About Heart iQ
A relational practice for people who want to feel more, connect more honestly, and live from the heart.
What is Heart iQ?
Heart iQ is not a method. It's not therapy. It's not self-improvement.
It's a living map of four directions of capacity — four ways your system opens or closes in every moment of your life. When you learn to expand in all four, everything changes.
Up — Source
Your capacity to feel connected to something larger — to be held by life, to feel the awe and wonder of existence, even when things fall apart.
Down — Body
Your capacity to feel what's happening inside — sensations, feelings, thoughts. Your connection to the ground, to embodiment, to the earth beneath you.
In — Receive
Your capacity to let love in from others — to be open enough to receive connection, intimacy, and care without shutting down or pushing away.
Out — Express
Your capacity to be authentic — to share all of who you are without holding back, managing, or shape-shifting. To feel safe being true to your own essence.
When any of these four directions is shut down, we compensate — we override, we numb, we perform, we withdraw. Heart iQ trains you to open in all four, so you can stay present in the full range of being human.
About the Founder
Christian Hayes-Pankhurst is the founder of Heart iQ and the creator of Heart iQ Circle Work. He established New Eden in 2015 as a retreat centre in the Netherlands, a place dedicated to the practice of deep relational work, self-discovery, and collective transformation.
His approach integrates Eastern and Western traditions with group dynamics, somatic practices, and embodiment. Over two decades, he has developed a body of work that bridges ancient wisdom with the lived reality of modern relationships and emotional life.
His work is grounded in the belief that our capacity to love, connect, and live fully is not something we need to learn. It is something we need to remember.
Christian leads retreats internationally, including Accelerated Awakening and Love Is What We Came Here For. His teaching style is direct, warm, and deeply relational, rooted in showing up rather than showing off.
“Christian is a profound source of wisdom and depth.”
- Neale Donald Walsch
New Eden
New Eden sits on over 50 acres of forest, fields, and silence in the Netherlands, about 90 minutes from Amsterdam. It was purpose-built as a retreat centre for transformational work, and it continues to serve as the home of Heart iQ.
This is not a hotel or a conference venue. It is a place where the practice becomes the ground you walk on, where the land, the architecture, and the rhythm of the day all support going deeper.
Community House
Shared living space with rooms, kitchen, and gathering areas for everyday life at New Eden.
The Dome
A purpose-built ceremonial space for circle work, meditation, and group practices.
Sauna & Pool
Wood-fired sauna and outdoor pool (summer) for rest and integration between sessions.
Tiny Homes
Standalone forest cabins with heating, nestled among the trees for quiet and solitude.
Temple Space
A dedicated space for ceremony, reflection, and deeper inner work.
50+ Acres
Forest trails, meadows, and open fields. Space to walk, breathe, and be with nature.
B&B stays at New Eden opening soon. Contact us for inquiries.
The Organisation
Heart iQ operates as Heart iQ Network LLC, based in the United States. What began as a single retreat has grown into an international community of practitioners, facilitators, and participants who share a commitment to honest, embodied connection.
International Events
Retreats and events across Europe and North America, plus online offerings.
Global Community
An international network of people practicing relational awareness in daily life.
Heart iQ Academy
Professional training for those called to facilitate Heart iQ Circle Work.
Ready to Experience Heart iQ?
Browse our upcoming retreats and find the experience that speaks to where you are right now.