Golden Hours – a yoga weekend with Tua Hjemgaard
“Calm your senses, strengthen your body.”
As autumn brings stillness, leaves cover the ground and the days grow darker, we devote this weekend to creating bright hours in the darkness.
When the days become shorter and the world around us turns inward, we too are invited to slow down.
Golden Hours is a weekend for recovery, stillness and soft light. A place where we can rest from performing and instead create small moments of presence—bright hours in the darkness.
Throughout the weekend, we weave together yoga, meditation, sound healing, fire, silence and nature’s healing rhythm.
We breathe the clear autumn air.
We warm ourselves by the fire.
We listen within.
We bathe in a cold spring or tub and rest beneath soft blankets.
We do not gather to become someone else.
We gather to come home to ourselves.
Welcome to Golden Hours—the light is already there.
Come exactly as you are to a peaceful setting close to nature and free from traffic noise. Here at Sju Sjöar, relaxation and calm arrive almost immediately, with yoga and meditation helping us settle into the body, feel good and eat well, with nature as our nearest neighbour.
Being in the “yoga bubble” is a wonderful luxury: a pause from everyday life, the courage simply to be, a break from the flow of information, a chance to listen and feel within. It is like a loving meeting with yourself, a way to renew your energy. Everyone can take part and receive personal help with modifications, for example if you have an injury. No previous yoga experience is needed.
About Tua Hjemgaard
You will practise yoga and meditation with Tua Hjemgaard, who runs YogabyTua in Trollhättan. Her work includes recovery and rehabilitation, women’s health, stress, burnout and menopause, as well as evening classes in different yoga styles for everyone who wants to explore the world of yoga.
Tua has been teaching since 2010. Her training includes MediYoga therapy and MediYoga, yin and restorative yoga, Sensingyoga, Human Garage fascia techniques, Ashtanga yoga, certified Stark genom klimakteriet menopause coaching, yoga philosophy, and wellness and massage therapy.
The thread running through the weekend – provisional programme
Friday – Arrival • Coming Home
From everyday life to presence
- 15:00: check-in, already dressed for yoga; welcome tea by the fire
- Golden Hours Circle: the weekend’s rituals
- Gentle restorative yoga
- Dinner buffet
- Moon Dip and Sound Healing Journey
- Evening reflection by candlelight
Theme: I am allowed to settle.
Saturday morning – The Golden Hours
The first hours before the world wakes up: the Golden Hours.
07:00–09:00: morning sadhana, yoga and meditation.
We meet on our mats in silence and begin the day with a morning practice combining gentle yoga, breathing exercises and meditation to balance body and mind.
- Silence from 06:00 to 10:30
- Tea and warm lemon water
- Pranayama
- Gentle morning yoga
- Meditation
- Reflection, writing, resting, sleeping and being in silence
- 10:30: brunch; silence gives way to warm, honest conversations
Theme: I am allowed to begin slowly.
Saturday at 12:15 – Experiencing the Elements
Earth, water, air and fire.
15:00: afternoon snack.
Personal time, journaling and reflection.
Saturday afternoon, 17:00–18:45 – Deep Rest
- Yoga nidra
- Yoga: resting your way to wellbeing
- Sound bath with gong and crystal bowls
- 19:00: dinner buffet together
Theme: Rest is a strength.
Saturday evening – Golden Light Ceremony
Darkness has fallen. An evening by candlelight, kindling your inner light: I am allowed to shine softly.
“We cannot always choose the darkness around us.
But we can create bright hours.
Moments of presence.
Kindness.
Rest.
Community.
Small lights that help us through the seasons.”
Sunday – Carry the Light Home
07:00–09:00: morning sadhana – Morning Glow. We meet on our mats in silence and begin the day with a morning practice combining gentle yoga, breathing exercises and meditation to balance body and mind.
09:30: breakfast together.
A closing circle to integrate everything we have experienced over the weekend.
Everyone takes home three Golden Hours rituals for everyday life.
Accommodation and price
SEK 4,690 for a place in a shared twin room, with a friend or an assigned roommate.
SEK 5,240 for a single room.
The price includes:
- 4 yoga sessions
- 4 meditations
- 1 breakfast buffet
- 1 brunch
- 1 fika break
- 1 afternoon snack
- 2 dinner buffets
- Plenty of new memories and people who leave an impression
Venue: Sju Sjöar, Öxnevalla, surrounded by nature for deep recovery.
What to bring
A yoga mat and, if you wish, a bolster or meditation cushion and blocks; a cosy blanket or poncho for relaxation and meditation; comfortable clothing that is not tight-fitting; warm socks and slippers; a tea or coffee mug with a lid; and a water bottle. Bring walking shoes, outdoor clothing suitable for the weather, and swimwear, a bathrobe and a towel.
🤍 Saturday evening dress code: white, off-white or soft earth tones. Wear a dress or anything else you feel good in.
Registration and cancellation
Email your registration to [email protected].
You book and secure your place by paying a SEK 1,500 registration fee, which is not refundable if you cancel. The remaining balance is due four weeks before arrival. If you cancel 6–2 weeks before arrival, 50% of the cost is payable. If you cancel less than two weeks before arrival, the full cost is payable. Check the travel and cancellation cover included in your home insurance.
This weekend is designed to offer deep recovery and a renewed connection with yourself and your body. Welcome to a weekend that goes beyond the everyday and takes you on an inward journey.