Nordic
darknEss
retreat
A quiet, calm 3-hour pause for founders and leaders who build tirelessly - even without sunlight.
Saturday, 21 February, 2026. Helsinki, Finland.
The concept
Embrace the darkness.
This is not a wellness retreat. We’re not here to optimise you, hack you, or upgrade you.
Just to slow you down long enough to hear your own mind again.
what actually happens
Leave you daily life behind and settle into the deep, dark quiet.
Uncover your inner light through gentle sitting meditation, slow walking meditation, noble silence, and reflection.
Settle back into daylight refreshed and with a sense of inner calm.
Nothing intense happens here. Your nervous system has enough going on as it is. Stillness will allow your inner wisdom to emerge.
The Nordic Darkness Retreat exists for a reason: most people don’t need more input, or hustle, or stress.
Sunlight would probably help with our mood, but since that’s canceled for most of the year in the Nordics, we need a plan B.
This is it. A quiet, relaxed space for those who work with complexity, speed and exhaustion to find a moment of stillness.
We don’t promise tranformation, or a quick fix. That won’t happen in three hours. Instead, we offer a respite, a chance of cocooning yourself in the darkness, with gentle structured meditations to recenter you.
And since we are builders, here’s the compulsory hype:
“RETREAT, RETREAT, RETREAT” - we need a better battle cry, but this is what someone offered for the moment when this idea came up
“Where do I sign up?” - anonymous LinkedIn user