Build your medicine drum and touch into the unique rhythm of your body and soul.
Welcome to a self-empowering weekend to build your drum, awaken the heart, cleanse and activate the body with life force energy and come to peace and remember our sacredness.
Come build your medicine drum and be inspired to cultivate greater self awareness. The drum holds a strong connection with Mother Earth and is a gateway to the mysteries of life with its many songs and rhythms. The drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth and a spiritual tool used for centuries by all cultures for healing and awakening of life within.
When we connect back to the heartbeat of Mother Earth the healing and balancing that we need comes easily. Each drum is unique and carries its own sound and energy, birthed by its builder and the intentions held. What will your drum sound and feel like? Building your own drum brings joy and self-empowerment.
We will be using reindeer and red deer skins for the drums.
DURING THIS WEEKEND YOU WILL EXPLORE
⤀ Crafting your own drum and drumstick in a beautiful yurt surrounded by nature.
⤀ Teachings of the spirit of the drum
⤀ Cleansing sauna ritual with healing herbs and plants
⤀ Fire ceremony to awaken the dreaming of the Heart
⤀ Teachings of the Medicine Wheel of Relationships
⤀ Sacred rememberance of the codes of living life right from love and with integrity
⤀ Qi activations – subtle body movements for inner awareness and to activate and open to the flow of life force energy that is naturally healing in itself
⤀ Sound journey
⤀ Body care for deep relaxation – touch work to activate the lymph flow and the vagus nerve
⤀ Experience a deeply felt community
⤀ Space to be in an open, peaceful and nourishing environment as you build your medicine drum
⤀ Time for self reflection
⤀ Three servings a day of healthy and wholesome vegetarian food
Leaving this retreat you will have your own medicine drum, a deeper and stronger sense of self and a relaxed and nourished body and soul. You will go home with tools to move more from soul.
This retreat is for anyone, no matter the level of experience. Wisdom is not something that you create. Wisdom is something that you uncover. We will uncover during this weekend together.
”I am real. I am alive. I breathe. I pulsate. I am not a machine. I am a wave. Not two waves are ever the same not in the ocean, nor in the bodies. The drum awakens the Heart and opens the door to the deeper mystery within life and to inner guidance. Connected to Heart I am eternally unfolding in Love.”
“Mikaela has a uniqe gift to create safe space in all rooms that she share. People can go deep and at the same time rest in the lightness of being with joy and in a sense of togetherness, community and belonging. In her knowledge, creativity and sharing of rituals and tools I always feel held in her presence and close to my own truth during her workshops not matter if it is dancing, teachings, crafting or private healing sessions.”
“As a sister and having walked side by side for many years I am inspired by Mikaela’s constant courage to try new roads, open new doors, always with love and truth as pathfinder.”
STAY
Our beautiful venue is an intimate yoga community and retreat centre in the middle of the Swedish forest. 100% of all the energy we use comes from renewable sources, and the majority of our food is organic and locally, sustainably sourced.
The project started in 2005, out of a vision to live in communion with nature and dedicated to a life of community and yoga. What once was an artist community of yogis simply living in nature, slowly, throughout the years, opened its doors to those that wished to experience this way of living in the form of retreats.
The dense forests of Bergslagen around Skinnskatteberg are a fantastic place to encounter the very best of Sweden’s wildlife. Other than enjoying its abundant nature, trees and plants, you can also find the magnificent ”king of the Swedish forest”, moose – otherwise known as elk – in its natural habitat, and the many lakes and watercourses are home to beavers too. The surrounding area has also proven to be one of the best regions in Sweden to see other wildlife such as wolves, bears, lynx and owls.
EAT
The food is delicious, abundant, and wholesome. It’s vegan, Ayurvedic-based, mainly organic and gluten-free and we will often eat out on the sunny deck overlooking the lake. The kitchen is at the heart of everything here, using the best possible ingredients and taking care of food combinations to ensure that you are nourished and energised throughout the retreat. We are passionate about providing food that is delicious to eat, look at and feel.
“I’ve had the good fortune to experience Shambala many times as I shared Bhakti.
The moment I would arrive I felt the vibrant nature greeting me, supporting us in a sacred embrace to dive deep into our hearts.
Such a magical place.
And the staff in beautiful alignment with what the land offers.
A place for healing, reconnection, inspiration, Love.”
“I Love this place, I have returned here many times each summer for 10 years. They have a way of making everyone feel at home and welcomed. Here I can sink into a healthy, balanced and fun daily routine. And for me it’s important to have the balance between seeing all of the inspiring people here, but also having alone time and quietude, which I find in the forest, lake, sauna, tipi, in the silent mornings, in my room or in a yoga class. I feel recharged and happy when I’m here and I’m so glad these kind of retreat centres exist!”
“Amazing experience!! Beautiful nature around Shambala. Yoga there was outstanding!! Vegan Food incredible tasty!! Great and friendly community of people. If you suffer from stress, this is ideal place to be!”
WHAT’S INCLUDED
– Accommodation
– All meals
– Drum Making sessions with Mikaela
– Daily sauna
– Pick up and drop off from Skinnskatteberg train station
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
– Transport to and from Skinnskatteberg
– Travel insurance
– Massages and treatments are available at an extra cost
– There will be space to book a deeply relaxing massage with Mikaela during the retreat. If you are interested, just let her know in advance!
RETREAT INVESTMENT
5900:- including all material, lodging and food
EARLY BIRD
5500:- until the 22nd April
Sign up by writing to photo@mikaelalarm.se or phone 0765-933933
Spaces are limited
You can view our accommodation options below. Please note that bringing your own tent is also an option. For more information on our rooms and facilities, please visit our The Place page.
Twin Bedroom Shared
Triple Bedroom Shared
Your Own Tent
DAILY SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Thursday
16.00 Arrival and check in from
17.30-19.00 Introduction and sharing circle
19.00 Dinner
20.00-21.30 Fire ceremony
Friday
8.00 Movements and awareness practice
9.00 Silent breakfast
10.00-12.00 Sauna ritual
12.00- 13.30 Teachings and practice
Choosing frames and skins for the drum
13.30-15.30 Lunch and free time to reflect
15.30- 19.00 Teachings and practice
Prepare frames for the drum – sanding and carving/burning of symbols
Put our skins in the water to soak for the night
19.00- 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 21.00 Teachings and practice
21.00 – 22.00 Sound healing journey
Saturday
9.00 Silent breakfast
10.00-13.30 Building of the drum
Breaks with Body care
13.30-15.00 Lunch and rest
15.00-19.00 Building of the drum
Breaks with body care
19.00-20.00 Dinner
20.00 Building of the drum until finished
Sunday
9.00 Silent breakfast
10.00-13.30 Making of drumsticks
Drumcircle trying our drums out and last sharing
13.30 Lunch
15.00 Check out and departure
meet THE TEAM
TEACHER’S BIO
Mikaela Tenalach
Mikaela is a wisdom teacher, craftswoman, ceremonial dancer, mother, healer and community builder. She has spent most of her adult life seeking, finding and practicing ways of crafting a life from soul and is walking the path of grounded spirituality.
Mikaela is a community builder with a fire for learning and teaching the art of shifting life into manifesting from higher values, soul and walk the path of heart and is a seer and hunter for what is calling for to be faced, seen and transformed in love, honesty, courage and compassion.
Mikaela comes from a Goddess tradition and has worked with feminine centered leadership for more than 20 years. She started that journey through the Awakening Women Network with a feminine leadership training in California and Mikaela has used archetypes and symbols as guides for inner work and alignment for many years. She walks her path through dreaming, symbols, rituals and ceremony as a way of life as a way of being.
She carries the lineage of the White Wolf Path after many years of studying of the Medicine Wheel with teacher Robin Youngblood. She embodies the framework of walking open and facing the unknown from center, from an inner compass that carries the answers for how to walk life with a deeper trust.
Mikaela is a ceremonial fire dancer and she has an intimate relationship with Fire as a teacher. As well as with Mother Earth as a whole. She collects plants and herbs and creates teas and healing skin oils and she is using essential oils to heal the body and mind. She has studied to the depth with David Crow, Floracopeia, a pioneering leading expert and speaker in the field of botanical medicine. She offers deeply relaxing and healing massage sessions and is certified to give Lymphatic Drainage Massage.
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GALLERY
How to get here
Shambala Gatherings
Borntorpet 1
Skinnskatteberg
Sweden
Located just two hours away from Stockholm in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, the area is easily accessible by air, train and car, making a great option for a short break wildlife destination.
- Coming by air: The nearest airport to Shambala is Stockholm Vasteras. The second nearest airport is Arlanda airport, the main airport in Sweden. You can easily take a train all the way to Skinnskatteberg from both of them.
- Coming by train / bus: We are fortunate to have a train / bus station at Skinnskatteberg only 5 minutes ride from the center. We offer free pick up services from this station in summer.
- Coming by car: Simply open this Google map on your navigator and follow directions to Borntorpet 1 in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden.