This is the fourth year for our Refill Retreat! Join where we dive into ancient movement and meditation practices, as well as intuitive ways of connecting to our inner resources, sharing space together to explore more of what we really are.

Through Qi Gong, movement, dance and therapeutic voice explorations, we engage with ourselves in a way that supports a peaceful mind and a relaxed, resilient body. In this context, Qi Gong is the practice of following the body-mind system’s natural and universal ways of movement—connecting to the free-flowing and effortless qualities of movement that are found in play, dance, and other natural expressions. We share a selection of ways to enter into this effortlessness through exploring your own body’s patterns and becoming more aware of the natural breath and movement already happening.

How would it be to let go into soft awareness of the body, and to see what can happen there? Letting go of rigidity, and finding balance in our inner structure.

Our wish is to create the perfect space to both rest in movement and feel renewed and refreshed through being more present with the body and its own flow and internal energy. This is where more profound layers of meditation and rest, and also deeper awareness of ourselves, are located.

In this retreat we will also implement some tools of physical interaction like contact improvisation and other embodiment explorations to widen our perspective of relating in movement and to the world.

We will share ways of nurturing and calming the body and mind through restorative practices based on Qi Gong, dance and movement. This will also serve as a good foundation to meet stress and resistance in everyday life, and to prepare the body and focus to meet the new year—potentially also deepening the practice through an optional ice bath session.

We invite you to explore a different kind of gathering: connecting with yourself, softening into your body, and spending a joyous time together.

You can expect

• Breathing deeper into your body and connecting to your body’s natural flow

• Moving every day

• Moments of deep stillness and softness

• Joyous moments with other people both in classes and outside the scheduled sessions

• Becoming more “online” within yourself

Benjamin Lindh Medin

Born in Sweden (1989) living in south Sweden, Benjamin grew up in between a world of Dance, Theater, Music, to Yoga, Spirituality and Healing since a very young age.

He has had a chance to travel a lot through work as a teacher and performer as well as living in London, India, and Hong Kong for extended periods of time.

Benjamin works as a freelance dancer as fascilitator of Somatic movement practices and Energy Healing. The last ten years he has been focusing on his practice of subtle energy awareness through Somatic movement practices, Qi Gong and Tai Chi. After many years living abroad he recently moved back to Sweden becoming a father.

His teachings include fascial and somatic movement practices with emphasis on freeing the inner impulses, as well as meditations to empower our energy, emotional balance and intuitive wisdom, restoring our health, nervous system and well-being.

+46 769272813 

Alexander Aarø

Alexander has had a daily practice of movement and therapeutic work since 2013, is a trained Dancer with pedagogy, instructor in the therapeutic movement method Gyrokinesis in addition to having taught Cuban salsa, partner dance, improvisation and other dance traditions since 2007.

He is also a trained coach through Leadership by Heart and Qigong Healer through Robert Peng Qigong (also called White Light Qigong).

Alexander has long been interested in how the body should be able to function optimally and how having an active and moving everyday life should feel good and with an excess of creativity and movement.

He is also studying music now at Vancouver Island Univercity and will play during the sound journey at the retreat. He has been doing ice baths, cold showers and cold exposure since 2016, inspired by his own grandfather who started ice baths at the age of 50 to counteract the ischias pain and continued with this until he was 90 years old.

Alexander looks forward to sharing some simple focuses the group can explore together to deepen the understanding, contact and experience of one's own body. Alexander also offers Qigong massage and energy treatment during the retreat.

Get in touch to set up a time for this at alexander.aaroe@gmail.com or any other inquiries

Program

Thursday

•  Arrival evening

•  18.00 - 19.00 Dinner

Friday

•  07.30 - 09.00 Opening Introduction, meditation, morning practice

•  09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast

•  10.00 - 12.00 Introducing concepts of embodiment

•  13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

•  14.30 - Free time - walks, ice bathing, relax.

•  16.00 - 18.00 Inner Qi Gong / meditation 

•  18.00 - 19.00 Dinner 

•  20.00 - 21.00 Intuitive Meditation space

Saturday  

• 09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast

•  10.00 - 13.00 Guided movement meditation, dance & intuitive exploration 

•  13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

•  14.00 - 16.00 Free time - walks, ice bathing, relax.

•  16.00 - 18.00 Inner Qi Gong / Meditation 

•  18.00 - 19.00 Dinner 

•  20.00 - 22.00 Sound meditation 

Sunday

•  09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast

•  10.00 - 13.00 Pushing hands, contact, soft practice

•  13.00 - 14.00 Lunch & goodbyes  

•  14.00 – onwards - Rest, hangout, play

Your investment:

• Shared room (max 4): 5850 NOK

• Shared room (max 2): 6300 NOK

• Single room: 7800 NOK

• Doble room shared bath: 7800 NOK (one person) / 13.350 NOK (two persons)

• Doble room own bath: 8100 NOK (one person) / 13.650 NOK (two persons)