Creative Art & Yoga Retreat in Sweden by the sea
🗓 September 12-17, 2025 • 📍 Mefjärd, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
With Anna Sun & Malin Sellergren
Move and paint with Nature
Reconnect with your elemental force and your essence through art, movement, sound, and nature.
Join us for a nourishing retreat on the wild and beautiful island of Mefjärd in the southern Stockholm archipelago.
For a few sacred days, we gather to draw, paint, move, meditate, rest, and simply be — surrounded by forest, sea, fire, and sky. This is a retreat to awaken your senses, rekindle your creativity, and return to the raw, joyful force of life within you.
In this sacred stillness of nature,
you are invited to be wild and true again —
to soften, to express, to remember your own rhythm,
to move with the tides of the sea,
to be held by the hum of the earth,
to paint with the colors of the sky.
Your Heart is leading your way Home.
12 spots only. Join us in sacred space.
🌿 What to expect
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Daily drawing & painting workshops
Explore abstract and intuitive painting inspired by nature, still life, landscapes and expressive mixed media -
Morning yoga & movement by the sea
Flowing, gentle sessions to connect body and breath -
Meditation, breathwork & sound healing
Reconnect to stillness and inner presence -
Evening ceremonies and circles, connection & intuitive practices
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Sauna & time in nature
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Delicious vegetarian meals
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Guided creative support & soulful heart community
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🌿 A Typical Day
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07.30–08.50 Morning yoga (Vinyasa Flow inspired)
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09.00–10.00 Breakfast
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11.00–12.30 Painting/drawing workshop
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13.00–14.00 Lunch
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16.00–18.00 Afternoon practice (Painting, movement, journaling, sketching, walks etc.)
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18.00–19.00 Dinner
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19.30–21.00 Evening ceremony, meditation, or sound healing
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21.00–22.30 Sauna & relaxation
We honor rest. Each day includes 3–4 hours of free time for you to just be.
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🔥 The Theme: Elemental Force
We explore the elements — earth, fire, water, air, and ether — through art, movement, and awareness.
You’ll receive personal guidance, inspiration, and space to create freely with curiosity and joy.
🥗 Food & care
• Vegetarian and locally sourced meals
• Meals are part of the practice – nourishing, grounding, heartful
🏡 Accommodation & Practical Info
Retreat begins Friday, September 12th with arrival and free time.
We gather for dinner at 20.00.
Choose your stay:
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Weekend: September 12-14 (Sunday departure at 16:15)
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Full retreat: September 12-17 (Wednesday departure at 12:27)
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We recommend the full experience for deeper integration and creativity.
Bed Options (shared rooms):
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Gammelstugan (2 pers)
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Lillstugan (6 pers)
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Hednahuset (2 pers)
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Guesthouse (2 pers, depending on availability)
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Långtorpet (up to 4 pers)
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Camping also possible
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🚤 Travel information
Arrival – Friday, August 22/ September 12
You have a few options for getting to the island of Mefjärd:
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🕕 From Dalarö by boat at 19:00
The evening boat departs at 19:00 and arrives at 19:45. -
🕓 From Strömkajen by boat (central Stockholm) at 16:25
The Waxholmsbolaget boat departs from Strömkajen (near Kungsträdgården) at 16:25 and also arrives at Mefjärd at 19:45. -
🕛 Early boat from Dalarö at 12:00
For those arriving earlier, there’s a boat from Dalarö at 12:00, arriving at Mefjärd at 13:05.
(Please note: if you choose this option, lunch is not included on Friday, and dinner will be served later at 20:00 — so bring your own lunch or snack.)
We begin the retreat with a shared dinner and welcome ceremony at 20:00.
Departure – Sunday, September 12 (for weekend guests)
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🕓 Boat from Mefjärd departs at 16:15, arriving at Strömkajen at 19:45.
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🕓 Alternatively, there are boats to Dalarö:
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16:15–17:05
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18:40–19:45
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Departure – Wednesday, September 17 (for full retreat guests)
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🕛 Boat departs from Mefjärd at 12:27, arriving in Dalarö at 13:50.
From Dalarö, you can take a bus to Handen to connect with the commuter train (pendeltåg) back to Stockholm.
🎒 What to Bring
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Yoga mat
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Towel & swimwear for sauna and sea dips
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Your own bedding (sheets & duvet cover)
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Watercolors & sketchbook/notebook + favorite brushes, pencils, pastels (other art materials you'd love to play with)
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Your favorite poem
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Comfortable clothes for movement and warm clothes for evenings
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A ceremonial outfit (something meaningful or special to you)
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Journal and pen for reflection
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Open heart & curiosity
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A blanket or shawl for extra coziness during sessions.
“Let your life force awaken.
Let art, breath, nature, and silence bring you home.”
🌾 Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is for you who long to reconnect —
with your body, your creativity, your breath, and the wild beauty within and around you.
It’s for the sensitive, creative soul who feels most alive close to nature…
for the artist and seeker, whether practiced or just beginning,
for the one who craves stillness, expression, and connection in equal measure.
You might be…
✨ Curious about painting or longing to deepen your creative practice
✨ In need of rest, inspiration, and sacred space
✨ Feeling called to nourish your inner world — beyond roles, demands, and doing
✨ Seeking community, ceremony, and honest expression
✨ Ready to let go of perfection and create from presence and intuition
✨ Longing to remember your natural rhythm, your joy, your elemental force
You are welcome as you are.
No experience in art or yoga is needed — just a willingness to show up with an open heart.
💫 Retreat Price & Booking Info
Final booking deadline: September 1st for the September retreat:
▸ 6 days: 10900 SEK
▸ 3 days: 5,900 SEK
⛺️ Discount for camping:
Bring your own tent and receive 500 SEK off your total price.
🌸 Limited Spots Available
First come, first served. Priority goes to those joining for the full 6 days.
Meet your guides
Anna Sun
A Milan Art Institute educated painter, utilizes varied mediums including textures, gold leaf, inks, acrylics, and crayons in her artistic expression. Embracing an "abstract realism" technique, her craft combines multidimensional human experiences and natural elements in layers, creating bold and energetic compositions. Her work, striking the balance between abstract and realism, radiates the sublime emotions of truth, self-realisation, and the awe-inspiring beauty of nature.
She is also a certified 500hr Ashtanga-Vinyasa Yoga & meditation teacher, energy healer. Anna holds space with deep presence and love, guiding others back to their true nature through heart-opening practices and vibrational healing. With a gift for tuning into the moment, she channels what is most needed—whether through movement, sound, or silence.
Malin Sellergren
Malin Sellergren mixes existential poetry and visual art - and has a deep passion for nature and the mystery of life.
Through her company Poetic Artstories, she offers original paintings, illustrations, the art story The Golden Valley, personalised room paintings and painting courses.
In Malin's works, the forest is often soulful and shows the secret life of the old-growth forest, the unaffected nature and the power that exists beyond the visible. Through her art, she aims to inspire reflection, recovery and hope by creating an atmosphere that invites the viewer to find the strength within themselves and rediscover their faith in the power of dreams.
Follow @poeticartstories for more info or visit http://poeticartstories.com/
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