Water festival in Hoverberg
Healing Art, Music and Yoga
9-10 August 2025
Come join us in a celebration of love, peace, and harmony, where we place gratitude for water at the center. Be part of experiencing and creating the most beautiful harmony between our inner water and our hearts. Let’s share joy and gratitude with the water!
The Water Festival centers love for water, both the water within ourselves and water in all its forms on Mother Earth.
You are warmly welcome to join us in manifesting love, peace, and harmony through healing art, music, and yoga on August 9–10 at Lyckans Gård in Hoverberg, Jämtland.
During the festival, various workshops will be held in Svalbo—our large yoga and meditation studio at Lyckans Gård as well as in the Sacred Fire Sauna and the tipi down by the shore of Lake Storsjön.
We hope that, as a participant, you will honor the water with your own personal ceremonies throughout the festival.
There will be workshops for adults. Children and teenagers are welcome to participate if they wish, but they remain under their guardian’s responsibility. This year, we do not have specific workshops targeted at children and teenagers. We hope to be able to offer those in 2026.
The Water Festival is alcohol- and drug-free. Our aim is for the festival to leave a loving and positive impact, while keeping its environmental footprint as small as possible.
Please bring your own cup/mug, plate, spork/cutlery, water bottle, and towel. If you have a drum and a yoga mat, feel free to bring those along too!
A very, very warm welcome!
Workshops schedule Saturday 9/8
Lunch 12.15-13.15
Dinner 17.00-18.00
| Svalbo | Utomhus/Bastu | Röda gamla huset Matservering |
| 10.00-12.00 Öppnings ceremoni – Alla | ||
| 12.15-13.15 lunch servering | ||
| 13.30 -15.15 The Singing Circle & Chakra movement Malin & Åshild | ||
| 15.30-17.15 Vatten meditationer och andning Anna Strandin Ida L Ramstedt | 13.30- 17.00 Joshua Roxendal en levande lekplats för både barn och vuxna, | |
| 17.30-18.30 Middag | ||
| 18.45-20.30 ceremoni med örter, kakao ochhelgad helande vatten Maria Irene Fia Celestine | Joshua Roxendal | |
| 21.00-22.30 Holy Tree intuitiv konsert Filip & Malin, Matteuz | 22.30- Basturitualer Tim och Anna S | Talande träd, sjungande vatten och heliga berg Anette Tamm |
Workshops schedule Sunday 10/8
Breakfast 8.00-9.00
Lunch 12.15-13.15
| Svalbo | Röda gamla huset Matservering |
| 07.00-08.15 Anding och Vattenflow Kundaliniyoga Joshua Åshild | |
| Frukost 08.00-09.00 | |
| 09.30-11.30. Trum ritual och storytelling Filip, Matteusz & Tim Jago | |
| 11.45-13.00 Talande träd, sjungande vatten och heliga berg Anette Tamm | |
| Lunch 13.15-14.15 | |
| 14.30-16.00 Avslutnings ceremoni Vid vattnet |
Workshops Water festival
9 August | 10:00 – 10 August | 16:00
The opening ceremony begins on Saturday the 9th at 10:00 AM.
You’re welcome to arrive from 9:00 AM.
Most workshops are given in Swedish, if you would like to know which ones are given in English please contact us.
Song Circle (1.5 hours) with Malin Wik and Filip Fišer
Create a deeper connection with your voice and breath through chanting and singing together. Welcome your whole self and your unique creative expression, as simple mantras and songs support relaxation and heartfelt singing. Malin Wik and Filip Fišer will guide us in this workshop.
Holy Tree Concert (2 hours) with Malin Wik and Filip Fišer
Holy Tree invites you to an intuitive concert honoring music, vibration, sound, and silence. Together, we create a lasting moment of presence, where music becomes our altar and prayer. Holy Tree consists of Malin Wik and Filip Fišer, who will gift us a magical experience with their tones.
Drum Ritual (1 hour 45 minutes–2 hours) with Filip Fišer
A shared drumming experience with the presence of the Great Drum. Together, we deepen our innate connection to rhythm, sound, and music, a sonic journey for the whole body! Filip Fišer leads us through this powerful and deeply vibrating experience.
Serious Play with Joshua Roxendal
During the Water Festival, Joshua Roxendal creates a living playground for both children and adults, a space where body and mind are challenged through movement, balance (including slacklining), breath awareness, and presence in the moment.
Breath – the Bridge that Connects Life and Consciousness with Joshua Roxendal
Every day, Joshua leads a guided breathwork session called “Breath in the Fresh Air”. An opportunity to reclaim strength, harmony, and vitality through the breath. You’re welcome to ground yourself, reconnect with nature, and awaken your inner power.
Sauna Journey into the Power of Water (40 minutes) with Anna Stillwel
Experience the strength within you through the calm and eternal transformation of water. Let a moment of stillness open the door to self-awareness and inner strength. Together, we embark on a journey where the mind and senses are awakened by fragrant essential oils and the warmth of the earth’s resources.
Let us remember our connection to water, the earth, and to one another. You are warmly invited to bathe and sweat together in this magical place.
The Flow of Our Inner Water with Åshild Haaheim
Welcome to a joyful Kundalini Yoga session where you get to dance, move, embrace yourself, and relax. Åshild will guide you through this journey, helping us let our inner water flow freely.
Let the Heart Lead the Way with Åshild Haaheim
Morning yoga where your beautiful body is nurtured with love by opening your chakras, followed by a heart-opening Kundalini Yoga practice and mantra meditation. Åshild and the drum will lovingly guide your inner water with softness and energy.
Singing Water – A Workshop with Anette Tamm (1.5 hours)
What happens when we truly listen to the water? When we meet it as a living force rather than a resource to consume? When we honor the sacred water—both within and around us—with presence and respect?
Based on her book Singing Water, Speaking Trees, and Sacred Mountains, Anette invites you to explore the wisdom of water through water spirits, folklore, ceremony, and intuitive writing.
A Water-Inspired Meditation with Ida Lidén Ramstedt
Let the water carry you home to yourself. Let it wash away all that is not you, and become one with the crystal-clear pure waves within you.
Herbal Tea Ceremony with consecrated healing water with Maria Iréne Fia 1.5 hours
Let the magic of herbs and the healing wisdom of water guide you home to your innermost core. In the ceremony, you will experience deep presence, contact with the elements of nature and healing reminders from consecrated water and Nordic medicinal plants.
Ceremony dedicated to water and Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, rivers and lakes with Anna Strandin
During the ceremony, Yemanja is invoked through mantra chanting and meditation, and you also participate in a ritual by the water to show her respect. There, you also attract the water spirit to you in a small ritual that comes from the Tupi-Guarani people that Anna received through her work with Kaká Werá Jecupé during her years in Brazil.
Sweat Ceremonies & Stories with Tim Jago
At Vattenfestival I will lead sweat ceremonies and tell some stories. The ceremonies will be based on traditional ceremonies for healing and connection. We will create a sacred space in the sauna and travel into the darkness. A voyage of self discovery and insight leading to a gentle rebirth back into the world.
Stories can be told for entertainment, but also as a guide for insight and self reflection. In deep relaxation you join the story, it becomes your story and you dive into an experience that can be healing and awaken aspects of you that have been asleep for far too long.
The water festival’s fine workshops are held by:
Filip Fišer — Sound healer and craftsman: holytree-crafts.com
Malin Wik — Musician and singer: angsbacka.com/teacher/malin-wik
Tim Jago — Storyteller and sweat lodge keeper working with fire and water.
Joshua Roxendal — Eco-builder, creative maker, and inspirer of playful movement: natubygge.com
Anette Tamm — Photographer, author, journalist, yoga teacher, and sound healer: nornacommunication.com
Åshild Haaheim — Yoga and meditation teacher, songwriter, and psychologist: natureinthemiddle.se and youtube.com/@lyckan
Anna Stillway — Herbalist, storyteller, working with fire and water.
Ida Lidén Ramstedt — Truth seeker and meditation guide.
Maria Iréne Fia is a wilderness guide, ceremony leader, intuitive healer and yoga teacher.
Anna Strandin, yoga teacher and qigong teacher, polarity therapist. AkademiHarmoni in Östersund www.yoga-shala.se
Cecilia Kreuzberger — Artist photographer, filmmaker, and yoga teacher. Festival photographer who will be capturing moments during the event: ceciliakreuzberger.com
Presentation of workshops holders:
Malin Wik
Meditative, Creative Circles – Harmony Between Breath, Song, Heart, and Devotion
Malin is part of the core duo behind Holy Tree—music, sound journeys, and concerts—together with Filip Fišer. Her voice touches many, and she brings over 10 years of experience leading singing circles and countless musical journeys and concerts with Holy Tree. Malin’s music and creative work draw inspiration from nature and the ongoing exploration of what it means to be human.
Filip Fišer
Music Healer, Renowned Craftsman, Founder of Holy Tree and Embodied Sound Festival
Whether through the musical entity Holy Tree, weaving mystical, deeply ceremonial, and soul-stirring experiences, or through Holy Tree Crafts as a craftsman and provider of healing instruments, Filip stands out as a powerhouse in his field.
He is a bridge between human and Spirit, with his work as proof of his unwavering belief in the transformative power of sound, the immeasurable capacity of the human spirit, and the creative expression within every being to heal and inspire.
Joshua Roxendal – Empowerment teacher & Nature guide
Joshua is an empowerment teacher with deep roots in outdoor life, eco-building, ice bathing, and breathwork. With a heart that beats for personal growth in harmony with nature, he guides individuals and groups toward greater self-awareness, strength, and presence.
Joshua’s work is infused with a strong passion for play, movement, and adventure in the wild. Through these elements, he creates vibrant and inspiring experiences where participants explore their body, mind, and relationship with nature on a profound level. With playfulness and curiosity as his guides, he opens doors to both inner and outer journeys toward greater authenticity, freedom, and vitality.
Anna Stillwell
Anna guides people through various ceremonies to reconnect with their inner power and harmony. She works with the transformative energies of fire, creating healing moments that unite body, soul, and nature. Anna’s passion is to help others discover the healing power and tools found in simplicity and authenticity—and the strength that Mother Earth provides us.
Åshild Haaheim
Åshild is described by participants in her various groups and circles as insightful, warm, inspiring, engaged, grounded and present. For over 20 years, she has been creating and facilitating healing both as a psychologist and in her personal life, where mindfulness, self-compassion, Kundalini yoga, and nature are her passions.
In recent years, her love for water has become an important part of her daily practice, along with drumming, singing, and yoga. Åshild lives at and develops Lyckans gård as a place for healing and growth in harmony with Mother Earth.
Anette Tamm
Anette Tamm is a photographer, journalist, publisher, and author of the new book Speaking Trees, Singing Water, and Sacred Mountains. In her work, science, spiritual ecology, and personal experience are woven together into stories that deeply move and awaken.
Ida Lidén Ramstedt
Through many years of working with people, I have seen how important it is that we live our lives in truth with ourselves.
Maria Iréne Fia
With roots anchored in the pulsating power of the earth, Fia invites you to loving exploratory ceremonies and circles. Where the sacredness of life is allowed to take place without dogmas or specific rituals. Instead, you are guided to discover through your own experience and to trust your inner wisdom. Together we weave the beauty that wants to be created when we meet in the circle. Fia began her own journey in nature as a wilderness guide in several countries. For many years, she has guided both inner and outer adventures to help you remember who you are and what is true for you. During the ceremony with herbal tea and consecrated healing water, you will enjoy a beautiful sensual moment with the wisdom of nature and glimpses of Nordic healing art.
Anna Strandin
Meets you where you are – with warmth and presence. Through gentle yoga and qigong and polarity therapy with healing oils and healing sounds in a safe and healing environment, she helps you find balance, energy and relief – both physically, emotionally and mentally.
Tim Jago
more than forty years ago I began a journey in a Celtic tradition which includes sweat ceremonies, sacred story telling and fire rituals. I have studied with sufis, with healers and with scientists. The journey has been challenging and profound, and I have learned about love and pain, wisdom and foolishness. I am a father, a poet, an artist and a lover of wild nature.
Mateusz Krawiec
Sound therapy facilitator, artist, yoga teacher and founder of sound therapy education. Originally from southwestern Poland, living in Sweden. He is a former lawyer who discovered his connection and passion for body, mind and consciousness. “Since 2009, sound healing has become a part of my life. Over the years, it has become my profession. Today, sound is a form of my bodily spiritual practice.”
Celestine Stjernsward
Is the founder of Studio Celestine Åre, a meeting place for embodiment and community in Åre. What she shares today – nervous system regulation, embodiment practices and community – are tools she first needed for herself. As a TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises) and ceremonial cocoa facilitator, she now offers the same body-based methods that helped her rebuild security, clarity and connection from within.
Registration
The cost of the festival including vegetarian food and coffee is 2,250,- incl. VAT.
If you need special food, please let us know at ashild@natureinthemiddle.se
Registration by August 7th.
Accommodation
The Water Festival is held in collaboration with Mikaelsro Course Center in Hoverberg, where there are accommodation options in various price ranges, including cabins, tents, and camper vans. Visit www.mikaelsro.com or contact Anette Tamm at anettetamm@gmail.com for more information.
If you have any questions about the Water Festival, please feel free to contact me.
