Return to Yourself Retreat (2025)

27/11/2025

PS: Due to your requests, we’re adding freediving and windsurfing for all levels. 🌊🏄‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Plus boat rides for island hopping. 🚤

Countdown to May 2026 begins! 🥰

20/11/2025

Have you ever felt not wanting to leave a place, a life you’ve built?

Today I’m headed on a seven-day work trip alone, and this morning I woke up with a resistance I’ve never felt before: I don’t want to go.

All my life I’ve been on the move.

Since the war when I was eight, we fled and rebuilt. Through my teens we moved with my family. Then I traveled with basketball—first with Sweden’s national team, then professionally in the U.S. and many years in Europe; playing basketball, studying, and working. Moving from country to country felt more normal than staying.

As I packed the last items, preparing to leave my husband and kids, I noticed a pressure in my chest and a knot in my throat. Anxiety tangled with sadness. I don’t want to leave.

For the first time, leaving scared me. This was a new feeling. One that surprised me.

A fear of something happening to me overwhelmed me, and that I might not return to my children. A sadness about leaving our everyday routines—the very routines that ground me and bring me joy.

I felt a kind of absence even before departing.

And then it hit me: returning to yourself, creating a home within and in your daily life, makes you want to stay put.

So many of us—myself included—are very often focused on what comes next. In fact, for as long as I can remember I've moved from one goal to the next.

Today, all I could feel was a desire to stay and continue savoring what is.

My sadness softened into peace with this realization. My best friend’s words helped, too: “Imagine how lucky and privileged you are to have created a life you don’t want to leave.”

I suppose this is the ultimate return home: wanting to stay with what is, and exactly where you are.

Fear and sadness gave way to peace, and a deeper insight emerged.

Authenticity means embracing all your emotions and gathering the courage to leave when needed.

It also means trusting that everything you need is in you and awaits you when you return.

💡

02/11/2025

Within us, we feel a strong pull toward authenticity. We all long to come home. ⚓️

Think about the moments when you’ve felt seen—when someone recognizes you as you are, hears what you’re truly saying, and understands you. I can imagine you wanted to prolong that moment, just as I do, just as we all do. That’s what it means to be human.

We are all longing to be seen, to be recognized and accepted as we truly are. Yet often, we disguise our true selves. We may experience difficulties that make us feel unsafe being our authentic selves. So we start covering up, accommodating, pleasing, or avoiding in order to be accepted.

This is survival. We do our best to endure, yet inside, the yearning to come home never goes away.

I know what that feels like. My colleagues know what that feels like. We feel called to guide our clients and retreat participants home through intuitive, evidence-based, and structured therapies and practices.

In 2026, we have a packed program of workshops. ✨️

In March and April, we’ll invite participants from Istria to join our group therapy, where we’ll offer breathwork, kinesiology, sound healing, and emotional processing guided by and . 💫

In May, we are organizing two retreats where will fly from the US to Istria, Croatia, to spend a month in Europe, co-hosting the retreats together with and . 🙌🏼 We’ll also be joined by & 🙏🏼

At the beginning of June, we’ll head to Novi Sad, Serbia, to offer a healing space for the local population who needs it after a long period of uncertainty and struggle in Serbia. ❤️

Before diving into 2026, we are going to wrap up 2025 with a women’s circle in Copenhagen, Denmark, where and guide 14 lovely women home. 💫

Our work is a continuous journey. It begins with us and flows outward to those we support. The deeper we meet ourselves, the deeper we can meet others. And so we travel onward, always returning to home, time and again. ⚓️🌍💫

15/10/2025

~ Our Spring RTY Program is filling up 🥳🙏🏼💫

When I first created the Return to Yourself Program 3.5 years ago, my aim was simple: to help people access deeper, more lasting healing. While psychotherapy provides a strong foundation, I’ve often felt that a reset and a calming of the nervous system are essential to ground people in their bodies and the present moment. So, I distilled long-term therapy into a five-day immersion that weaves together conditioning, inner child work, playfulness, and authenticity.

In this program, we honor the body, breath, and emotional processing to reach core issues more deeply. I had no idea it would evolve into an annual offering that attracts participants from around the world. The connections formed in each group touch me deeply, and I’m grateful for the healing that unfolds—one person and one group at a time.

We currently have six people signed up, with four spots remaining for the first RTY program, taking place May 13–17. 🥳 I’m grateful for this work, which fills me with joy and purpose. ❤️

A special thank you to my colleagues for helping me make this magic happen. 🙌🏼✨️

09/10/2025

My suffering comes from forgetting who I am.

My stressors and worries come from an illusion:

That I need to be something else.

That I am not enough.

That I need to prove myself.

Becoming myself is about letting go of those illusions.

The realization that we are all going to die—and that the creation of reality is often based on thoughts—shows that whatever we identify with is often our way of protecting ourselves against pain and, ultimately, the notion of death.

Returning to myself is a constant reminder that I am not my thoughts.

My connection with the bigger picture frees me. It allows me to let go of judgments and to connect with the infinity—there is one consciousness, and we are connected to the same consciousness.

Some call it God. I call it Love.

09/10/2025

My suffering comes from forgetting who I am.

My stressors and worries come from an illusion:

That I need to be something else.

That I am not enough.

That I need to prove myself.

Becoming myself is about letting go of those illusions.

The realization that we are all going to die—and that the creation of reality is often based on thoughts—shows that whatever we identify with is often our way of protecting ourselves against pain and, ultimately, the notion of death.

Returning to myself is a constant reminder that I am not my thoughts.

My connection with the bigger picture frees me. It allows me to let go of judgments and to connect with the infinity—there is one consciousness, and we are connected to the same consciousness.

Some call it God. I call it Love.

17/09/2025

Let me share a story that inspired me.

This past weekend, we took our eight-year-old windsurfing. On the way, his little brother, who is five, insists on giving windsurfing a try. I call the instructor to tell him. He says that Oli (our five-year-old) is too young. When we arrive, Big bro heads out to surf like a pro, while the little guy watches and keeps insisting he wants to try. After the class ends, I speak frankly with the instructor: if he wants to try, let him. What’s the worst that could happen—he discovers he can’t do it, and that’s that?

As I say this, I realize the instructor is operating on old assumptions, while my five-year-old is guided only by pure desire to get on that board. Long story short, Oli—my five-year-old—eventually gets on the board, and, oh my, is he happy. He’s literally bursting with joy as he strains to hold the boom, feel the wind, and balance his feet. I expected fear, but it’s not there—the joy and perseverance pull him forward, and he keeps at it for a full hour.

When he finally steps off, I ask,
“How was it?”
“It was great, Mom. When can I go again?”

This experience made me reflect.
I almost stopped my child from windsurfing, almost letting old truths and “maybes” block him from that immense joy and growth on the board. It made me think of all the times we adults let our own rationales convince us something won’t work, and how often our doubts and fears get in the way. We can learn so much from children. In fact, that child lives inside us all, if we’re brave enough to quiet the mind.

After this experience, I decided to include windsurfing in my Return to Yourself Program for Spring 2026.
Oli inspired me to invite adults to try getting on the board. In the process of doubting and falling, the child within comes out to play—and that’s exactly the lesson I want participants to take away.

It’s okay if you can’t do it. It’s okay to fall. Not trying, though, dismisses your inner child and, ultimately, your playful, authentic self.

05/09/2025

Women’s Circle: Cacao Ceremony, Breathwork & Emotional Processing Saturday, 22 November | 13:00 - 17:00 CEST

Led by breathwork facilitator & psychotherapist & trauma facilitator

If you feel called to release, surrender, and reconnect in a safe, trustworthy space, you’re warmly invited.

What to expect:

🍫 Cacao ceremony to nourish the heart, open receptivity, and deepen connection

⚓️ Guided breathwork to ground yourself, feel, and release

💫 Reflection and emotional processing in a supportive circle

💚 A nurturing, non-judgmental environment

Venue: Iluma Yoga Studio,
Ingemannsvej 3C, St & 1. Sal
1964 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen

Bring: Comfortable clothing and an open heart

Investment: 850 DKK

Limited spots. Reserve yours today.

30/08/2025

The week in Malmö and Copenhagen has come to an end. At the start of the week, had the privilege of meeting many clients in person and guiding them through psychotherapy sessions. It’s so nice to be able to mix online sessions with in-person sessions, deepening the connection even further. 🙏🏼

Towards the end of the week, and held space for clients who wanted a combined session of breathwork and psychotherapy. The dance between these two therapeutic modalities allows for deeper work by grounding the client’s nervous system and opening areas that might have been blocked. The psychotherapy that follows the opening enables deeper emotional processing.

Today, we conclude the week by seeing clients in Copenhagen as well.

This fall, we’ll be offering a women’s circle group. We invite all our female clients and anyone who feels called to release anger, sadness, and any fear that is keeping them stuck or blocked in any way. It will be an intense half-day workshop to dive deeper within and release anything that is no longer serving you.

The dates for the fall breathwork and psychotherapy workshop will be announced here and on our website www.returntoyourself.zone (see link in highlights).

For now, we want to thank all our brave clients who came to Malmö and Copenhagen to meet with us, but most importantly, to meet with themselves and to return to themselves. 💫🙌🏼
It takes courage and self-compassion to take that step, and we want to honor you for it. ❤️ Until next time! ⚓️🤗

-based

21/08/2025

What an honor it is to guide lovely souls through breathwork and psychotherapy with the amazing breathwork teacher in this beautiful and inspirational environment. 💫⚓️

18/08/2025

Normally, I guide groups through psychotherapy in a studio. Today in Milan, I spoke with corporate leaders about implementing evidence-based, holistic treatment for their company. 💫

Raising awareness about mental health care and viewing each person holistically matters, even on hot August days. 💡🎯

15/08/2025

Let us introduce you to Sanja! Sanja is the owner of Gioia Reformer Pilates studio in P**a. She offers structured and powerful Pilates sessions, and we’re excited to include her amazing class in our spring program for 2026.

Why Pilates?

The easy answer is: we want to give our participants a chance to explore therapies that help the mind, body, and spirit.
The evidence-based answer is this: Pilates can support the nervous system by helping us stay calm, build better body awareness, and reduce stress through coordinated breathing, mindful movement, and better autonomic regulation.

How Pilates helps the nervous system (in plain terms)

⚓️ Breathing and the vagal system: Many Pilates moves use deep, diaphragmatic breathing with a steady exhale. Slow, deliberate breath activates the rest-and-digest part of the nervous system, which can slow the heart, ease muscle tension, and calm the mind.

⚓️ Improved autonomic balance: Regular practice can help the body spend more time in a calm state between sessions, supporting better stress resilience and lower baseline anxiety.

⚓️ Mindfulness and interoception: Focusing on precise breath, alignment, and movement heightens awareness of what’s happening inside your body and reduces overthinking, helping the nervous system stay calmer.

💫 After the Pilates session, will lead the group through a psychotherapy session to capture and explore the emotions that arise during movement, enhancing emotional processing.

The RTY team is launching two spring programs and a Balkan tour of events encompassing psychotherapy, yoga, breathwork, pilates and playfulness session. With the Balkan Tour, we extend healing to more people across the Balkan region.

So much to look forward to! 🥰🙌🏼
We're happy to have you join the team, Sanja! ❤️

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