Yoga & Bhakti Retreat: Open your beloved heart with Jenny Janaki and Johan Svanborg

Join Johan and Jenny for a heart – warming retreat, where they will share the practices that they love to do,  Kirtan – sound vibration meditation, nourishing yoga, yoga nidra and satsang (spiritual conversations).

Four days and three nights of gentle practices that will both guide you go deep within where you can rest with the silence of your being, allowing your body to release stress and tension, as well as heart – opening kirtans and community connection.

The feeling in Shambala at the end of October is peaceful and carries a special sweetness. Nature prepares for its great rest, and so can we. Mushrooms are popping up in the forest, and from our floating sauna you can gaze at the moon rising like a golden globe above the lake.

We want to share the practices that have deeply blessed our lives:

• The song circles are called kirtan, and is a sacred sound vibration meditation and a very direct way to feeling connected to yourself and to everything around. The songs are easy to sing along with and creates a space of safety and wholeness in your body and soul.

• Our Yoga classes are gentle and heart opening. We move with softness to allow the nervous system to wind down and take you into a deep inner connection to yourself. This way of moving your body is simple and doesn’t require prior experience, at the same time it can take you into deeper states of bodily awareness and connection.

• Yoga Nidra, also called yogic sleep gives you the much needed rest you may be longing for, and can help you release tiredness, as well as letting go of  throughs, feelings and impressions that lies lodged up in your body, creating stress and tension.

• In the satsangs we get that precious time to talk about what really matters in life and any questions can be brought to light.

meet the teachers

JOHAN SVANBORG & JENNY JANAKI

Johan

Since 23 years Johan has followed his spiritual calling which have manifested in Shambala Gatherings retreat center and Nordic Light Yoga and Healing. He has spent years in india and Bali immersed in the depths of the yogic teachings. Since 10 years he has studied Biodynamic CranioSacral Therapy and has found a new way to combine these 2 visions.

Jenny

Jenny’s spiritual journey started 13 years ago in Bali. This was the start of a life long study of yoga and Vedanta. She is passionately dedicated to understanding the meaning of true happiness, and what it means to live a spiritual life. In her teaching, she assists with softness and compassion, allowing the uniqueness of every person and their process to take place. She did her first Hatha Yoga TTC in India with Atmavikasa Yoga 13 years ago and has done the Sama Yoga Teacher Training, Svastha Yoga Therapy course and studied a variety of other yoga styles, like Yoga for women and Yoga Nidra. She has studied Craniosacral therapy as well as Biodynamic Stillness touch.

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SOUL Space

We welcome you wholeheartedly to our place. Shambala consists of seven buildings in nature within which you can find two yoga salas, ten twin bedrooms, four triple bedrooms, one four-bed dormitory, three separate huts, a floating sauna and a lake!

KITCHEN = HEART

The kitchen is the heart of Shambala. We just love to make delicious vegetarian and vegan food for you. We not only use the best possible ingredients, but we also take care of food combinations to ensure that you are in top energetic shape all throughout the retreat.

COMMUNITY LIFE

Shambala is a joint effort. From the residential community and core staff, to the volunteers, to the teachers and guests that visit us every year. Since the beginning, our central focus has been to create a place where people can live together in harmony.

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