Day 1 Settling into Place

The week typically begins with a shared arrival in northern Sweden and a gradual transition out of ordinary time. Participants may travel together from Luleå into the landscape, sharing meals along the way.

The first day often includes orientation to the week, safety considerations, and the establishment of a calm, well-held group container. Gentle reflection and creative processes may be offered to support personal arrival and to mark the beginning of the experience.

Time outdoors usually begins immediately, with early contact with forest, water, and light. Foundational elements such as shelter, water, fire, and food are introduced as lived context rather than instruction.

Day 2 Establishing Pace

As the group settles, days often begin to take on a steady rhythm shaped by land and light rather than schedule. Time outdoors may include gentle walking, observation, and hands-on engagement with the environment.

Exploration of shelter, water, fire, and food may be used as reflective anchors, inviting consideration of boundaries, safety, adaptability, and nourishment in both practical and personal senses.

Meals are typically prepared and shared together, becoming a central part of the daily rhythm rather than a separate activity.

Day 3 Expanding Awareness

As the week progresses, attention often widens from self toward relationship and perception. Sensory awareness, tracking, and observation practices may be introduced as ways of noticing patterns in land, animals, and personal response.

Bird language and tracking may be explored as metaphors for communication, alertness, and discernment rather than as technical skills.

Depending on conditions, the group may visit a working husky kennel, offering rare access to pack dynamics, lineage, and collective movement.

Day 4 Threshold and Lineage

Midweek often includes travel further north, crossing into the Arctic Circle. This crossing is acknowledged simply, without ceremony, as a natural threshold within the experience.

Time may be spent in Jokkmokk, engaging with Sámi cultural history and traditional ways of living in relationship with land and season. Visits are approached with respect and attentiveness, allowing space for reflection rather than interpretation.

Traditional shelter forms, tools, and land-based structures may be introduced as expressions of long-term relationship with environment.

Day 5 Craft as Reflection

Traditional handwork often becomes central at this stage of the week. Participants may choose from practices such as weaving, jewellery making, leather work, spoon carving, or creating simple tools from local materials.

These practices are offered as invitations to slow the hands, settle attention, and explore expression without outcome or evaluation.

Day 6 What Is Carried Home

Food often becomes a focal point as the week turns toward integration. Depending on conditions, experiences may include fishing, time with reindeer, or guided food walks that situate nourishment within land, practice, and relationship.

Cooking and eating what has been gathered may be shared as a communal experience, approached with care and simplicity.

Reflection at this stage is personal and forward-facing, oriented toward what feels realistic and sustaining to carry home.

Day 7 Completion Without Closure

The final day is typically unstructured, allowing space for ease, play, and lightness. Reflection may be offered briefly, focused on noticing rather than summarizing.

The group then returns together toward Luleå, re-entering ordinary time gradually.