Goa Yoga Retreat (Swedish) - Jennie Wadsten Sharma & Josefin Wikström

The Goa Yoga Retreat in Swedish is a week-long yoga retreat in Goa, India, led by yoga teacher Jennie Wadsten Sharma together with Josefin Wikström. It is held in Swedish and suits anyone who wants a week set aside for yoga, rest and attention to themselves, including people attending their first retreat. It is part of the retreat programme of YogaLeela, the yoga school Jennie founded.

What to Expect

The retreat runs for one week, and the teaching is in Swedish. YogaLeela also runs a Goa retreat in English with Jennie, so the same format is open to both Swedish and English speakers.

The page does not set out a day-by-day timetable, so the best guide to the atmosphere is the teacher herself. Jennie's approach is warm, enthusiastic and encouraging. She teaches yoga as a way to build awareness, self-compassion and strength, and to carry those qualities back into everyday life. Her interest in how yoga can balance the nervous system and help people feel centred under stress runs through her teaching.

Past participants describe coming home calm, focused and inspired. One said it was her first retreat and that the week felt positive and relaxing. Another was glad to have carved time out of a busy schedule for herself.

About Jennie Wadsten Sharma

Jennie Wadsten Sharma is a yoga teacher, trainer and the founder of YogaLeela. She was born in Sweden and has loved yoga since her youth. For many years she worked full time as an accountant in the IT and media sector, until her passion for yoga took over. She has since worked full time as a yoga teacher and business consultant.

Her teaching draws on extensive knowledge of anatomy and psychology. She believes there are many truths in yoga and that what is right is individual, so her classes leave room for each person to find their own way into the practice.

About Josefin Wikström

Josefin Wikström co-leads this Swedish-language retreat in Goa alongside Jennie, and the two also teach together on the Swedish Goa retreat planned for a later year.

Before You Go

The retreat is taught in Swedish. No previous retreat experience is needed, as first-time retreat guests have attended and spoken warmly of it.

Places go quickly. Many YogaLeela retreats fill before they are announced publicly, and the current Goa retreats in both languages are fully booked, with waiting lists open. Anyone who cannot make the current dates can join the list of interest for future yoga retreats. It carries no commitment, and members hear about new dates first and receive an early bird offer. Other retreats in the pipeline include Sweden in summer and Ibiza in September, in both Swedish and English.