“The world will be balanced
when we are balanced”
World Peace Stupa Project
Offer for organizations
“When our senses, feelings and thoughts are attuned to each other, we realize that ideas and actions that make ourselves balanced and happy, also contribute to the harmony of the world around us.” Tarthang Tulku
The World Peace Stupa Winterswijk collaborates with organizations that share our mission of peace, health and sustainability. These can be affiliate organisations that wish to host their own retreat, or companies that run their own programs and whose employees participate in Restoring Balance retreat programs. Company teams are also welcome for seminars or team-building day visits. The harmonious and caring environment at the center promotes communication, relaxation and cooperation.
The Retreat Center consists of a Garden Wing for training and participant lodging, a Volunteer Wing, a Sacred Art Studio and the Main Meditation Room. A shuttle service to the Winterswijk (Netherlands) and Bocholt (German) train stations is provided for guests travelling with public transportation.
Run your own program by renting our facilities
- 10 guest rooms, a dining hall, living room, meditation hall
- spacious gardens and beautiful surroundings ideal for walking and cycling
- home-cooked meals based on a delicious, vegetarian healthy-planet-diet
Participate in retreat programs for company employees
- programs grounded in Tibetan buddhist teachings
- especially adapted for restoring balance at work and at home
- Kum Nye tibetan yoga healing and meditation
Host a seminar or visit the center for teambuilding activities
- meditation hall, dining hall and seminar room
- various inspiring tailor-made projects
- public transportation nearby
Register for our programs
Laurens Müller is our point of contact for organizations. With a background in Theoretical Physics and Business Administration, he has worked as a project manager at ABN Amro Bank in Amsterdam and as an entrepreneur in media and medical technology in Berlin. He has two children and has been a Nyingma-student since 2017.
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Thieu Berkhout
Thieu Berkhout was trained as a physical therapist and has been in a leadership role within the Dutch rehabilitation sector since 2013. Thieu developed a program based on Kum Nye for patients with chronic pain and was active for Nyingma in Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Rotterdam. He has been studying Dharma for several decades and is an instructor of Kum Nye and Skillful Means at the Nyingma Centrum Amsterdam, where he recently also became the coordinator of MindingWork offering B tot B workshops in Skillful means on location.
Ineke Smits
Ineke Smits was trained as a cultural anthropologist. She has worked for almost 30 years with and for refugees, as a coach and later as consultant and trainer for the Dutch Council for Refugees. She has been involved with Nyingma Centrum Nederland since 1995 and has lived and worked at the center in Amsterdam since 2011. There she is co-dean, teaches Skillful Means, and Buddhist Study and Practice. She is also involved in in-company training through MindingWork.
In the training of MindingWork I learned how to get energy from my work. For example, in business conversations I opened up more to the atmosphere, to the other person. I was no longer working so hard, I could relax more.
Restoring Balance Retreats
Location: Stupacenter at Winterswijk
Training: MindingWork
Instructors: Thieu Berkhout and Ineke Smits
Program: This MindingWork training is designed for restoring your balance, empowering you with tools that will support you your whole lifetime. The three retreats focus on the balance of giving and receiving, thinking and feeling and doing and being. The practical and experiential instructions are firmly rooted in Kum Nye and Skillful Means teachings of Tarthang Tulku. There is also ample time for private practice and enjoyment of the surroundings. Preferably you participate in all three retreats during the course of a year, but you can also just take one.