Awaken Your Life Forcein Zanzibar
23–28 March 2027. Awaken the energy that is waiting in you. Come home with more energy, a calmer mind and a clear direction. Experience transformative kundalini activations and breathwork by the turquoise sea of Zanzibar. This is truly a paradise for your soul.
What if there is more?
What if there is more within you than you have ever allowed yourself to experience?
There are moments in life when thinking, analysing and searching for answers simply takes you no further. Somewhere beneath the noise of everyday life, you may sense that there is more in you than you have been living: more energy, more clarity, more trust in your own direction.
Perhaps you have been carrying questions you cannot quite put into words, or perhaps you simply feel ready for something to shift. You do not need to know exactly what you are looking for, and you do not need the answers before you arrive.
Away from everything familiar, you give yourself the chance to let go of what you have been carrying and reconnect with what is already within you. What you take home is something you feel in your body, not just understand: more energy available to you, a quieter mind, and a clearer sense of what you want to do with your life.
What kundalini activation and breathwork do
Kundalini is your own life force. It moves upward through the body, carrying what is trying to reach you: feelings, intuition, insight and creativity. Over time, many of these signals get brushed off as “just a thought” or “just a whim”, and the flow slows down. What is not felt stays in the body.
Kundalini activation and breathwork allow the body to lead before the head. Your energy wakes up at your own pace, and what has been held back begins to move. Feelings that were pushed aside can finally be felt. Intuition and creativity find their way back into your awareness. During an activation you may experience hints of the energy moving through the body, but the real change happens on the inside.
Your life force has its own intelligence. If your mind races, you may leave calmer. If you have been running low, you may leave with more energy. It restores what is out of balance, and helps you see the difference between what you do out of fear and what is truly yours.
This is for you if…
Up to 18 participants · three facilitators
An ordinary day here
The day opens with a good breakfast, then gentle movement — yoga and stretching — before the morning session: kundalini activation, breathwork or both.
Lunch follows, and then the afternoon is open. Time by the pool, in the sun, letting the session settle. Individual sessions are available for those who want to go further.
In the evening we eat together, and the day closes with a gathering.
The week is deliberately not full. Integration happens in the hours between the sessions, so those hours are part of the programme too.
Day by day
Individual sessions — Reiki, Reading, Restorative Flow, Heart Opening — are offered in the afternoon block and are booked separately, not included in the price.
Zen Boutique, Zanzibar
Hidden in lush tropical gardens on the quiet south east coast, Zen Boutique is a small retreat built by hand from local materials by Zanzibari craftsmen. For this week it is entirely ours — no other guests, just us, the palms and the sound of birds. Sarah and Ty created it for exactly this kind of work, and they look forward to welcoming you.
Twelve private bungalows sit around the gardens and the pool, each with a king-size bed and an open-air bathroom where you shower under the sky. Spend the afternoons in the 20-metre pool or by the firepit, and watch the sun go down from the rooftop lounge — said to have the best sunsets on the south east coast.
A ten-minute walk through the village takes you to Jambiani Beach: white sand, and the warm, turquoise Indian Ocean.
Eaten together, three times a day
A fusion of European and African cooking, made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The restaurant, Burnt Orange, has a good reputation on the island, and after a morning session that matters more than you would think.
Evenings end on the rooftop terrace, with the sky turning gold over the treetops.
The food is pescetarian, with a good vegetarian option at every meal. Tell us about any allergies when you enrol and we will take them into account.
Out on the Indian Ocean
Day four is our free day. After a morning breathwork session, the rest of the day is yours to explore.
We suggest setting sail together — turquoise water, sandbanks and open sky. If something else calls you, such as Stone Town, a spice farm or simply a day on the beach, that can be arranged too. We plan it together on site, and excursions are paid for there, separately from the retreat.
One to one, if you want it
Booked with us during the week and held in the afternoon block. Not included in the retreat price, and nothing you need to decide in advance — many people book after the second day, when they can feel what they want more of.
About us
Through energy work like kundalini activation, Reiki and tantric bodywork, Terje holds space for deep release and reconnection — physically, emotionally and energetically. His approach is grounded, intuitive and rooted in presence, giving the body room to let go of what it has been carrying and find its own way back to flow. He runs Henden Energy Work in Norway, with retreats and sessions through the year. Certified kundalini activation facilitator through KCA.
Find purpose, peace and joy — we are not here to suffer.
For Hawa, breathwork is about moving beyond the thinking mind and reconnecting with something deeper within yourself. Through carefully selected music, connected breathing and words written for each journey, she creates an experience that lets you slowly drop beneath the surface — where the breath meets the body, and the body remembers what the mind has forgotten.
Every session is different, and every person is given space to meet whatever is ready to unfold.
Listening beyond the noise. Trusting what you feel. Allowing yourself to go deeper.
Joana is an embodiment and energy-work facilitator exploring the connection between body, energy, emotion and inner awareness. Her path weaves together kundalini activation, restorative and somatic practices, meditation, sound and intuitive movement. She creates spaces that invite you to slow down, feel and reconnect with what is already present within — letting each experience unfold at its own pace. Certified kundalini activation facilitator through KCA.
The three of us work together as a collective called Rising Life Force. We have held hundreds of sessions and several retreats, and we have learned that the work goes deeper when more than one pair of hands is holding the room.
Life force is the energy and aliveness you were born with. Stress and old tension can hold it back. At Rising Life Force, we help people rise to their full potential.
We work with love, and we are led by our hearts rather than by a fixed method. That is why the retreat is built the way it is: three facilitators, different doors into the same work.
Lise Mette speaks about her retreat with Rising Life Force.
Where you stay
A private bungalow shared with one other participant, two single beds. Garden or poolside view, private terrace, air conditioning and a tropical outdoor bathroom.
The same bungalow, just for you.
West-facing, for the sunsets. A larger suite with a sofa and a small sitting area, private terrace and a tropical outdoor bathroom. More room to land after the sessions. Can be shared or private.
What the price covers
What you arrange yourself
Before you decide
There is room for 18 of us
Register your interest below and we will be in touch with the practical details and how to secure your place. Send us your questions if you have any.
No payment yet
Leave your email and we will hold you in mind for one of the eighteen places. You will get the practical details — rooms, payment — before anything is binding, and you can step away at any point until then.
If you would rather just ask something first: therisinglifeforce@gmail.com
Terms and cancellation
Booking is not open yet. These terms will apply once it opens. Please read them before you pay — they are part of the agreement, and they are here on the page rather than only in an email afterwards.
A deposit of €500 confirms your place. The remaining amount is due no later than 23 January 2027, eight weeks before the retreat.
Prices are given in EUR. Your card provider applies its own exchange rate on the day of payment, and international cards may carry a somewhat higher transaction fee.
Cancelling before 23 January 2027: the deposit is non-refundable, but any amount paid beyond it is refunded in full.
Cancelling between 23 January and 20 February 2027: 50% of the total price is refunded.
Cancelling after 20 February 2027: the price is non-refundable, as the accommodation and facilitators are committed by then. You may transfer your place to another person — tell us the name in good time.
Should we have to cancel the retreat, everything you have paid, including the deposit, is refunded in full. We are not able to cover flights or other travel costs, which is why travel insurance is strongly recommended.
Mandatory Zanzibar health insurance (approx. $44) must be purchased in advance and is your own responsibility, as is travel insurance. Participation is voluntary and at your own responsibility; the sessions are not medical treatment and do not replace healthcare.