Programmes & Experience
What the association offers and the experience its team brings.
Our activities
According to its statutes, the association pursues its purpose through, among other things:
- workshops on healthy food and cooking courses with local, seasonal ingredients,
- movement such as Qi Gong and Tai Chi,
- mindfulness and relaxation for coping with stress,
- shared gardening projects,
- education partnerships with schools and institutions,
- intercultural and European exchange,
- programmes for young people in difficult situations, with mentoring and life-skills training,
- online courses and digital learning,
- counselling and coaching for personal and professional development.
Activities take place mainly in Bad Vöslau and are open to participants from all over Europe.
Experience of the team
The following activities took place before the association was founded or independently of it. They are the personal experience of our members, not projects of the association.
Axel Bergdolt's path
- 1984
Civilian service in Neckargemünd
Supporting children and young people with disabilities in a rehabilitation centre.
- 1991–1993
Cuisine et Santé, Saint-Gaudens
Training in whole-food cooking, then head of kitchen and cooking teacher at an education centre for about 150 guests.
- 1993–2006
Cuisine et Vacances, Moliets-et-Maa
Founded and ran a year-round seminar and retreat centre with an open teaching kitchen and talks on the Yin-Yang principle; seminars in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
- 2006–2013
Life and work in Portugal
Counselling on nutrition and healthy living; individual support for people with health limitations, including preparing specially adapted meals for limited periods. Organised seminars on whole-food cooking and Yin-Yang-based nutrition.
- from 2013
Open kitchen with young people
For many years an open kitchen where young people cooked along two to three days a week and learned to tell foods apart by origin, season and way of preparation.
- since 2023
Erasmus+ courses
Cook, trainer and participant in international courses, mainly with Origó Műhely.
Erasmus+ courses Axel Bergdolt has contributed to
| Course | Period | Place | Organiser | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your Heart Beats 2022-1-HU01-KA210-ADU-000083500 | 19.–27.10.2023 | Vila Franca do Campo, Azoren (PT) | Origó Műhely | Cook |
| Walking on Inner Pathways 2023-2-HU01-KA210-ADU-000173827 | September 2024 | La Verna–Assisi (IT) | Origó Műhely / Libero Pensatore | Participant |
| The Next Beat 2024-1-HU01-KA153-YOU-000239022 | 21.–30.10.2024 | Vila Franca do Campo, Azoren (PT) | Origó Műhely | Cook |
| Three Treasures II | 2025 | Three Treasures Valley (HU) | Origó Műhely | Participant |
| Midnight in Paris & Sky above Berlin | August 2025 | Paris (FR) and Berlin (DE) | Origó Műhely | Cook and trainer |
| Pilgrimage to Sustainability | 01.–14.09.2025 | Franziskusweg Toskana–Umbrien (IT) | Libero Pensatore | Participant |
| Ritmo Vivo 2025-1-HU01-KA151-YOU-000297895 | 21.–30.10.2025 | Vila Franca do Campo, Azoren (PT) | Origó Műhely | Cook |
| The Next Beat II Training course for youth workers, led by Audicia Lynne Morley | May 2026 | Three Treasures Valley (HU) | Origó Műhely | Participant |
| Women Empowerment | September 2026 | Budapest (HU) | Origó Műhely | Cook and trainer |
| Rural Activators | September 2026 | Lago Trasimeno (IT) | Associazione Kora | Participant |
| Transform your life (Youth Exchange) 31 participants from Hungary, Romania, Greece, Italy and Spain | 25.09.–03.10.2026 | Three Treasures Valley (HU) | Origó Műhely | Trainer |
| Footsteps: introduction to the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® Facilitation: Audicia Lynne Morley | 24.–30.10.2026 | Convento de São Francisco, Vila Franca do Campo, Azoren (PT) | Origó Műhely | Cook |
Impressions
Impressions from courses and seminars our team has contributed to.
