – through the stages of life – to arrive to completion.

The ceremony is often a combination of a physical and a mental process, and by staying and surrendering to the medicine of the moment, we are rewarded with peace and fulfillment.

Sweatlodge ceremonies with me are colored by my many years of study with different traditions. There is a frame and structure that we build on, while a big part of the ceremony is intuitive and varying from time to time depending on all the variations of people, processes, location etc.

BIO:

In 2012, after having been on the path of healing and self discovery for 4 years, I received the vision and guidance to manifest a sweatlodge ceremony for 4 days in a row. At the time, I was working for an organisation who brought indigenous healers from the Amazon to offer their retreats in Europe. During one of the retreats, I brought my vision to life. This became the start of a long relationship with the medicine of the sweatlodge.

Since then I have learned about the sweatlodge from various traditions and tribes around the world. Me and my wife got married in a traditional Inipi ceremony, I was invited to run temazcal in Mexico and have brought the sweatlodge ceremony with me as a tool to all the places I have lived and worked. Both me and my wife conduct ceremonies, and averagely do around one sweatlodge ceremony per month.

To me, the sweatlodge is the trusted tool that will always bring the completion. The space where anyone can arrive in all sorts of shapes and moods, and where we all leave in harmony and peace.

Through the last 10 years I have organised a number of men’s retreats and ceremonies. And as a father, I am currently expecting my fourth son. A humbling task of supporting and raising the next generation of sacred masculine.

Przemysła Huminiecki

"Financial Freedom, Investing, and Cryptocurrencies"

Przemek about his session:

This talk is for those who want to consciously take care of their financial future and begin the journey toward financial freedom. You’ll learn how to build a solid financial foundation step by step – from protecting your assets and building an emergency fund, through goal setting, to making your first investments. You'll get to know the main asset classes, principles of portfolio construction, and risk management strategies. In the final part, I’ll introduce you to the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrency investing – from basic concepts and practical tips to the role of digital assets in a modern portfolio. You'll walk away with tools and advice that will help you consciously manage your finances and investments.

BIO:

I’m an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor with many years of experience in education, investing, and business consulting. My journey began with my family’s business, which inspired me to take action and continually grow.

Key achievements and experience:

Cryptocurrencies: Investor since 2015. I bought my first Bitcoin for 900 PLN. Today, I help individuals and funds maximize returns and secure capital in crypto assets.
Real Estate: Active investor with hands-on experience in building strong portfolios.
Sales: Managed a client portfolio worth over 100 million PLN.
Training and Coaching:
• Over 10,000 hours of training delivered to nearly 10,000 participants.
• Over 5,000 hours of coaching for more than 300 individual clients.
• Development of sales departments in micro and small businesses.

Educational and community work:
Co-founder of the nationwide project Futuro, promoting personal and professional growth.
Mentor at the Academic Business Incubators.
Member of the Program Council and Senior Convention of the Lower Silesian Student Forum of the BCC.
Member of the Supervisory Board of the ASI investment fund.

My passions and values:
I am guided by love for family, freedom, space, peace, and joy – these are the foundations of my work. I’m passionate about working with people, personal growth, and sharing knowledge. I believe success is a combination of knowledge and the courage to act.

If you’re looking for a mentor, advisor, or someone to talk with about investing or business, I’ll be happy to share my experience. Together, we can achieve more.

Learn more about Przemek and his work:
FB: facebook.com/przemekhuminiecki
YT: youtube.com/@PrzemekHuminiecki
X (Twitter): x.com/Huminiecki

Dawid Okoński

"A Natural Home for 100,000 PLN as a Springboard for Financial Growth and Psycho-Physical Regeneration."

Dawid about his session:

Create a space that not only becomes a successful investment, but also positively impacts your health. Living in nature helps regulate your nervous system, and a home without bills means a life free from financial pressure—more presence in your child's development and more time with loved ones.

Participants of the talk will receive a printed strategy that will guide you step by step toward successful home building. Instead of stress and uncertainty, you'll be ticking off each stage with joy and satisfaction.

I’ll share clever solutions that combine natural building, permaculture, and the wisdom of the secondary (used) housing market to create comfortable homes for as little as 50,000 PLN.

Building a home is a foundation of freedom and a beautiful initiatory process for a man. When a woman meets a man with a stable place to stand behind him, she feels invited to enter the relationship with respect, admiration, and gratitude.

See you there!

BIO:

Bartłomiej Tomczak

Aggression in Children – Enemy or Friend?

Bartek about his session:

Aggression has always been present with our species; without it, we wouldn’t have survived. It is a force that exists between good and evil. Today, for many reasons, it is stigmatized and rejected—especially in kindergartens and schools, where mostly women teach. We fear that if we don’t nip it in the bud, it may lead to uncontrolled violence. Meanwhile, aggression in children very often signals that something is wrong in the family system. It is an invitation to enter the child’s world and get to know them. I believe that we fathers have the resources to accept such an invitation.

From my lecture, you will learn how to distinguish aggression from violence. I will tell you how to respond so aggression does not turn into self-aggression. I will also give you practical tips on how to transform destructive aggression into constructive energy.

You are welcome to join!

BIO:

My name is Bartłomiej Tomczak. I am a father of three sons, including two teenagers, and have been married to Patrycja for over twenty years.

I am a certified Trainer with the Familylab Poland Foundation (part of the international Familylab Association), which inspires parents, caregivers, teachers, and educators to build supportive relationships with children based on mutual respect.

I completed the Pathways Facilitation School, which taught me creative and constructive approaches to problem-solving and leadership. I am a psychotherapist in training, specializing in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.

By training, I am a Physical Education teacher and currently pursuing a master’s degree in PSYCHOLOGY. I regularly participate in supervision both as a trainer and therapist.

I was an ideal dad until my children were born. Once they arrived, it quickly became clear that I was stepping "into my Old Man’s shoes" more often than I wanted. I decided to change that and seek knowledge about parenting. The topic fascinated me so much that looking back, I think I went through a kind of psychotherapy through parenting.

Along the way, I met many wonderful mothers who shared their knowledge and experience. But I didn’t want to learn how to be a good dad from moms.

Then a solution came to me: the best way is to learn from other dads who, like me, didn’t have good father role models in their own families. Unfortunately, I didn’t find many around me.

That’s why I created the Conscious Dad project, building a space where fathers can support and inspire each other. I organize workshops, seminars, trainings, men’s circles, and retreats. I am not an expert on parenting but rather an older buddy happy to share his experience of family life. I will show you how to be an authentic leader in your family, one whom children follow with trust and love.

More about Bartek and his work:
Website: https://swiadomytata.pl
Facebook: Świadomy Tata
Facebook: Męski Krąg - Świadomy Tata
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@swiadomytata

Wojciech Wieconkowski

"Temazcal Ceremony – Sweat Lodge"

Wojtek about his sessions:

I invite you to a shared contemplation of the cycles of life, the dance of masculine and feminine. We will meet in the safest place on Earth – the Sweat Lodge – the Womb of Mother Earth, to sit within the womb of femininity in a brotherly circle and explore masculinity.

We enter the Womb of Mother Earth to connect with roots, relationships, and the source of creation, to establish a new balance, to integrate this time of great changes, to call forth, embrace, and love ourselves, placing our attention in our Hearts.

The Sweat Lodge is a ceremony of purification and rebirth, a return to the Womb. This ritual originates from the traditions of indigenous North American communities. It is a deep and transformative experience that helps to better understand oneself and one’s boundaries. Healing can occur here on the levels of body, emotions, and mind. Through the loving embrace of the Earth and remembering one’s essence, we return to the time of beginnings, primal forces of creation, to renew and refresh our relationship with life.
Temazcal is a space of authenticity in the nakedness of being human – spiritual wholeness or its lack. From a place of acceptance of truth, we can take the next steps.

HOW TO PREPARE?

It is very important that you have a clear intention when entering the sweat lodge. However, do not worry if your heart calls you but your intention is not yet clear; during the initial Circle of Authentic Relationships there will be space to tune your intention. Before coming, eat a light and nourishing breakfast.

VERY IMPORTANT – drink plenty of water and/or herbal tea. On the day of the sweat lodge or the day before, avoid heavy fried foods, refrain from eating meat, and limit stimulants.

Bring two towels: one to sit on inside the lodge (it will most likely get very dirty during the ceremony) and another to dry off after the shower.

A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES AT THE END:

If you have heart problems or high blood pressure, or if you are/ were taking antidepressants or other medications prescribed by a psychiatrist or psychologist, please contact me before signing up for the ceremony.
The Temazcal ceremony should not be compared to a sauna visit; it is a completely different kind of experience. Therefore, your decision to participate should be based on an inner need. If that need arises, do not let fear or memories of discomfort from a sauna stop you.

BIO:

Wojciech Wieconkowski

Visionary, ceremony guide, sound alchemist, instrument maker. He combines spirituality, art, and craft with a deep dialogue with the living world.

He is the founder of the Creation Garden Foundation, where in the rhythm of ceremonies, circles, and community, contact with the visible and invisible worlds is nurtured.

For over 10 years, he has led Temazcal Ceremonies (Sweat Lodge), which form the core of his work with men. It is a ritual of cleansing, transformation, and rebirth – a living form of dialogue with the Earth, Ancestors, and Spirit.

He creates medicine instruments in the Metaphoric Tools workshop – drums, flutes, zithers, and rattles – which are prayers expressed in the form of sound.

His work is a bridge between tradition and the new culture of Presence, and an invitation to integrate what is wild, fragile, and true.

More about Wojciech and his spaces:

www.ogrodkreacji.pl
www.metaphorictools.com
IG: @ogrod_kreacji | @metaphorictools
FB: Fundacja Ogród Kreacji | Metaphoric Tools

Marcin Wąsik

"Integrated Man – The Best Version of Yourself"

Marcin about his session:

Integrated Man

The workshop focuses on regaining control over your life through a practical, structured model of action. Participants receive clear tools to rebuild passion and purpose — both internally and in partner relationships. The method addresses the common "crisis of masculinity" — the challenge of balancing between being overly controlling and being the "nice guy." It teaches how to reconcile strength and authenticity, set healthy challenges instead of escaping into comfort, and take care of yourself and your loved one.

What is it about and what does it give?

Participants learn a practical scheme for taking control of their lives, strengthen self-confidence, and regain passion and a structured approach.

Potential outcomes

You will regain inner peace and clarity about who you are and what you truly want. You will start acting from a place of strength, not from the need to earn approval or prove anything. You will learn to build relationships based on authenticity, boundaries, and respect — instead of games and pretending. You will stop avoiding confrontation and become a man who can take responsibility for himself and others.

BIO:

Marcin Wąsik – father, partner, mentor, and the first licensed No More Mr. Nice Guy Coach in Poland. For over a decade, he has been exploring masculinity and partner relationships, combining spirituality with concrete, transformative personal development work. He teaches authenticity, courage, and mature leadership in relationships.

Author of the book Integrated Masculinity, he leads workshops, individual sessions, and Men’s Power Groups. He gained knowledge, among others, from Dr. Robert Glover and at the Mukoid Institute. For years, he has practiced meditation and participated in retreats worldwide. He is also the owner of the personal development center Blis Apartamenty in Silesia and co-creator of development projects. He bridges the spiritual and material worlds, teaching how to be an integrated man here and now.

More about Marcin and his work:

FB: Marcin Wąsik - Zintegrowana Męskość
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/marcinwasik_pl/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@marcinwasik_pl
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marcin_wasik_

Roman Praszyński

"Sweatlodge Ceremony"

Roman about his sessions:

The sweatlodge ceremony originates from indigenous tradition. In the darkness and heat of the forest sauna, we have the opportunity to deeply meet ourselves — body, mind, and spirit. This encounter serves understanding and healing. We can recognize our limitations and our power.

The sweatlodge is also a meeting with the elements, nature, and the brotherhood of men. An occasion to feel connection with something greater than ourselves — the Earth, Ancestors, Spirit.

Want to enter the sweatlodge? You will need swim trunks, a towel, and optionally a headscarf.

BIO:

I am a husband, father, therapist. I accompany men through crises, searches, and transformation. Together we experience that compassion, mindfulness, and trust have great power. I invite men to workshops "Towards the Father" and "The Hero's Journey." I offer individual therapy.

For a quarter of a century, I have been part of men's circles. This experience has shaped me.

For many years, I was a journalist, writer, and bard with a guitar. I discovered the therapeutic path of working with men around my fifties.

More about Roman and his work:
WWW: https://wstronemilosci.pl/
FB: Warsztaty męskie

 Michał Shootman Majewski

"Tender Wildlings"

Michał about his workshop:

The "Tender Wildlings" workshop is a space for young boys where, through joint activities, play, and contact with nature, we discover the power of community. We work as a group, supporting each other and creating an atmosphere of trust and openness. The center of our activity is a mound of clay — a living material with which participants engage in a creative dialogue, using their bodies and naturally found sticks. It is a return to simplicity, to the primal joy of creating without judgment or expectations. We seek native creativity — the kind that knows no rules but flows straight from the heart and imagination. Through touch, movement, and play, boys will experience the creative process as a value in itself.

The workshop is an opportunity to awaken intuition, mindfulness, and courage in self-expression. In a world full of stimuli and patterns, we return to the wisdom of simple gestures and being present here and now. "Tender Wildlings" is not only about artistic activities; it is a ritual of community, brotherhood, and creative freedom. We invite you to an experience led not by the goal but by the process itself.

BIO:

For 19 years, I have represented visual artists in the creative and media industry. I run my own photo and video production house SHOOTME.PL.
Life is for me a playground for creativity, whose source is the relationship with oneself.
For about 10 years, I have been discovering myself through contact with nature, bodywork, including regular travels to the Amazon/Peru, and shamanic practices in the spirit of the Shipibo-Conibo tribal traditions. Currently, the strongest teacher on my spiritual path is my family, the relationship with my beloved woman, and our three children.

More about Shootman:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shootman/
Interview in Wysokie Obcasy - Men's Edition: "Behind bars, being tough doesn’t work"
https://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/.../7,53668,22409501,michal...
On conscious fatherhood, mindfulness, and surrendering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF3gEq0GGns

Maciej Sulima

"How to Calm the Mind and Body"

Maciej about his session:

During the workshop, I will show, discuss, and practice the most effective methods and exercises to calm the mind and relax the body, while simultaneously gaining a deeper connection with yourself. We will breathe, meditate, look into each other’s eyes, and move our bodies. You will learn practices that not only quiet and soothe but also bring a deeper connection to your core, to who you truly are. You will take home knowledge and skills that will allow you to be more mindful, calmer, and present in your everyday life—here and now, without your thoughts drifting away.

BIO:

My name is Maciej Sulima. I have undergone my own therapy and participated in bodywork training within Gestalt psychotherapy. I work energetically remotely, perform energy analyses and insights for business needs. I am a breathwork practitioner, work with constellations, lead silent retreats, and write therapeutic, healing stories.

I am convinced that everyone has their unique path, and all one can do is help them connect with their inner guide—if they ask for it. And to be a presence in which this can happen…

Together with my wife, we have lived in Podlasie for 10 years and created a place called Cuda Niewidy Podlasie — a workshop space where we host workshop leaders and those who trust them, as well as run workshops ourselves and offer individual work sessions.

Learn more about Maciej and his work here:

FB: Maciej Sulima
FB: NOWE Cuda Niewidy Podlasie

Marcin Urzędowski

"Mindfulness in Rhythm"

BIO:

Marcin Urzędowski — guardian of rhythm. For 25 years, he has been walking the path of drum medicine, continually exploring the mysteries of rhythm, constantly expanding his skills, means of expression, and ability to work with the transformative potential of drum music.

He has enhanced many significant cultural events with his playing, both in the fields of improvised percussion, ceremonial, theatrical music, as well as broadly understood popular music. He has participated in many prestigious international percussion workshops and masterclasses. He has trained with, among others, Daoud Camara / djembe – Ballet Sourakhata (Guinea), Mohamed Sylla / djembe – Ballet Communal de Matam (Senegal), Giridhar Udupa / ghatam, udu (India), Luis Ribeiro / improvisation art – Camisa Verde e Branco Samba School (Brazil), Pierre Favre / singing drums (Switzerland), and many other notable masters of percussion instruments.

He is the creator of an original sound therapy technique called "Flow with the Drum(NAMI)," which combines highly vibrating therapeutic instruments, bodywork, breath, and sounds of primal, ethnic percussion instruments.

You can hear Marcin in numerous musical projects. He regularly performs with bands such as Żywi Joł, Nandakike, Equilibre, and also enriches festival spaces by creating drumming circles, accompanying Ecstatic Dance, fire ceremonies, and many other musical endeavors where rhythm and mindfulness play a leading role.

His playing supports numerous ceremonies conducted in indigenous traditions, and he creates relaxation concerts and sound massages.

On a daily basis, he runs his massage practice as a therapist (HFR) — Holistic Fascia Release.

Paweł Krzemiński

"Be Like Water and Be Like Rock"

Paweł about his session:

"A tough guy" who has spent over 20 years training on various mats, rings, and gym halls. A "softie" who gets moved to tears when talking about connection with Mother Earth. A "flint" who worked for years in the most aggressive part of marketing. "Pawełek," who founded the Forever Forest Foundation to prevent tree cutting. In short, an instructor of the Rock & Water method. And a father of three sons."

What this method is about and what it can offer teenage boys:

Rock & Water is a method that works with self-esteem and one’s own vulnerabilities to function better within a community and to help the community function better. It was created in distant Australia to counteract bullying among teenagers. Over time, it has evolved into specialized programs also aimed at younger children, women, and people on the autism spectrum.

There is little theory here because everything is based on physical exercises, body experience, and sharing what we feel. We will learn how to be "Rock" — meaning setting boundaries, making decisions, following our own path. But we will also learn how to be "Water" — meaning respecting others’ boundaries, listening, communicating, and jointly seeking solutions.

Maku Makito

"Do It Yourself… or with Friends. About Cooperation, Sharing Knowledge, and Working with Matter."

Maku about his session:

A workshop about agency and creativity. How much we are able to create with our own hands and how much satisfaction it can bring us. How to use others’ knowledge and share your own in an atmosphere of kindness and brotherhood?

In the hard skills sphere, the workshop will cover:

• Woodworking using traditional tools — hand saws, chisels, planes, and augers

• Woodworking using various power tools — angle grinders, circular saws, jigsaws

• Preparing a workstation, handling and securing materials

• Marking out wooden elements

In the understanding sphere, it will cover topics such as:

• Assessing the quality, type, and moisture content of wood

• The physics of tool movements

• Ergonomics of work

• The impact of tool care on work quality and joy

In the soft skills sphere, the workshop will focus on team communication, creating an atmosphere of kindness, help, and brotherhood.

Above all, it is a time for the pleasure of creating, joy in the motions that transform matter, a sense of quality in life, and giving oneself time.

BIO:

I have been involved in natural construction for 19 years — both as a designer and practitioner of various technologies, such as log and frame structures, straw bale, clay and lime plasters, green roofs, and many others. I have delivered high-end solutions in commercial models, as well as conducted low-tech workshops and practices.

Technique is an extension of approach and values — which include health, collaboration, agency, joy and pleasure in creating, and care for the shared space — its cleanliness and quality.

Almost all construction-related projects I create have a community element — such as the nomadic natural builders group Diggers and Dreamers, the Build&Play workshopy, the Social Sauna project, co-founding the National Association of Natural Construction, as well as the projects I am currently most involved with: Wild Sauna and Enchanted Forest.

In these projects, matter always forms a framework that supports the processes that happen around it. The design, aesthetics, and quality of these structures — even the intention behind them — visibly affect our well-being.

Maciej Marczak i Piotr Matlok

"MEETING DEATH – A RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY"

Maciej & Piotr about their session:

In today’s world, we often postpone what truly matters to some undefined "later."
Later, I’ll tell my loved one how important they are to me.
Later, I’ll forgive.
Later, I’ll apologize.
Later, I’ll rest.
Later, I’ll do something for myself.
Later, I’ll follow my dreams.
Later, I’ll spend time with my family.
Later, I’ll tell them I love them.

But what if that "later" never comes?
Are you sure how much time you have left?
Or how much time your loved ones have?

What if you knew today was your last day?
Or that you had just a week, a month, a year, or ten years left?
How would you live today, and the days that follow, with that awareness?

In the Toltec tradition from ancient Mexico, Death is seen as an Ally — one that always walks beside you and always tells the truth. Because when you ask Death a question, She usually answers:
"I haven’t touched you yet — and that’s all that matters."

In many tribal cultures, initiations involving close encounters with Death — such as the "Warrior’s Burial" — served as rites of passage to a new stage of life, playing a vital role in self-discovery and personal growth.

When we feel a certain chapter of life has ended and we are ready for the new — still unknown — initiation becomes a kind of gateway. Once crossed, it opens a new chapter, offering clarity and insight for the road ahead.

That’s why, on Friday evening during this year’s edition of our festival, we warmly invite you, Brothers, to
"Meeting Death – A Rite of Passage Ceremony."
Together, we will step into the symbolic experience of Death — so we may be reborn into Life, into our true Selves.

See you soon.
Together, we are building a new, awakened Masculine Consciousness.

BIO:

Maciej Marczak
Creator, founder, and co-organizer of the Conscious Man Festival and the "Na Skrzydłach Wolności" (On the Wings of Freedom) project. For 13 years, he has worked within men’s circles — as a participant, co-creator, and facilitator. For over 12 years, he’s been in a happy relationship with his beloved wife Ewa, with whom he shares a 5-year-old son. A traveler, seeker, and life enthusiast, deeply convinced of the uniqueness and immense potential of every human being.

Over more than a decade on his heart-centered, shamanic path, he has studied under and worked alongside many respected guides, shamans, and teachers — participating in various ceremonies and initiations with Indigenous peoples, including the Q’ero of the Andes, the Wixarika of Mexico, and the Blackfoot of Canada.

In his work, Maciej blends techniques and traditional practices from diverse cultures with his own insights and tools that continue to arrive in his life. He is inspired by the Toltec path, body-based potential, breathwork, and the vast capabilities of consciousness. He creates spaces that support awakening into deeper self-connection, personal power, and creative agency.

Piotr Matlok
I am Piotr – Lightbringer. By profession, a civil engineer. Today, together with my wife Ania, I run a farm, which we open to developmental workshops and ceremonies. I passionately create ethnic instruments — flutes, drums, rattles.

Nine great teachers accompany me on this life journey — I call them my children. I’m bringing six of my sons to the festival — they are my greatest support.

My passions include music, sailing, and facilitating initiatory and transformational processes. For many years, I have been walking attentively through the circle of my life. That sensitivity was nurtured by my late teacher and friend, Dr. David Thomson (who passed in 2020), whose teachings — thanks to their deep versatility — still guide me.

In 2019, I was honored to be entrusted by Ceremonial Chief of the Blackfoot Nation, Keith Chiefmoon (Onistaya Kopi), who passed on a number of ceremonies so that I may serve others with the pure, traditional ways of his people, here on our land.

Men’s circles are a sacred opportunity for me to dive deeper into my practices and to support others in theirs.

Grzegorz Piejka

"Conscious Transformation 2.0: How to Design Effective Development Paths"

Grzegorz about his session:

We live in a time of widespread access to knowledge—and simultaneously, overwhelming informational chaos.

More and more things are demanding our attention, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find balance between the different areas of life we navigate each day.

During our session, I will invite you to pause for a moment and reflect on two important questions:

1. Where am I in my life right now?

In other words: What feels most alive for me at the moment? Where is my attention going? What brings me the most satisfaction—and what drains my energy the most?

2. Where am I heading?

Meaning: What guides me on my path? What values matter most to me? Do I have a clear vision of what I want to achieve? Do I know what change is most crucial at this point in my life?

By answering these questions, we’ll go through a process of consciously designing a personal development path—up to the point of identifying the first practical steps—based on the idea that:

"You may not always find time to do everything, but you can always find time to do what matters most."

BIO:

For over 30 years, I’ve been walking the path of personal development—exploring my own strengths and limitations while supporting others through life changes. On this journey, I strive to connect heart and mind, personal growth and professional work. Currently, I’m developing the "ViGO" app, designed to help people effectively implement change in their lives—because, from my own experience and that of many people I know, practically all of us want some kind of change… but it’s often hard to find the motivation, consistency, and support to truly make it happen.

Michal Ratajski

"Men’s Movement – Embodied Heart Ceremony"

Michał about his session:

Men’s Movement – The Embodied Heart Ceremony is a meeting grounded in the quality of conscious presence. It’s a space for personal insight that unfolds through movement and action—what lies at the very core of the masculine capacity for change. Through a living, conscious body and an attentive mind, in movement integrated with breath, we’ll open a space to observe our choices, limitations, decisions, beliefs, blockages, and potential. We’ll look closely at what is important in the Masculine here and now, in this very moment.
Brother, what is alive in you?

You’ll experience a lot during the Festival. But there’s no mastery in flying high only to crash hard upon landing. Nor is there mastery in attaining temporary enlightenment during a few festival days. One of the most common pitfalls on the path to the heart is neglecting the integration of our experiences. Sometimes we get so tangled up that even the gentlest "there-there" won’t help anymore.

There are many traps in this place—but we won’t focus on them now. Instead, we’ll invite them into an embodied integration practice. We’ll search for a path to our individual source of power. Each of us walks his own road—but not alone.

"Brother, you are not alone"—you know the phrase?
Have there been moments when it felt like an empty slogan?
The naked truth is: no one can walk your path for you. And on that path, there will be moments when you are entirely alone. Only you can dive deep into your experience. Only you can walk through your own "dark night of the soul."
But "alone" does not mean "lonely."

There are many of us, and we’re still learning how to draw strength from that. And that’s exactly what will happen.
I won’t tell you the details. I won’t give your mind a script to play with in advance. That moment hasn’t come yet.
What are you in right now?

We’ll surrender to the guiding spirit of Men’s Movement.
On Saturday night, we’ll gather again—our entire tribe—to hold space for what calls out loudest in you.
Be one of the courageous voices in this ceremony.
I invite you to surrender to the experience of a community of embodied hearts.

Prepare for the unknown.
Time is slipping away.
If not here—then where?
If not now—then when?

BIO:

Michał Ratajski – Teacher. Facilitator. University Lecturer. Choreographer. Dancer. Artist. Coach. Mentor.

For over 30 years, he has explored and researched conscious movement, dance, and theatre. He applies this knowledge in the stage of "everyday life," combining it with personal growth and mindful presence—whether in individual training, group processes, or organizational development.

Creator of the original methodology I_GO_SYSTEM (IGS)—a method developed to increase body awareness in movement and its influence on the quality of human relationships, beginning with the most crucial one—with oneself.

University lecturer in the "Choreography and Dance Techniques" program in Łódź. His professional and personal experiences are also expressed through his work as a coach and mentor on the path to ICF accreditation.

Founder of Teatr Tańca KIJO and creator of the FRU Festival of Dance, Music, Improvisation and Contact. Co-creator of the national development project based on dance therapy: Experimental Movement Space.
Producer, director, and choreographer of stage performances, performance events, and dance films.

He creates immersive spaces and journeys for men, using I_GO_SYSTEM methodology and circle-based communication through projects like TRU MAN, Forge of the Brave, and Men’s Movement.
Co-founder of MANiFEST – The Men’s Gathering.

Guided by the principle that a good teacher never stops being a student, Michał is also deeply engaged in martial arts and is currently a student at Chow Gar Kung Fu school in Łódź, on the humble path toward his black belt.

He’s an active traveling teacher in: Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Israel, Ukraine, Croatia, Denmark, Moldova, Italy, Iceland, Spain, Thailand, Austria, Slovenia, and Greece.

In recent years, he’s been integrating his wide-ranging knowledge of movement with a commitment to a simple life. He created RUCH DO ZMIAN ("Movement Toward Change")—his personal path and a humble contribution to improving the world we live in.

More about Michał and his work:

LinkedIn: Michał Ratajski
Facebook:

• T_R_U M_A_N

• MAN I FEST

• Igosystem

• RUCH do ZMIAN

• Experimental Movement Space

• FRU Festival

Instagram:

• T_R_U M_A_N

• I_GO_SYSTEM

• Coach_Mentor_Michal_Ratajski

• RUCH do ZMIAN

• FRU Festival

• Experimental Movement Space

YouTube: I_GO_SYSTEM
Vimeo:

• FRU Festival

• Teatr Tańca KIJO

Michał Godlewski

"THE VISION AND SONG OF THE NEW MAN. EMBODIMENT."

Michał about his session:

The Man lives and evolves within each of us. Together, we will take another step in the evolution of masculinity — for you, for each of us, and for all.

You are living the thread of collective masculinity — by expressing yourself as a man or by holding back from expression. Each of us is woven from the masculine history of the world: archetypes, ancestors, patterns, and social roles for men that have existed for centuries, and still exist today in culture and family narratives.

From "boys don’t cry" and "don’t be like a woman" through "men only think about one thing" to "don’t be aggressive" or "be sensitive, but not weak." All of this hangs in the atmosphere of the world — sometimes affecting us directly, sometimes through osmosis. We love being men, sometimes it weighs us down, sometimes it limits us, and sometimes it inspires and empowers us.

I call you to a journey toward your own masculinity — the one you long for, the one that wants to bloom within you, and the new masculinity that is calling you.
The future of Man in the world depends on us.

I invite you to a breath ceremony and to work within the field of collective energy — to hear the call and follow it.
To invite and embody your conscious masculine quality.
The Man of the New World.
I understand the Song here as the full expression of yourself in Life.
We are waiting for you. Let Life thrive.

BIO:

Michał Godlewski — founder of the Institute of Breath, author of the Transmodal Breath method and books Breath Intelligence, Transmodal Breath, and creator of a breathwork community. For over 20 years, he has led breathwork workshops and personal development trainings attended by thousands of participants — including the Professional Breath Practitioner Training and Men's Gatherings, where we experience circles, breath sessions, ceremonies, dance, and initiations.
He is also a dancer, composer, publisher, and businessman.
Privately, he values deep, long-lasting connections and considers building a good relationship his greatest success.

More about Michał and his work:
 www.InstytutOddechu.com
 www.InteligencjaOddechu.pl
 www.OddechTransmodalny.com
 Facebook Group: Inteligencja Oddechu

Phao Sanato

"Voice Awakening – Fire Song Ritual"

Phao about the gathering:

Somewhere between breath and silence, in a circle of light and shadows dancing on our faces, a song is born. This is the ritual of voice awakening — a return to the memory that has always sung within us.

Supported by meditation, immersed in inner silence and deep reflection, participants will embark on a journey through the landscapes of their senses. With lightness and joy, through play, they will reach for melodies, rhythms, and harmonic weavings that will merge into one powerful, shared voice.

Fire, as a witness and guide, warms the heart and supports transformation. Collective improvisation becomes a living record of the unexpressed — a song of place and moment.

Phao, carrier of voices from many traditions, shares singing techniques learned from masters: from the classical vocals of India, through the fiery energy of flamenco, to the deep resonance of blues, folk songs, Persian ornaments, throat and overtone singing from ancient traditions.

The vibrations of words in Polish, English, Persian, Nahuatl, Spanish, Portuguese, and Sanskrit carry their own spirits and stories. In this shared song, every voice becomes a tool of transformation — a sound that moves the body, soul, emotions, and mind. You are warmly invited to this circle, where music is a prayer, a conscious transmission, and a return to oneself.

Important: Instruments are welcome, as long as they come with at least basic playing skills.

BIO:

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer.
Music runs in his veins. Present since childhood, it helps him decorate time, express emotions, and heal the soul. To better understand the laws of nature, he completed a master’s degree in quantum physics at the University of Warsaw and a sound engineering course at the Academy of Sound Production. He has been working with voice since the age of seven, when he began formal education at a music school. He is a graduate of the Krzysztof Komeda Jazz School of Music.

More about Phao and his music:
Phao and Friends – Dom (Home):
https://youtu.be/Rs3DUosyMJU
Tak między Nami (Just Between Us):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ye1QM3D40
Phao in Concert:
https://youtu.be/FekkcdIeJOM
Magalenha – Brazilian classic in a modern version:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4lWKjjo4qL/

FB: Phao Sanato
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/phao_sanato/

 Kamil Dołowski

"Parkour – The Journey from Fear to Empowerment"

Kamil on His Workshop:

Why parkour in the "monkey playground"?
Parkour was the biggest leap for me in learning to befriend and navigate fear. From a paralyzing impulse, fear became a companion and a compass – turning me into a ninja, a magician, and most importantly, a more confident and daring human being. Today, I find it easier to believe that ambitious ideas are possible and to see a path toward making them real.

The workshop, based on Parkour and Movement practice, will take place on a wooden "monkey playground". We’ll focus on working with challenges – especially those that bring up fear. I’ll teach you how to engage with fear while respecting your sensitivity.

During the workshop, you will learn:

• how to turn fear into an ally and a tool for confidence

• what parkour is really about

• how to prepare your body for these types of activities

• how to transform any environment into a playful movement playground full of challenges

• basic techniques for overcoming obstacles

• what role fear plays in movement and sports

You will experience what you need in order to dare – both in motion and in life. I’ll share my experience and approach, which allow for safely and consciously expanding personal boundaries. Come to the workshop and allow yourself to:

• be capable

• be empowered

• build self-trust

• create new possibilities in your life

BIO:

Co-creator of W Gruncie Ruchu ("At the Root of Movement"), movement explorer, adventure and experience designer, builder of "monkey playgrounds" for children and adults, practitioner of responsibility, emotional awareness, and connecting with one’s potential – including through Possibility Management.

I’m currently a dad to a 5-month-old son, Noah, with whom I’m rediscovering the world and parts of myself.

I’m an enthusiast and explorer of unconventional forms of movement. For the past 22 years, I’ve been developing my physical skills, health, and awareness through Parkour, Movement, Acrobatics, Climbing (in urban settings, on rocks, and indoors), Capoeira, and various martial arts. I’ve also explored many urban and extreme sports.

Since 2010, I’ve been working as a stunt performer, using my movement skills in over 200 films, TV series, and commercials – encountering countless physical puzzles and challenges along the way.

In 2017, I traveled to Latvia to learn how to build houses and platforms in tree canopies. Since then, I’ve been designing and building monkey playgrounds as spaces for movement and growth – for both children and adults. I believe that even a single beam suspended between trees can become an extraordinary adventure and play space.

I love challenges, joy, and those small discoveries that carry deep meaning. These are the foundations of my workshops and classes.
Beyond movement, I’m deeply curious about relationships, emotions, and communication – all of which shape nourishing interactions with loved ones, and support vibrant communities and projects that change today’s culture.

More about Kamil:

FB: Kamil Dołowski

Piotr Dybała

"Handpan Serenity – A Relaxation Concert"

BIO:

Piotr is a passionate musician, composer, handpan sound therapist, and engineer. He discovered music as a teenager, with the guitar being his first instrument. In recent years, however, handpans – instruments known for their extraordinary sound and impact – have taken center stage in his musical journey.

He creates spaces filled with healing frequencies, performing at personal growth and consciousness festivals, private events, and gatherings that combine yoga practice with music.

Kuba Kielczyk

"The Art of Change: Courage for a New Chapter"

Kuba on his upcoming session:

Change is an inseparable part of our lives, but it often triggers fear and uncertainty. How can we find the strength to face it? How do we survive change and turn it into an opportunity for growth? How do we awaken curiosity and openness to a new chapter in our lives?

In this workshop, you’ll have a chance to integrate what has been stirred in you during the Festival – using Process-Oriented Psychology and my original Osoberacja method, I will guide you in navigating the dynamics of change.

You will learn to recognize inner and outer signals of upcoming breakthroughs, work with resistance and transform it into fuel for action. Together, we will seek strength in your desires and masculine sensitivity.

The outcome may be greater clarity in decision-making, courage, and the ability to create supportive environments and relationships – all grounded in my own journey of deep personal and professional transformation.

If you are…

• on the threshold of a turning point in your life,

• facing a major personal or professional decision and feel lost,

• feeling an inner restlessness telling you that something needs to change, but you don’t know how to begin,

• wanting to understand what’s blocking your actions and how to turn these blocks into strength,
  …come and step into the New with courage.

BIO:

Psychotherapist, personal development trainer, facilitator.

He offers individual and couples therapy, group processes, and personal development workshops.

He completed a five-year postgraduate psychotherapy training in Process-Oriented Psychology, a three-stage EFT-C (Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples) training, a focusing course at Intra Center (certified by the Polish Psychological Association), basics of body-oriented therapy at the Polish Institute of Dance and Movement Psychotherapy, as well as numerous workshops in Process-Oriented Psychology, including work with conflict, sexuality, and family systems.

He supports clients during life’s critical moments – in relational crises, loss of meaning, or depressive states. He helps name what’s difficult and find a path through life’s turbulence with mindfulness and gentleness.

He accompanies people in regaining balance, self-worth, and an inner anchor. His approach emphasizes somatic process work, deep listening, and creative experimentation.

In group work, he creates frameworks that offer support without limiting – encouraging authentic encounters, sharing experiences, and movement toward transformation.

He facilitates groups and workshops for men based on his original Osoberacja method – combining deep inner work with authentic connection and community.

More about Kuba and his work:

Website: www.kubakielczyk.pl
Website: www.osoberacja.pl