19-21 SEPTEMBER 2024
Gong Meditation Retreat in the Blue Mountain Hall
in Oldedalen, Vestlandet, Norway
For the sixth year in a row we return to magical Oldedalen but this time we will experience Oldedalen in autumn colours! We are very happy to welcome you again to join us for our Gong Meditation Retreat in the Blue Mountain Hall 19-21 September 2024! Our hosts there are our dear friends Johanne and Frank who run "Blue Mountain Yoga" in the midst of breathtaking ice glaciers, powerful mountains and beautiful waterfalls.
In this deeply healing event you will experience gongs and crystal instruments in harmony with nature. With the help of the tones and the vibrations, your body becomes balanced and the optimal frequency of the cells is restored. Blockings and tensions can be released and you will access more life energy.
During our days together we will share our knowledge, wisdom and experiences. Bjørn as a professional musician, percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at The Norwegian Academy of Music, sound therapist and shaman/healer. Maria as a sound therapist, shaman/healer and Qi Gong instructor. We will talk about the healing power of sound and give you an introduction to shamanism/energy medicine in general.
We will do many sound meditations both in the beautiful Shala (the Blue Mountain Hall) and outside in nature (if the weather allows it) - deep, healing inner journeys. Some of the journeys will be with guidance from Maria, others will be without guidance. During the sound meditations we work with each participant on a deep energetic level, Bjørn through the music and mentally and Maria mentally, clearing blockings and transferring energy frequencies that are supportive for you right now. Sometimes we give you verbal feedback on our work.
During these days we also connect on a deep level with the elements of nature (the earth, the water, the mountains, the trees, the wind) through practicing Soul Journey Qi Gong 1- the Initiation of the Heart with Maria accompanied by Bjørn's playing on gongs and crystal instruments.
We will also do meditative walks in the stunningly beautiful nature at Melkevoll introducing you to how to walk with a different awareness and openness to the energies that are all around us.
On Thursday we begin at 16.00 and finish around 21.00. On Friday we start at 9.30 and finish around 21.00 depending on the energy processes in the group. On Saturday we begin at 9.30 and finish at 15.00.
During these days we work with you on an energetic level both day and night.
Warmly welcome to join us!
Love and light
Bjørn and Maria Løken
MORE INFO
LEADERS OF THE RETREAT: Bjørn and Maria Løken. Bjørn is a professional musician, a percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music, a sound healer, a shaman and a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga. Maria Løken is a sound healer, a shaman, a certified instructor of Medical Qi Gong according to the Biyun method and the creator of Soul Journey Qi Gong 1-3.
DATES AND TIMES: 19-21 September 2024. Thursday 16.00-ca 21.00, Friday 9.30-ca 21.00 and Saturday 9.30-15.00. You can check in from 15.00 on Thursday. Check-out is at 12.00 on Saturday. Cleaning will be included in the price for the retreat so no cleaning has to be done on the last day.
REGISTRATION: You register for the retreat by sending an sms to Maria at +47 466 35 283 or an e-mail to picaflorlifeenergy@gmail.com
You then pay a registration fee of 500 Norwegian crowns to secure a spot on the event. We will e-mail you Picaflor Life Energy's bank account number as soon as you have let us know that you wish to participate. These 500 crowns will later be deducted from the final bill.
PRICE: 4500 NOK (2400 NOK for the retreat and 2100 for food and lodging in a double room). If you wish to have a single room, the total price is 4800 NOK. An extra 100-200 NOK per person will be added for the cleaning of the cabin. The amount depends on how many you are in the cabin.
PRACTICAL INFO FOR THIS RETREAT
Where is it, and what about accomodation and meals?
This Gong Meditation Retreat is held in the Blue Mountain Hall at Melkevoll Bretun in Oldedalen, near Stryn in West Norway. All the cabins at Melkevoll Bretun have a fully equipped kitchen and fridge.
If you choose to camp instead, we have a shared kitchen, café and the necessary facilities available for your meals.
The last store is in Olden where you can buy groceries before entering the valley Oldedalen.
Two hot vegetarian meals (dinner on Thursday and Friday) are included in the retreat. Frank's lovingly prepared food is pure delight for the eye and your tummy! On Saturday you prepare your own lunch to be eaten in the cafe or outdoors if the weather allows it.
What do I need to bring?
Bring good, loose clothing for practice/gong/meditation sessions, as well as whatever you need for taking sauna/ice bath and clothes to shift. Also bring warm clothes/jackets/walking boots for the walks outside in nature to the glaciers. Be prepared for all kinds of weather; wind, rain, sun! Bring the extra food/drink and snack you'll need. Notebook and pen if you like. If you want to bring your own yoga mat you are welcome to do that, but we also have plenty in the Blue Mountain Hall.
What is included in the retreat?
*Overnight stay in double rooms at the high standard cabins Thursday to Saturday. (You pay extra to have a single room).
*Two hot meals (dinner on Thursday and Friday)
*Full presence and guidance by Bjørn and Maria Løken during the whole retreat
*Gong- and crystal sound baths
*Guided gong and- crystal sound meditations
*Gong- and crystal sound baths with Maria's vocal toning
*Soul Journey Qi Gong to gongs and crystal instruments
*Guided walks and talks
*Sharing in circles
*Sauna and ice baths
A little testimonial from Frank & Johanne for this gong retreat
"We have been bathing in the sound of Bjørn Løken's gong play at various occasions for many years. Bjørn Løken's experience, knowledge and insights to these instruments is truly unique. This is a great opportunity for everyone interested to have a full weekend where you can bath in the sound of the gongs and crystal instruments, in co-creation with his wife Maria Løken's beautifully guided meditations. We are so happy they come all the way here with all the instruments and hold space for the gong retreat here with us!
In the setting where the soothing as well as powerful nature can hold us and nourish us on every level, we can not think of a better opportunity to rest, rejuvenate and explore on a deep level.
Bjørn's Gong journeys are truly magical! " - Frank and Johanne
HOW TO TRAVEL TO BLUE MOUNTAIN YOGA & MELKEVOLL BRETUN/OLDEDALEN
Car
The easiest way to come here by car: You head for Stryn, and then onwards to Loen, Olden and then to Oldedalen and the Briksdal glacier. If you come from Førde, you take the road to Skei, Byrkjelo and then Olden and Oldedalen.
GPS coordinates: 61.66473 N, 6.81649 Ø
Bus
You can take a bus to Stryn or Olden. There are daily night and day buses from Oslo and Bergen. It takes about 7 hours from Oslo and five from Bergen. You can check the time tables at https://www.vy.no. From Stryn or Olden you have to arrange transport by bus or taxi. There are local buses (from Stryn/olden to Briksdal/Melkevoll Bretun). Check at https://www.skyss.no
It is possible to coordinate taxi rides (pick-up and drop-off on the date of arrival and the date of leaving) for several people if necessary. Contact Maria if you wish to go by taxi!
Plane
The nearest airport is Anda Lufthavn at Sandane and Hovden Airport in Ørsta. These are about 1,5 hours away from Melkevoll Bretun by car. From here one must arrange transport oneself.
22-25 SEPTEMBER 2024
Shamanic Workshop - Nustas Karpay
in The Blue Mountain Hall in Oldedalen, Vestlandet, Norway
We are really looking forward to giving the Nustas Karpay Workshop again in the Blue Mountain Hall in magical Oldedalen where we are surrounded by the deeply healing and powerful mountains, beautiful waterfalls and ice glaciers that carry memories since the beginning of time.
"Nustas Karpay" are seven rites/energy transmissions that have been brought to the western world by the shamans of the Q'ero indians in Peru, descendants of the Inkas. "Nustas" is the collective name of the princesses/goddesses that are bearers of the original life force and give birth to life softly and beautifully. "Karpay means "rite/initiation".
The Nustas Karpay rites help you to walk here on earth softly and beautifully, following the rhythms and cycles in nature and in yourself, your inner nature. They help you in opening up your heart, seeing the beauty in yourself and in everyone and everything around you. They help you love every part of yourself to be able to love everybody and all that surrounds you. They help you find your unique vibration of the original source of love and let it spread out in the world.
During our days together you will get to know these seven energy frequencies in different ways. We will give you the rites through guided Gong Meditations, Qi Gong movements, Crystal Sound Meditations and beautiful ceremonies in the magical nature of Oldedalen among waterfalls and high mountains. The tones of the Gongs and Crystal instruments enter on cellular level and help clear away possible blockings, they create balance and harmony and transfer the energy frequencies to you. The Qigong helps you to open up your heart and feel the oneness with the different elements in nature and the whole universe. It consists of soft, beautiful, slow and powerful movements made with a specific concentration for each movement. We practice to the tones of Gongs and Crystal instruments which deepen and strengthen the energetic processes.
We will do the energy work both indoors in the beautiful nature shala and outdoors, walking in ceremony to different power places by the Melkevoll Ice Glacier, the mountains and the waterfalls doing meditations/initiations.
As you get better acquainted with each Nustas frequency you will meet and get to know different parts of yourself. We will guide you and support you in the process in different ways - by talking and giving individual healing to make your journey soft and smooth.
We will also tell you about how the Q'eros describe each Nustas frequency and we will share our own perception of the princesses. We will talk about how the Nustas can help you and guide you in your life here on earth and how you can deepen your own connection with each Nustas frequency when you get home.
Moreover, we give you an introduction to shamanism in general; what it means to live your life as a shaman here on earth, spreading your love and wisdom.
Warmly welcome to join us on this journey with the soft and beautiful Nustas energies!
Love and light
Bjørn and Maria
SOME PRACTICAL INFO:
LEADERS OF THE WORKSHOP: Bjørn Løken and Maria Løken. Bjørn is a professional musician, a percussion teacher and Professor of Percussion at the Norwegian Academy of Music, a sound healer, a shaman and a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga. Maria Løken is a sound healer, a shaman, a certified instructor of Medical Qi Gong according to the Biyun method and the creator of Soul Journey Qi Gong.
DATES AND TIMES: 21-25 September. We start at 15.00 on Sunday. Check-in will be in connection with dinner. There will be evening work after dinner too on Sunday. On Monday and Tuesday we start at 9.00 and finish some time between 20 and 21 depending on the processes in the group and what is coming from the universe. On Wednesday we finish at 15.00. Check-out is at 12 at the latest so we have lunch outdoors if the weather allows it or in the cafeteria.
REGISTRATION: You register for the event by sending an sms to Maria at +47 466 35 283 or an e-mail to picaflorlifeenergy@gmail.com
You then pay a registration fee of 1000 NOK to secure a spot on the event. We will e-mail you Picaflor Life Energy's bank account number as soon as you have let us know that you wish to participate. These 1000 NOK will later be deducted from the final bill.
INVESTMENT: 6850 NOK (3400 NOK for the workshop and 3150 NOK for food and lodging in a double room). If you wish to have a single room the total price is 7300 NOK. An extra 100-200 NOK per person will be added for the cleaning of the cabins. The price depends on how many you are in the cabin.
MORE PRACTICAL INFO:
Where is it, and what about accomodation and meals?
This workshop is held in the Blue Mountain Hall at Melkevoll Bretun in Oldedalen, near Stryn in West Norway. All the cabins at Melkevoll Bretun have a fully equipped kitchen and fridge.
If you choose to camp instead, we have a shared kitchen, café and the necessary facilities available for your meals.
The last store is in Olden where you can buy groceries before entering the valley Oldedalen.
4 hot vegetarian meals (3 dinners and 1 lunch the last day) are included in the event. Frank's lovingly prepared food is pure delight for the eye and your tummy!
What do I need to bring?
Bring good, loose clothing for practice/gong/meditation sessions, as well as whatever you need for taking sauna/ice bath and clothes to shift. Also bring warm clothes/jackets/walking boots for the walks outside in nature to the glaciers. Be prepared for all kinds of weather; wind, rain, sun! Bring the extra food/drink and snack you'll need. Notebook and pen if you like. If you want to bring your own yoga mat you are welcome to do that, but we also have plenty in the Blue Mountain Hall.
HOW TO TRAVEL TO BLUE MOUNTAIN YOGA & MELKEVOLL BRETUN/OLDEDALEN
Car
The easiest way to come here by car: You head for Stryn, and then onwards to Loen, Olden and then to Oldedalen and the Briksdal glacier. If you come from Førde, you take the road to Skei, Byrkjelo and then Olden and Oldedalen.
GPS coordinates: 61.66473 N, 6.81649 Ø
Bus
You can take a bus to Stryn or Olden. There are daily night and day buses from Oslo and Bergen. It takes about 7 hours from Oslo and five from Bergen. You can check the time tables at https://www.vy.no. From Stryn or Olden you have to arrange transport by bus or taxi. There are local buses (from Stryn/olden to Briksdal/Melkevoll Bretun). Check at https://www.skyss.no
It is possible to coordinate taxi rides (pick-up and drop-off on the date of arrival and the date of leaving) for several people if necessary. Contact Maria if you wish to go by taxi!
Plane
The nearest airports are Anda Lufthavn at Sandane and Hovden Airpor in Ørsta. These are about 1,5 hours away from Melkevoll Bretun by car. From here one must arrange transport oneself.