HELHED – Kontemplation

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Five-day retreat by the North Sea

with Jeanette Lykkegaard and Britta Karlshøj

June 29 - July 3, 2027

This retreat at the Øster Løkke beach farm by the North Sea is an invitation to temporarily withdraw from everyday life and offers the opportunity for an in-depth practice of presence – as a path to contact with ourselves and to wholeness in our lives.

During these five days, we will give ample space to meditative practice, gentle movement, rest and relaxation – supported by the unique nature around Øster Løkke. We invite you to come down into your body and open your senses to your surroundings, food and body signals. There will be longer stretches of silence to support these aspects.
During the days, we will include the night's dreams and work on how we can increase contact with what is important to us in our lives right now.

The mornings will include guided sitting meditations, body scans, gentle yoga or other movement. We will also explore the possibilities of meditative walks in nature around Øster Løkke, in the dunes and on the beach, where outer nature – including the vastness of the West Coast and the sea and special light – can awaken, stimulate and support awareness of inner nature.

The afternoons will include a more creative stretch with movement, meditation, relational exercises and dream work.

Here too, we will – as far as weather permits – include the landscape around us.

We will supplement the Western understanding of dreams, found, for example, in Jung, Ole Vedfelt, Jes Bertelsen and Bob Moore, with the deep and special approach that can be found in some places in high shamanism.

The course is open to everyone. It is not necessary to have experience with meditation and dream work to participate.

We would like to ask those whom we have not previously met to write a few lines when registering about any experiences with mindfulness practices such as meditation, yoga or similar. And with any experiences with retreats.

TEACHERS:

Jeanette Lykkegaard

Jeanette is an anthropologist with a special interest in our inner and interpersonal lives; including spirituality, belonging, and inner and outer sustainability. She has written her PhD on life and death processes among the shamanistic Chukchi people of eastern Siberia.

Jeanette is a trained MBSR teacher at the Danish Center for Mindfulness, Aarhus University, and teaches mindfulness training, is a supervisor and leads reading groups on the course. Internal Practice and Working Life (IPA). She has been a regular retreat participant for many years and has been involved in Kontemplation since 2015.

Britta Karlshøj

is a Master of Education in Educational Psychology with a specialization in mindfulness from Aarhus University and a psychotherapist MPF from the Vedfelt Institute. She works daily as a private practicing psychotherapist and has a special interest in dream work in the therapeutic process.

Britta has been part of the Kontemplation team since 2019 and is a teacher on the Kontemplation platform. She also contributes with existential conversations, retreat conversations and therapeutic courses. You can find her guides in the practice library and read her written contributions on the blog.

She attends an annual long-term retreat and receives practical guidance from Hanneli Ågotsdatter and Peter Høeg.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Time:
June 29 – July 3, 2027

The retreat begins on Tuesday, June 29th with accommodation between 2 and 4 pm. The class begins at 4:30 pm.
The retreat will end on Saturday, July 3rd at 3 pm after lunch and communal cleanup.

Where:
Øster Løkke
Lokkevej 40
Trans
7620 Lemvig

See pictures and maps of Øster Løkke at the bottom of the page.

Retreat price including accommodation, food and teaching:

For accommodation in:

· Double room with private bathroom DKK 7,375
· Single room with bathroom in the hallway DKK 8,750.
· Single room with private bathroom DKK 9,950.
· There are a few tent sites at Øster Løkke, if you are staying in a tent, the price for the retreat is DKK 5,650.

(all prices incl. VAT)

Students and young people under 30 years old receive a 20 % discount.

The full course fee can be paid in three installments if desired.

Please bring bedding, a towel, a warm blanket for the meditations, and comfortable clothing suitable for yoga and meditation. Bedding can also be rented at Øster Løkke for DKK 75 per set and towels for DKK 25 per set.

Full board:
Organic and vegetarian food.
The kitchen will need a helping hand, so all participants will have a few kitchen jobs during the retreat.

REGISTRATION

You can register by filling out the form below or by sending an email to kontakt@kontemplation.dk.

Your place is reserved once we have received your payment.

In the comments field, please note which type of accommodation you would like.

We will ask applicants we have not previously met to send a few lines about their experiences with meditation, yoga, and the like.

Reservations are made for some changes.

PAYMENT TERMS, RIGHT OF CANCELLATION AND COMPENSATION RULES

Registration, admission and payment
You register for our courses via the registration form under the desired course, or by sending us an email at kontakt@kontemplation.dk.

If you use the registration form, you will automatically receive an email confirming that we have received your registration. Within a week, you will receive an email about whether there are any available places and whether you have been accepted into the desired class, as well as a payment link if you have been accepted.

If you are unable to pay the entire amount at once, you can pay the course fee in several installments.
The full course fee must be paid before the start of the course.

The course fee is a fixed amount that must be paid even if there are individual course days you cannot attend.

Right of withdrawal
You have 14 days to cancel your purchase from the date you received the email notifying you of your enrollment in a course. If you choose to cancel your purchase, you must notify us by email: contact@kontemplation.dk.
If you have paid for the course and cancel within this period, the amount will be refunded to the account linked to your payment card.

Withdrawal from the Supervision Course Internal Practice and Working Life
When registering, a deposit of 5,500 kroner incl. VAT is paid. This deposit is fully refunded if you cancel within the right of withdrawal, which is 14 days.

If you cancel after the cancellation deadline, but no later than eight weeks before the start of the course, the amount paid minus the deposit will be refunded.

If you cancel later than eight weeks before the start of the course, you will be liable for the entire course fee.

Unsubscribing from a course
If you cancel after the right of withdrawal has expired, but no later than eight weeks before the start of the course, an administration fee of 800 DKK will be charged.
If you cancel later than eight weeks before the start of the course, you will be liable for the entire course fee.

Unsubscribing from a retreat
If you cancel after the right of withdrawal has expired, but no later than eight weeks before the start of the course, an administration fee of 800 DKK will be charged.
If you cancel later than eight weeks, but no later than four weeks before the start of the course, you will be liable for the part of the course fee that corresponds to board and lodging.
If you cancel later than four weeks before the start of the course, you will be liable for the entire course fee.

If you cancel your registration for a retreat later than four weeks before the start of the course, you can apply to Kontemplation to receive a refund of the amount corresponding to the tuition. See below under the refund section.

Unsubscribing from an immersion day or online course
When cancelling from an immersion day or an online course/workshop after the right of withdrawal has expired, but no later than two weeks before the start of the course, an administration fee of DKK 300 will be paid.
If you cancel later than two weeks before the start of the course, you will be liable for the full course fee. This amount, minus 300 kroner in administration fee, will be credited to the next immersion day, workshop or online course you register for.

Cancellations from individual sessions
Cancellations must be made 24 hours before the agreed session. In case of no-show, or cancellation later than 24 hours before the session, the full price will be charged.

Cancellations from an individual session can be made by sending an email to the address where you made the appointment.

Refund
The course fee will be refunded if the class is cancelled or if cancellation occurs within the deadline that applies to the current course (see above for clarification of the individual courses).

In the event of illness or other special circumstances, the course fee may be refunded even if the cancellation is made after the specified deadline. Such an application must be sent in writing to kontakt@kontemplation.dk before the start of the course, and will be treated individually.

Teacher changes due to force majeure

In the event of force majeure, including illness, we reserve the right to replace the originally announced trainer with another qualified trainer from the Kontemplation team. This will be done to ensure that the course or retreat can be carried out as planned. Participants will be informed of the changes as soon as possible and the training will be held according to the original course descriptions and content.

Discount schemes
Discounts are available for students, the unemployed and early retirees on MBSR courses, immersion days and workshops. See prices under the individual course descriptions.
We do not have a specific discount scheme on retreats. Instead, we strive to keep the price of accommodation in a tent and double room so low that this becomes a more economical alternative.

COURSE LOCATION

The Øster Løkke course farm is located directly on the North Sea, and the nature surrounding the beautiful farm is magnificent. When the weather permits, we hold part of the retreat's mindfulness training outdoors.

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