The Twin Paths Retreat: Awareness and Love

There is something truly special that happens when we step away from everyday life and the familiar. Surrounded by nature and stillness, a space opens where we can listen more deeply and meet ourselves in new ways.

So take this opportunity to enrich your practice with new meaning and knowledge. Become more aware in the body, gain understanding of how it works with the conscious and unconscious mind, connect and activate through the heart. Take the twin paths, there and back again, to yourself.

What makes this retreat unique?

This retreat brings together different paths:
body, awareness and heart, into one shared experience.

Through movement, stillness, and guided practices, you are invited to explore yourself more deeply, reconnect, and gain tools that stay with you beyond the retreat.

During the retreat you will experience:

• A deeper connection to your body
• Greater emotional openness and clarity
• A safe space to slow down and listen inward
• Tools to bring awareness into your everyday life
• A sense of connection, grounding, and shared experience

Why we created this retreat

Mia: Dharma Mountain has been a very special place for me. After several years of teaching group classes and workshops, I now feel ready to offer something deeper and more holistic through longer retreats. And it felt completely natural to do this here, with this group of teachers who each bring something unique.
The blend of yoga, embodiment practices, and ceremonial elements carries a quiet, but profound power. I truly believe that what we will guide participants through together can touch many layers, opening pathways to insight, transformation, and deeper integration. If you feel a resonance within you, trust it. You are warmly welcome to join us.

Jeremy: I have always been drawn to the deeper mechanisms behind how we function, whether through traditional Chinese medicine, integrative health, or work with the subconscious.
Over the years, I’ve found that when different approaches are brought together, something meaningful happens – insights emerge, and change becomes more accessible.Working alongside yoga practitioners from this perspective continues to reveal new layers of understanding. This retreat offers a rare opportunity to explore beyond familiar patterns and discover something new.

Maria: As a yoga practitioner and body therapist, I understood that the body goes far beyond movement or technique.
My own practice became a doorway into a much deeper relationship with my body – how I listen, respond, and meet myself changed how I feel in my body which brought a new depth and meaning to my day to day. 
At some point, it felt natural to create a space where this could be shared. Not as something to learn in theory, but something to experience. This retreat is an invitation for those who feel that there is more to explore. A space to reconnect, understand your body in a new way, and take something real with you into your everyday life.

Read more about the space holders further down.

A group experience that allows for both personal depth and meaningful connection

When: 15/10-18/10 – 2026
Investment
Early bird
9,500 NOK when booked before 31 July 2026

​Regular price:
12,000 NOK

What’s included
• All workshops and guided sessions
• Nourishing vegan meals prepared with care
• Shared accommodation (loft-style)

For those who prefer more privacy, single rooms are available for an additional 1005 NOK to Dharma Mountain.

Location Hedalen, Norway. Dharma Mountain retreat centre

Contact

Wonder if this retreat is for you? 
Or you have other questions? 

Please connect with us: 
everydaymiracles.nu/retreat-norway
Jeremy: jeremy@everydaymiracles.nu
Maria: maria@everydaymiracles.nu
Mia: mbekkesveen@gmail.com

Schedule

Thursday, 15/10 – Arrival & Opening
16.00 – 17.00: Unpack and settle (arrival & registration)
17.00 – 19.00: “Arrive within” A guided experience of the first step inward. Orientation and intention setting for the retreat
19.00 – 20.00: Dinner
20.00 – 21.00: “Around the fire” evening session #1: Discourse on the inner and outer Self with Q & A session

Friday, 16/10 – Awareness & the Body
7.45-8.30: Morning gathering. Gentle practice. Focus setting for the day
8.30-9.30: Breakfast and free time until 10.00
10.00-13.00: “Touching the Invisible”. Building awareness of energy shifts through, on and around the body using subtle touch and partner bodywork.
13.00-14.00: Lunch. Free time & sauna until 15:30
15.30-19.00: “Body awareness in motion” -Twist and release yoga. A journey from movement to stillness
19.00-20.00: Dinner
20.00-21.00: “Around the fire” evening session #2: Understanding the link between physical and emotional tension through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Saturday, 17/10 – From Mind to Heart
7:45-8:30 Morning gathering and setting the focus of the day
8.30-9.30: Breakfast and free time until 10:30
10.30-13.00: “Let in- let go”. Heart opening yoga. A journey from head to heart
13.00-14.00: Light lunch and free time till 14:30
14.30-19.00: Ceremony – Cacao, drum and breath journey to the heart
19.00-20.00: Dinner
20.00-21.30: Sauna

Sunday, 18/10 – Integration & Closing
7.45-8.30: Morning gathering
8.30-9.30: Breakfast
9.30-10.30: Packing up time
10.30-13.00 Final session. “The Inner flame, Returning home.” Sharing and integration circle. Group photo for lovely memories.
13:00-14:00 Lunch and departing

More about your space holders 

Mia Bekkesveen: practiced yoga for nearly two decades, and since 2018 built a solid background as a yoga teacher with over 800 hours of certified training in the field of yoga, mindfulness and stress management. 

With clear, grounded guidance she weaves together precise sequencing and alignment with mindful movement, breath and awareness – allowing classes to be experienced as a form of moving meditation that makes it easy to follow along, regardless of level. 

Jeremy Halpin: brings over 40 years of clinical experience in traditional Chinese medicine using Acupuncture, Japanese Shiatsu and energy work. He is a published researcher with the Karolinska Institut in Stockholm within the field of Integrative medicine and has a long background as an international teacher and speaker, establishing diploma level education in four countries. 

Maria Khakhalkina has worked for 20 years in body therapy, specialising in the connection between structural and emotional patterns in the body. Over the last decade, they have travelled the world learning Plant medicine practices with indigenous tribes and now hold ceremonies and retreats of their own suitable for Europeans. 

Together, they combine a strong clinical foundation for people seeking deeper connection and understanding. You are invited into a space where you can explore at your own pace, feel supported, and reconnect with yourself in an authentic and embodied way.