The Backwards Walk: Reverse your steps, reawaken your senses.

We spend our lives moving forwards — toward the next thing, the next goal, the next moment. This walk does something deliberately different.

For one hour, we walk backwards. In pairs. Taking turns to move and to guide. It sounds simple. But, is it?

When you can't see where you're going, something shifts. Your attention sharpens. Your body wakes up. You become — perhaps for the first time in a while — genuinely present in the moment you're actually in.

The experience is equal parts unsettling and liberating.

How it works
We open with 3-5 minutes of solo backwards walking — you finding your footing. Then we pair up. Each pair walks for 10 minutes together: 5 minutes with one person walking backwards while the other guides, then you switch roles for the remaining 5. After each round, you find a new partner and go again. Four rounds are guaranteed, five if time allows.

The guiding role is as interesting as the walking role. Keeping someone safe when they can't see where they're going asks for presence, attentiveness, and a kind of quiet responsibility that most of us rarely practice.

At the end of the walk, we gather for a closing circle — a short, moderated conversation before we go our separate ways.

Practical details

Meeting point: Schloss Nymphenburg main entrance gate, Einfahrt Nymphenburg, 80638 München. Wear flat, comfortable shoes with good grip.
Please arrive by 12:00. Briefing begins at 12:05. Walk begins at 12:15. There'll be no waiting.
*The walk is in English.Please only participate if you are comfortable with mild physical disorientation. If you have balance conditions, vertigo, or joint issues, consult your doctor before joining — or come along and guide without walking backwards yourself.

Weather Policy

Walk takes place in most conditions Cancelled only in heavy rain or snowstorm

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Event fees: Free to join. If the experie