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Yoga & Dance Easter Festival

Yoga & Dance Easter offers a rich variety of yoga, dance, meditation, music and inspiring and nurturing workshops.        
March 28 – April 1, 2024

Yoga & Dance

Choose between yoga classes, movement and dance practices  and other inspiring workshops.

25+ FACILITATORS

Our skilled teachers are here to share their gifts in benefit of your experience.

60+ Workshops

The daily program offers the possibility to join activities from early in the morning till late at night.

Nature

Experience the coming of the new season through forest walks and even dances in nature.

Welcome to OUR YOGA DANCE EASTER FESTIVAL

The Yoga and Dance Easter festival is the first festival of the Ängsbacka season. It takes place as life and light is returning to the natural world in springtime. This is one of our more intimate and cozy festivals and offers a beautiful variety of yoga, dance, movement, music, meditation, and other inspiring, vibrant, deep and joyful workshops.

These five days are an intentional and held journey during which you are invited to go into both deep stillness and sweet celebration. Together, with open hearts, we follow spring and the natural cycles in welcoming a new dawn.

“Let us welcome the light and the change of the seasons together – in sacredness and ceremony.”

Join us from March 28th to April 1st 2024

CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT

Check-in at reception: 15.00 – 18.30
Dinner first night: 18.30 – 19:30
Welcome ceremony: 20:00 in Upper barn

Last meal: lunch on Monday at 13:00
Check-out*:
15:00

*Clean your room before this time. You don’t need to formally check out at the reception.

Planting new seeds for your life!

Throughout history Easter has been the time of year for rebirth, renewal, fertility and the triumph of light over darkness. Regardless if the origin of the myths for celebration are Saxon, Egyptian, Pagan or Christian Easter is a time for new beginnings, letting go of the old and waking up to the new.

We invite you all to begin and start your journey towards something new. To gently plant the seed within you. Explore the flavors of creativity. Let the nourishing energy of communal love shower your seed and let it set firmly within your heart.

The warm sunlight of spring has finally arrived and will make you grow. Grow towards your inner majestic tree filled with your life and blossoming potential. As the egg is round, endless, and full of the promise of life. You are vast, eternal and full of promise for your own unique life.

So come let’s go into the garden of your soul and in the softest of soils plant your seed so you can blossom forever in love.

Join the festival

Unleash your spirit this Easter and book your ticket(s) now for a transformative Yoga & Dance Festival experience!

Teachers & Musicians

The creative process of inviting facilitators who will share their gifts in this festival is now underway. In the months leading up to the festival, we will regularely announce new teachers and musicians so do come back to check it out every now and then!

The easter journey

Maundy Thursday: We start our journey with some welcoming workshops, a nourishing dinner, and a beautiful welcome ceremony in the light of the full moon. In the welcome ceremony, we land together in sweetness and celebration and we meet the musicians, workshop leaders, and also our personal sharing groups.
After the ceremony you can choose between dancing loose to magical music in the upper barn, hanging out in the café and catching up with old and new friends or if you want to land and embrace the stillness in silent sitting.
 
On Good Friday we dive into the program with a day filled with yoga, dance, movement, lectures, and other inspiring workshops. It’ll be a magical plant concert and an organic dance journey in the evening after dinner and also Ängsbacka’s beloved Open Stage.
 
Easter Eve Saturday we end the Morning Meeting by entering a day of silence. The silence is for us to get a chance to land in ourselves and to scourge all the noise around us that usually takes our attention. In silence, the answers and sometimes even the questions come. It will be a day of reflection and deep presence. The day smoothly moves into an all-night-long gong night with healing sounds and deep relaxation and rest or if you want to dive into the safe and held death meditation, also with vibrating sounds for healing.
 
Easter Day Sunday we will end our silence with a beautiful outdoor ceremony in the morning, a ceremony that will begin the celebration that will last the rest of the day and night. After the silence, you will be captivated by all the beauty that is available around you, and maybe you will experience reality in a new way. In the evening we will have a big and juicy celebration together!
 
On Monday, the last day of the festival, we gather again to share our experiences of our time together. All framed by music, presence and togetherness.

WORKSHOPS

Every day you will have the chance to choose between both indoor and outdoor yoga classes, movement and dance practices, meditations, forest walks and other inspiring workshops. On a couple of occasions, early in the morning, we offer Sadhana for those who wish to greet the sun with traditional vedic chanting and Yoga.

Yoga

During the day the program offers different styles of yoga, suitable for all levels and experiences. The teachers supporting you have many years of experience and will all bring their own special flavour into the festival. They are deeply passionate about what they do and are there to guide you in finding that deeper essence within yourself through awareness, presence and breath.

Dance

Welcome to the dance floor! Dance is not just “dance” in the Easter Festival – it’s meditation, ecstasy, wild, crazy, slow, delicate and everything in between.
 
Slow down and watch the air move in and out or dive into the expansive freedom of expression of your body! Shake out all tensions and sink deep into your own movement meditative journey. Get prepared for serious tunes and beats!

Festival ticket

Entry to the festival including 12 vegetarian meals and standard accommodation.

5100 SEK

  • 5 days Easter celebration
  • Daily breakfast and two warm meals
  • Access to 60+ different workshops
  • 25+ Teachers & Musicians

Accommodation choices can influence the price per ticket.


COME AS A VOLUNTEER

Deepen your experience, apply as a volunteer and receive a discount in exchange for your contribution to the work.

  • Extended stay (March 26 – April 2)
  • 5 hours of work meditation per day together with our Working Community
  • Accommodation in an indoor dorm either on-site or off-site
  • Access to 60+ workshops
  • 25+ Teachers & Musicians

Practical information

A typical day at an Ängsbacka festival

Our events all have their unique program of workshops and other activities, still there are some fixed points that you can expect at the festival:

  • An early morning program is offered - yoga, breathing, meditation etc. - before..
  • Breakfast - our first meal of the day.
  • A gathering for all with music and togetherness setting the tone of the day is followed by..
  • Morning workshops and other activities until..
  • Lunch - the main meal of the day.
  • Afternoon workshops and activities go on until..
  • Dinner - a lighter, still fully nourishing meal.
  • An evening program follows; workshops, dance, live music or a cozy hang-out in the café.

Once per day everybody meets in their sharing groups; all of us come together for the core practice of Ängsbacka!

Workshops on the program are described and categorized in such a way that you can find out how advanced or challenging exercises you can expect beforehand.

Accommodation

The basic festival ticket includes a spot in a bunk bed in one of our dormitories.

All our indoor accommodations come at hostel standard with shared showers and toilets. We advise you to bring earplugs for better sleep if you are sound sensitive as the festival area can get loud at times (the program will end latest 02.00).

UPGRADE YOUR ACCOMMODATION

Depending on availability and your budget we offer the following options for indoor accommodation: 

  • 4 bedroom (bunk bed)
  • double room (twin bed)
  • Single room

Indoor accommodation includes a blanket and pillow for each person. You need to bring your own bed sheets or a sleeping bag and a pillowcase. Towels are not included. We offer a possibility to rent sheets and towels at an additional cost.

CARAVAN OR CAMPER

If you would like to bring your camper or caravan - check availability when booking your ticket. Unfortunately we do not have the capacity to offer electricity for any of these spots. 

OFF SITE ACCOMODATION

Sometimes you need more privacy or tranquility or maybe you want to bring your dog (no dogs allowed on site). Booking an off site accommodation can be a good option and many private house/flat owners offer spaces for rent during the summer. Please request the list of people offering off site accommodation by contacting our booking office at booking@angsbacka.se.

FOOD AND SERVING

The festival ticket includes all meals; breakfast lunch and dinner are prepared and served daily. Ängsbacka offers a vegetarian diet prepared with love. We use locally produced and organic products to a large extent. In connection with your booking, you can ask for a vegan diet (same as lactose free) or gluten and nut-free food options. For practical reasons, we cannot meet any other wishes related to allergies or diets during festivals. All meals are presented at the outdoor serving tent area.

ALCOHOL-FREE & DRUG-FREE

Ängsbacka has a policy of zero tolerance for illicit drugs and alcohol. We don’t serve alcohol, and it is not allowed to drink or to be under the influence of alcohol or other substances when you are at Ängsbacka. If you are found under the influence, we will ask you to leave immediately.

Please find our other general policies and guidelines here.

Code of ethics

Ängsbacka is continuously developing intentions for offering supportive and transformational spaces - read our Code of Ethics here.

PAYMENTS AND CURRENCY

Remember! We always request you to book and pay your event ticket online before arrival.

Both our café and the reception at Ängbsacka are cash-free, so once at Ängsbacka you will only be able to use card or Swish  (Swedish direct payment service) as a payment method at our reception and in the café. 

We only accept the currency SEK. 
For cash withdrawal, there is a cash point at Coop in Molkom (the nearby village).

ÄNGSBACKA CAFÉ

The Café is a cosy meeting place for hang-out, new friendships and deep conversation. You can buy yummy home-made cakes, a wide range of coffee, teas, golden milk, smoothies, chilled beverages, chocolate, raw food goodies and more!

During the summer our café is a tech-free zone, so the café is not a place for work or gaming on your digital devices. Charging your digital devices can be done in "The Hub".

SAUNA

Our amazing and newly renovated Sauna is open all evenings of the festival. Come relax and enjoy the heat in the company of new and old friends. It is a requirement to bring a towel to sit on in the sauna.

Holy Tree crafts and instrument shop

In the Holy Tree shop you find a unique selection of music instruments such as shamanic drums, flutes, rattles and more.

The festival program

Information about workshop leaders and Festival programs for each day can be found in the entrance of the yellow house and on the staircase towards the Upper Barn.

Healing Circle

The Healing Circle offers personal sessions for bodywork, energy healing, massage, counselling and other forms of therapies/modalities. Make sure to bring your own towel to your session to lay on.

You can book and pay your sessions directly with the session givers during your stay at Ängsbacka

LOST ITEMS

As a visitor at Ängsbacka you are solely responsible for your personal belongings at all times. During the actual event Ängsbacka will support you to retrieve any items lost by setting up, and maintaining specific “Lost & Found”-labelled boxes nearby the workshop-spaces.After each Festival the lost & found boxes will be emptied and all collected items will be stored in our Lost & Found tent for a total of 2 weeks upon completion of the event. 

Valuables such as wallets, digital devices, keys and similar are handed in and kept at our booking office for a maximum of 3 months and will be returned upon description. Valuables are the only items that will be sent to you after the event is over and you will be charged for the postage plus an administrative fee of 100 SEK. 

Please be aware that Ängsbacka does not take any responsibility for personal belongings - the above is to be considered a service and not a guarantee that you will be able to retrieve lost items whether valuables or others, such as clothing.

WELCOME LETTER

A welcome letter with more detailed information about the festival will be sent out to all participants.

LANGUAGE

Ängsbacka is an international course and festival center with people from all over the world. The main language spoken during the festivals is English.

FIND YOUR WAY HERE

It’s easy to find your way to Ängsbacka by car, bus or train. Read more about how to find your way here.

CONTACT BOOKING OFFICE/RECEPTION

During the festival the reception will be open every day, times will vary. You can find our contact details here.

Angelica Schäfer

Program Coordinator

Angelica has been teaching on a full time basis for almost 20 years and she runs her own yoga studio in Sweden. Working many years as personal trainer, health consultant and group training instructor she took the step to deeper explore the world of Yoga and Ayurveda. After longer stays in India, living the ashram life and finding inspirational teachers to study with, all of her classes invite a holistic approach to movement and life. With passion for movement and fascination over different ways to still the mind she is the creator of the Freemove Yoga concept. She is a frequently booked workshop leader around the globe and she holds space for own retreats both in Sweden and abroad. She is an initiated Osho sannyasin, yoga teacher, dance inspirer, Ayurvedic health counselor & masseuse.