On eleven hectares of certified organic land in the wine hills of southern Styria, TamanGa was shaped by the philosophy of Austrian physician and fasting pioneer Dr. Ruediger Dahlke, who leads traditional fasting weeks here each spring and autumn: Fasten und Yoga, Fasten und Wandern, Zen Fasten and Integral Medicine seminars, all supported by a Peace Food kitchen that is fully vegan, bio-certified, gluten- and sugar-free and sourced almost entirely from the property’s own garden. Therapists and counsellors are available on request, and the TamanGa Natur-Kur allows self-directed guests to draw on Dahlke’s guidance independently, making this one of the few Austrian retreat places with genuine medical intellectual authorship at its core.
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Dr. Ruediger Dahlke’s fasting and healing retreat in the wine hills of southern Styria, where a vast organic garden, Peace Food philosophy and seasonal fasting weeks create a quietly serious space for renewal.
TamanGa is not a hotel that offers wellness. It is a place built around a specific healing philosophy: that of Dr. Ruediger Dahlke, one of the German-speaking world’s most influential voices on fasting, consciousness and integrative medicine. The 11-hectare certified organic estate near Gamlitz was conceived as a living expression of his work, a place where guests can fast under his personal guidance, eat according to Peace Food principles, tend to their inner life through therapy and contemplative practice, and simply slow down in an environment of extraordinary natural beauty. The Peace Food kitchen is the physical heart of the place: fully vegan, glutenfrei, zuckerfrei, seasonal, regional, and largely self-grown. Kurzzeitfasten structure with a late morning meal and a rich evening meal is built into the daily rhythm as a default rather than a programme option.
TamanGa Natur-Kur in Eigenregie (self-directed, year-round). Dr. Dahlke Fastenwochen (spring and autumn): Fasten + Yoga, Fasten + Wandern, Zen Fasten, Verbundener Atem, Integrale Medizin Seminare. Kursangebot further facilitators: Yoga, Meditation, Tanz, Kräuterkunde. Abnehm-BootCamp. Kochkurse. Beratung and Therapie on request.
Holz-Lehm Klausen, the smallest and most popular accommodation category, are lovingly simple cells built with natural materials that invite a hermit's quality of rest. The organic garden is not decorative but functional: what grows here feeds the kitchen each day. Dahlke's Fastenwochen are among the few true fasting retreats in the German-speaking world led directly by their originating physician rather than a proxy team.
For those who have read Dahlke, or who simply want to fast properly in a place that takes it seriously, TamanGa is one of the most authentic answers in the Alpine world.
Heilkundeinstitut Ruediger Dahlke
Labitschberg 4
8462 Gamlitz
Austria
Europe
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