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We expect around 25 teachers, facilitators, musicians and movement practitioners to contribute to the Embodiment Festival 2026. Together they bring a wide range of expertise — from yoga, somatics and strength-based movement to breathwork, drumming, creative arts and body-based learning.
Our team is currently curating the full lineup, which will be released in spring. As always, the program will feature both returning favourites and new voices.
The festival is hosted by Björn Karlsson and Linn Löf, who guide the overall flow of the days. Their approach emphasises clarity, warmth and grounded exploration — creating an environment where participants can meet themselves and others through movement, reflection and shared play.
Once the entire Line-up is confirmed, you'll find your Artists & Workshop Leaders below!
Workshop leaders 2026
We invite you to explore the workshop leaders who have already confirmed their participation. More will be added in coming weeks.
Workshop leaders 2026
We invite you to explore the workshop leaders who have already confirmed their participation. More will be added in coming weeks.
Artists & Workshop leaders 2026
We invite you to explore the workshop leaders who have already confirmed their participation. More will be added in coming weeks as well as further workshop details.
BJÖRN KARLSSON
BREATHWORK, BODY-MIND-CONNECTION
Björn is hosting this year's Festival together with Linn. He is an inspiring health coach and breathwork specialist. He is a certified advanced level instructor of both Wim Hof Method and Oxygen Advantage.
Training and wellness have been a lifelong passions but only in recent few years after overcoming personal health challenges – including fatigue syndrome – he chose a career path professionally guide others toward improved physical and mental well-being and self-awareness. Today, Björn focuses entirely on coaching in various capacities. Alongside his role as a health coach, he also remains active in the business realm, serving as a startup business coach at the Kalmar Science Park incubator.
Björn offers retreats for the general public, as well as lectures and workshops for companies. His work aims to help individuals and teams manage stress and achieve both mental and physical balance using scientifically grounded methods. By integrating approaches like the Wim Hof Method – an interplay of breathwork, cold exposure, and mental focus – or Oxygen Advantage for functional breating and performance he encourages participants to cultivate deeper self-awareness and enhance their ability to regulate the nervous system. This embodied exploration goes beyond simple relaxation: fostering resilience, and maintaining a state of presence amid life’s challenges.
Björn is also certified teacher in Hjärt- och hjärnräddning (HHR), a Swedish evidence-based initiative that provides workplaces with tools to proactively identify and address psychological challenges in the workplace.
Read more about Björn here
LINN LÖF
EMBODIED RELATING
Linn is hosting this year’s festival together with Björn. She is a dedicated somatic coach, educator, and trauma therapist whose work focuses on creating space for genuine human connection and conscious relating. She specializes in the relational field and draws on a wide range of modalities, including NARM, meditation, SE, Feldenkrais, contact improvisation, and Nonviolent Communication, to support clients in tuning into the language of their own nervous system.
By combining evidence-based techniques with a willingness to embrace the unexpected, Linn’s approach encourages clients to live more fully in their bodies, to listen to the subtle signals that arise within themselves and others, and to rediscover authenticity in every moment.
Deeply rooted in both scientific understanding and personal experience, Linn’s sessions offer an environment that honors each individual’s process. Her workshops and courses not only highlight the interplay between body, mind, and environment, but also encourage participants to welcome complexity, curiosity, and vulnerability in their practice. She guides them toward discovering richer forms of interaction, where genuine points of connection emerge through attentive listening, open-hearted exploration, and a shared longing to be seen and heard.
By weaving together these different methods, Linn helps individuals, couples, and groups access greater choice, deeper connection with themselves, and with the world at large.
Read more about Linn here
MARIA ENOKSSON
GENE KEYS – EMBODYING YOUR HIGHER POTENTIAL THROUGH SHADOW-WORK
With a lifelong interest in how we humans can heal, grow and live in greater harmony, flow and joy in life, Maria is currently living her passion.
She is a Gene Keys Guide and community builder for Gene Keys in Sweden alongside her work at the Relatives' Association where she supports healing from codependency. Her work is characterized by softness, humor and deep presence and she is passionate about creating safe spaces where people can land in themselves, soften around what has been difficult and face life with more curiosity and kindness.
Through contemplation, inquiry, empathy and awareness, she guides people to open up to greater flow in life – to face suppressed emotions, needs, dreams and visions and reconnect with their inner wisdom so that transformation can occur in a soft and natural way.
JANNE LÖFVENBERG
WORKSHOP CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT
Embodiment of freedom. Artist, dancer and musician Janne Löfvenberg embodies freedom through movement. As a practitioner of “the Art of Breaking”, commonly known as Breakdance, he has travelled the world with this art form since the early 2000s, sharing its joy for more than two decades.
Drawing from Breakdance, Capoeira and gymnastics, Janne leads energising workshops that combine rhythm, flow and body awareness. Through movement, balance and playful exploration, he invites participants into deeper presence and connection with the body.
Depending on interest and group size, Janne may also offer a workshop for children and youth inspired by breaking and freestyle movement, focusing on rhythm, creativity, coordination and joy through dance.
PATRIK HANSSON
COSMIC DANCE, HEALING QIGONG, FOREST BATHING
Patrik is passionate about creating safe spaces that help us find our way back home to ourselves. He is a certified teacher in meditation, mindfulness, Qigong, and Zen Coaching. With extensive experience across a range of different traditions, he brings together his experience through Frameless Meditation, where he offers coaching, workshops, trainings, and retreats. In his daily life, he works as a coach and teaches mindfulness in Swedish prisons.
At the festival, Patrik will be leading workshops in Qigong, Cosmic Dance, and Forest Bathing.
BIRGIT SONJA ERIKSSON
HEALING MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
Birgit has studied and worked with alternative methods since the late 80s. Teacher in Rhythmic movement training BRMT, Sensory motor trainer, Qi gong instructor, Certified masseuse and Shiatsu therapist. She has studied body therapies both in Sweden, Japan and China.
Birgit's workshop is about exploring the body's natural movement patterns and letting go of tensions and limitations to feel freer in the body. The movements affect the neural network in the brain and the physical, mental and emotional health.
With the BRMT method, you can also work on correcting posture and misalignments in the body. Simple movements that make a big difference.
Learn more
MARK REEVES
RECONNECTION WORKSHOPS, THERAPEUTIC COACHING, NATURE THERAPY
Mark is an integrative psychotherapist & coach. He has been offering events in self-awareness and therapeutic healing for over 25 years, always with the focus on supporting people becoming more connected to their true nature and living more fully from that place. He creates a uniquely safe environment where people can explore all that is within them, in a way that feels engaging, fun and natural. He is trained in Integrative Embodied Psychotherapy, a wholistic and somatic approach, and is qualified as a Forest Therapy Guide.
At the festival he will be sharing his Reconnection Workshops; a space where you can be your authentic self, without the protections and masks. Releasing some of the barriers that limit who you really are and finding a deeper connection to your inner flame.
Learn more
EVA DUNDER
ARTIST, DANCER, MUSICIAN, SINGER & SONGWRITER
Eva Dunder is a force of nature with great passion for live music, dance and the art of life. With a an amazing stage presence, powerful voice, heart opening songs and lyrics, she invite us into musical journeys, and also, explorative, playful and energetic voice and dance workshops! She is an multi-instrumentalist and she has been performing, singing and dancing her whole life.
Eva Dunder is here to empower, inspire and encourage us to express our voices, bodies and authentic selves. And to spread sparkling joy, love and uplifting energies through her music, dance, artistry and way of being.
Get some inspiration and uplifting vibes already now!
Instagram.com/evadundersol
NIKLAS GUSTAVSSON
DJ
Hello,
Who am I? Who am I?
You can call me Nicke. A warm friend for life. Vibes to everything that vibes. Likes thoughtfulness in conversations, reluctant to listen to superficial conversations.
The interest is great for body, mind & soul.
Mysticism & Philosophy
Sunsets
Everyday yoga, Dance & Music
Ultra running
Heavy physical activity
Food
I will play (DJ) electronic music, inspired afro house/deep funky house among other things, on some arranged occasions during the festival.
Namaste, Who is asking?
ANN-LOUISE FRANSSON
EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL WILD PLANTS
Ann-Louise Fransson is an herbalist and nutritional medicine practitioner with her company Botanikan, located in the Mundekulla area. A company that lives off what nature provides and is based on using it and making it simple. Her own health practice with herbal and nutritional medicine as well as lots of courses in living off nature through food, medicine, and crafts.
Ann-Louise will take you out into the beautiful nature of Mundekulla and teach about the plants that can be eaten and used as medicine. It will be a journey back to ancient times where doors are opened to a source of knowledge that most people today don't believe exists.
Welcome to see how you can make it easy to bring health from ordinary Swedish plants, those that are just there for us.
ELISAH PALS
ACROYOGA , THAI YOGA MASSAGE, EMBODIED ECOLOGY
Elisah Pals has been organizing jams, retreats, and playful movement spaces for more than 10 years. Her work centers around AcroYoga, Thai Yoga Massage, and embodied ecology, creating warm and grounded experiences where people can connect through movement, touch, nature, and play.
In daily life, she works as an environmental psychologist and changemaker, helping people and communities move towards more joyful and sustainable ways of living. She also hosts embodied ecology retreats from her home in Sweden.
This is already her third time at Embodiment Festival, where she also supported last year’s opening and closing ceremonies. Elisah recently deepened her studies in dynamic Thai massage and ZenThai Shiatsu, and became certified in Family AcroYoga. Her workshops invite trust, relaxation, body awareness, connection, and fun.
OSKAR ALYHR
AUFGUSS SAUNA MASTER WITH GUIDED SESSIONS
Oskar Alyhr, a tall and cheerful Gotlander and founder of Happy Vikings, is an experienced sauna master with a deep passion for holistic well-being. At the Embodiment Festival, Oskar will focus on guiding participants through unique and healing sauna rituals. With his knowledge in Sound Healing and Breathwork, he will integrate these techniques to enhance the experience and create an atmosphere of deep relaxation and balance. The sauna rituals, where heat and steam are used to release tension, are combined with sound and breath to activate the body’s own self-healing power.
Oskar views each ritual as an opportunity to remind us that the power for inner healing and well-being lies within us. During the festival, he will lead participants on a journey toward increased awareness, relaxation, and restoration.
JACKIE HÄRDIG
MOVEMENT, CONNECTION & INNER AWARENESS
Jackie Härdig is a massage therapist, hypnotherapist and group facilitator from the USA who shares relational and somatic practices. She works with transformational techniques rooted in different traditions which she has learned from living in many different cultures, but works mainly with South Asian traditions as well as American Shamanism, and embodied presence. :)
She has lived in Norrland, Sweden for five years and is very excited to meet you!
CESAR ULLOA
FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT
Cesar is a Functional and Movement coach focused on helping people reconnect with their bodies through simple, effective practices. With a background as a professional athlete and years of coaching experience, he combines strength, mobility, and functional movement to improve how people move and feel in everyday life.
His approach goes beyond exercise, integrating body awareness and mind–body connection to reduce tension, restore mobility, and build lasting strength. Cesar works with individuals of all levels, especially those who feel disconnected from their bodies due to modern lifestyles. His sessions are practical, adaptable, and designed to create real, sustainable change.
ÅSE CHRISTENSEN
ASHTANGA AND HATHA YOGA
Åse has practiced yoga for over 26 years and she trained as a yoga teacher in 2016-17. She regularly gives several yoga classes a week at a yoga studio and previously at a folk high school for students with acquired brain damage, autism and other functional variants as well as at a preschool. In 2024, Åse took a year-long advanced course at Yogashala Stockholm, mainly in Ashtanga yoga and yoga philosophy. She has also participated in many weekend courses.
She gets a lot of her life energy through her own yoga practice in everyday life, and through walks in nature. She also holds yoga classes outdoors.
Åse is also a musician, mainly pianist, djembe, choir. She has been to Mundekulla many times before in connection with choir singing, hiking, yoga.
At the festival, Åse will hold morning yoga, Ashtanga, forest walks with yoga, breathing exercises and yoga philosophy.
TINA GUSTAFSSON
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
Tina welcomes all children to meet in, among other things, creativity, games and experiencing the nature around Mundekulla. Parents - please bring warm clothes for playing and coloring.
Tina is passionate about everyone having the opportunity to develop their unique soul and connection to all living things and Mother Earth. Over the years, she has been drawn to free forms such as dance, free breathing and painting/creation and more. Vedic Art has come to mean a lot to her - as the focus is on the desire to create and try your hand at it playfully - rather than the finished result.
Tina is also a trained Zen coach (mindfulness coach) and aroma therapist.
See you at the festival!
ANNIKA SCHULLERQVIST
VOICE OPENING WORKSHOP, MANTRA SINGING, SOUND JOURNEY, CONCERT
Annika is fascinated by the transformative and magical power of mantras and how they can create power, healing and strong spiritual connection. She has dedicated many years of deep study in Vedic and Tantric mantras and has learned to embody their beauty and mystery with her voice.
When she sings, she opens her voice to another world and becomes a channel for the greater to sing through her. In her voice opening workshop she teaches techniques for opening the voice and how we can shape our lives through our voice.
Annika has explored body, voice and soul through various techniques for 20 years and conveys what she has learned with simplicity, humility and playfulness.
JACK LIDBACK
HOLISTIC COACHING TAPPING/ HYPNOSIS, SOUND JOURNEY, CONCERT
Jack is a playful and curious explorer of the human spirit, passionately dedicated to music, personal growth, and soul discovery. With an open heart and a radiant presence, he invites you into a world of transformation, healing, and deep connection. As an NLP Master Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Mental Trainer, and Life Coach, Jack brings a profound depth of expertise in guiding personal transformation. Through his Sound Journeys and healing music, he creates immersive experiences that harmonize body and soul, resonating on the deepest levels.
His presence as a coach and guide is a comforting blend of warmth, wisdom, and playfulness, inspiring you to explore your inner world, unlock your potential, and embrace your true essence. With a vast toolkit and a heartfelt approach, Jack walks—and dances—alongside you on your journey to inner mastery and self-discovery. Let’s explore together!
LENNART HALLSTRÖM
DJEMBÉ & CO-CREATION
Lennart Hallström is a djembe teacher, African dance musician and team building leader since more than 25 years. During the festival, he will be performing on drums at several workshops and concerts.
Learn more
www.djembecenter.se
ARVID NEHLIN
COMP. MUSICIAN PIANO
Arvid has played music his whole life. Apart from being an amazing pianist, he also plays many other instruments. He works as a sound technician, live instrumentalist, music & event organizer, masseur and sometimes even as a chef cooking food!
For many years he has played over a hundred appreciated and energetic concerts together with Mamma Dunder.
THOMAS EIDRUP
MUSICIAN
Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist from Småland who has always welcomed music as one of his absolutely most important companions throughout life. He primarily plays the saxophone and will participate in the festival on several occasions in various formations.
PELLE SEDERKVIST
PULSATION BREATHWORK
Pelle is a Pulsation Breathwork facilitator and coach with a deep passion for presence, embodiment, and personal growth.
His life was long shaped by performance, where worth was measured by doing rather than being. Through an inner shift – facing his patterns and emotional landscape – a new path opened, now rooted in authenticity, presence, and a desire to live and lead from the heart.
With experience in breathwork and personal development, Pelle creates safe spaces where participants can release control, reconnect with the body, and access their life force. His work draws from both somatic and spiritual perspectives, using the breath as a bridge between body, emotion, and awareness. In his workshops, he guides with warmth and clarity, inviting a journey beyond performance – closer to what is true, alive, and deeply human.
THOMAS EIDRUP
MUSICIAN
Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist from Småland who has always welcomed music as one of his absolutely most important companions throughout life. He primarily plays the saxophone and will participate in the festival on several occasions in various formations.
When the detailed program for the 2026 Embodiment Festival is ready, you will find it here.
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