Navika Sailing

01/08/2024

It’s been a whirlwind season for us since selling Navika a year and a half ago! We’ve been on the move a lot, living in different places, each offering something unique and wonderful.

We realised what we’ve essentially been doing is replicating our boat life mode on land, living in one place then upping and travelling to the next. It’s an unstable and sometimes tiring way to life but it’s also so familiar to us and so rich! 🤷‍♀️

With both of us working remotely it’s been an option for us so we’re just riding that wave, enjoying all it has to offer.

We honestly didn’t have a plan for what would come next for us when selling Navika, we just had a vague sense that was time for a change and that if we wanted to continue our adventures, we’d want to do it on something bigger and more comfortable, that would also allow us to host more people onboard. Shout out to everyone who came for a visit on Navika, packed in like sardines - those were the days! 🐟😅

A break from boat life has been bittersweet. Living on the water is so rich, boat life is incredible but it can also take its toll. So even if we couldn’t fully see it at the time, we both probably needed a reset.

Since then, we’ve tried on quite a few different ways of living, had the space to turn our energy towards other projects, found a more sustainable set up for ourselves and learnt a lot more about what’s important to us and what we want to build next. ✨

One thing that’s stuck with us throughout is how much we both love being on the water. Sometimes it takes walking away from something to remember just how much it means to you. Whatever our life configuration looks like is still unclear, but what we do know is that we’ll always try and make space for the water in some way. 🌊

I’m excited to see what that might look like for us, as we start to welcome in boat number 3 hopefully one day, and in the meantime continue to enjoy the special moments we get to create on the water.

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12/05/2024

We’re so excited to share that we’ll be hosting our next retreat in the Aeolian Islands, Sicily this September (8-14th)! 🇮🇹

✨ Sail, Freedive & Flow Retreat | Sicily 🌊

Key Info ⛵️

➡️ One week sailing & living aboard a 50 ft catamaran. Island hopping and exploring the volcanic Aeolian islands, just North of Sicily.

➡️ Daily practice (yoga, meditation & breathwork)

➡️ Freediving training & lessons (Opportunity to work towards an AIDA 2 or 3 freediving certification)

➡️ Opportunity to learn how to sail

➡️ All meals, drinks, 6 nights accommodation, diving equipment, national park permits, skipper & private chef included

Deep dive into our universe.

This retreat is a combination of adventure and wellness retreat and is perfect for you if you’re the kind of person who loves inner and outer exploration. If you’re looking for a new experience, wanting to connect to yourself, be in nature and meet like-minded people then this could be the trip for you!

You’ll have the opportunity to learn or solidify the foundations of freediving, deepen your yoga and meditation practice, and overcome your limits as you learn new skills and reset your nervous system on the water.

Currently offering an early bird discount til the 31st May 🌞

No experience required in freediving, sailing, yoga or meditation. Just a keenness to explore it all!

➡️ Visit our retreat page (link in bio) for all info & bookings. Any questions just send us a DM 💌

11/03/2024

Ahh these photos make me smile! 🫶 Don’t really know why it’s taken us til now to share some of these from our first Sail, Freedive & Flow retreat back in September. 😅 So many incredible moments on and in the water with this inspiring group of humans. 📸 I don’t think anything quite beats the depth & richness of experience you can have on the water. Would you agree?

We’d love to hold more of these kind of experiences in the future. We’re still ironing out details of when, where & how but watch this space if you’re interested!

06/03/2024

Sunsets views from the island of Spargi. 🧡

These were taken during the retreat we hosted in Sardinia last September. After an afternoon freedive session, we dinghied ashore for an explore on this uninhabited island and perched up on this incredible rock formation to catch the view and sunset. Cannot wait for more moments like these. ✨

17/09/2023

Hello Insta friends! It’s been a little while. We’re still boatless and roaming around on land. We just got back from an incredible road trip up to Northern Norway. We went up to the Lofoten islands in the Arctic Circle that have been on our bucket list for a few years now. Some friends we’re heading up there so we decided to join them. And it was MAGICAL!

Honestly, it’s up there with one of the most impressive places we’ve ever been. The landscape is so unique, craggy mountains coming out of the sea, white sand beaches, countless islands, pretty wildflowers and lots of lakes. It has it all.

We spent our days hiking, sauna-ing and swimming in the (very very cold) sea. After having spent a lot of time in the tropics, this kind of wholesome, cozy travel was really enjoyable.

We can’t wait to go back and are already considering sailing around here one day. 🤔 We didn’t see many sailboats around though… wonder if the season is just too short up here. Have any of you sailed here?!

14/06/2023

We’re excited to host you onboard this September in Sardinia for our first Sail, Freedive & Flow retreat 🌊

Why join? ⛵️

➡️ one week sailing & living aboard a 50 foot catamaran. Island hopping around Sardinia and the Maddalena Islands 🏝

➡️ daily practice (yoga, meditation, breathwork)

➡️ freediving training & lessons (opportunity to work towards an AIDA certification)

➡️ opportunity to learn how to sail

➡️ all meals, 7 nights accommodation, equipment, national park permits, skipper & private chef included

Deep dive into our universe. This adventure is perfect for you if you’re craving a new challenge, and wanting to learn, grow, be in nature and get out of your comfort zone!

Learn or solidify the foundations of freediving, join us on the mat and overcome any mental barriers in our limiting beliefs workshops.

No experience required in freediving, sailing or yoga. Just a keenness to discover it all!

💌 DM us for any questions and further info.

See you on the water💧

Your hosts Alex & Lars 👋

09/06/2023

There’s nothing quite like spending time underwater. First the sounds of the world disappear to be replaced with the sounds of ocean life. Then as you get a bit deeper the pressure of the water completely hugs your body.

We’re designed to be down there, even if only for a minute. Our heart rate drops, blood flow adapts to the pressure and a sense of calm becomes available. It’s like a home from a long forgotten evolutionary past that we can revisit and feel connected with our distant aquatic cousins.

May every day be ocean day, it’s part of us 🌊💙

05/06/2023

Memories of sailing Navika up the coast of Sardinia! 🇮🇹✨

This is still up there with one of our favourite sails to date! We left Golfo Aranci not long before sunset and expected the wind to be on the nose but it ended up being perfect. We sailed North towards the Maddalena islands and got to enjoy the sunset, incredible coastline and clear night sky before pulling into an anchorage further up the coast later that night to get some rest before finishing our trip up to the Maddalena islands the following morning. 🍝

We can’t wait to go back there this September! 🤩

We still have spots available on our sailing, freediving, yoga retreat so come sail with us! Send us a DM if you’re interested 💌

03/06/2023

It seemed like a fun idea to go climbing for coconuts until I was out there, suddenly quite high off the (very shallow) water and with ants biting my arms and legs 🐜😬

📷 Near Starfish Beach, Bocas del Toro, Panama

24/05/2023

One of my favourite sunset pics from the Caribbean earlier this year. This was in Martinique before we sold Navika. Scenes like this make us want to get back out there, can’t get over those clouds, so fluffy, so pink 💕

We’ve got an eye on the market and in the meantime enjoying the space and stability to work on projects (like our upcoming retreat and building out our coaching businesses) that we’ve wanted to do but that Navika didn’t leave room for. Working from a boat is tough, it’s definitely doable but we’ve found taking land breaks to be effective for productivity and wellbeing! 😅

21/05/2023

We’re so excited to share that we’ll be hosting our first sailing, freediving, yoga retreat this September, aboard this beautiful catamaran ‘Purpose’. 🎉⛵️

We’ll be back in the Mediterranean, hosting up to 8 guests on the island of Sardinia for one full week of sailing adventure, freediving and yoga. 🤿🧘🌊

🗓 Dates: 23rd-30th September 2023, Olbia, Sardinia

We’ve been talking about organising these for a good few years now, as one of the things we love doing is sharing everything we love the most about life on the water with others, and combining it with a practice element. 〰️

So we partnered up with our friend Florian from to offer these all-inclusive, immersive experiences, and cannot wait for them!

Lars is a freediving instructor who can certify you (AIDA 2 or 3) & is a meditation coach for a living. And I (Alex) will be guiding all our yoga & breathwork sessions. 😌

Bookings are now open! We hope some of you can join us out on the water 💙

For more info and for bookings, check out the link in our bio or go to: https://navika-retreats.carrd.co

PS: we’re also planning on hosting these in the Caribbean in Feb. 2024 so stay tuned!👂

20/05/2023

Hello friends! We're so excited to share that our first sea retreat is confirmed for this September (23rd to 30th) and we'll be hosting it aboard 'Purpose' a beautiful Saba 50 catamaran, for a week of sailing in Sardinia!

We're inviting you onboard for a week of sailing, freediving and yoga. Bookings are now open (with a special early bird discount)!

You can find all the info you need on the website below. Just send us a message if you have any more questions. :)

https://navika-retreats.carrd.co

Hope some of you can join us out on the water! 🌊

Alex & Lars x

Sail, freedive, flow