Castle Trautenfels

The ruins of the church dedicated to St. Aegidius above Donnersbach on the way to Planneralm are already fascinating upon approach! The oldest written mention dates back to the year 1357, but the building is significantly older. Even before the church was built, there was already a cemetery at this location. The church was abandoned in 1785. The walls still visible today come from the Romanesque church from the first half of the 12th century. The view extends all the way to Pürgg with its Johanneskirche and throughout the entire valley.

THE RESONANCE EXERCISE
OUTER SPACE – INNER SPACE

For You

• Find your own SPACE – similar to the exercise near the New Plannerkreuz. Try out different wall, room, or meadow spaces.
• Expand the outer SPACE: standing stable in a safe position, perceive the air and wind, then swing your arms back and forth around the spinal axis, finding the now suitable pace.
• Expand the inner SPACE: inhale for 5 counts, hold the air for 5 counts, and exhale for 5 counts, then immediately inhale again (without pause).

For Couples, Groups, or Families

• Perform the arm-swing exercise together while alternating between standing still and moving, with a “surround view” of the group.
• A “moving group picture” emerges, which changes at every moment and generates different perceptions of spatial expansiveness and constriction just as often.
• Couples face each other in the exercise with or without eye contact and perceive their own reaction to the other's movement.

THE EFFECT ON YOUR HEALTH

Focus

• Allergy relief
• Mental strengthening
• Movement

Physically

• Spine-rotating, breathable
• The back rotation energizes the heart and circulatory system.
• The intervertebral discs are regularly compressed and then stretched in rotation, allowing for an exchange of cell fluid with new nutrients.
• The faster the exercise is performed, the more it strengthens endurance. The group variant additionally energizes and promotes spontaneous reaction speed – with moments of success!

Mental

• Experiencing space
• Perceiving space

HEART QUESTION
Can I take up my space? At which place does my breath flow easily, where do I find the 5 count breath space, the holding of my breath, particularly pleasant? What characterizes this place? Can I let the lightness of my heart radiate into the expansiveness? How far does it radiate?

RECOMMENDED TOUR
This Nature.Power.Space is located along the following hikes:

• Go Within Path

LOCAL TIP

• New Plannerkreuz
• Donnersbachklamm