The Art of Being Here

Perhaps there is nothing
to become.

Perhaps there is simply something within us that is waiting to be remembered.

To be here.
To be alive.
To meet what is already here.

I create spaces where we can slow down, meet ourselves and each other, and allow something real to unfold.

About Me
Maria Bauriedl looking through a train window toward sunlit mountains

Maria Bauriedl

To be here.To be alive.

01 — About Me

And I have learned
the beauty of simply
being there.

Maria Bauriedl smiling outdoors among pine trees

I have spent much of my life creating spaces for people to meet — around a table, in a kitchen, in beautiful places, in conversation and in the simple moments of everyday life.

Sometimes we sit together.
Sometimes we walk a little way together.
Sometimes there is conversation, sometimes silence.

What matters is the presence we share.

Life has taught me that beauty does not ask for perfection. Like something touched by time and loved through the years, we can become more ourselves through everything we have lived.

02 — The Art of Being

“There are moments when life becomes wonderfully simple.”

A breath.
A face.
A conversation.
The taste of something beautiful.
The light falling across a table.

Nothing extraordinary — and yet, everything is there.

This is the space I am interested in: presence, genuine encounter, creativity and the unpolished beauty of being alive.

Sometimes, when we become fully present, something begins to change by itself.

Presence

03 — The unfolding

Every encounter
is different.

Presence · Connection · Self-Love · Radical Forgiveness · Creativity · Co-Creation

01

Presence

To be here.

02

Connection

To meet what is already here.

03

Self-Love

Perhaps it is about becoming more yourself.

04

Radical Forgiveness

The traces of life remain as part of the beauty of the whole.

05

Creativity · Co-Creation

Listening to what is alive in the moment.

04 — What We Share

A living response
to what is here.

Sometimes it may be a conversation, a walk, a shared meal or a few quiet days in a beautiful place.

Sometimes creativity wants to speak — through cooking, writing, painting, movement or simply being in nature.

Sometimes there is a question.

Sometimes there is simply a desire to pause and breathe.

I create each experience individually, together with the people and the place, listening to what is alive in the moment.

For Hotels & Retreat Spaces

I collaborate with hotels and retreat spaces to create individual experiences that belong naturally to their place, atmosphere and people.

A retreat.
A creative gathering.
A culinary experience.
A few days of exploration and connection.

Each collaboration takes its own form.

We meet, we listen, and we create from there.

05 — A Little More Beautiful Through Time

Perhaps growing older
is not about
becoming less.

Perhaps it is about becoming more yourself.

More spacious.
More honest.
More alive.

The traces of life remain — not as something to hide, but as part of the beauty of the whole.

Like Kintsugi, where the repaired line becomes part of the piece itself.

There is something beautiful in what has been touched by time.