Mindfulness Meditation

Let snow-draped valleys and crisp mountain air be your playground on this unforgettable winter retreat in Sweden. Over seven nights, you’ll discover the fun and freedom of cross-country skiing, the serenity of snowshoeing, and the joy of moving through nature with a group of adventurous women. This experience blends movement, exploration, and snowy landscapes —think mountain trails, snowcat rides, yoga stretches and evenings spent sharing stories over delicious meals. Whether you're breaking your own tracks or crunching through fresh powder on snowshoes, every moment is designed to help you learn more about this amazing terrain and get active. **Highlights** • Learn and refine cross-country skiing skills on over 300km of scenic trails • Trek to remote viewpoints on guided snowshoeing adventures • Restore body and mind with daily yoga sessions and time in a traditional sauna • Experience a snowcat ride to a mountain hut for a unique dinner under the stars • Try an invigorating ice bath (if you're feeling bold!) • Stay in a cozy, family-run mountain hotel with sweeping views 📍 **Location** Tucked into the snowy heart of Bruksvallarna, Sweden, this alpine village is a haven for winter sports lovers. With its vast trail network and peaceful surroundings, it’s the perfect place to start to learn to cross country ski! 🛌 **Accommodation** Your base is a warm and welcoming mountain hotel, where comfort meets charm. After a day on the trails, unwind in the sauna, sip something hot, and take in the views from your window. 🔥 **Difficulty Level** Ideal for beginners and those with a good fitness level. Activities are guided and paced to suit the group. 💷 **Price** **New Year’s Eve** Twin Room Ensuite: £2050 (approx. €2410 / $2790) Private Room Ensuite: £2350 (approx. €2760 / $3195) **15th - 22nd February** Twin Room Ensuite: £2050 (approx. €2410 / $2790) Private Room Ensuite: £2350 (approx. €2760 / $3195) **All other dates** Twin Room Ensuite: £1950 (approx. €2295 / $2650) Private Room Ensuite: £2250 (approx. €2645 / $23060) **What's Included** • 7 nights accommodation in a traditional mountain hotel • 6 days of guided skiing and snowshoeing adventures • All meals—fresh, hearty, and locally sourced • Yoga sessions and sauna access • Snowcat ride and mountain hut dinner • Optional ice bathing • Airport transfers from Røros for recommended flights • Gutsy Girls host and expert local guides Ready to glide, stretch, and explore Sweden’s winter wonderland? ❄️✨ Full Trip Details: **[Sweden Cross Country Ski Holiday](https://www.gutsygirls.co.uk/sweden-cross-country-ski-holiday)** Book in with a 30% deposit, with the balance due 45 days prior to departure. Act quickly—spaces on our adventures fill up fast! **➡️ Book Your Spot [here](https://www.gutsygirls.co.uk/sweden-cross-country-ski-holiday)** **🔒 Safe & Secure with Us** With over six years of experience, Gutsy Girls Ltd is a trusted, insured travel company. **🐻 Why Gutsy Girls?** Gutsy Girls connects women through outdoor adventures, nature, and sports. Whether you're new to adventure or a seasoned explorer, we offer fun, friendly and supportive environments where every woman feels welcome. **🙌 Solo Adventures Welcome** Designed for solo travellers—90% join alone and find lifelong friends. If solo travel sounds daunting, don't worry! Our team ensures your journey is seamless, stress-free, and unforgettable. **⭐️ Highly Recommended** Don't just take our word for it; we've been recognised by the Guardian, The Times, and Stylist and more! Check out our 5-star reviews on **[Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/gutsygirls.co.uk)** 🌍 Check out more of our adventures **[here](https://gutsygirls.co/3ITdPMN)** Follow us on **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gutsygirls_/)**

Set your Walter Mitty playlist to SHUFFLE as you hike, ice climb, ATV bike, and hot-spring-hop through a Viking land with a population smaller than Staten Island! This 7-day, all-inclusive, women’s-only multi-sport adventure to Iceland will slap over-worked fatigue away to make room in your soul for jaw-dropping beauty, badass women, and the most delicious gas station Pylsa you will ever eat. 🌭 Experience the best of Southern Iceland’s Golden Circle as we board our SHE-nanigan Shuttle for a road trip along the coast. We’ll chase waterfalls, trek across glaciers, audibly moan in hot springs, and spend each night searching for the perfect Van Gogh sky. (Northern Lights season, baby!) We’ll leave the light pollution of Reykjavik behind to stay in traditional Icelandic Guest Houses and Hotels surrounded by total darkness at night. When the sun’s beamin’, we’ll frolic on the biggest glaciers decked out in crampons and ice axes. You’ll get sendy ice-climbing glacial walls (Yes, you CAN ice climb!). We’ll set off across black sand beaches on ATV searching for the famous plane wreck and zipping through mountain canyons. Let’s not forget all of those waterfalls! Instagram-worthy moments include Gulfoss, Strokkur’s steamy water geyser, Skógafoss, strolling along the black sands of Diamond Beach, Glacier Lagoon, Reynisdrangar, and Seljalandsfoss. Do you work for National Geographic now? Probably. Did we go overboard with three hot springs soaks? After hiking into a river valley, we strip down ducked behind the smallest wall ever in frigid temperatures to take a dip in a natural hot spring in Iceland surrounded by snowy mountains. You’ll soak with locals at the Secret Lagoon and end our epic winter adventure in the new, swanky Sky Lagoon. Sound exciting? You’ll also be with a local and an Explorer Chick Guide who will be planning your adventure day by day to take advantage of the weather and the daylight. Hey, it’s a road trip where we call the shots! No rigid schedule, but a trip that flexes and flows so you get the best vacation. We’ll be sure to stop at local favorites too for ice cream, shopping, and craft brews! Are you ready for this?! **ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHTS** * Sensory nirvana––blue glaciers, white waterfalls, black beaches, green landscapes, amber beer * Hike through hills, canyons and craggy-gorgeous national parks. * Hunt down Aurora Borealis by simply walking out of the hotel/guesthouse. * Strap on crampons and a helmet and grab an ice axe to trek across a glacier surrounded by volcanic ash * Ice Climb on a badass glacier * Strip down to your skivvies to enjoy the steamy goodness of natural hot springs. * Soak in the geothermal waters of three of Iceland’s best hot springs including Sky Lagoon * Explore the famous Golden Circle trifecta of destinations – Þingvellir National Park, Geysir, and Gullfoss. * Soak in the iconic sights of Iceland’s southern coast including Skógarfoss Waterfall, Dyrhólaey, Glacier Lagoon, and Seljalandsfoss * Stay in traditional Icelandic accommodation, including a sheep farm! * Live it up aboard our private transportation as your local and Explorer - Chick guide make unplanned stops and surprises along the way. It’s your trip! We can do what we want! * Relax with a comprehensive itinerary that makes the logistics, transportation, navigation, meal planning, lodging, and everything in-between easy. * Geek out with supportive and encouraging Explorer Chicks on a private, women-only, small group adventure tour. **See the website for full itinerary, details and to book.** [https://explorerchick.com/adventures/iceland-glaciers-and-hotsprings-winter-tour/](https://explorerchick.com/adventures/iceland-glaciers-and-hotsprings-winter-tour/) **Say Hello 👋** **💻** Website: [https://explorerchick.com/](https://explorerchick.com/) 📧 Email: hello@explorerchick.com 📸 Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/explorerchickadventureco/](https://www.instagram.com/explorerchickadventureco/) ❤️ Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/ExplorerChickAdventureCo/](https://www.facebook.com/ExplorerChickAdventureCo/) 👯‍♀️ Facebook Group: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/weareexplorerchick](https://www.facebook.com/groups/weareexplorerchick) 🎥 TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@explorerchick](https://www.tiktok.com/@explorerchick)

Meditation practice with short sutra service, dharma talk and discussion.

All levels of Meditators or welcome. In person or on Facebook Live! There will be instructions and inspiration for new inexperienced meditators. The hosts, meditators and Kriya Yoga initiates for over 50 years, are direct disciples of Yogacharya J. Oliver Black one of Paramahansa Yogananda's most advanced male disciples. He is the founder of Golden Lotus, Inc., which owns & operates 'Song of the Morning' an 800 acre Yoga Retreat Northest of Gaylord, MI on the Pigeon River. Paramahansa Yogananda founded Self Realization Fellowship, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and is the author of the Spritual Classic, 'Autobiography of a Yogi.'

It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Here is the secret of being positive and free: Thinking positively is not enough. You also have to get rid of the negative thinking. Your mind is like a garden. You can plant many beautiful flowers in it, but if you don't get rid of the weeds when you plant your flowers, the weeds will soon take over the whole garden. A positive thought is like a flower in your mental garden, and a negative thought is like a weed. You cannot expect to have a positive mindset if you continue to have negative thoughts dwelling and growing there. So, how do you get rid of the negative thoughts? That's what this Meetup is all about. Attend this local meeting and find out! The Meetup event will be led by a consultant who had helped many people live happier in life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics & Scientology life improvement center.

Join us on Wednesday nights at 7pm for two 25 minute quiet meditations, with one short walking meditation in between. There will be a brief and informal conversation afterward. Stay for as long as you like and feel free to bring or share whatever is on your mind. All Zen Center events are also available via Zoom at bit.ly/IndyZen.

Why are we unhappy? Where does emotional pain come from? Studies show that people who suffer from long-term emotional pain have painful experiences in their lives that were never fully resolved in their mind. In other words, there were issues in the past that were not completely dealt with. This can include abuse in childhood, breakups, divorce, death of a loved one, to name a few. How do you know whether you have gotten over something painful? Here is an easy test: Do you still have attention on what had happened to you? For instance, do you still find yourself thinking about something painful that you went through? If you are, then you are not over it. In fact, in severe cases, people find themselves playing a "tape" in their mind over and over again. So how do you heal from your past? How do you stop the "tape" playing in your mind? In this meeting, you will learn a technique to help you with that. Come join us! Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.

Join us on Monday nights at 7pm for two 25 minute quiet meditations, with one short walking meditation in between. There will be a brief and informal conversation afterward. Stay for as long as you like and feel free to bring or share whatever is on your mind. All Zen Center events are also available via Zoom at bit.ly/IndyZen.

Join Sacred Sound Alchemy Columbus for a transformative Sound Bath experience that will take you on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Immerse yourself in the powerful vibrations of various sound instruments like crystal singing bowls and rain drums, carefully orchestrated to balance your chakras and uplift your spirit. The soothing sounds will help you release negative energy, reduce stress, and promote deep relaxation. This event is perfect for those seeking a moment of tranquility and a chance to connect with their inner selves. Whether you are new to sound healing or a seasoned practitioner, you will benefit from the harmonious frequencies that will resonate with your body and soul. Come and allow yourself to be enveloped in a wave of healing energy, leaving you refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready for life's next chapter. Please bring something comfortable to lay on like a yoga mat. Being a pillow for your head or for under your knees and a blanket to cover over yourou. The library can get cold. Bring some water to help flush your body for after the session.