Ritual. Realness. Restoration.
February 12–15, 2026
Søsætra Retreat Center, Norwegian Forest
A sacred space to soften, listen, and remember the truth of who you are.
You were born with a golden thread inside you.
A soul-seed. A spark. A knowing.
It whispered your purpose long before the world taught you who to be.
But along the way, you were told to be realistic. To be nice. To fit in.
You learned to protect your heart.
To survive instead of shine.
To carry it all, even when it wasn’t yours to hold.
We’re here to tell you: it does not have to be this way.
There is another path. One that’s soft, sacred, and entirely your own.
This retreat is a remembering.
A return to your inner flame.
A space where your soul is not just welcomed, but witnessed.
We will gather in the deep winter woods of Norway, where the silence is sacred and the snow holds the seen and unseen parts of you safely.
We’ll breathe. Move. Melt. Accept. Reclaim.
We’ll speak to the parts of you that got left behind, and invite them back with gold.
This is not a performance.
It’s a ritual of wholeness.
A celebration of your becoming.
This retreat is for the woman who…
Feels a quiet ache she can’t name, a longing to reconnect with her own soul.
Has supported others, held space, given her all… but is ready to be held.
Yearns for silence, slowness, beauty, and ritual.
Feels something stirring - a call to live from truth, not trauma.
Wants to remember the spark she came here with.
Desires a sisterhood that sees beyond the mask, and meets her as her authentic self.
Is tired of fixing, forcing, and figuring it all out.
Is ready to soften, open, and come home to her heart.
This space is not about doing more. It’s about remembering who you are beneath it all. It’s a sacred pause. A place to feel what’s true, and let your golden thread guide you forward.
Meet Your Guides: Gro & Claire
This retreat is held by two women walking the path of embodiment, initiation, and soul-led healing.
Gro Hatlemark: is a truth-teller, pattern-seer, and guide of identity reclamation. She works through voice, beauty, precision, and presence. Gro creates a field of deep emotional safety where you remember who you really are, beneath conditioning, beyond performance.
She has walked through heartbreak, betrayal, deep rage, and emerged with a sacred map back to the heart. Her presence is an anchor. Her work is a mirror. Her retreats are a return to soul.
“Gro created a safe, magical container where I could finally hear my own voice again. Her guidance brought me home to myself in a way I didn’t know I needed.”
Claire Day: is an intuitive initiator, emotional alchemist, and pattern translator. She’s here to disrupt performance culture and rewire women back to emotional truth, body-led wisdom, and sustainable devotion.
Claire’s clients say they feel “emotionally safe, seen, and strong” in her presence. She doesn’t fix. She reminds. She meets you in the feeling before the figuring. Together, you create coherence, where the nervous system can finally exhale, and your soul can speak.
“Claire combined deep expertise in EFT and Aroma Point Therapy with a compassionate approach, creating a supportive environment for healing and growth.” – South Dublin County Partnership
Together, we hold a space that is both soft and focused. Playful and powerful with ritual and realness. We bring the frequency of “you don’t need to be ready. You just need to arrive.”
The Golden Heart Experience
Welcome to a soul sanctuary with grounded scaffolding.
This is not a program. Not a performance.
It’s a sacred field for what is ready to emerge in you.
You’ll arrive in the snow-draped forest of Sørbyskogen, Norway, where winter wraps around you like a quiet blessing. The retreat space is a sanctuary of contrasts: ancient timber buildings, softened by candlelight. Sleek Danish design, held within centuries-old timber walls. Lush beds. Grounding beauty. Thoughtful details that embody the knowing sensation that: you are safe here.
From the moment you enter the Yoga Shala, a cathedral of oak, crowned with a window that frames the lake and forest like a magical portal, you’ll feel it: your nervous system exhaling. Your soul arriving. Your truth stirring.
Each day is emergent and intentional.
We honour rhythm, not rigidity.
Meals will anchor our time together: nourishing, plant-based creations from our in-house chef, served with care and delight.
Between those anchors, the field opens and will include:
Morning movement, breath, or stillness meeting the body where it is
Sacred ceremony: cacao, oils, meditation, voice, ritual
The Heart ritual: breaking and mending your own ceramic heart, Kintsugi-style, witnessing the beauty in your cracks. This process and ritual takes place in it’s own rhythm over the course of the weekend
Restorative integration: journaling, silence, swimming, firelight conversations, sisterhood
Optional cold plunges, warm saunas, swims in the heated pool (for those of us with a cold aversion), slow walks, shared laughter.
This is a living retreat. We follow the thread of what is alive, in the group, in your body, in the collective field. Moving with the flow and needs/pace of the group.
What wants to move will move.
What wants to be seen will rise.
You don’t have to force. You don’t have to be ready.
Just arrive. And we’ll meet you there.
This Is Transformation With a Pulse
We don’t lead from performance.
We don’t rush the ritual.
We’re here to co-create a field where truth has space to speak, and your body gets to feel what’s real.
This is the art of feminine emergence, wrapped in the arms of structure.
A retreat where every thread leads back to the heart.
Where gold is not something you earn, it’s what’s always been there, hidden beneath your scars and life experience.
The Heart Ritual by Open Your Heart Studio
Break open. Mend in gold. Remember your worth.
You’ll hold your own ceramic heart, connect with it as being a part of you, break it with intention, and then rebuild it with golden threads through the cracks, while witnessing the beauty of your story. This is not an empty gesture. This is memory. This is recognition of the unique path and wisdom you hold in your life experience.
This is medicine.
Trust Restoration with Essential Oils
Using the profound modality of Aroma Point Therapy, we’ll recalibrate your energetic boundaries, gently releasing, purging, and reweaving what’s ready to shift. This sequence helps you:
Rebuild internal safety
Reopen to intimacy
Restore deep self-trust as a foundation for connection
Sacred Cacao Ceremony
In circle, in guided meditation, in ritual we’ll gather to drink ceremonial cacao, drop into our bodies, and open the heart space together.
Embodied Stillness + Nourishment
Sauna by the lake, winter lake plunges, warm indoor swimmingpool, nourishing organic meals, deep rest in cozy luxury beds, and the stillness of forest and snow. Everything is curated for you to land in your frequency again.
The Core essence of the retreat:
Daily Flow & Nourishment
Meals anchor the day. Ceremony holds the rest. This retreat doesn’t follow a rigid timetable, we follow what’s alive. There’s time for ritual, rest, laughter, movement, and silence. Everything is woven in the moment, and every detail is held for you.
What we will weave with:
Cacao ceremony & sister circle
Aroma point therapy; guided self appliction in circle
Optional spinal treatment in group setting with essential oils for whole nervous system nourishment and balancing – applied by hosts
Sauna & cold plunge in the lake
Storytelling by firelight
Meditation, movement, and restorative silence
Time for journaling, connection, or simply being
Søsætra Retreat Centre – Authentic Norwegian Woods
Modern meets ancient. Exquisite design, Love in every detail, forest silence, snow-covered stillness, and a yoga shala that opens to the winter lake.
This is not a rustic hut. This is soul-luxury in nature’s raw embrace.
Organic linens. Gourmet meals. Swimming pool. Sauna and lake plunges. Spaciousness and beauty designed to hold you.
The Location
Retreat Investment
Course Fee: NOK 5,500 (about 540 USD / 470 EUR)
This course fee includes:
Full 3-day guided retreat experience
Heart Ritual + your personal handcrafted ceramic heart
Ceremonial cacao and essential oils used on retreat
A custom oil blend + integration eBook to take home
Accommodation + Meals: Additional cost depending on your room selection.
Prices range from NOK 2,700 to NOK 5,100 per person for 3 nights, including 3 plant-based meals daily.
This is a choose-your-own-energy experience.
Rooms range in size, style, and pricing, from cozy shared options with shared bathrooms to spacious private sanctuaries with ensuite luxury.
Spots are limited and booking is first-come, first-claimed.
We have a language situation in the booking system 💛
The final booking form is in Norwegian. If that feels confusing, I’m here to help. Just message me, we’ll walk through it together with ease. (gro@grotilperle.no)
Browse available rooms and pricing tiers here:
Cancellation Policy
All bookings are handled by our venue, Søsætra. You’ll receive confirmation in Norwegian (the booking system does not currently offer English), but we’ve translated the key terms below:
Cancel 90+ days before: full refund
60–89 days: 50% refund
30–59 days: 25% refund
Less than 30 days: no refund
You can transfer your spot to another person anytime. In the event of cancellation by us or the venue, you’ll receive a full refund. We recommend having travel insurance that covers illness or unexpected changes.
Arrival + Departure
Arrival: Thursday, February 12, between 16:00–17:00
Dinner served: 18:00
Departure: Sunday, February 15, at 14:00
You can arrive by car, train, or bus.
If flying to Norway, take the train to Elverum Station. From there, we offer a pickup service
If you require recommendations for where to stay feel free to reach out. We would suggest staying in the town of Hamar as it is midway from airport to retreat centre. It is a smaller, more peaceful place to stay and relax and reflect. Though the option to visit and explore Oslo is also available to you.
By car
30 minutes drive from Elverum. Drive through Elverum towards Sørskogbygda. When you pass Sørskogbygda, you are halfway there. Continue on Sørskogbygdvegen until you see the Søsætra sign. Turn left and continue on the gravel road for 1 km, and you will see Søsætra on the right side.
Traveling by public transport?
There are frequent bus and train departures from Oslo to Elverum. If you travel from Oslo city centre, bus would be the most convinient travel option.
From Oslo City Centre
Bus
Oslo to Elverum, approximately 2 hours. Please see Entur.no for timetables.
Train
Oslo to Elverum (via Hamar), approximately 2 hours.
Only train R60 to Trondheim goes directly to Elverum without changing in Hamar. Otherwise, take a train towards Lillehammer (RE10 or F6) with a transfer in Hamar. Note: there is often a bus replacement for trains from Hamar to Elverum.
How to get to Søsætra
Pick up at Elverum
We offer pickup at Elverum station for those arriving by bus or train. There is no public transport between Elverum and Søsætra. Pickup is only offered at one time, always approximately 1 hour before the retreat starts. You can book pick up as you book your space on the retreat, or if you need transportation between Søsætra and Elverum, please contact Søsætra directly at post@sosetra.no
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From Oslo Gardermoen airport
Train
Gardermoen - Elverum (without transfer in Hamar), 1 hour and 30 min; train R60 towards Trondheim. Please check Entur.no for timetables.
Gardermoen - Elverum (through Hamar),1 hour and 40 min; train towards Lillehammer (RE10 or F6), transfer train at Hamar.
Words from Women We've Held
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“Gro holds space like no one else. Her presence is grounded and powerful, yet so soft and loving. I felt completely seen, supported, and safe to explore parts of myself I’ve never dared to look at before. Her ability to guide me back to my own truth and help me embody it was life-changing.”
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“Working with Gro was like coming home to a part of myself I didn’t know I was missing. She helped me understand my energetic blueprint in a way that made everything in my life make sense. Her insights, intuition, and deep presence helped me release years of confusion and step into my voice and purpose with clarity.”
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“Claire has the incredible combination of a solid western medicine training, robust energetic medicine training, a huge heart, and the ungraspable gifts of a true healer. She’s a rare kind of teacher... You will leave with life-changing tools and be totally refreshed from the delightful time you had.” – Tiffany Carole
This is your invitation to come home.
There’s a golden thread pulling at your heart.
A quiet whisper.
A yearning to remember.
To feel rooted in your body, connected to your heart,
and held in a world that often feels too fast, too loud, too much.
You’re not seeking to “fix” yourself.
You’re longing for meaning. Belonging. Peace.
To breathe in stillness.
To feel the firelight on your skin.
To hear your own soul again.
If your heart is leaning in…
If your body feels the yes…
We’ll be here
with open arms, a warm hearth, and the soft hush of the forest,
ready to walk with you into the mystery.
Will you join us?
FAQs
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Søsætra Retreat Centre is a peaceful, intimate sanctuary nestled in the forests of Sørskogbygda, about two hours northeast of Oslo.
Designed for presence, healing, and deep connection, it hosts up to 22 guests in total and offers the perfect balance of stillness and comfort.
There’s an indoor swimming pool and hot tub with views of the forest pond, as well as a sauna, swimming jetty, and snow-covered trails right outside your door.The centre is owned by the foundation En Bedre Verden (“A Better World”), dedicated to emotional growth and conscious living.
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Meals are plant-based, nourishing, and prepared with intention, using ingredients from the on-site garden and wild-foraged from nearby forests.
Everything is sustainable, flavourful, and designed to support your retreat experience.
Common allergies and dietary needs can be accommodated, just let us know when you register. -
There are 14 single rooms, 3 double rooms, and 1 teacher's apartment.
Prices vary depending on the room you choose.Room pricing (per night, including 3 meals):
Double room with private bathroom: NOK 900 per person
Single room with shared bathroom: NOK 1300–1500
Single room with private bathroom: NOK 1500–1700
The retreat course fee is additional. You’ll see your full total when you choose your room during booking.
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Absolutely. Many women find that coming solo allows them to fully surrender into their own process, without needing to manage others’ needs or energy.
Most of our retreat work is individual, even though we’re in sacred community.
And trust us, deep, authentic connections tend to form organically when we meet each other in openness and truth.Single rooms are available for those who wish to have private space.
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Change makers.. Visionary women. Heart-led entrepreneurs. Coaches, healers, teachers, space-holders, empaths.
Women who are ready for a deeper kind of clarity.
This is a space for those craving alignment, embodiment, and truth, not more external strategies or performative growth. -
Not at all. Everything we offer is designed to meet you exactly where you are.
This retreat is about coming home to yourself, not learning a new system or “getting it right.”
Whether you're deeply familiar with these practices or exploring them for the first time, you’ll be held, supported, and gently guided. -
All bookings are handled by our venue, Søsætra. You’ll receive confirmation in Norwegian (the booking system does not currently offer English), but we’ve translated the key terms below:
Cancel 90+ days before: full refund
60–89 days: 50% refund
30–59 days: 25% refund
Less than 30 days: no refund
You can transfer your spot to another person anytime. In the event of cancellation by us or the venue, you’ll receive a full refund. We recommend having travel insurance that covers illness or unexpected changes.
