Meeting the Land
A Nordic Quest into the forest - back into peaceful kinship with the land, it’s spirits and ourselves.
Join us for a journey into the wild forest — both within and around you.
This two-day retreat invites you into the old ways of communion with nature. At its heart is Udesidning - our Nordic form of Vision Quest and one of the oldest shamanic rites preserved in Scandinavia.
Nature - not as a concept of the mind.
It is a lived experience of belonging.
As a state of being.
Around the fire.
In the fresh fjord water.
In the forest.
In ceremony and in silence.
We journey inward to meet our own wild nature.
To realign.
To reconnect.
With earth, body, and spirit.
We attune ourselves to the rhythms and cycles of the land.
What This Retreat Is About
This is a retreat about rewilding and coming back to the old ways.
It is about restoring connection:
With our wild nature, within and around us
With the body
With the masculine and feminine currents within
With our ancestral lineage
With community
With the land itself
It is a space for inner healing.
For decolonising our relationship to nature.
For remembering how to belong.
Guided by the wisdom of nature, we step out of time and technology and back into the forest.
Back into simplicity.
Back into presence.
Grounded. Rooted. Real.
Authentic, playful, meaningful.
Fire & ceremony.
Belonging & connection.
This is an opportunity for a greater understanding of yourself, embedded in nature.
Udesidning/Mørkesidning
An Udesidning (“Sitting Out”) is one of the oldest shamanic practices preserved in Scandinavia.
If you are familiar with North American Indigenous traditions, you may have heard of the Vision Quest. Udesidning is our Nordic expression of a similar rite — different in form, yet aligned in spirit.
In an Udesidning, you literally sit out.
You leave the comforts society and step beyond the hedge that separates the cultivated world from the wild, untamed places.
You sit out in nature, in the darkness, in solitude, in silence.
You sit out and ask nature to share it’s medicine and wisdom.
You sit out
with a question, an intention or an contemplation and you ask for a sign, a vision, a meeting.
to honor a life transition / rite of passage
Traditionally, Udesidning takes place from sunset to sunrise.
For this retreat, you may also choose a shorter version called Mørkesidning (“Sitting with the Dark”). Here, you sit from sunset and a few hours into the evening, before returning to sleep in your tent or hammock.
This is still a potent ritual — and a good option if a full night feels too intense.
When We Are Sitting Out…
We will be outside.
Sleeping on the ground in tents.
Cooking local organic foods on bonfire.
Drinking teas made from fresh herbs of the season.
Guided by nature, we journey inward.
Reclaim ancestral healing.
Invite more pleasure.
Deepen our connection to the earth.
Move our bodies together.
Together we listen…
This retreat is a prayer.
A portal.
A space where — for ourselves, for each other, and for all our relations (human and more-than-human) — we weave back connection where there was separation.
For our lineage.
For the land.
For ourselves.
Together we go back into simplicity.
Off the electronics.
Feet on the ground.
Listening to the forest.
Washing ourselves clean in the fjord-water.
Why Sitting Out?
Many of us live against our own nature — whether women or men.
Where we are encouraged to push through, to perform, to stay in “control” — even when it means ignoring our own needs and inner signals.
Over time, we make ourselves smaller.
We silence our inner voice.
Our intuition becomes muted.
We feel disconnected — from the earth, from our pleasure, from our natural power.
The same pattern is reflected around us.
Water is dammed.
Rivers and land are polluted.
The pain and healing journey of the earth and the collective is not separate from the individual journey.
And we are not alone.
We invite you beyond conceptualizing and objectifying — into sensing and experiencing. Into connection that is embodied and real.
Nature - not as a concept. But as a belonging.
Sensing through your body - not as a concept. But as a state of being.
What We Will Share
Rituals, Ceremonies & Earth-Based Practices
Deepen your connection with the power of nature within & around.
Recive tangible earth-based practices that you can integrate in daily life.
Udesidning (sitting out) or a Mørkesidning (sitting with the Dark)
Meeting the wild & darkness of the forest (within and around)
Meeting the land Ceremony
A journey into kinship with nature & plant communication
Plant Treatments & Flower Baths
Cleanse and nourish your body & energy with herbal medicine.
Fireside Heart-Sharing
Share your authentic voice and receive wisdom around the sacred flame.
Movement & Singing Practice
Awaken body and voice gently, intentionally and with care.
Food as Medicine
Local biodynamic meals prepared with intention & prayer.
Daily Herbal Infusions
Teas, tinctures and subtle plant medicines crafted with care.
May each breath be a prayer.
A song calling us home.
Into our sacred belonging —
to the earth,
to ourselves,
to each other.
Connected to our center.
Rooted in earth and body.
Listening to the song within.
Carrying medicine from our ancestors forward.
Wisdom keepers.
Peacemakers.
Leaders & healers.
Parents, lovers & sisters.
Singing & dancing.
Laughing & loving.
In community & communion.
The spirit of Hawthorn.
Practical Information
Place:
Vestsjælland, Denmark
Time:
Saturday, May 14 - 10:00h
Sunday, May 15 - 16:00
Acommodation:
We sleep outdoors in tents or hammocks. All activities take place outside in nature.
Depending on the weather, we may bring our oven-heated tipi tent.
If you do not have your own sleeping equipment, it can be rented.
If you choose the full Udesidning, you will have time to rest and sleep afterward.
Price:
2.220 kr.*
(*yes, it is possible to pay in rates)
Sign-up:
Your place is secured by paying a deposit of 660 kr.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations made more than 1 month before the start date are eligible for a refund of the deposit, minus 10% administrative fee (up to 1000 kr.). Afterwards no refunds are made. You can read our legal notice here.
Want to go deeper?
Join the Plant Kinship Journey
This retreat can also be part of a deeper 28-day Plant Kinship Journey — similar to a soft dieta — where you enter into relationship with a local master plant such as Birch, Oak, Rose, Nettle, or Mugwort.
The 30-Day Journey Includes:
Preparation session
Opening ceremony (in person)
Online plant kinship session
The Meeting the Land retreat
Closing ceremony (in person)
A Plant Immersion Guide with daily contemplations, practices, and guided audio/video material
Hope you see you there darlings ;)
With love, presence & feet on the ground,
Stephan & Eva Maria
Write us, if you have some questions
Hope you see you there darlings ;)
With love, presence & feet on the ground,
Stephan & Eva Maria