about us

HISTORY
GaySpiritFriends and Spirit Journeys have been collaborating on a European retreat for GBTQ men since 2011.
Spirit Journeys, an American organisation founded roughly 40 years ago, has been running retreats, weekend getaways and travel for GBTQ men throughout its four‑decade history. In 2015, a new chapter began when Hunter Flournoy became the director, lead facilitator and vision keeper, launching Spirit Journeys webinars, retreats and journeys with Hunter and friends. As one of the first companies worldwide to provide sacred, safe and joyful spaces for soulful GBTQ men and their allies, Spirit Journeys has grown from the early days of gay liberation, through the AIDS crisis, to today’s fast‑changing world, constantly inspiring a deeper view of who we are and who we can become.
GaySpiritFriends is a Dutch organisation established in 2011 with the sole purpose of bringing GBTQ men together for meaningful connections, fostering fun, playful and joyous experiences that create opportunities to meet new friends.
“After joining a Spirit Journeys retreat in New Mexico in 2011, I felt inspired to ask Hunter Flournoy (the new director and lead facilitator of Spirit Journeys) to join me in co‑creating a similar event in Belgium. It has been an amazing journey so far, and we are still continuing the journey. Our professional cooperation and friendship have grown over the last few years, and we are always excited to create our Annual International Gay Retreat in Belgium. The event always takes place in the first or second week of October each year.” — Danny (GaySpiritFriends)
FOCUS
Our retreats centre on gay men, while warmly welcoming bisexual, transgender, and queer men as well.
Everyone—regardless of age, nationality, or relationship status—is welcome.
MISSION
Our mission is to bring GBTQ men from all over the world together to be inspired, feel heartfelt connections with themselves and other men, learn and grow, have an adventure, and return home energised, inspired, more mindful and more compassionate with themselves and the world.
We offer a multidisciplinary, cross‑cultural programme at the retreat in a safe, warm and fun environment, drawing on Spirit Journeys’ 40 years of experience creating sacred, safe and joyful spaces where participants can live their truth.
Every journey starts with opening up to new possibilities and taking a first step!
We invite you to join us for a beautiful, adventurous and inspiring week.
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”
- William Feather -