Re-feel - Re-fill - Movement, meditation & ice bathing

Join us in this retreat where we dive into ancient meditation practices, cold baths as well as intuitive ways of connecting to our inner resources.

Through Qi Gong, movement and Ice Bathing we engage with our system in a way that supports a peaceful mind and relaxed resilient body.

In this context, Qi Gong is the practice of following the bodymind-system's natural and universal ways of movement. Improving the free-flowing and effortless qualities of movement that are found in playing/dance and natural ways of moving. 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 what awareness can be, and see what happens?

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.

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 resistances in everyday life, and also prepare the body and focus to meet the cold, deepening the practice through an optional ice bath session every day. Participants are invited to join the bath every day and some of the practices will be preparing the body for this, although it is not compulsory to attend each day. The group is invited to provide support and encouragement for the ones taking the bath.

Ice bathing is optional each day of the week, as a supplement to the Qi Gong practices to open and integrate further through the body.

We invite you to explore a different kind of gathering of connecting yourself, softening into our bodies and spending a joyous time together.

As in Beatles famous words,

"Get back to where you once belong"

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 and outside the scheduled sessions

* Becoming more “online” within yourself

Program

Day 0 Friday 5th

• Arrival evening
• 18.00-19.00 Dinner

Day 1 Saturday 6th

• 07.30 - 09.00 Opening Introduction, meditation, morning practice
• 09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast
• 10.00 - 12.00 Pushing hands, contact, soft practice
• 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
• 14.30 Ice bath in the lake
• 17.00 - 18.00 Inner Qi Gong / meditation
• 18.00 - 19.00 Dinner
• 20.00 - 21.00 Still Meditation

Day 2 Sunday 7th

• 08.00 - 09.00 Meditation, morning practice
• 09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast
• 10.30 - 13.00 Guided movement meditation, dance & intuitive exploration
• 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
• 14.30 Ice bath in the lake
• 17.00 - 18.00 Inner Qi Gong / Meditation
• 18.00 - 19.00 Dinner
• 20.00 - 22.00 Sound meditation

Day 3 Monday 8th

• 08.00 - 09.00 Meditation, Morning Practice
• 09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast
• 10.30 - 13.00 Pushing hands, contact, soft practice
• 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
• 14.30 Ice bath in the lake
• 18.00 - 19.00 Dinner
• 20.00-21.00 Meditation

Day 4 Tuesday 9th

• 08.00 - 09.00 Self massage, morgen praksis
• 09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast
• 10.30 - 13.00 Qi Gong / Sharing
• 13.00 -14.00 Lunch
• 15.00 Social hangout & Good bye

Benjamin A. Lindh Medin

Born in Sweden (1989) based in Switzerland, 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, with Thai Yoga Massage 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. Nowadays his main practice is based on Qi Gong and intuitive movement.

His teachings include fascial movement practices connecting to a deeper body awareness and mobility, as well as meditations to empower our energy, emotional balance and intuitive wisdom, restoring our health, nervous system and well being.

Benjamin A. Lindh Medin

lindh-medin.com / lindh-weingartner.com

+41 779 639 104

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 Westerdals 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 pain of frostbite 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