Yoga Retreat
Sörbyn Lodge in Swedish Lapland
11th - 16th Feb 2019
5 nights, full board (Flexitarian)
Instructor: Erika Bandy Jakobsson
“Chitti vritti nirodah” – the unscrambling of the scrambled mind
Erika is a Registered Yoga Teacher RYT 200/hr and Yoga Alliance accredited in Hot Power Vinyasa Yoga by Fred Busch having completed her Teacher Training in May of 2015 in Lima, Peru. Erika has been practicing yoga for over 10 years starting with Swasthya Yoga under Mestre De Rose and slowly finding her way to Power Yoga. She currently teaches at a local yoga studio in Luleå, Sweden called I AM YOGA. Her retreat is mainly for beginners and intermediate students of all body types and backgrounds finding their path in the yoga world. The focus being a basic introduction to what the practice of yoga is and how to incorporate a yoga lifestyle individually. She will offer an extended Power Yoga morning practice followed by an afternoon guided meditation and mantra singing with time for personal reflection and reconnection. All classes will provide safe variations to certain asanas as the body is a temple and we must cherish it.
Our venue is Sörbyn Lodge, a small private lodge with only 8 hotel rooms , restaurant, lounge and dining area plus a sauna house overlooking the frozen sea. During your stay, the chef at the lodge will prepare delicious and healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Sörbyn Lodge is located in Swedish Lapland only one hour north of the coastal Luleå and deep in the Swedish Lapland forest..
During your stay at the retreat a local guide will be on hand for part of the day and they will provide an insight into the arctic lifestyle as well as lead an easy daily 1 hour experience. Examples of these are snowshoeing, traditional skiing or perhaps northern lights watching. In addition there are a number of longer optional winter activities that you can choose to add to your itinerary.
If you are interested in deepening your practice and the journey to thyself while retreating into Swedish Lapland, then this is the retreat for you. Swedish Lapland is much more than a destination, but a way of life. Considered by many who live here as the Arctic Soul to a wild terrain. To really immerse yourself in the culture and lifestyle is to explore this magical wonderland with a touch of "Ahimsa" (respect for all living things and avoidance of violence towards others)
Price per person including vat/moms/gst
Single room: 21 000 sek
Twin share room: 19 000 sek
Includes:
- Transfers between Luleå airport and Sörbyn Lodge
- 5 nights accommodation at Sörbyn Lodge
- Full Board (flexitarian)
- Yoga instructor and one session daily
- Local host for a 1 hour lifestyle activity on 4 days. There will be a different activity each day.
- Sauna available
- Winter overalls, boots, gloves and a hat for outdoor activities. Clients should bring their own woolen winter long johns, and regular winter clothing.
- Flights from your home to Luleå airport
- Drinks other than water and tea/coffee and those supplied with meals and activities
- Additional activities
Optional Activities
Each day will provide time for relaxation and/or meditation and a short activity with the local host.
Guests are also welcome to choose any of the following optional extra activities for the additional cost shown.
Make your own bracelet
This is your opportunity to manufacture your own pewter bracelet with professional supervision. Materials are prepared and you can choose to make a black or brown bracelet. A short walk (about 10 minutes) takes us to the Pewter of Sweden in Sorbyn. Pewter of Sweden produces and sell tin wire and reindeer buttons, beads and other materials worldwide. Holding courses and manufactures pewter bracelet. The package includes supervision and material for a bracelet. After the course there is possibility to buy materials if you want to produce more tin bracelets. Sek 1050
Local Tour with the Swedish kick – searching the Northern Lights
Ready for a calm evening entertainment. We gather outside the Lodge, change into warm clothes and shoes. The Guide will introduce tonight's transport, the traditional Swedish Kick. Together with each kick and reindeer hide, we glide into the darkness on the ice covered Vittrasket. Here the guide will lead you around the village and end up to a suitable and light-protected place, then we just sit down on our kicks and lean against the backrest. Make yourself comfortable and just watch up against the clear night sky, waiting for the heavens to begin their colorful show. Sek 1050
Moose Safari - 4 hours
We meet outside the Lodge, change into warm clothes for a day in the winter landscape. From Sorbyn we travel out into the countryside to the Scandinavian moose home lands. We will seek us out along the deserted forest roads for miles of marshlands, natural feeding areas and knowned moose trails. The moose is an animal that moves over large areas, but have their home as it always returns to. During the winter, the moose hikes down from the upper forest land and gather in the area around Sorbyn. This gives us a good opportunity to experience them and see them in their natural environment. Sek 1450 per person.
Snowmobile Safari – 3 hours
Experience the white forest scenery, passing over frozen lakes and vast marshlands. Enjoy the changing scenery, opportunities to behold wildlife such as reindeer and moose. Our guides will meet you at the Lodge for a thorough safety briefing and handling of our snowmobiles. We drive up to a stunning lookout point with a beautiful shelters where we make a short break and warm beverages. Then the tour continues back down through the woodland and we are traveling back on “Iron Ore Trail”. This is a suitable tour for you who haven´t tried riding a snowmobile before. A good chance to experience the winter landscape on an easy and comfortable way. Sek 2275 per person (2 per snowmobile).
Dog Sledding– 1,5 hours
The tour begins with meeting the dogs, get to know the dog sled driver who talks about life with sled dogs. Together with the dog sled driver you will help to prepare the sled dogs. The tour is a journey through the winter landscape, an experience above the ordinary. Discover the pleasures of gliding through the winter countryside with only the sound of the paws against the snow. Perfect to experience dog sledding and get to know the dogs. Sek 3630 per person.
Snowshoe Tour – 3 hours or like a Northern Lights Snowshoe walk - 3h
We equip you with winter clothing and snowshoes, from the Lodge we walk out into the forest. Thanks to the snowshoes we can walk on the deep snow more freely. During the tour, we will study the subarctic forest landscape, look at different track stamps after animals. Halfway through the trip we stop at a nice vantage point for some refreshing hot beverage. By walking through the woodlands silent on snowshoes provide excellent opportunities to view both the Moose, Black Grouse and Capercaillie. Choose to snowshoe walk in the middle of day or later in the evening to catch the Northern Lights. A comfortable hike for those who not have experienced the freedom with snowshoes before. Sek 1350 per person
Post Retreat Packages We can include a post package stay at some of the regions famous iconic hotels and Lodges such as the Icehotel, Treehotel and Arctic Bath. Please ask us for suggested itineraries.