RETREAT
2-5 NOVEMBER
NATURE, HEALING ARTS & SAUNA RITUALS
Nature and healing arts has throughout time offered us an intuitive connection and ways to expand our creative potential and embodied liberation. In our society today we’re often living in our minds and becoming disconnected from our bodies and the Earth. This retreat is an opportunity to reunion with nature and healing arts as a path to realign back to inner balance, a vibrant health and a compassionate heart.
We will bring together wisdom from nature based communities, healing arts and embodied practice and touch upon why it’s important for continuing a healthy and sustainable existing in our modern society.
It’s an invitation to celebrate our human heritage as soul full creative creatures who can generate our own inner ecstatic pleasures through healing arts as dance, meditation, body work and sauna rituals. It’s a place to reclaim your silence, magic and compassionate heart – and potentially exploring more of your own gifts and how to bring them to the world.
RETREAT MOMENTS
THE RETREAT EXPLORES
- 4 days at Sjövik in Sweden
- Reunion with wild nature
- Exploring inner wholeness & creativity
- Embodies Liberation & Healing Arts
- 4 directions of the Medicin Wheel
- Sauna Rituals
- Yin Yoga & Breathwork
- Free Form Dancing & Movement
- Body work & Art of Touch
- Sharing in Circles
- Meditation & Energy Work
- Selfcare & Soulcare
- Delicious Vegitation Food
- Long breaks – nap, walk or just be
- A community to belong to
Supported by the magical wilderness at Sjövik, we will rest, restore, explore deeply, play wildly and catalyze new resources to bring back into our lives. This retreat is suitable both for beginners and experienced wanting to deepen into the nourishing art of sauna rituals, dance, meditation, yin yoga, silence, body work touch, community and nature.
Our bodies are the keystone to sense and feel our relationship with ourselves, each other and the natural world. From head to feet we’ll investigate the unexplored wilderness of our bodies and unfold limbs, mind, heart and soul. With a variety of healing arts we arrive prepared to dive into the realm of silence, compassion and love.
Although our lives sometimes can be mundane, our existence and bodies is a miracle to celebrate – from the cellular to the galactic, a vast and brilliant web of connections and relations. This retreat is a circle to honor our bodies, all of our relations and Earth as a gift. A place to remember, sense and fell that people and land are good medicine for each other
RETREAT MOMENTS
GUIDED TOUR AT SJÖVIK
Program
THURSDAY – 2. NOVEMBER
15.00-16.00: Arrival at Sjövik
16.00-17.30: Retreat Info & Intro
17.30-18.30: Sauna & Meditation
18.30-20.30 Break & Dinner at 19.
20.30-21.30: Yin Yoga
FRIDAY – 3. NOVEMBER
8.00-10.00: Meditation, Breath & Movement (AM)
10.00-11.00: Brunch
11.00-12.30: Meditation & Nature (Jonas)
12.30-16.30: Break & Snackbar at 13.
16.30-18.00: Sauna Ritual
18.00-20.00: Pause & Dinner at 19
20.00-21.30: Meditation & Energy work (Jonas)
SATURDAY – 4.NOVEMBER
8.00-1o.00: Meditation, Energy & Creativity (Jonas)
10.00-11.00: Brunch
11.00-12.30: Body work (AM)
12.00-16.00: Lunch at 13 & pause
16.30-18.00: Yin yoga & Dance (AM)
18.00-20.00: Pause & Dinner at 19
20.00-21.30: Sauna Ritual (AM)
SUNDAY – 5.NOVEMBER
8.00-9.30: Meditation (Jonas)
9.30-11.00: Brunch & Packing
11.00-13.00: Outro & Circle
14.00 – Thank you & See You
*There can be changes in the program. There is silence in the morning to create space for contemplation
SPACE HOLDER
ANNE METTE
As a founder of Balanced Retreat, I’m dedicated to helping people find a more meaningful way to connect to nature, body and soul. My inspiration is nature based traditions and healing arts across cultures and time. I’m passionate about reintroducing ancient techniques in a modern world which offers us practices to realign our inner compass, conscious exploration and unfold our soul full creative expression. My path lead me to Esalen Institute in California, teachers in shamanism as Anette Høst & Sandra Ingermann, 10 years meditation with Jesper Westmark, 20 years of modern dance, body work and yoga in various forms. 15 years of teaching experience, 7 years of facilitating retreats. The thread is also experience and education within HR (Cand. Soc. HRM). A turning point in life in 2012 became a new starting point - therefore HR transformed into Human Retreat.
CO FACILITATOR
JONAS GOLTERNMANN
PRICE
* DOUBLE ROOM – students/sick leave/senior 4200 dk.kr (2 spots)
* SINGLE ROOM – students/sick leave/senior 4600 dk.kr
* DOUBLE ROOM – normal price 4900 dk.kr
SINGLE ROOM – normal price 5600 dk.kr
Your payment is you sign up for the retreat. The price covers the 4 days stay at Sjövik, all meals and teaching. Transport and your personal insurance is not included. You are welcome to pay in installments if you need it (max 2 installments). In case of cancellation, 1/3 of the amount is refunded or you can find a friend who participates instead of you. Please write if there is anything we should know about injuries, illness or other (eg stress, sick leave, knee injuries, epilepsy or medication). Participation is at your own risk – both stay and teaching. Balanced disclaims any responsibility in connection with illness, injuries and the like. Please write to if you have anything to inform about before the retreat: hello@balanced.dk
Reference
Jeg har været på retreat på Sjövik med Anne Mette flere gange, og hver gang har det været helt specielt. Det er veltilrettelagt, omgivelserne er smukke, og så har Anne Mette en utrolig evne til at skabe et rum, hvor man kan slappe af, koble af fra hverdagen og arbejde med sig selv hvis man vil. Anne Mettes humør og livsklogskab er en stor inspiration, og hver gang jeg har været afsted, er jeg vendt tilbage til hverdagen med fornyet ro og energi i kroppen. Kan klart anbefales uanset om man har brug for en puster fra en travl hverdag, om man vil udforske sig selv eller om man vil forkæle sig selv. Kristian, 2018