9. august 2026 – 14. august 2026 Scotland
Yoga, hiking and calm in the Scottish Highlands
Scotland is the epitome of beautiful nature, open expanses and calm. This nature forms the setting for a lovely yoga retreat, where we stay in a green valley deep inside Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. You'll experience a retreat where you truly feel CALM seep into every single cell of your body. You'll experience your mind growing quiet. The combination of yin yoga, meditations, mindfulness, hiking, matchlessly beautiful nature and silence gives you a wholly unique experience of CALM. A calm you may never have felt in this way before.
Yoga
In small moments we affect body and mind throughout the day and practise yin yoga in a brand-new yoga studio. The yoga studio has floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows and a view out over the Glen Clova valley's rolling landscape with grass- and heather-clad hills and mountains in the background. Here live sheep, cattle, partridges, grouse and red deer, and the birdlife is rich and varied.
Opportunity for hiking
Between the yoga sessions there is the opportunity to take part in hikes in the national park's valleys, hills and mountains around the hotel, where there are a number of fine hiking trails. On some hikes we bring packed lunches so that we can enjoy nature for hours. Along the way we often walk in silence, take breaks and surrender to the sounds, plants, flowers, trees and the views around us. The heather blooms in August, and Glen Clova is especially beautiful at this time of year. It's summer in Scotland in August, and although the Scottish weather is changeable, it's often mild and a good time to visit the country.
Opportunity for silence
We offer the option of spending a full day in silence (which can be extended). It is often in silence that we hear what comes from within. Answers to what we're pondering and wrestling with. We eat our meals, do yoga, hike and enjoy our own company in silence.
During the week we generally have plenty of time to wind down and relax - be it with knitting, a good book, the sketch pad or whatever we relax with. We have the time and space to enjoy the surroundings' silence, colours, nature, animal and plant life. Within walking distance of the hotel runs a little stream you can bathe in. The water in Scotland is cold and refreshing, and revives body and skin.
The food
At the retreat we eat locally produced ingredients. The hotel has its own stock of both lamb and game, which we're served in classic Scottish dishes during the week. The Angus region, where we stay, has some of Scotland's best farmland with grain fields, berry plantations, vegetables, and beef and dairy cattle, whose crops and produce feature in the meals. If you're a vegetarian there is of course good food to be had too.
Where we stay
At the retreat we stay at Hotel Glen Clova in the Scottish Highlands. The hotel lies in the Glen Clova valley, one of the five valleys collectively known as The Angus Glens, located in the eastern part of Cairngorms National Park. The hotel stands on its own with a half-hour drive to the nearest small town, Kirriemuir. The hotel is family-owned, and the family also owns a larger stretch of land around the hotel and keeps sheep. We often have the hotel to ourselves during the week, and there's a garden with a lawn, tables and benches, plus fields and hills around to relax in, paths to walk on, and the place is ideally suited to getting your pulse down on a retreat in nature.
Can I take part in yin yoga?
Yes, EVERYONE can take part. It takes place sitting and lying on the yoga mat. It involves gentle, slow movements and postures in which we sit/lie still for 2-5 minutes. We work with the nervous system, breathing, tendons, ligaments, bones and connective tissue. Together this brings, among other things, less pain, greater flexibility, more energy, fewer tensions and CALM in body and mind.
Account is taken of the ailments each individual body has.
Read more about yin yoga here
Payments
At registration we ask for a deposit of kr. 3000,- The balance is due 2 months before departure.
ETA
Danish citizens must have an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the United Kingdom. It costs 16 pounds, and you have to apply for it yourself. They state that it can take up to 3 days before it is processed. We therefore recommend that you apply at least a week before you're due to travel. You can read more about the ETA for the United Kingdom here: Travel rules - Scotland
Alle kan være med
Du bestemmer selv dit tempo, og programmet tilpasses holdet. Er du i tvivl om noget, så ring til os — så tager vi den sammen.
Day-by-day programme
Day 1: Sunday 9.8
15.20 Departure from Copenhagen Airport on a direct flight, Norwegian
16.15 (local time) Arrival in Edinburgh
We drive two hours by bus to Glen Clova
Check-in to rooms
19.00 Dinner and welcome by Camilla and Sanna
20.30 Evening meditation by Sanna
Day 2: Monday 10.8
7.30 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 Gentle walk (mindful walk) in the valley with Sanna and Camilla
12.30 Lunch at the hotel (at your own expense)
13.30 Free time with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc.
During the afternoon Camilla and Sanna will talk about tomorrow, which is a full day in silence
16.30-18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
18.30 Dinner
20.15 Evening meditation by Sanna
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 3: Tuesday 11.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
SILENCE BEGINS
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike in silence with packed lunches in the Glen Doll valley up to a waterfall with Camilla. The hike starts after a short 5-kilometre bus ride down to the Glen Doll valley. From here we hike through the coniferous forest up onto a corrie, a large open green "amphitheatre", where we suddenly stand surrounded by high mountain walls. We experience how nature has been shaped by volcanoes and ice ages. A winding stream forces its way across the plateau between boggy peat and blocks of greyish granite, solidified lava, heather and alpine plants, and leads us up to Glen Doll's waterfall, which roars when it has rained. The area is fantastically beautiful. We can choose to walk all the way up to the waterfall, and eat packed lunches along the way, before we hike back to where the bus waits.
The route is 10 kilometres, and we walk on paths of gravel and stone. It goes a little up and down hill, and the hike requires ordinary good fitness. The last part up to the waterfall requires good balance, as the path is narrow, winding and uneven, and if it has rained a lot, there may be small streams to hop over. You don't have to go all the way up there, though, and can sit at the plateau and enjoy the nature and the view up towards the waterfall before we all walk back together.
Along the way we take breaks and surrender to the sounds, plants, flowers, trees and the views around us.
At around 14:30 the bus drives back to the folk high school. You can also choose to extend the hike and walk the 5 km home to the folk high school along the more or less flat, quiet country road
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc.
Lunch: either buy a packed lunch to bring on the hike, or otherwise at your own expense at the hotel
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 Dinner in silence. You can choose to eat either in the dining hall, in your room or somewhere else in the house, as you wish.
20.00 Guided seated meditation by Sanna
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 4: Wednesday 12.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
SILENCE ENDS (though it can be extended)
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike along the Minister's Path from the hotel to the neighbouring valley Glen Prosen with Camilla and Sanna. We set out from the hotel in Glen Clova along the minister's old route, The Minister's Path. In the old days the minister served both valleys, and he walked between the churches along this path when he was to give a sermon. The route leads us through valley and forest, up and over hills and heather-clad moor. Along the way we take a break, where Sanna will hold a guided meditation in nature. We bring packed lunches and eat along the way.
From Glen Prosen we drive by bus for half an hour back to the folk high school. Both the bell heather and the ling are especially beautiful up here in the hills in August, and there's a whole "purple carpet" along this stretch.
The route is 12 km, and we walk on country road and paths of asphalt, gravel and grass. There are hills along the way and the hike requires ordinary good fitness.
At around 15.00 the bus drives us back from Glen Prosen to the hotel
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc
Lunch: either buy a packed lunch to bring on the hike, or otherwise at your own expense at the hotel
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Own meditation
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 5: Thursday 13.8
7.30 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike with Camilla. Today we go up into the steeper hills behind the hotel with a fantastic view out over the whole valley and the mountains. Wind and weather decide how far we go, and the route is set the day before. We walk about 5 kilometres on gravel, stone and grass and return for lunch at the hotel, but you can also bring a packed lunch and eat lunch up in the hills and come down on your own later.
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc
Lunch: At your own expense at the hotel
Afternoon: We enjoy cosy company together in the garden in true Scottish style with a delicious "cream tea" consisting of tea and freshly baked scones with jam and whipped cream.
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 We round off the retreat with a festive dinner at the hotel
Day 6: Friday 14.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet and checking out of rooms
10.15 Rounding off, reflection and farewell
11.00 Drive to Edinburgh Airport
15.10 Departure from Edinburgh Airport on a direct Norwegian flight
17.55 (local time) Arrival at Copenhagen Airport
Everything in the programme is merely an offer. If along the way you need to opt in and out, you of course do so.
If you want to extend your stay in Scotland you can talk to Pernille at the office and possibly fly over earlier or stay longer. If you fly over earlier, you meet Camilla, Sanna and the rest of the group at the airport in Edinburgh on day 1, and travel with them up to the Highlands. If you stay in Scotland after the retreat, you can ride along to Edinburgh Airport on day 6.
Catering
Included is: half board, 5 x breakfast and 5 x dinner
Not included is: lunch: You can buy it yourself at the hotel, where there will be healthy options to buy salads, light sandwiches, etc.
Those who hike can buy a packed lunch at the hotel for the hiking days
**We reserve the right to make changes
Programme
Day-by-day programme
Day 1: Sunday 9.8
15.20 Departure from Copenhagen Airport on a direct flight, Norwegian
16.15 (local time) Arrival in Edinburgh
We drive two hours by bus to Glen Clova
Check-in to rooms
19.00 Dinner and welcome by Camilla and Sanna
20.30 Evening meditation by Sanna
Day 2: Monday 10.8
7.30 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 Gentle walk (mindful walk) in the valley with Sanna and Camilla
12.30 Lunch at the hotel (at your own expense)
13.30 Free time with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc.
During the afternoon Camilla and Sanna will talk about tomorrow, which is a full day in silence
16.30-18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
18.30 Dinner
20.15 Evening meditation by Sanna
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 3: Tuesday 11.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
SILENCE BEGINS
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike in silence with packed lunches in the Glen Doll valley up to a waterfall with Camilla. The hike starts after a short 5-kilometre bus ride down to the Glen Doll valley. From here we hike through the coniferous forest up onto a corrie, a large open green "amphitheatre", where we suddenly stand surrounded by high mountain walls. We experience how nature has been shaped by volcanoes and ice ages. A winding stream forces its way across the plateau between boggy peat and blocks of greyish granite, solidified lava, heather and alpine plants, and leads us up to Glen Doll's waterfall, which roars when it has rained. The area is fantastically beautiful. We can choose to walk all the way up to the waterfall, and eat packed lunches along the way, before we hike back to where the bus waits.
The route is 10 kilometres, and we walk on paths of gravel and stone. It goes a little up and down hill, and the hike requires ordinary good fitness. The last part up to the waterfall requires good balance, as the path is narrow, winding and uneven, and if it has rained a lot, there may be small streams to hop over. You don't have to go all the way up there, though, and can sit at the plateau and enjoy the nature and the view up towards the waterfall before we all walk back together.
Along the way we take breaks and surrender to the sounds, plants, flowers, trees and the views around us.
At around 14:30 the bus drives back to the folk high school. You can also choose to extend the hike and walk the 5 km home to the folk high school along the more or less flat, quiet country road
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc.
Lunch: either buy a packed lunch to bring on the hike, or otherwise at your own expense at the hotel
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 Dinner in silence. You can choose to eat either in the dining hall, in your room or somewhere else in the house, as you wish.
20.00 Guided seated meditation by Sanna
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 4: Wednesday 12.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
SILENCE ENDS (though it can be extended)
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike along the Minister's Path from the hotel to the neighbouring valley Glen Prosen with Camilla and Sanna. We set out from the hotel in Glen Clova along the minister's old route, The Minister's Path. In the old days the minister served both valleys, and he walked between the churches along this path when he was to give a sermon. The route leads us through valley and forest, up and over hills and heather-clad moor. Along the way we take a break, where Sanna will hold a guided meditation in nature. We bring packed lunches and eat along the way.
From Glen Prosen we drive by bus for half an hour back to the folk high school. Both the bell heather and the ling are especially beautiful up here in the hills in August, and there's a whole "purple carpet" along this stretch.
The route is 12 km, and we walk on country road and paths of asphalt, gravel and grass. There are hills along the way and the hike requires ordinary good fitness.
At around 15.00 the bus drives us back from Glen Prosen to the hotel
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc
Lunch: either buy a packed lunch to bring on the hike, or otherwise at your own expense at the hotel
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Own meditation
20.45 Coffee, tea, water, fruit
Day 5: Thursday 13.8
7.30 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet
10.15 You can choose to take part in a hike with Camilla. Today we go up into the steeper hills behind the hotel with a fantastic view out over the whole valley and the mountains. Wind and weather decide how far we go, and the route is set the day before. We walk about 5 kilometres on gravel, stone and grass and return for lunch at the hotel, but you can also bring a packed lunch and eat lunch up in the hills and come down on your own later.
Instead of hiking, you can choose to spend the day at the hotel, with the option to bathe in the nearby stream, use the yoga studio and garden, take a walk in the hills and valley, or sit with a book, knitting, sketch pad, take photos, etc
Lunch: At your own expense at the hotel
Afternoon: We enjoy cosy company together in the garden in true Scottish style with a delicious "cream tea" consisting of tea and freshly baked scones with jam and whipped cream.
16.30 - 18.30 Yin yoga by Sanna
19.00 We round off the retreat with a festive dinner at the hotel
Day 6: Friday 14.8
8.00 - 9.00 Yin yoga by Sanna
9.00 Breakfast buffet and checking out of rooms
10.15 Rounding off, reflection and farewell
11.00 Drive to Edinburgh Airport
15.10 Departure from Edinburgh Airport on a direct Norwegian flight
17.55 (local time) Arrival at Copenhagen Airport
Everything in the programme is merely an offer. If along the way you need to opt in and out, you of course do so.
If you want to extend your stay in Scotland you can talk to Pernille at the office and possibly fly over earlier or stay longer. If you fly over earlier, you meet Camilla, Sanna and the rest of the group at the airport in Edinburgh on day 1, and travel with them up to the Highlands. If you stay in Scotland after the retreat, you can ride along to Edinburgh Airport on day 6.
Catering
Included is: half board, 5 x breakfast and 5 x dinner
Not included is: lunch: You can buy it yourself at the hotel, where there will be healthy options to buy salads, light sandwiches, etc.
Those who hike can buy a packed lunch at the hotel for the hiking days
**We reserve the right to make changes
Beliggenhed & ophold
For this summer course in the Scottish Highlands, we have chosen to stay in the United Kingdom's largest national park, Cairngorms. The park offers a wealth of hiking routes, magnificent highland nature with wildlife, mountains, mountain lakes, valleys, rivers and forest, plus farming with sheep, cattle and grain. We hold folk high school at the cosy, family-owned Glen Clova Hotel deep inside the Glen Clova valley surrounded by nature. Several of our hikes set out from here. The folk high school lies down by a river and has a large garden and its own small farm, which supplies the kitchen with meat and vegetables from the kitchen garden. The only neighbours are a couple of farms scattered around the area, and it's a 20-minute drive to the nearest town, Kirriemuir.
The folk high school has a two-storey main building with rooms, a dining hall, a lecture hall and a cosy bar with rustic long tables and local beer and whisky. In the garden there's an annexe with rooms, and there's plenty of space to sit outdoors and enjoy the view of the surrounding mountains, which rise up around the folk high school. When the weather allows, we eat outdoors in the evening.
Meet your instructors
Camilla Kornerup
Camilla has lived in Edinburgh in Scotland since 2020. She runs the company Cosmopolit, where she works as a lecturer and tour leader, mainly in Scotland and Sicily. Camilla has collaborated with Annas Højskole since 2022. In Scotland Camilla is course leader on a number of the folk high school's courses, including the hikes in the Highlands and the course "Scotland from the inside" in the Lowlands near Edinburgh and the surrounding area.
Camilla knows Glen Clova and the area where we'll be staying and hiking well, and she'll lead the hikes during the week and tell us about the nature we move through along the way.
You can read more about Camilla on her website: www.cosmopolit.dk
Sanna Carlsen
Sanna runs YOGA by SANNA (yogabysanna.dk) and has, since January 2020, taught several hundred participants on yoga retreats. She was born in 1968 and has several YOGA ALLIANCE-certified yoga trainings behind her. She receives great praise for her presence and her ability to see the individual and teach based on what each individual body is capable of. She is professional and authentic in her way of teaching and being.
In all of Sanna's teaching there is a common thread that continually helps us to sense inwards. To sense body, mind and emotions and use our intuition. It makes us better at making conscious choices to include and exclude in our everyday life. Some years ago Sanna was affected by stress on several occasions. She knows as well as anyone what it means to have CALM and the ability to sense what does you good - and what drains you.
Here is a review of Sanna's teaching:
"Sanna guides in a soothing, clear, present, thorough, pleasant, prepared, skilled and experienced way. I notice tenderness in the lower back and less pain in the neck now that we're on our way home. I have less mental chatter, much better sleep, am happy and full of anticipation - no buzzing noises in my head - calm in the mind, clarity.
It has been a good stay with plenty of time for self-care, alone time - yin yoga in the right dose + meditation.
YES, I would love to go again. It gives me and my body the pause, the calm and the movement I need. SANNA IS VERY PROFESSIONAL." - Sophie Torp
Praktisk & pris
- Departure 9 August from Copenhagen Airport at 15.20 to Edinburgh with Norwegian, where we arrive at 16.15 local time. A connecting flight from Aalborg can be purchased at the day's price.
- Departure 14 August with Norwegian from Edinburgh at 15.10 with arrival at local time at Copenhagen Airport at 17.55
- We reserve the right to make changes
Price includes
- Flight Copenhagen - Edinburgh return (if you want a connecting flight from Aalborg it's at the day's price)
- Transfer to and from the airport
- Stay at a highland hotel with lovely rooms with own bathroom
- Breakfast and dinner at the folk high school - you pay for lunch yourself
- Rental of the yoga studio incl. yoga mats and bolsters
- Daily coffee, herbal tea, tea and fruit smoothie with either fruit or cake or scones
- Bus transport for hikes
- Danish-speaking course leaders and instructors
- Contribution to the Travel Guarantee Fund
- Airport taxes and charges
Price excludes
- Lunch *4
- Drinks with all meals
- Payment:
- At registration we ask for a deposit of kr. 3000,- The balance must be transferred 2 months before departure.
- In special cases it is possible to pay by Mastercard; please write on the registration if this is desired.
Billeder
What our guests say
“Tak for en fantastisk oplevelse, ikke mindst takket være Anna og dig. Du var en inspirerende rejseleder, der gjorde turen til meget mere end bare en pilgrimsvandring.”
“Skøn tur som puttes i rygsækken med fantastiske oplevelser, smukke fotos og den bedste kursusleder Michael Birkkjær Lauritsen. Elsker oplevelser med Annas Højskole.”
“Jeg har netop været på strikkehøjskole på Læsø ved Annette Danielsen. Uanset hvor hårdt jeg anstrenger mig, kan jeg simpelthen ikke finde noget negativt at sige. Annette Danielsen er en fuldstændig fantastisk inspirerende og forrygende formidler. Østergaard B&B er et skønt sted med lækre lejligheder, dejlig og velsmagende mad, og en meget sympatisk og underholdende vært. Vi mødte skønne og inspirerende fortællere i huset og på ture på Læsø. Vi startede dagene med morgensang sammen med Jens Christian, som fint fortalte lidt om de sange, vi sang. Dejlig start på nogle vidunderlige dage. Det har bare været helt igennem en skøn, pragtfuld og fantastisk uge. Føler mig meget beriget.”
Ofte stillede spørgsmål
Kan jeg rejse med, hvis jeg rejser alene?
Ja — rigtig mange af vores kursister rejser alene. Du bliver en del af fællesskabet fra første dag, og du kan vælge eget værelse, hvis du vil have ro omkring dig.
Hvor god en form skal jeg være i?
Alle kan være med! Programmet tilpasses holdet, og du bestemmer selv dit tempo. Er du i tvivl, så ring til os — så tager vi den sammen.
Hvordan foregår betalingen?
Du reserverer din plads med et depositum og modtager en faktura pr. e-mail. Restbeløbet betales senest 60 dage før afrejse — også via faktura og bankoverførsel.
Hvad hvis jeg bliver nødt til at aflyse?
Vores afbestillingsregler står i rejsereglerne for pakkerejser, og vi er medlem af Rejsegarantifonden (reg.nr. 3122). Kontakt os hurtigst muligt, hvis noget kommer i vejen — vi finder altid en løsning sammen.
Kan I tage hensyn til allergier og særlige behov?
Ja. Når du reserverer, spørger vi ind til kost, allergier og særlige behov, og vi giver besked videre til køkkenet og værterne på destinationen.
Er der dansktalende værter med på rejsen?
Ja, altid. Der er dansktalende kursusledere og værter med på alle vores ophold.
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