The magic of Lapland - retreat with glowing spring winds 10 - 13.4.25

You are cordially welcome to the women's empowering coaching & inspiration retreat for the sunny spring hangs of Lapland

 10. – 13.4.2025

 

This retreat is for you as a female leader or entrepreneur - or otherwise a woman interested in well-being at work. There will be a training long weekend with inspiring female entrepreneurs. You will get new ideas for your own work as well as for the empowerment of the entire work community. You will discover your own strengths and learn to use them effectively. Get inspired and dare to get excited!

 

We get to hear the inspiring stories of wellness coach Karita Aaltonen and travel entrepreneur Heidi Jokela and a female entrepreneur to be announced later. Where have they found creativity and inspiration to act without prejudice and as pioneers. What does it take to dare to jump ahead of the heart to the edge of something new and find your own way of doing work that is productive but also "passionate" at the same time.

 

Arctic nature is powerful and connecting with the ancient wisdom of the fells – the grounding energy of mother earth – is a wonderful experience. We can snowshoe in the glow of spring snow on the fells, enjoy gentle yoga and relax to the vibration of the Lapland drum. This long weekend is full of wonderful trips and inspiring lectures in the enchantment of the fells.

Where?

The retreat will be held at the Taivaanvalkeat experience hotel in Levi's Könkä village, just eight kilometers from Levi, in the Ounasjoki riverside scenery.

No street lights, no demands, just peace. 

Address: Palosaarentie 30, Köngäs

You can get to Taivaanvalkei with your own car or we can pick you up from Levi or Kittilä airport.

What?

Tentative program (schedule and Excursion destinations may change due to weather conditions):

THURSDAY 10.4.

14-15 Accommodation at the Taivaanvalkeat experience hotel in Levi's Konkä village.

at 3 pm Retreat info. We enjoy Lapland's energy drink and get to know each other a little.

We descend into the energies of Lapland with a body-rooting exercise, followed by drum relaxation / Heidi

at 17-18.30 Evening long yin yoga / Karita

at 18:30 Dinner at Tonttula's restaurant

Possibility to participate in an evening walk in Tonttula's fairytale forest.

at 9 p.m. Sauna

FRIDAY 11.4.

at 8-9 Gentle morning yoga / Karita

9-10 am Breakfast in Tonttula

at 10:30 a.m. Departure to the fells & snowshoe excursion

At the top of Levin Utsuvaara, we do a presence exercise and feel the energy of the fells flowing into our hearts. We walk calmly on snowshoes along the fell paths, admiring the spring flowers and the wonderful fell landscapes that continue as far as the eye can see. At Lapland's home, we enjoy an excursion lunch and fire up in the spirit of Lapland. Drum ceremony.

17-18 Lecture: DARE TO SHINE / Karita

18-19 Dinner

19-21 We get to relax in the gentle baths of Taivaanvalkei's traditional beach sauna, we enjoy peat masks and herbal foot baths. The bravest can take a dip in the cool water of Ounasjoki. Myths, magic and age-old traditional knowledge can fit into a sauna moment.

The night arrives in the north and the stars light up twinkling in the sky, if we are lucky we get to admire the dance of the northern lights as the night darkens.

SATURDAY 12.4.

at 8 Gentle morning yoga / Karita

at 9 am Breakfast in Tonttula

at 10 a.m. Departure to Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park for the mythical chain of seven fells.

Arctic nature is powerful and beautiful. We summit one of Pallas' keros with snowshoes. From Pallas, the whole of Tunturi-Lappi opens up in front of us. Nature bathed in the spring sun makes our hearts sparkle.

We enjoy a delicious meal at home and relax listening to the ancient sound of the drum.

Lecture: INTUITION IN THE LIFE OF AN ENTREPRENEUR, Heidi Jokela

15:30-17:30 Arctic Sauna World sauna world and open swimming

18:30 Return to Tiavaanvalkei

19:00 Dinner

 

SUNDAY 13.4.

at 8 a.m. Gentle morning yoga

at 9 am Breakfast in Tonttula

at 10-11 Inspiring lecture: Topic and speaker will be announced later

at 11 a.m. Women's circle and closing ceremonies

at 12 towards home

If you have any questions, please contact us.

If you arrive in Levi before the start of the retreat or want to continue your vacation after the retreat, please contact Heidi.

Please inform us of any special diets: heidi.jokela@polarstartravel.fi

You need weather-appropriate outdoor clothes and equipment, a yoga mat (if you have one), flexible/comfortable clothes for yoga, woolen socks and other comfortable loungewear, a swimsuit and note-taking equipment.

The rooms have bed linen and towels.

The retreat includes meals according to the program, accommodation in a double room (extra charge 1 hh/room) and all the program.

You can take a snack and evening snack with you according to your preference.

Price

1079 eur / person
230 eur/person additional fee for a 1-bedroom room

The price includes accommodation in a 2-person room at Boutique Hotel Taivaanvalkeat, the meals mentioned in the program and the versatile program described above. Transportation to Pallas and Utsuvaara with shared carpools of the participants.

Retreat fee:

250 eur / registration fee. Payment is made at the time of registration from the link next to it.

829 eur / final payment of the retreat by March 10, 2025

Cancellation terms:
before 10 February 2025 50% of the registration fee will be refunded
11.2-10.3.2025 The final payment of 829 eur will be returned
11.3-10.4.2025 Payments will not be returned.

We recommend taking out travel insurance, in case of a possible obstacle.

Retreat leaders

Karita Aaltonen | Wellness coach, entrepreneur

Karita Aaltonen is a wellness coach, yoga teacher, author and host of the popular TerveysSummit program. He travels around the world leading welfare trips and is involved in wildlife protection projects as well as helping orphans. His greatest passion is to help people find their own inner resources, both at work and in their free time - and to live an inspiring life just like their own.

"What does my soul want?"
How to build a work well-being model where you can shine and use your own strengths. Do work that you would do for free, because it's simply so nice.

"Things don't happen to you – they happen for you"

Karita searched for meaning in life throughout the "old life". Something was calling but he didn't know what. Jobs changed, so did cities and countries. Finding "it" came from a very surprising place. From being seriously ill with brain cancer. And it had to be the worst of its kind, glioblastoma, grade IV.

Karita has always been interested in the power of the mind. Karita also believes that even those "bad and bad" things have a big meaning in life. They are our greatest teachers and lead us towards our own life mission, Dharma.

Karita wants to bring everything she has learned to help you.

Karita has written the books: Dare to heal - an incredible story about hope and the power of the mind, as well as the books Light on a plate - heal with clean food and The Year of Light - make your dreams come true together with Kaie Hakonen.

What we pay attention to increases. So think what you think. Start building your own life according to your own values. If you do things in conflict with your own values, it will not do you any good. You are responsible for yourself and your choices. I want to tell you to DARE! Dare to live the life you think is what you really feel. It feels so good that it sparkles and your soul sings. Trust the flow of life and the events along your path. People don't just "drop" in front of you - they often have a reason.

 

Heidi Jokela | Tourism entrepreneur

Heidi Jokela, who moved from the world to Lapland, is the mother of a large family and a travel entrepreneur from Levi. He moved abroad at a young age and enjoyed himself there for 18 years, studying and successfully creating a career. Then came the longing to return to Finland to grow roots, and so the road led through Helsinki to Lapland. Nature has always been close to Heidi's heart. In Lapland, he was attracted by the ancient fells and the wild and mystical power of arctic nature.

This woman is an incredible example of how the right things happen when you strongly trust and believe in your own vision. First a man was found and a family was founded, and then it was the company's turn. Heidi has found inspiration in the arctic nature of the fells and has developed nature experiences for thousands and thousands of travelers.

Growing the company and making it successful has required a lot of work, perseverance and faith in your own vision. Running and growing a company in the middle of peak years, as a mother of a new family and small twins, has taught me a lot about female entrepreneurship. Both husband and children are used to being involved in the company's everyday life.

Heidi likes to drum at home by the fire and admire the northern lights in the northern sky. Relaxing drumming and moving in nature are his way of letting go of the stressful everyday life of an entrepreneur.

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