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Published: 21 November 2021

How it all began...

My passion for guitar started in the last years of my school days. A friend started playing electric guitar and I grabbed my father's old travelling guitar. I quickly developed my own style, playing classical pieces on steel strings, which is unusual but gives the pieces a greater dynamic due to the numerous harmonics.

    I travelled a lot through Europe, always taking my guitar with me, and played in the pedestrian zones, on the promenades and later also on private occasions. About every two years I recorded a CD. At first in the recording studio, then later, when the opportunity arose, out in nature. In nature, it was much easier for me to capture and record the right mood for my music.       

The idea of street music is wonderful, because it works completely differently from what we are used to here in Europe. You don't ask for anything in return, but give people your music and wait to see what life gives you in return.        

A short poem from my first CD: Power of Silence

Where are you rushing to in great haste?
Your mind is caught up in thoughts.
Your steps carry you past,
But you pause in sudden wonder.
Soft sounds that touch your heart.
The thoughts are silent, the senses are awakened
and you begin to live.
As you listen, a deep calm pervades you.
What is more important than being here!
Welcome to reality!

Jan Robin

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Published: 21 November 2021

The creation of the Stone Nest

It began in 1999, like everything in life, with a thought. The vision was a hut in the mountains, far away from the rest of the world. A place of retreat,
a home after years of travelling.
Life eventually led me to this place overgrown with brambles.99 M399 M4

In the Agence Immobilier pictures, the land looked so different that I didn't even recognise it at first. Then, on my second visit, I discovered the buildings,
completely overgrown with brambles and bushes 10 metres high. A stream ran along the side of the property. I looked at everything in peace and quiet, even managed to
I even managed to enter the witch's house, despite the bitter resistance of the brambles, and suddenly knew that it was the right thing for me.
I bought the land with the ruins and set about taming the wilderness...

First the blackberries had to give way. In the beginning, all we had was a sickle, a hedge trimmer and a lot of power.
There was no electricity for machines yet. Except for an old telephone line that lay on the forest floor in many places,
and that's the way it was going to stay, because the small villages in the mountains don't have the money to connect
remote houses to the power grid.

At that time, the stone nest was a ruin with a leaky roof and crumbling walls. A previous owner (also a German)
had poured a foundation, but then abandoned the work. I found some of his things in the old shed.

Afterwards, a Frenchman from Toulouse had bought the land and built the small wooden chalet to spend weekends there with his wife.
weekends with his wife. After the divorce, he wanted to sell the land again, but had to wait a few years until I came. For
For this reason, the property was completely overgrown.

In autumn 2001 I started to build the stone nest. First I had to build a tight roof, then windows, a door and much more. The whole process took several years. During this time I lived in the witch's house. Besides the
In addition to building the stone nest, I also began to plant the garden.

The wilderness had taken root and anyone who has ever removed a blackberry hedge including its roots knows that it is not to be trifled with.

that it is not to be trifled with. Next to stinging nettles, blackberries are the most resistant plants when it comes to making them understand that they should grow somewhere else.

I laid out beds, built a small greenhouse out of old glass panes and grew my first vegetables. The beginning was hard,
because the soil wasn't very fertile and the compost just wouldn't work.

Little by little, the plants and trees began to grow. I built terraces, paths made of natural stones, a pavilion and much more.

of the wilderness had become a garden.

The initial small solar system grew with each year and so at some point I was finally able to use electric machines that made everything easier.

The garden was also extended and the blackberries pushed back further. On the other side of the path there was still plenty to do. The entire slope

down to the stream resembled an unbridled wilderness of blackberries and bushes. Only a small patch of the former pasture for sheep was left.

But before that could happen, there was still a building to put up. Up to now I had built everything outside, but now I wanted to put a roof on the work hut and be used as a garage and as a place to work. A dream for every craftsman.

A further room was also added to the stone nest.

the house had reached its present size. There are now 6 rooms, a spacious bathroom with its own stove and a room for the building services.

In 2010, the time had come. The idea of a farm was born. Sheep and chickens were the first things to go. For this
large areas had to be freed from the iron grip of the blackberries. A sheep pen and a chicken house were built.

The chickens were given a well-secured enclosure so that the wild animals from the forest would not make them their favourite food.
would make them their favourite food. It took a few attempts until no more chickens were eaten. The electric fence around the sheep's terrain also turned out to be useless.

So a wire mesh fence was needed, like the ones the locals have been using for a long time. So I made my experiences with the
and in spring, when the lambs were born, I had my first milk and soon after
and shortly afterwards the first home-made cheese.

There was a new gate at the entrance and a fence made of branches. A barn was added to the barn, where the hay could be stored.

hay could be stored. This shortened the transport routes and made animal husbandry much easier overall.

Now the big building projects slowly came to a halt. A terrace was built directly on the slope with a view of the mountains.

Wherever possible, I sowed flower meadows, which retained their flowering splendour throughout the summer and were

and were often still beautiful the next year.
A garage was built next to the work hut and a carport next to the stone nest. So there were many new possibilities for storing the car
for the car or for material.

The caravan was given a large roof to protect it from the weather and the sun, and a small balcony was added to the stone nest.
balcony was added to the stone nest.
Then the large pyramid was erected, which took the whole of spring 2013. Due to the angles and completely
new shapes, the whole thing turned out to be much more difficult than initially expected. In the end, however, everything
and since then it has been used for a variety of experiments.

The solar system was enlarged once again and now has enough power to supply the house with electricity in winter.
to supply the house with electricity in winter.

This short picture story ends with the year 2014. In the meantime, many building projects have been added and the small farm has become bigger and bigger. You can see what it looks like here on the home page in the tour.

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Published: 19 November 2021

Seminars in the Stone Nest

Seminar Guardian of the Earth

21-28 August 2022

Theme of the seminar:

- Reviving the capacity we bring with us as guardians and keepers of the earth.

- Experiencing limits in a protected space in nature.

- Overcoming our own fears and finding a way back to basic trust.

- Rediscovering one's very own nature.

What activities do we offer?

- Groups and individual conversations in a loving atmosphere - "I open up".

- Making music and singing together

- Introduction to the silence of nature (meditation) and feeling the unity consciousness

- Hiking, climbing, caving and climbing mountains

- Collecting and using herbs

- Spending the night outdoors under the stars

- Creative projects (clay building, working with wood and stones, building bows, felting, etc.)

- Reality control on our stone circle

All activities can but do not have to be part of the seminar. The course of the seminar depends on you, what you bring with you and what you want to experience.

Who: For all adult people who are interested in our offer.

Place: With us in the Steinnest

Accommodation: In our earth houses, in a camping trailer or in a house tent (depending on the number of participants).

Meals: Vegetarian or, if desired, vegan organic full board. We cook together in our communal kitchen.

Arrival: By plane (Toulouse - transport to the Stone Nest possible) , train (Boussens) or by car, bike, horse or on foot.

Energy compensation: We leave it up to our participants to decide for themselves what the time with us was worth to them and what they can and want to give.

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General information

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personally identifiable. For detailed information on the subject of data protection
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Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
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How do we collect your data?

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Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.
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names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para.
and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient
provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent that this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and our instructions with regard to the processing of your data.
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We use the following hoster:

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personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and
this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This
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and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail)
can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
possible.

Note on the responsible office

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the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
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your personal data with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a
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In the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons have ceased to apply.
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be passed on. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country in the sense of EU data protection law.
data protection law. US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security
security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this.
It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process your data on US servers for surveillance purposes.
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Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke
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data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right of objection against data collection in special cases and against

Direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

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If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data
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Restrict the processing of your personal data.
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your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests outweigh
interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may - apart from being
only with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of your interests.
defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for
legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
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4. data collection on this website

Contact form

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and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your
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The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, insofar as your enquiry is related to the
fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
necessary. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the deletion of your data or cancel your order.
revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.
(e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions -
in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
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(name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry.
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The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, insofar as your request is related to
fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
necessary. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this has been requested.
The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, or until you revoke your consent to the deletion.
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Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy
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