Heart iQ Foundation
BROTHERS in TRIBE
THE FIRST FIRE
Dec 3 – Dec 7, 2025
Wednesday evening until Sunday afternoon
Connection, Realness & Safety,
The Ground of True Brotherhood
In a world that glorifies independence, strength, and speed, most men have forgotten what real safety feels like.
We carry the weight of expectations, unspoken pain, and the pressure to know, even when we don’t.
This retreat is a return to the soil.
To the pulse beneath the armor.
To the kind of connection that doesn’t demand words, simply presence.
We’ll explore what it means to be safe in your own body, to trust other men with your truth, and to reconnect with the sacred frequency that lives beneath your identity.
It’s not about becoming better. It’s about becoming you.
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An Invitation from
the HeartIQ Foundation
This December, the HeartIQ journey continues to unfold — deepening, maturing, and finding new expression through the hearts and hands of men. We are gathering those ready to return to their bodies, their truth, and the kind of brotherhood that awakens when men meet in real presence.
HeartIQ has always been a living field, growing and evolving through those who embody it. This retreat is a natural continuation of that movement, carried forward by men who have walked this path, integrated its essence, and now feel called to share it in their own authentic way.
It will be the first HeartIQ Men’s Retreat guided by the facilitation team of
Dan, Roel, and Ruben, three brothers devoted to grounding HeartIQ in the rawness of the masculine, the stillness of nature, and the sacred simplicity of being human.
Together, they invite you into a field where honesty, tenderness, and strength can coexist — a space to reconnect with what is most real within you and around you.
This retreat is not a break from the past, but a continuation of a living lineage, a deepening of the same current of truth, presence, and connection that has always defined HeartIQ.
What You Can Expect
Feel. Connect. Return to what’s real.
This retreat is a journey back to your way of living — to the simple, often forgotten art of feeling alive.
Through the HeartIQ field, circle work, and elemental practices in nature, you’ll be invited to shed layers of effort and return to what’s essential.
You won’t be pushed to “be better” or “fix yourself.” Instead, you’ll be guided to remember what’s already whole within you.
Every session, every circle, every silence will be an invitation to rediscover yourself through your breath, your brothers, and the quiet intelligence of life moving through you.
Heart-connected Circle Work
The circle is the heartbeat of HeartIQ — a living field of resonance where every man’s truth becomes medicine for the group.
Here, you’ll be seen without judgment and heard without interruption. You’ll witness others’ vulnerability and discover that it doesn’t make them weak — it makes them real.
Through attunement and reflection, you’ll experience the depth of connection that only emerges when the masks fall and the heart takes the lead.
In circle, you don’t have to carry anything alone.
Coming Home to the Body
Your body is your compass — the one that never lies.
In guided movement, breathwork, and embodied presence practices, you’ll learn to listen again to its signals: the trembling, the tightness, the warmth, the release.
This is where feeling begins — not as an idea, but as a direct experience of being alive.
Here, you’ll find a new kind of strength: not in holding it together, but in allowing yourself to fall into truth.
Reclaiming the Wild
Beneath the stories of who you think you are lies something untamed, raw, and fiercely alive.
Through time in nature, fire rituals, and elemental exploration, you’ll reconnect with this wild current.
The forest, the wind, the night — they all speak the same language as your body.
This isn’t about escaping into wilderness; it’s about remembering that you are part of it.
When you stand barefoot on the earth, you stand in your truth.
Discovering True Safety
Safety is not the absence of challenge. It’s the presence of connection.
In this field of men, you’ll experience what it’s like to be fully accepted , not for what you do, but for who you are.
Through relational practices and moments of honest sharing, you’ll build the inner foundation that allows you to face life’s storms without closing your heart.
When you know how to feel safe inside yourself and with others, freedom follows naturally.
Everything You Need to know
Who Is This For?
This retreat is for men who feel the call to reconnect ,
with themselves, with nature, and with one another.
Whether you’ve been on your path for years or are just beginning to listen to your heart, you are welcome here.
You don’t need to know who you are — only that you’re ready to find out, together.
No masks. No performance. No pretending.
Just the raw, alive, beating truth of being a man — in all its simplicity and sacredness.
Practical Details
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Dates: Wednesday, December 3 (evening) to Sunday, December 8 (afternoon), 2025
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Location: New Eden Retreat Center, The Netherlands
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Language: English
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Price: €750 (incl. accommodation, and meals)
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Early Bird: €650 (until october 31, 2025)
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Capacity: Limited to 20 participants to ensure depth and intimacy
Your Home: New Eden
Held at the New Eden Retreat Center, nestled among forests, lakes, and open skies, this gathering offers the perfect balance of nature, nourishment, and community.
New Eden has been the body of HeartIQ for many years — the ground where countless transformations have unfolded. Here, the land itself seems to remember.
You’ll stay in comfortable shared accommodation on-site, with full access to the sanctuary spaces, nature trails, and the famous HeartIQ dome.
Delicious vegetarian meals are prepared with love and included in your stay.
More relaxation
Rest and reset in our wood-fired sauna, perfect for unwinding, deepening into your body, and allowing insights to settle after transformational experiences.
Support the Land
Our time together begins on Wednesday evening at New Eden.
This first night is a gentle arrival into community, sharing food, connecting, and settling into the space that will hold us.
On Thursday, before the formal retreat field opens, we’ll dedicate the day to serving the land that supports our work. Together we’ll engage in simple, physical tasks around New Eden — moving, building, repairing, and creating. It’s a way to ground, to connect with one another through shared purpose.
All meals and accommodation from Wednesday evening onward are included in the retreat price.
EXPERIENCE A TRAINING GROUND FOR LIFE THAT WILL LEAVE YOU RECHARGED, RENEWED AND INSPIRED
What Others Have Experienced
BE INSPIRED
"Before discovering this work, I was constantly in my head, analyzing, planning, trying to control everything. I didn’t even realize how disconnected I’d become from what I actually felt. Through Heart iQ, something softened. I learned to pause, breathe, and listen to what my body was saying instead of overriding it.
Little by little, I began to feel my life again, not just think about it. I laugh more, cry more, and connect with people in ways that feel real and nourishing. There’s a sense of aliveness now, even in difficult moments, because I’m no longer running away from myself."
Thomas - Switzerland
"I didn’t know what I was missing as a man. I thought affection and tenderness could only be found with a woman. Then, ten years ago, I joined my first men’s retreat and discovered something I had never experienced before, the power of true brotherhood.
A kind of connection and intimacy that no woman can offer. That experience opened my heart and allows me now to show up more fully, grounded, and lovingly as a man in my relationship with my wife."
Bart - Belgium
Pricing & Registration
The HeartIQ Men’s Retreat is designed as a fully inclusive experience — 3.5 days of deep circle work, embodiment, and nature immersion, with all meals and accommodation provided on-site at New Eden, the home of HeartIQ.
We’ve kept the pricing as accessible as possible while ensuring high-quality facilitation, nourishment, and space holding.
Investment
Early Bird Price: €650
Available until October 31, 2025
Standard Price: €750
From November 1, 2025, onward
Both options include:
✅ 4.5 days of guided HeartIQ sessions and facilitation
✅ Shared accommodation at New Eden (4 nights)
✅ All meals (wholesome, vegetarian, locally prepared)
✅ Access to nature trails, sacred spaces, and retreat facilities
Payment & Reservation
Your place is confirmed once your payment is received.
Spots are limited to ensure depth and intimacy in the field, we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
Payment option possible: 50% deposit to reserve your spot, with the remaining balance due by November 1, 2025.
Meet the Team
This Heart iQ Men's Retreat will be guided by three men who have been training for many years with Christian Pankhurst.
They each carry a unique frequency of Heart iQ work, and are united by a shared devotion to truth, presence and embodied connection.
Roel
Roel is a senior HeartiQ facilitator as well as the heart and hands behind the scenes at New Eden.
As Guardian and Director, he takes care of the day-to-day flow, leading the team, holding the vision, managing the finances, and making sure everything stays aligned with integrity and purpose.
For this project, Roel will also join as host at times. His grounded presence and deep care help create a safe, well-held container that allows others to go deep.
Dan
Dan has spent the last 20 years in the coaching arena, working with groups, couples, and individuals seeking to deepen their intimacy and connection.
He first met Heart iQ in 2012, where he began studying and applying this technology to himself and his work.
Drawn to the challenge and mystery of men’s work, Dan balances depth with a lightness that keeps it real, creating spaces where honesty, humour, and genuine connection can flourish.
Ruben
is a somatic-emotional therapist, authenticity coach, and mountain guide.
For many years he has been immersed in the HeartIQ field, blending intimacy, embodied truth, and emotional safety with the rawness of nature and adventure.
Guided by a love for the wild, he invites others to reconnect to their lifeforce through deep feeling, honest relating, and courageous living.
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