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Our booking procedure is hassle-free. Just click the button “Date & Prices”, choose a date and fill in the booking form. You pay a 20% deposit now and the rest 30 days before you arrive. You will receive a confirmation by email immediately. For cancellations up until 30 days before arrival you will receive a 80% refund of your total sum paid. You can also choose to add an extra Cancellation Protection which will give you more flexibility.
We will stay at Shambala Gatherings, a retreat retreat center where many international yoga teachers hold retreats. Shambala has a great community vibe, where you will meet inspiring and positive people from all over the World.
You can choose between shared twin room or single room. If you come on your own we can pair you up with another guest of the same gender. If there won't be anyone to share with, you still just pay the shared room rate. Shared bathrooms in the corridor.
Or you can choose to bring own tent and sleeping equipment and camp in the Shambala garden. You will still have access to the Shambala bathrooms, showers and relax areas.
After three nights at Shambala we will venture out into the forest and set up a tented camp by a lake in wolf territory. You will have your own comfy tent and we provide all equipment.
You can choose to stay in a single or double tent. Each tent is equipped with an inflatable mat, sheets, pillow, pillow cover and sleeping bag. A dry toilet is available nearby. We will have hammocks hanging around the camp and be cooking together over an open fire.
What will the food be like?
The meals that we have in the forest will be vegetarian and we cook together over an open fire. The food at Shambala is wholesome, vegan and gluten free and we often eat out on the sunny deck overlooking the lake.
Retreat overview
What's included?
Guides: English-speaking, local, expert wildlife and yoga guides
Accommodation: 3 nights at Shambala Gatherings + 2 nights in tent
Meals: All meals vegetarian, some cooked over open fire
Starts: Shambala Gatherings, Skinnskatteberg – 15:00 on day 1
Ends: On the last day, August 30th 2024, we will take you back to Shambala for a concluding lunch together which will be served at 1.30 pm. You are free to leave after 1pm on the last day but if you leave early you might miss our last lunch together.
Travel options: Take a train or bus to Skinnskatteberg. Get your tickets at www.sj.se. Let us know if you arrive at Skinnskatteberg station. The Shambala staff will pick you up for the 5 minute transfer. If you arrive by bus you can ask to be dropped off at Borntorpet bus stop and walk the 500 meters to Shambala.
The Wild forest reatreat with Marcus and Christiana was just extraordinary. It was a perfect mix between calming down and focus on our senses with yoga&meditation (thanks Christiana) and adventurous tours through the nature of Sweden (thanks Marcus). Tbh I did not expect to see any animal in particular, but we were luckily enough to spot three baby moose, a beaver and hearing the wolves answering to Marcus unbelievably skillful Wolve howl. And I loved the scent of burning birch while just being in and with the nature :)
Wild Forest Retreat in Skinskatteberg with Marcus & Christiana
We did the Wild Forest Retreat in Skinnskatteberg tour. This was a truly fantastic 5 days in the forest. I booked this tour primarily to get away from the City during the Summer and experience wild nature. It was everything I needed. Very professionally organised by Marcus and Christiana who took care of us throughout and made it an amazing experience. I didn't know it was possible to eat such delicious food prepared on a campfire in the middle of the forest!! We were a small group (3-4) which made it possible to really get to know the other tour members and make new friends. During the 5 days we heard Wolves howling in our presence, saw Beavers and Moose, and number of wild birds. We also did yoga and meditation sessions, carved our own spoons and made pancakes with berries we picked ourselves. Really a range of new things I had not tried before. Would 100% recommend for anyone wanting to connect with Swedish wild nature in a safe and professionally organised way.
Ich kann von einem tollen Wochenende berichten. Ich hatte die Freude, dass ich 5 Tage bei dem 'Wild Forest Retreat' dabei sein konnte, welches sich an der Randzone zwischen Naturerlebnis, Naturverbindung und Yoga / Mediation bewegt. Wir waren eine kleine Gruppe und konnten unter anderem Biber & Elche beobachten und haben eine Wolfsfamilie aus 400m Entfernung heulen gehört. Die beiden 'guides' Christiana & Marcus waren wirklich toll und authentisch. Marcus, ist ein wahrer Naturexperte und kann viele spannende Geschichten erzählen, Christiana ist Yoga- und Meditationslehrerin und bringt viel Gespür und Herzlichkeit mit.
An den 5 Tagen habe wir neben den Abenteuern mit den Tieren viele schöne Elemente erlebt: Sitzplatz im Wald, Redekreis, Feuer, Yoga, Empathie und Achtsamkeit gegenüber den TeilnehmerInnen und der Natur.
Ich kann dieses Retreat sehr empfehlen. Ich bin immernoch in der 'Euphorie' dieses tollen langen Wochenendes.
I did the Wild forest retreat with Christiana and Marcus. My expectations were high as I've been to many different retreats and I had such high hopes to hear the wolves. I was not disappointed in any way. The camp is deep into the Swedish forest, situated by a lake with a cosy fireplace an comfortable wooden benches to sit on. Marcus and Christiana created a beautiful, calm, caring and playful platform for us in the group to get to know each other on a very special level. They have the deepest respect for nature and wildlife. Marcus has a vast knowledge of nature and animals and was generously providing great stories around the fireplace. Christiana's food is absolutely wonderful. She made us all feel like a part of the forest as her soft, mindful voice guided us in yoga an meditation. The wolf tour was absolutely amazing . As we walked even deeper into the forest, and sat in absolute silence, we watched the sun leave us in complete darkness. Three hours later we first heard the cubs then the male and female wolves just a few hundred meters away from us. Back in camp we sat talking around the fireplace until 2 AM. As I went into my tent and cuddled into the sleepingbag I looked out on the moon and the stars over the lake and could not believe my ears. I heard the whole pack of wolves howl again, two times. If you get the chance: DO THIS. It will be the memories of a lifetime.
Fantastic!! ...the "wild forrest retreat" gave me the chance of having a complete connection with pure nature and with myself. Howling with wolves, open fire cooking, meditation out in the wilderness, hot sauna at Shambala, and meeting very interesting people... unforgettable! Besides, the complement between Markus's wild-nature wisdom and Christiana's meditation and yoga's knowledge it's perfect to clear the way into a much more profound experience. Totally recomendable!
I had the chance to be part of the Wild forest retreat with Marcus and Christina. Magical experience. Beautiful mix and flow with Yoga, meditation and deep nature immersion. In love. Much much gratitude. Looking forward for further experiences with you!
Just because humans can adapt to any environment and demand - such as a stressful life in the city - it does not mean that it is sustainable and healthy to do so. Instead of numbing yourself to be able to cope with the harshness of mainstream everyday life, allow yourself to be fresh, awake, alert, wild and free.
People naturally become happier and more energised when in Nature, it is an empowering and liberating experience.
With this retreat we want to reawaken the sense of curiosity and wonder about all expressions of life. To sharpen our observation skills towards nature and our own body, and feel how totally we belong into the natural world.
To be wild as we understand it, means to be genuine and unfiltered in your experience and reactions. To forget about what is expected of you in order to fit in contemporary city life, and to simply enjoy and connect to nature and to all living beings.
As humans, we used to be part of nature’s processes, and understand their cycles and power. Even though now we have been estranged from our natural environment, we can still regain much of our beautiful intuition and inner guidance.
We just need to spend time with the purest version of ourselves, in the purest environment, in order to trust it again. This way we will feel a vibrant connection to everything there is, and life will have a solid purpose.