After arriving in Reykjavik, you'll make your way (maybe after a stop by a rainbow street for a coffee) to the domestic airport where you will take your flight to Akureyri. AND NOW THE FUN BEGINS and your travel worries are over. Your transportation will await you to take you and the rest of the group to Hotel Akureyri. Our jet lagged selves will gather for a group dinner and an informal opening ceremony.

Our first full day in Iceland will begin with our morning practice at the Wellness Center with plenty of time afterwards to relax, sauna, shower and get ready for our afternoon. After lunch, there's a beautiful drive to the port where a boat takes the group to Hrisey Island (population 60-120). This place is known for its power and energy in all of Iceland with a special spot for meditation. There is a beautiful walk / hike where everyone stays together the first part for a silent walk, then there's a place where people can take the longer path or the shorter path, all ending up back in town. We normally can offer a special dinner around 5:30pm on the Island. Fresh caught fish for those who eat fish!

Today you get to choose horseback riding or whale watching for our afternoon adventure! Icelandic horses are one of the purest horse breeds in the world, with no crossbreeding for over a thousand years and descendants of horses brought to Iceland from Viking settlers. These friendly natured horses will take both a beginners group and intermediate group out for an afternoon ride.

If you choose to explore by sea, you will head out for a whale watching adventure! Make sure you bring a waterproof case to grab those photos!!!

Open Dinner in Akureyri (lots of opens within walking distance).

Today you will start to notice the pattern of the week:

Breakfast at the Hotel

8:30am pick up to the Wellness center

90 minute yoga, mediation and journalling

30- 45 mins to relax/get ready before heading to lunch

After lunch: our adventure

After our morning session and lunch the afternoon is open for your liking! We will have an optional outing to Forest Lagoon in Akureyri for an afternoon soak! Admission is about 50 USD and transportation will be provided.

Open dinner in Akureyri

Typical morning schedule:

Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 am pickup to The Wellness Center

90 minute morning practice of yoga, journalling and mediation

30-45 minutes open to relax, sauna and get ready for our afternoon adventures.

Akureyri is situated for a 98% eclipse. Which is incredible!!! We will be working closely with our hosts and weather conditions to determine our best location to watch the eclipse. Andreas already has some great ideas of local areas that we will be away from the crowds for great viewing! This day is very much TBD so we can experience this very special celestial event in such a powerful place.

Due to limitation on driving hours per day, trekking into totality (a 6 hour drive one way) cannot be done by our transportation guides. As we approach the retreat (at our 9 month transportation meeting and again at our 6 month meeting) we will discuss options for those that might want to trek into totality and what all that would entail. But we have some ideas.

Typical morning schedule:

Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 am pickup to The Wellness Center

90 minute morning practice of yoga, journalling and mediation

30-45 minutes open to relax, sauna and get ready for our afternoon adventures.

Once again after our morning together you have an open afternoon to fill as you like. We have organized an optional excursion to GEOSEA in Husavik for more geothermal aqua therapy (we soak some more). Transportation will be provided and cost is $150. We promise it is worth it! BUT... so is having a quite afternoon to explore Akureyri, get a tattoo (Shayla's thing, maybe not yours), rent a car for a drive or just take a nap.

Open dinner in Akureyri.

Typical morning schedule:

Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 am pickup to The Wellness Center

90 minute morning practice of yoga, journalling and mediation

30-45 minutes open to relax, sauna and get ready for our afternoon adventures.

Today is Iceland's gift to you. Our guide, who has know become our friend, Andreas, will show us his favorite nature spots around Akureyri including a local magical forest and canyon nature preserve (complete with hidden elves). The surprises are for him to unfold.

Dinner will be at a special local location just for us!

Typical morning schedule:

Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 am pickup to The Wellness Center

90 minute morning practice of yoga, journalling and mediation

30-45 minutes open to relax, sauna and get ready for our afternoon adventures.

As our week together closes, remember this isn’t a goodbye. It’s a hello — to the connections you’ve made with yourself, with others, and with this land. The duality we’ve explored — light and shadow, fire and ice — now lives within you as a reminder that rhythm, renewal, and return are always possible.