16 Day 130-Hour Deep Dive Into Yoga, Nature and Regenerative Living in Flatdal, Norway
Regenerative Yoga Course in Norway
Do you crave a refill of knowledge, nature experiences, new friendships and time to be present, to find back to your natural state of happiness? Are you curious about permaculture? Welcome to the Norwegian wilderness. Experience the healing power of nature and deepen your yoga practice with this 130-hour course. Learn how to create a happy and regenerative lifestyle. This course takes you back to living a very simple life, off-grid (no electricity or running water) in nature, while deepening your own yoga practice and integrating tools that can be used in your daily life. Immerse yourself in nature, deepen your yoga practice, and gain knowledge on how to create a happy, regenerative lifestyle.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Developing your asana practice with 3.5 hours of practice on the mat daily
- Yoga philosophy and introduction to anatomy and physiology in yoga
- Pranayama techniques and introduction to sound healing
- Asana adjustment and alignment, and how to build a yoga session
- Permaculture principles and sustainable lifestyle practices with wild foraging
- Mindfulness in nature, hiking, waterfalls and river swims
- Grounding and digital detox
- 15 nights accommodation with plant-based food, integrating a healthy diet
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Types
16 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 9.5
Accommodation
Facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- Free parking
Feel the immersion into Norwegian nature when you are staying in these very comfortable bell glamping tents. The sounds of nature will lull you to sleep and wake you up to a beautiful view and fresh air, surrounded by nature and peace but still in comfortable accommodation for you to be able to relax completely. At Hagabrekka Wanderland, you are far away from everyday stress.
This also means that the standard is lower than what the average Westerner is used to. They are completely off grid, growing parts of their own food and using principles of permaculture to create a little paradise. This also means a different experience than what most people are used to: There is no grid power or water. They have solar power in some areas of the property, composting toilets, and are pumping water from a river nearby, so no running water. They are surrounded by untouched nature, with all the other beings sharing the space with them. This means that you will encounter spiders and other insects. Here, you truly get disconnected from the digital hassle and connected to nature and the present moment.
- Accommodation consists of a glamping tent, shared between 4, 2 people in one tent, or a private option.
Program
Sustainable lifestyle and permaculture are at heart of the development of Hagabrekka Wanderland. They want to offer you tools to use in your own life, or sharing with others through your teachings. They want to offer you a grounding experience where you not only reconnect to nature but where you reconnect to yourself.
You can expect a diversity of classes, nature experiences and views that take your breath away, icy rivers and lakes, disconnecting from your devices, healthy wholesome meals, new friendships, connections and laughter around the bonfire and taking yourself outside your comfort zone, the only place you grow as human beings.
This is an intense course, and not a luxury retreat. It might take you out of your comfort zone as you will be living off-grid with daily tasks requiring physical work that you might not be used to. You will take part in the everyday jobs to live in sync with nature, as sustainably as you can (Karma yoga 1.5 hours a day).
This means that you will partake in foraging for your meals, help out in the kitchen, doing your own dishes as well as hard physical tasks like chopping firewood, working on the land etc. But you are rewarded with a view of the mountain, surrounded by untouched nature, your alarm clock is the nearby waterfall and birds chirping. Not to mention the feeling of having used both your body and your mind in a good way when your head hits the pillow in the evening.
This course is for you who want to deepen your knowledge and practice. You should have some basic knowledge of yoga and have practiced it before, but you don't need any advanced practice. You only need to have embraced yoga as something you want to have in your life.
Yoga
Their approach to yoga is a holistic way of integrating yoga in all parts of life, not only on the mat. Some things go hand in hand with regenerative lifestyle and permaculture. You will have an introduction to the philosophy of yoga and connecting this to sustainable lifestyle practices.
Asana, pranayama and pratyahara
Each morning will start with Vinyasa yoga with elements of Hatha. In the evening it will be either gentle Restorative class or Yin, a relaxing session where the focus is on presence, breath, and cultivating the inner world that you want to have. In all classes, there is an individual focus, so you will have the opportunity to develop your personal practice. The classes offer a combination of dynamic and static positions.
Reconnecting to nature, the yogic lifestyle, permaculture and three dimensions of sustainable living
We as humans has for a long time been living in communities close to nature, in harmony with the earth. With the current development of civilization there has been a gradual separation between human beings and nature. They want to intentionally reintroduce the concept for people to reconnect to the awareness that we are not separate from nature, but we are a part of earth, increasing mindfulness to ensure well-being not only for humans but all life forms. Sustainability is often connected to an ecological aspect: renewable energy, food, self-reliance etc. But they want to introduce a holistic outlook, reflected in more dimensions that will be a part of how you are living together during the course.
- Care of people, the social dimension (steps 1 and 2 in yoga)
How we relate to others around us is in yoga called Yama and it’s the first step in yoga practice. At Hagabrekka you will experience to live in a community, and it is essential to be considerate to all the people you share the space with, learning from the people that are different from yourselves. They want to offer the experience of community living, encouraging unity through the respect of differences. The community, the feeling of being supported and cared for, is an essential part of a sustainable life, to be able to realize yourself. The kindness and compassion that you are cultivating towards the others will also be directed towards yourself, the next step in yoga; Niyama which is your individual discipline.
- Care of the planet, the ecological and material dimension (steps 3 and 4 in yoga)
They are protecting biodiversity and promoting mindfulness towards use of resources in daily life at Hagabrekka. You will learn about how to minimize your ecological footprint, avoiding processed food and products in general, embracing a natural way of life, moving away from using chemicals in personal hygiene, how to forage wild herbs and plants and using them as a way to heal through diet. There will be an introduction to what you grow, edibles in the nature, and all participants will take part in foraging in the forest and picking vegetables in the garden for the meals. You will take part in tasks needed for the daily life of living off-grid.
The asana and pranayama practice, the two next steps in yoga philosophy, help you to keep a healthy body and mind which is essential to care for the land and the daily tasks you will undertake. The asana practice is not only creating strength, mobility and balance, but it teaches you how to use your bodies when performing other tasks like chopping firewood or foraging. At the same time, working the land, eating healthy organic self-grown and wild food is keeping your bodies healthy.
- Fair share, the joy dimension (steps 4 to 8 in yoga)
The last four steps in yoga philosophy, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, take you to the importance of your inner world and introspection. It teaches you how to turn the gaze inwards, to be able to stop letting thoughts and ego control you and to find the natural joy that is within you. Connecting to nature and the elements through the practice of focusing your mind, the practice of meditation and awareness, is essential not only for your own peace and happiness but to be able to perceive the world around you as something not separate from you, but that you are all the same. Realizing that greed is only hurting yourself, that fair share is the way to benefit all, yourself included, is an essential part of permaculture, as well as the ultimate realization of yoga practice. Feeling and knowing the oneness of yourself with world around you are the ultimate goals of yoga.
As Samadhi (enlightenment), the 8th step of yoga, might be out of reach in this lifetime for most of us, you will work on developing an open mind and ease to handle any challenging situations. This will further progress a calm approach towards anything that life present to you, as well as finding the joy of fair share to be an essential part of keeping your balance.
Daily schedule and program
Might change depending on the weather.
- 07:00 Dynamic morning yoga
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 – 12:00 Karma yoga (foraging, cooking, cleaning common spaces, chopping firewood, work on the land)
- 12:15 – 14:00 Anatomy, physiology, alignment
- 14:00 Lunch
- 15:15 – 16:45 Philosophy or workshop
- 17:00 Gentle evening yoga
- 19:00 Dinner
- 20:00 Movie nights, meditation, talks, free time
- From 22:00 Silence
Included excursions
You will experience different guided outdoor activities: hiking and viewpoints, forest walks, waterfall swims, river dips, foraging, working on the land. There is also the opportunity to spend a night in a tree tent overlooking the valley.
Instructors
Marita Liverød
Marita grew up in Norway, but has since 2006 been living around the world. She finalized her first TTC in India in 2013, and has since then completed several more trainings; 1400 hours yoga advanced teacher training, Thai Yoga Massage course, Ayurveda, Reiki, Pranayama with B.N.S. Iyengar as well as sound healing. Her master’s degree in sustainable development. She has been teaching yoga around the world since 2014, and started her company, Wanderlust Yoga, together with her husband in 2017. Her big passion in life next to yoga is sustainable living, hiking and permaculture.
Sabin Shrestha
Sabin grew up in Nepal with a culture embracing the spiritual, yoga was a natural part of human existence. He studied IT at University but realized it was not the right path for him and built up his own guesthouse/restaurant in Pokhara, the yoga hub of Nepal. After some time of practicing yoga, and spending a lot of time in the Himalayas, Sabin did his YTTC in the birthplace of Ashtanga yoga, Mysore in India, finalized in 2017. He advanced his TTC with another 500 hrs of Chakra Yoga from Kho Phangan, Thailand in 2019 as well as a course in pranayama with B.N.S. Iyengar.
Location
Hagabrekka Wanderland is located in Flatdal, a small village in Seljord municipality which is known as an artist's paradise. Beautiful views of the large mountains that frame the u-formed valley provide a great reflection of the fantastic nature and landscape Norway has to offer.
Food
Healthy, wholesome, plant-based meals are an essential part of regenerative living. They focus on local, organic ingredients that will offer new flavors every day. Some of the vegetables will come straight from their organic vegetable garden, as well as wild harvest form the surrounding forest.
As a part of Karma yoga some days you will take part in foraging for the meals and helping in the kitchen to make lunch. Lunch will be the biggest meal of the day, while breakfast and dinner are smaller, simple meals. After all the meals you clean your own plate.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegan
- Organic
- Whole food
- Other dietary requirements on request
What's included
- 15 nights accommodation
- All meals from lunch the day of arrival to lunch the last day
- All classes, workshops and activities (130 hours)
- Pick up/drop of at Århus Knutepunkt (nearest bus stop, 11 km away), 'Seljord Skystasjon' bus station (15-minute drive to the retreat center)
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Visa fee
- Personal insurance
- Personal expenses
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
158 km away from your destination
Transfer not provided
Sandefjord Airport, Torp
105 km away from your destination
Arrival by plane
Option 1:
- From Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), take a train to Oslo Central Station.
- From Oslo Bus Terminal (same location as the train station), take a direct Nor-Way bus to 'Århus Knutepunkt' (2.5 hours).
- Wanderlust Yoga Treks will happily pick you up for free at Århus Knutepunkt bus station (10-minute drive to the retreat center).
Option 2:
- From Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), take a train to 'Skien.'
- From 'Skien,' take bus R1 to 'Seljord skystasjon.' You can order the ticket for both the train and bus together by searching for 'Oslo lufthavn (gardermoen)' to 'Seljord Skystasjon.'
- Wanderlust Yoga Treks will happily pick you up for free at 'Seljord Skystasjon' bus station (15-minute drive to the retreat center).
Option 3:
- From Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), take the free shuttle bus to the train station.
- Take the train from 'Torp Stasjon' to 'Skien,' where you will jump on a bus (R1) that will take you to 'Seljord Skystasjon.' You can order the ticket for both the train and bus together by searching for 'Torp Stasjon' to 'Seljord Skystasjon.'
- Wanderlust Yoga Treks will happily pick you up for free at 'Seljord Skystasjon' bus station (15-minute drive to the retreat center).
Arrival by car
Hagabrekka Wanderland is located only a two-hour drive from Oslo by car, but the GPS might take you the wrong way as they are hidden away in nature. So, here is a description:
- Follow the directions to ‘Nutheim’ (on Google Maps / Mapsme, etc.).
- There is a sharp turn from where you will follow the signs towards ‘Rauland.’
- After taking off towards Rauland, drive for around 500 meters before taking the first turn to the left (there is a small sign on the right side of the street saying Hagabrekka Wanderland).
- After some hundred meters on a dirt road, you will reach a farm where you will go left on a small crossroad. Wanderlust Yoga Treks' little 'off-grid' hidden paradise is at the very end of the road.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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