This is us,
dream weavers, wilderness trainers, organisers who think and feel differently
Hello and welcome - we're so happy you've found your way to our website,
We - Canny & Bernadette - greet the WILD NAYA Community with open hearts!
As a joyful, movement-loving, and creative duo, our vision is to bring dreams to life and to create spaces together with you that touch, move, and connect.
The Wild Naya "SUMMER” Academy is a true passion project for us - a vibrant fusion of traditional crafts, art, handpan workshops, jam sessions, music, movement, nature, and magical encounters.
Here, you can play, dance, listen, laugh - and feel deeply.
We're absolutely thrilled to welcome you to this new version - with even more nature, sound, attention to detail, and heartfelt connections.
Let's create together - colourful, creative, and full of sound.
With love and connection,
Canny & Bernadette
Welcome to this earth °
we are born to jam
Your voices,
your Words
The Handpan Academy touches, supports, and inspires. Together, we create an oasis of music, joy, and appreciation. We learn, we practise, we grow. Some of you have put into words how you experienced your time at the Academy.
Colorful, vibrant and impressive!
A huge thank you for the wonderfully inspiring week in July!
Afterwards, friends kept asking me if I had learned a lot - to which I mostly said no. BECAUSE: For me, the focus wasn't on learning itself, but on soaking up all the impulses and approaches the different teachers shared with us.
It was mostly colourful, vibrant, and truly impressive! Now comes the real learning - when I pick out the impulses that resonate with me and dive deeper into them.
Wonderful!
- F.B.
Learn, experience and co-create
YEAH! I've just bought my ticket and I'm already looking forward to another incredibly beautiful Handpan Academy week - learning from the world's best players, listening to their concerts, jamming with other handpan players, laughing, having a wonderful time, enjoying delicious vegan food, soaking up the amazing energy… and WNY is so much more.
Thank you, Bernadette, for giving us the chance to experience and help shape this fantastic event again in 2024.
- A.E.
Highlight of my Summer!
WNY 2023 was the highlight of my summer! I have been practicing handpan nearly daily for 2-3 hours since then and I have signed up for Kabecao's pantam residence in Portugal! Handpan has become a huge part of my life because of WNY! I look forward to bringing my whole family to the next edition so they can experience the magic you created!
- Y.
What awaits you
with us?
Location / Seminarort
in Belgien
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LINE UP
2026
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NORI CATERING
We touch from the heart - bringing the handpan to the world
HANDPAN SUMMER ACADEMY 2024
WILD NAYA HANDPAN ACADEMY -
The WILD NAYA ACADEMY is back - more vibrant, clearer, and more powerful than ever.
We feel reborn and are beyond excited to present to you the new version of the WILD NAYA ACADEMY.
An academy that is more than just an event - it's a space for genuine connection, bold exploration, deep experiences, and shared growth.
In the coming year, a special opportunity awaits 100-120 people:
Five to seven days of fully immersing yourself - in a new way of learning, experiencing, and simply being.
We are not a festival.
We are a community that inspires, listens, and supports each other - no matter where you are on your journey.
Here, you can arrive, let go, and rediscover yourself.
After many large-scale events and holding vast spaces, we are now inviting you into a more intimate, deeper setting - a magical, historic location in Belgium. A place just for us.
We have carefully chosen a venue that offers shelter and spaciousness, no matter the weather.
A place with a natural swimming pond, ancient trees that whisper their stories - and the best vegetarian food Belgium has to offer.
You have a choice:
70 sleeping places in the seminar house (castle & additional rooms)
Or bring your own tent or campervan and sleep surrounded by nature.
Take a look at the photos of the location - they speak for themselves.
We visited in person, we listened, we felt - and we knew: This is the place where the Academy belongs. Every year.
A place that offers everything we've ever been searching for.
Are you in?
We can't wait to welcome YOU.
Familiar or new faces, everyone is warmly invited.
We are ready. Are you?
We are a child- and family-friendly event. Supporting young talents and giving parents the opportunity to live their dreams is incredibly important to us. We offer discounted tickets for teenagers (12-18 years, including workshops) and children (2-12 years), which include five hours of childcare with a fun programme, creative time, and a variety of kids' workshops (excluding the main workshops). This gives you the chance to experience the WNY Handpan Academy adventure together as a family. Even if you're not a handpan player, our diverse programme - with countless workshops on music, dance, health, movement, crafts, and creativity - is sure to inspire you!
Colourful. Creative. Human.
LEARN FROM THE BEST
Explore playlists, albums, and songs from the WNY Handpan Community
HARDCASE TECHNOLOGIES
DJANGAR PANS
SATYA
They help the Handpan Academy grow and flourish
Our partners
Tickets on Sale
at FULLMOON
7th of October 2025
Ready to join us?
Discounted student tickets at info@wildnaya-academy.com