IPA RETREAT ON THE EASTERN LOOP

July 7 – 13, 2025

Silence and meditation by the North Sea

with Hanneli Ågotsdatter and Peter Høeg

A retreat for participants in the supervision course 'Inner practice and working life'‘

This retreat is reserved for participants in the three supervision courses. Internal practice and working life 1, 2 and 3.

Retreat means 'withdrawal'. In the sense: To go inward in order to go outward with more presence, intensity, joy and compassion.
To use the resources that can come to light when you temporarily separate yourself from an often hectic everyday life, and open yourself to nature and with your fellow practitioners form a more dense field. These six days will have the form that the participants know from Inner Practice and Working Life and from other Kontemplation training courses: 
 The mornings will most often be quiet and introspective. They focus on individual, meditative immersion, often take place in silence and include yoga, body scans, meditations and writing practices. 

The afternoons are often more dynamic and include dance, contact exercises and continue the IPA courses' focus on bringing the meditative qualities into the participants' relationships and impacting the world.

There will be a long continuous stretch over several days during the retreat where the participants are in silence.
On this retreat, we will work together with the unique nature around Øster Løkke – if we were to put it in a slogan-like way: We will let the outer and inner nature resonate together.   

TEACHERS:

Hanneli Ågotsdatter

is a cand.arch., psychotherapist and meditation teacher. In 2010, she established Kontemplation and has since been the platform's daily manager.

She lives in an alternation between an outward-oriented working life and withdrawal in longer retreats.

She is part of the Growth Center's permanent teaching group, and she receives practical guidance from Jes Bertelsen.

Peter Hoeg

is a master of arts, author and teacher of meditation, empathy and creativity. He has a background in sports and dance which he incorporates into his teaching. He lives in connection with Vækstcenteret in Nørre Snede, and is in training with Jes Bertelsen.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

 

Time:
July 7 – 13, 2025

The retreat begins on Monday, July 7th at 4 pm and ends on Sunday, July 13th at 3 pm.

 

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 DKK 9,700
· Single room with bathroom in the hallway DKK 10,900.
· Single room with private bathroom DKK 11,900.
· Tent pitches, if you stay overnight in your own tent, the price for the retreat is DKK 7,900.

 

Study price for young people under 30:
For accommodation in:
· Double room DKK 7,900
· Single room with bathroom in the hallway DKK 8,900.
· Tent space (in your own tent) DKK 6,000.

 

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.

Meet the team:

Mikkel Strandbygaard, head chef

is the head chef and chef at many of Kontemplation's events and retreats. He is also our asset behind the scenes of the website. In his everyday life outside of Kontemplation, he is an architect and furniture designer.

Mikkel is passionate about sustainable green cooking, inspired by Italian cuisine. He grows his own vegetables, mushrooms and microgreens. On the blog, under the category TASTE, you can find more of his recipes.

Heidi Fladeland Mikkelsen

Has a Master's degree in Danish and cultural communication with a Master's degree in journalism. Has attended the Writers' School for Children's Literature.
She has worked for many years as a communications and press manager in the publishing industry, where she still is, now as a commercial manager. She loves to observe and be inspired by the interaction between people and is constantly curious about how to bring heart and presence into management and life.
Has taken courses at the Vækstcenter and Kontemplationsregi for many years. Practices daily, does yoga because it makes her happy, runs because it is necessary, but practices practicing while she runs, so that the runs have meaning.

Heidi is part of Kontemplation's team and blog editorial team.

Kirsten Rotbøll Lassen

is a trained psychomotor therapist, art therapist and MSc in didactics, material culture, Aarhus University, specializing in body-based presence, design thinking and creative processes.

Further education in how trauma leaves its mark on the body, as well as the Children's Life Sciences education course in presence and empathy. She is a performing visual artist and works with projects and teaching that involve the body and a creative artistic practice. The focus is on expression and how it is possible to articulate, embody and in writing and image-making processes to work on building bridges between our inner and outer worlds.

Kirsten is Kontemplation's retreat team coordinator. She is a regular writer on the blog where she writes about her passion for dancing and hiking, among other things. She sits in on individual retreats annually and receives practice guidance from Hanneli Ågotsdatter and Peter Høeg.

Charlotte Toft

Trained as a cultural sociologist.
Has worked as a journalist, editor and manager for over 20 years in relief and development organizations.
Currently working as a press and communications consultant and stress consultant.
Have followed Kontemplation's teaching and retreats for a number of years.

REGISTRATION

You can register by filling out the form below or by sending an email to cow*****@***********on.dk. Your place is reserved when we have received your payment.

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

Reservations are made for some changes.

PAYMENT TERMS, RIGHT OF CANCELLATION AND COMPENSATION RULES Expand Registration, admission and payment
You register for our courses via the registration form under the desired course, or by sending us an email at cow*****@***********on.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: cow*****@***********on.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
Refunds of the course fee will be made if the class is cancelled or if cancellation is made within the deadline applicable 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 cancellation occurs after the specified deadline. Such an application must be sent in writing to cow*****@***********on.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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