Artwork by Maurits Wouters
Song of the Seasons
A Weekend at Flussbad in Berlin with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Artwork by Maurits Wouters
The song of the seasons is always beckoning us. If we are willing to listen, we can be with the seasons as they really are: a constantly evolving series of cycles inviting us into a space of intimate relationship. How can we offer our attention to each of these cycles and their seasonal expressions?
This spring, join Sufi teacher and Emergence Magazine founder and executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee at Slowness’ Flussbad campus in Berlin for an evening lecture and all-day workshop exploring the themes of his new book, Song of the Seasons: A Meditation on Cycles, Story, and Humility (Emergence Press, April 2026). Rooted in the understanding that the seasons’ many cycles mirror the sacred nature of existence, the book is part of Emergence Magazine’s broader exploration of the changing nature of seasonality. In this lecture, Emmanuel will explore how being attentive to the cycles within the seasons deepens our relationship with place and the living world; how the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death that underpin all life are part of a story that can help us navigate this time of ecological uncertainty; and how we must return to a kinship with the seasons that is rooted in humility and offering.
On Saturday, the workshop will explore simple practices and ways of being that can connect us with the ongoing unique expressions of the seasons. Emmanuel will offer instruction on embodied acts of slowing down, noticing, opening the senses, and aligning the cycles of our own body with those we experience around us. Drawing upon both Song of the Seasons and Emergence’s latest practice book, Requiem, Invitation, and Celebration, this workshop will reveal opportunities to engage with the seasons that are present every day, in moments striking and subtle, and how to be in a space of constant receptivity to these invitations. The workshop will include a talk, nature connection, deep listening exercises, walking meditation, and a catered lunch.
ABOUT EMMANUEL VAUGHAN-LEE
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is an author, Emmy- and Peabody Award–nominated filmmaker, and a Sufi teacher. He has directed more than twenty documentary films, including Taste of the Land, The Last Ice Age, Aloha Āina, The Nightingale’s Song, Earthrise, Sanctuaries of Silence, and Elemental, among others. His films have been screened at New York Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, and Hot Docs, exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum and London’s Barbican, and featured on PBS POV, National Geographic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Op-Docs. His first book, Remembering Earth: A Spiritual Ecology, is forthcoming from Shambhala in summer 2026. He is the founder, podcast host, and executive editor of Emergence Magazine.
DETAILS
Friday Lecture and Q&A
Date: March 27, 2026, 7:30-9:30 (doors open at 6:30)
Location: Reethaus, Flussbad Campus, Köpenicker Chaussee 3a, 10317 Berlin, Germany
Tickets for the lecture are €20 and can be purchased here.
Saturday Workshop
Date: March 28, 2026, 11am-5pm
Location: Reethaus, Flussbad Campus, Köpenicker Chaussee 3a, 10317 Berlin, Germany
Tickets for the workshop are €90 and include a copy of Requiem, Invitation, and Celebration. Find out more and purchase tickets here.
A bundle ticket for the Friday lecture, Saturday all-day workshop, Open Haus event on Sunday, and a copy of Song of the Seasons is also available for €120.
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On Sunday March 29, join us in Flussbad’s architecturally acclaimed Reethaus for an immersive sound experience that brings the springtime call of England’s endangered nightingale to you.