“SUMMER AWAKENING FESTIVAL“
YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT
2026
A unique and transformative gathering designed to guide you — step by step — into deeper meditation, expanded awareness, and joyful spiritual community. Set amidst the beauty of summer nature, the festival offers a rich blend of yoga, meditation, live music, satsang, kiirtan, wisdom teachings, and uplifting shared experiences.
Under the loving guidance of Dada Sadānanda and Didi Ananda Manika you will explore transformative meditation practices and heart-opening wisdom that nourish both your spiritual path and your everyday life.
Awaken your devotion.
Expand your awareness.
Return to inner stillness.
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, this sacred gathering welcomes you just as you are.
Take the step.
Join the journey.
Awaken within.
Discover a vibrant mix of yoga, meditation, mantra, and joyful yogic dance.
Enjoy inspiring talks, live concerts, music workshops, and an uplifting ecstatic dance session.
Relax, connect, and share good energy with a warm, like-minded community.
- Beautiful live musicExperience vocal yoga with mantra chanting and spiritual songs, a soulful journey that uplifts and creates a serene, vibrant atmosphere. Plus, enjoy a talent concert!
- Great foodDelicious, healthy, vegetarian & vegan food cooked at the venue ( 3 meals per day, included in the ticket price)
- Kirtan and meditationWe'll engage in two types of meditation: dynamic and static. This includes chanting mantra, followed by a meditative practice.
Guidance will be provided. - Yoga asanas classesRajadhiraj yoga - a system of yoga that requires no special physical training and is designed to calm the mind and enhance the quality of meditation
- Ecstatic danceExpress your emotions and inner space through movement and music
- Kaoshikii and Tandava dancesImprove body flexibility and develop physical and mental health through dance
- Dada Sadānanda
Monk, yoga and meditation teacher, and founder of the online educational project Lessons of Meditation and its eponymous YouTube channel, which has over half a million subscribers.
He has been practising yoga and meditation for 29 years and teaching since 2000. Over this time, he has personally initiated and guided more than 2,000 practitioners, and around 470,000 people have been introduced to a universal meditation technique through his work. He has trained more than 80 instructors in yoga and basic meditation.
Dada spent three years in yogic monasteries in Sweden and India, and he conducts seminars worldwide every year. He is also the organiser of a holistic development centre.
Dada Sadānanda's Instagram - Didi Ananda Manika
Didi Ananda Manika was ordained in 1994 as a Yogic nun in the tantric tradition. She worked as a meditation teacher and a community service organiser for some years in her native India. After that, she worked in Nepal in a similar capacity for several years. Since 2004 Didi has been teaching meditation and yoga in Europe, first in Norway and then since 2005 in UK. She is widely respected for her experience and teaching of meditation and yoga. As well she is the Principal and Director for two progressive schools in London. She also conducts meditation retreats throughout the year. As a teacher of yogic meditation Didi’s primary focus is for women and girls. She is available for appointments and consultations on meditation, yoga exercises and other concerns..
- Dada Da’naviira
Namaskar 🙏
I am Dada Dānavīirānanda Avadhūta.
My name reflects a spiritual ideal:
Dāna – to give, to serve selflessly
Vīira– courage, the spirit of a hero
Ānanda – bliss
Together, it means:
“One who finds bliss in courageous, selfless service.”
For over 11 years of missionary life, I have traveled across different parts of the world—serving communities, organizing relief efforts, and guiding individuals on the path of spirituality.
My journey is dedicated to service, inner growth, and sharing the joy of a purposeful life.
- Arpan MischaMusicianArpan Mischa is passionate about writing songs and singing them. As an avid meditator, Arpan’s songs often deal with the joys and sorrows on the spiritual path in a way that’s apt for the general public, while also touching on social topics dear to his heart. These themes are expressed honestly, without hesitation over a folky, bluesy, sometimes light rock style.
- Yoga matBring your yoga mat, meditation pillow and blanket
- ClothesSimple, comfortable clothing. Do not wear transparent, revealing (above the elbow and knees), too tight clothing that attracts attention.
- Personal itemsToiletries, towel, personal hygiene items, indoor shoes or warm socks for the hall
- Good attitudeNo alcohol, tobacco, fowl language will be allowed.
*If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them. Just fill in the Contact Us form at the bottom of the page.
*Information about transfers will be sent to the registered participants of the retreat.
Parking is available for cars and motorcycles.
Accommodation options include double rooms, twin rooms, and shared male and female dormitory rooms (5–10 beds per dorm). All accommodation has shared bathroom facilities. Non-electric tent pitches will also be available.
