Mantra Spirit Festival 2026
June 4 - 7, 2026 - in Fernitz-Mellach (Styria)
Connected in the circle of healing music.
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The Mantra Spirit Association sees itself as Large circle,
that connects all the smaller circles –
a growing community of people,
who meet in the heart by praying and chanting sacred mantras.
We are the gathering of all spiritual singing circle tribes in German-speaking countries - and beyond.
The large circle creates a space for community, networking and mutual inspiration.
We share sacred songs, open our hearts, connect with Mother Earth,
and remind us of the power of prayer and of the love that we are and that unites us.
An invitation to all those who sense that a new era is dawning - the golden age of togetherness, healing and awakening.
✨ Let's come together as a Tribe! ❤️
One Spirit ✨ One Heart ✨ One Tribe ✨ One Love
About our festival
The Mantra Spirit Festival is a unique experience that combines music, spirituality and community. Experience four days of inspiring music, workshops and spiritual practices in a beautiful natural setting.
In 2025, the Mantra Spirit Festival took place for the first time on the Jauerling - nestled in the idyllic hilly landscape of the Wachau.
Around 200 people came together and experienced four wonderful days full of fellowship, music and heartfelt connection.
In 2026, it will take place in Fernitz-Mellach, near Graz, on a beautiful lake.
Music
The power of mantras & spirit songs opens us up and connects us with the source and our hearts. Sing along, immerse yourself in meditative states or simply listen and relax.
Healing Area
Take part in workshops, meditations, yoga, massage and spiritual development.
Community
Find new contacts
Connect with like-minded people
And experience the power of community.
Marketplace
Would you like to offer something?
Or discover great homemade products from others.
Then you've come to the right place.
Children Area
Parents with children are also welcome. Activities for children are offered in the children's area.
Sweat lodge
There will also be a sweat lodge ceremony on several days.
This is managed by Sabine Bacher.
Catering
Delicious vegan Indian food.
3 meals a day
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Provided by Dharamsala for a small surcharge.
Camping
Overnight stays in your own tent or in a car are possible for a small fee on site.
Sanitary facilities are available.
Singingcircle
Magic
There will be 4 days of continuous Mantras & Spiritsong singing circles by great local and international musicians.
Let us fly together on the wings of sacred music.
Included are
Lineup
Click through the festival days to see all the musicians:
Reinhard Gassner (AT)
In my singing circles and rituals, I invite you to enter a space of silence. There, the noise of the world and our thoughts come to rest and we hear and feel the sound of our heart again. Singing connects us with ourselves, with the other people in the circle, with nature and with the greater whole! Contact is made with the instinctive wisdom of the body and the body's own healing powers and we learn to trust in the power of our true nature again. I like to combine singing with exercises and journeys into the body, into the imagination and into the world of the soul. And above all into the power and presence of the heart. My teachers, to whom I am grateful for their openness of heart and their broad spectrum of holistic wisdom, include Aron Saltiel, Suyana, Katharina and Wolfgang Bossinger and Roel Crabbe.
Ronja Pinkert (AT)
Description coming soon
Michael Märkle & Victoria Stütz (AT)
Description coming soon
Julia Anjuli & Daniel Schatzdorfer (AT)
Julia, description follows
Daniel, 36 years old, has been chanting mantras with his mother and attending meditation retreat centers since he was a child. He started playing the guitar at the age of 16... In addition to his interest in art, kungfu, meditation practices and free dancing, he has also continued to make music throughout his life... His contact with the indigenous people of Brazil has also inspired him to go deeper here For the last 4 years, he has held a singing circle every week... Daniel enjoys inviting people into a meditative space, slowly opening the voice, breathing consciously and centering deeper in the heart together... And feeling the diversity of songs from all spiritual traditions as an individual expression of the unity of the divine 🙏🙏🙏
Daniel, 36 years old, has been chanting mantras with his mother and attending meditation retreat centers since he was a child. He started playing the guitar at the age of 16... In addition to his interest in art, kungfu, meditation practices and free dancing, he has also continued to make music throughout his life... His contact with the indigenous people of Brazil has also inspired him to go deeper here For the last 4 years, he has held a singing circle every week... Daniel enjoys inviting people into a meditative space, slowly opening the voice, breathing consciously and centering deeper in the heart together... And feeling the diversity of songs from all spiritual traditions as an individual expression of the unity of the divine 🙏🙏🙏
Open Singing Circle
In an open circle, all musicians present can take turns sharing songs.
Johanna Schild (CH)
Celtic Chants&Spirit Songs,
Music for traveling within.
In the course of my training in the knowledge of the Druids, I encountered music in its wholeness and greatness. Together with my teacher and mentor Josef Ursol Wenzl, a new, unprecedented music was created, from my very own source, paired with the musical knowledge of the Druids. This special music has been part of European culture for thousands of years
and conveys ideas that were thought to be lost
Music to get INSIDE
https://www.keltischemusikmitteleuropas.ch
https://www.keltischemusikmitteleuropas.ch
Mogly (AT)
Music has surrounded me my whole life. My family always sang.
Later I had a few bands and it was always fun.
Then yoga came into my life. In yoga, singing is called bhakti. Although it can also be a lot of fun, it's not about entertainment but about devotion. You don't chant for people but for God. It is not a comparison but a prayer and a journey within.
I love this way of practicing and if you feel the same way I look forward to seeing you at the MANTRA SPIRIT FESTIVAL.
Hari om
Len Tezza (AT)
My name is Len Tezza, I live in Herzogenburg in the Garden of Generations community. I hold singing circles here and in Stockerau every three weeks.
The following words perfectly sum up what singing circle means to me:
SINGING FROM THE HEART, WITHOUT ANY PRETENSIONS - EXCEPT THAT IT ALLOWS US TO FEEL THE FULLNESS OF LIFE.
It gives me great pleasure to prepare and hold the space for this. I feel that being able to do this is a great gift that life has given me.
Just as I see singing as a magical gift that is simply given to us humans.
The wonderful songs that find their way to me in one way or another are the third gift in the bunch. For me, it is colorful, from all directions, and one or two of my own songs are also included.
Silence is the indispensable complement to music in my singing circles. It is always a touching experience to consciously enter into silence with a group of people.
I accompany the circles mainly with the guitar, we are connected by a long, intimate relationship. Every now and then a wooden slit drum also has its say.
Building such drums and working with wood is also a big theme in my life and children also play an important role; I have recently been working with great pleasure in a forest kindergarten.
I look forward to seeing you, to you being there, to your dedication - singing together.
https://lenmusik.wordpress.com
https://lenmusik.wordpress.com
Pia Bernardi (AT)
My name is Pia Bernardi - I am a singer, songwriter, trained vocal coach and mental trainer. I am passionate about helping people to develop their voice, discover their inner strength and find authentic expression. For me, music and singing are not just an expression of the voice, but a key to opening the heart and creating new perspectives.
For me, singing is a path to self-discovery, an invitation to find peace and to connect with one's own essence. It is a powerful tool for recognizing unconscious patterns and bringing them into positive transformation. In my singing circles, we unite singing with the wisdom of the heart and the clarity of the mind - a moment in which you come to your center and draw new strength.
I invite you to sing, dance and celebrate with me - to create a space in which renewal and transformation are possible. This is not about perfection, but about the genuine, pure experience and expression of the moment.
Whether you already have singing experience or not, you are welcome to discover your voice and yourself. I look forward to seeing YOU!
Further information:
https://www.piabernardi.com
https://www.instagram.com/pia.j.bernardi/
http://linktr.ee/pia.bernardi (Music & Co)
Further information:
https://www.piabernardi.com
https://www.instagram.com/pia.j.bernardi/
http://linktr.ee/pia.bernardi (Music & Co)
Claudia Engelberger (AT)
Claudia Engelberger, medial singer and songwriter of the New Age, leads us with her beautiful, profound songs, heart-warming, healing mantras and personal stories into very different worlds and secrets, .... but in any case also into our own inner selves - right into the heart!
Sometimes earthy, sometimes heavenly - sometimes gentle, then powerful again, she lets sounds from other worlds
flow - or sometimes lure out our earthy strength, sometimes our childlike joie de vivre.
https://www.claudia-engelberger.at
Shahzada (DE)
I am a bard and my life is a song ...
Come brothers and sisters let us sing ...
The time is ripe and we are ready ... with wit and song, what a cosmic sound ...
We fly to the kingdom of heaven.
Please fasten your seat belts
Sebastian Prax & Friends (CZ)
Písně Země - Sebastian Prax and friends (Songs of the Earth)
We are a community folk band and since 2023 we have been playing mostly with: 2 guitars, 3 vocals, saxophone, flute and percussion. Our intention is to share indigenous songs from different continents and songs of native american tribes. Thanks to the lyrics in the songbook Songs of the Earth (CZ: Písně Země), we can all sing together.
In Songs of the Earth, we celebrate life, natural elements and essences, the cardinal points, celestial objects, beings, elements and good human qualities. 😊💙
http://www.sebastianprax.cz
https://youtube.com/channel/UCKE9tsOGXe4AK9TeEBt0veQ
http://www.sebastianprax.cz
https://youtube.com/channel/UCKE9tsOGXe4AK9TeEBt0veQ
Open Singing Circle
In an open circle, all musicians present can take turns sharing songs.
Crystal Bear Heart (AT) & Nana Natura (CH)
Nana Natura and Crystal Bear Heart, two exceptional artists who have found each other on their way to open up musical spaces - spaces of peace, harmony, abundance and love.
On their journey on earth, around many campfires, they have made it their joy to sing mantras from all over the world together.
In this way, medicinal healing mantras are created - as required - which can be heard by the fire or in ceremonies.
Together they are part of a Rainbow Caravan, on a common path, and work there in their task as healers on this earth. Music is vibration. Love is vibration. And so people's hearts open up through their sacred songs.
On their journey on earth, around many campfires, they have made it their joy to sing mantras from all over the world together.
In this way, medicinal healing mantras are created - as required - which can be heard by the fire or in ceremonies.
Together they are part of a Rainbow Caravan, on a common path, and work there in their task as healers on this earth. Music is vibration. Love is vibration. And so people's hearts open up through their sacred songs.
Gerhard & Ines Hajny (AT)
Gerhard Hajny: Since 1982 as a folk and country musician with many live performances both solo and in various bands.
Since 2003 flute making according to Indian tradition with workshops in which the course participants make their very own flute by hand using simple carving tools.
Since 2007, I have been leading singing circles with power songs from different cultures, mantras, healing songs and my own creations, as well as charity events on a larger scale, such as „Singing for One World“, „Night of Spiritual Songs“ and the „Vienna Chanting Festival“. I have been organizing the singing circles together with my wife Ines since 2022.
https://www.mylifeismusicandmore.at
Since 2003 flute making according to Indian tradition with workshops in which the course participants make their very own flute by hand using simple carving tools.
Since 2007, I have been leading singing circles with power songs from different cultures, mantras, healing songs and my own creations, as well as charity events on a larger scale, such as „Singing for One World“, „Night of Spiritual Songs“ and the „Vienna Chanting Festival“. I have been organizing the singing circles together with my wife Ines since 2022.
https://www.mylifeismusicandmore.at
Magdalena Piatti (AT)
Magdalena Piatti is a singer & singer/songwriter from the Weinviertel region!
She studied jazz singing & piano at the Vienna Conservatory and then released 2 LP's and 2 EP's. She has performed her own compositions in Europe, South America and Japan! Since 2016 Magdalena has been focusing more on spiritual music! Mantras, healing songs as well as German and Spanish power songs are her specialty! Her main instrument is the piano, but at the Spirit Mantra Festival she will accompany her songs on the ukulele! A musical journey straight to the heart, which activates your inner glow & radiance!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFG6nVfqEDumqYfEktUwI-g
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFG6nVfqEDumqYfEktUwI-g
Paula Sita (AT)
PaulaSita works as a heart musician, yoga teacher and social counselor. With her own songs, medicine music and mantras, she creates spaces in which voices can come together and hearts can open. In singing circles and sound journeys, a shared field of presence, healing and inner movement is created. Her music invites us to pause, to feel and to connect with our own vitality.
Website of Voice Alchemy: https://www.paulasita.com/voice-alchemy
Website of Voice Alchemy: https://www.paulasita.com/voice-alchemy
Mandala Jurema (DE)
Mandála Jurema loves to build bridges through music - between people, between heart and mind, between the moment and the eternal. With her singing circle at the Mantra Spirit Festival, she opens up a space full of joie de vivre, lightness and openness. Here we can raise our voices and feel the wisdom of songs from all over the world - prayers that heal. Wild rhythms and gentle mantras invite you to ignite your fire and celebrate the vitality within you.
Cocoa ceremony
Cocoa - medicine of the heart.
The cocoa ceremony is led by Peter Pikl. The cocoa is sponsored by Organic-Raw-Cacao.at.
Philipp Stegmüller (DE)
For 20 years now, people of all ages have been coming together in Philipp Stegmüller's circles to sing simple songs from all over the world. The focus is on the joy of singing without any pressure to perform or previous knowledge. Singing makes us happy, healthy and unites us, as research by Wolfgang Bossinger, for example, has shown. It is our reconnection (religio) to something greater than ourselves and is also an important part of all religious and spiritual traditions.
http://www.mantra-singing-circle.de
http://www.mantra-singing-circle.de
Open Singing Circle
In an open circle, all musicians present can take turns sharing songs.
Peter Pikl (AT)
As a bearer of resonant images and stories, Peter Pikl inspires with a spectrum of songs ranging from tender sunrises to passionate outbursts of rage. As colorful as life itself, he invites the listener to feel and listen to his own story and voice within.
After his debut album „Pure", recorded in New York, he presents his released follow-up „Way Home" not only in the classic concert format, but also on the streets of his travel routes, intimate living room concerts, in connection with cocoa ceremonies and yoga classes, at festivals or wherever there are people who let themselves be touched by his heart music.
We are all on a journey. And whenever we get involved and some goosebumps want to show us the way, we have come one step closer to our home.
Peter's album „Way Home"
https://peterpikl.bandcamp.com/
Homepage: www.peterpikl.com
Facebook: www.fb.com/peterpiklmusician
Insta: www.instagram.com/peterpiklmusic
Peter's album „Way Home"
https://peterpikl.bandcamp.com/
Homepage: www.peterpikl.com
Facebook: www.fb.com/peterpiklmusician
Insta: www.instagram.com/peterpiklmusic
HeartPeet & Friends (AT)
Sound of Mantra - Peter Gennet & Friends.
From sacred waters we are born. A universal force vibrates within us humans, which finds its expression in the sound of our voices and instruments. Singing mantras together creates a resonance of inner truths that creates space for compassion and connection with all being. Our mantrasongs are an invitation to immerse yourself in inner silence and explore the melodies of the heart.
Ron & Heike Tuider (AT)
Ron & Heike have been organizing singing circles in the Waldviertel and beyond for many years.
They take great pleasure in chanting and making music together.
Both are active as yoga teachers and the mantras are constant companions, also in the yoga courses.
Their roots are not only in yoga philosophy, but also in other spiritual traditions and musical genres from wild rock music to groovy dance sounds.
Let's have a good time together!
http://www.mantras-w4.at
http://www.yogaimpulse.at
http://www.mantras-w4.at
http://www.yogaimpulse.at
Elomah (AT)
For us, meditative and playful singing is an expression of liveliness, sensuality for the soul and listening with the heart. The love of singing together has formed Ella and Martin ELOMAH. Playing with our voices paves the way into the moment and into connection. A connection with ourselves, a connection with each other and with a greater whole. In addition to our favorite instruments, the guitar and the harmonium, our family of instruments continues to grow. Lately we have also been touched by the sound of the didgeridoo, the charango, exotic flutes and more.
In our singing circles, we playfully invite you to discover your own voice, to feel its power and to let yourself be carried, unfinished and free, by the sound we create together.
Our vision is also to bring singing from the center of our hearts into the world and to inspire others to sing and create our songs and covers themselves. To make meditative and playful singing an easy part of your own daily practice. You can get a taste of what it's like to listen, sing along, play and tune in yourself on our homepage (lyrics) and our YouTube channel or our Facebook page (events):
http://www.elomah.at (lyrics with chords)
Youtube channel (song videos):
https://www.youtube.com/@elomah-heartsongs3061
Events and more on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090601654785
http://www.elomah.at (lyrics with chords)
Youtube channel (song videos):
https://www.youtube.com/@elomah-heartsongs3061
Events and more on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090601654785
Association
Membership
50€/year
4 day
Festival ticket
150€
(individual days possible)
Car/tent
Camping
10€/night
Food
6€/meal
(Only on pre-order)
Registration
Exclusive event for members of the Mantra Spirit association only.
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