Freediving happening – 1st & 2nd August 2026

A freediving happening featuring many underwater activities.

Date

Starts Saturday August 1st
Ends around 4 PM Sunday August 2nd

FREEDIVING HAPPENING CONTENT

Freediving flea market, excursions, depth diving (up to 35 meters), participation in games competitions, test equipment, yoga, sauna, bonfire, film, sleeping place (bring sleeping bag).

Game competitions

Guess-your-depth
Breath holding – Magic 3
CNF Noseclip only
VWT
Depth relay
Team breath holding
Underwater treasure hunt
Other

Booking

Indicate your personal best in depth diving with fins.
Also indicate your 2025 personal best, if it is different.
Indicate your personal best in static breath holding.
Indicate if you have a dive partner with you.

Registrer

Payment

70 €
Bank Giro: 5609-0384
STATE name and “Jippo26”

Equipment/suit can be rented: 30€

Bring training clothes and bed linen. Soft clothes for stretching and hat and jacket for boat excursion.

You can also come here and camp in your own tent/van, water and outhouse are available.

Bring your own food for the grill or buy food from us 20€ per day.

Possible schedule

(all activities are weather dependent)

SATURDAY

11.00 Own warm-up in pairs

12.00 Breath holding – Magic 3
Everyone starts simultaneously in static breath holding, the one who ends their breath hold closest to 3 minutes…wins.

12.15 Own diving in pairs.
Lines at 10, 20, 30 meters

13.00 Guess-your-depth
On an unmarked depth line you shall swim down to what you think is 15 meters. Do not touch the line. The one who is closest…wins.
May be repeated two times.

14.00 Depth relay in teams (FSE makes the teams)
Teams of three. 3×15 meters. Swim or pull yourself down to 15 meters and up again and switch to the next participant through hand clap above the surface.
May be repeated two times.

15.00 Sled riding
Stand without fins on a bottom weight and be lowered down, release when you want, pull yourself up. Not competition. One chance.

15.00 Underwater treasure hunt in pairs. Find things at different depths on the bottom. 3-20 meters. Area 100×20 meters. Stones in colors of gold 5 points, silver 3 points, white 1 point.

17.00 Diving ends

18.00 Sauna

20.00 Dinner, bonfire in the Tavern. Calculation of score standings.

SUNDAY

9.00 Yoga

10.00 Breakfast in the tavern.

11.00 Own warm-up in pairs.

11.00 Underwater treasure hunt in pairs. Find things at different depths on the bottom. 3-20 meters. Area 100×20 meters. Stones in colors of gold 5 points, silver 3 points, white 1 point.

12.00 Team breath holding
In teams of three hold your breath as long as you can in relay. Longest total time wins. Next participant must be under the surface before the next diver comes up.

12.30 Depth relay in teams (FSE makes the teams)
Teams of three. 3×15 meters. Swim, or pull yourself down to 15 meters and up again and switch to the next participant through hand clap above the surface.
May be repeated two times.

13.00 CNF Noseclip only
As deep as you can with only nose clip and swimsuit. No mask, no suit. This category has a special prize.

13.00 Sled riding
Stand without fins on a bottom weight and be lowered down, release when you want, pull yourself up. Not competition. One chance.

13.00 Underwater treasure hunt in pairs. Find things at different depths on the bottom. 3-20 meters. Area 100×20 meters. Stones in colors of gold 5 points, silver 3 points, white 1 point.

15.00 Diving ends

16.00 Meeting at the farm, prize ceremony.
All performances are counted together (approximately 12 competition efforts). Your placements in each competition.

First part of three

An article about extreme training in freediving.

May 17, 2026June 7, 2026

Creative festival – 23rd July – 2nd August 2026

During our creative festival, we explore the things that Hästekasen community has proven to be passionate about over the years. During ten days, at the height of Swedish summer, we invite old and new friends to share our favorite activities and traditions.

Accommodation in tents that we provide. Come one or more days.

LARP

23rd – 25th July

Two days of an imersive medieval role playing game in our fantasy forest. More details here.

Land activties

26th – 31st July

Workshops and study visits: permaculture, compost, off grid homes, clay tiny houses, nature reserve, forest, berry picking, drumming, yoga, personnal development, fire circles.

Sea activties

1st – 2nd August

Swimming, snorckeling, cliff jumping, fishing, canoe trips, sea weed gathering. And special freediving.

Creative festival schedule

23-25th July; LARP
26th July; arrival, study visit, social games, “loppis”
27th: details later
28th: details later
29th: details later
30th: details later
31st: details later
1-2nd August; freediving, snorkeling and sea excursion days. Cliff jumping and fishing.

7.30 breakfast
14.00 lunch
19.00 dinner

Daily sessions

9.00-11.00 session #1
11.30-13.30 session #2
16.00-18.00 session #3
20.00-22.00 session #4

Study visit; off grid homes, Tiny houses, natural building techniques
Study visit; soil, gardening, compost, water systems, permaculture
Study visit; larp area including trying archery and larp sword fighting
Long walk: Swedish nature, trekking skills, ecology theory
Boat trip: nature reserve island & shopping in the next village harbor
Boat trip: Camp on a beach/island. Swim
Canoe in the bay: and seaweed collection
Long session / sleep out: survival trekking hide and seek sleep out
Session: Drumming and chanting for dummies
Session: Jamming session by the fire
Session: Berry (mushroom?) picking.
Session: Early morning animal watch (05.00)
Session: Nighttime maze walk with torches (24.00)
Session: Talking circles on specific topics
Session: Body movement
Session: Breath, mind focus and breath hold session
Session: Library quest (Swedish)
Session: Yoga
Session: Blacksmithing
Session: Karma yoga – soil work
Session: Local cultural heritage (lecture)

Fees

Place in a tent (bring sleeping bag)	5€/day
Material for activities	10€/day
Simple food (fancier food will be sold)	10€/day
LARP (incl. costume)	50€ + 50€ deposit
Freediving special	70€

January 18, 2021May 31, 2026

City dwellers on the countryside

Friday to Sunday

At Hästekasen Farm in Bohuslän (adventure center, fantasy village, permaculture, farming, natural building). Theme: Self-sufficiency.

You can see it as an active weekend getaway, we can call it a course, or why not a practical workshop. We can say it’s about experiencing nature at a farm between the sea and the forest. It will likely be a cure—a small mental “detox.” You’ll participate in various practical farm tasks, get a taste of what old-fashioned agriculture and forestry might have been like. You’ll get soil on your hands and an understanding of what a cycle is. A practical study in ecology.

We’ll discuss nature’s place in today’s society, the future of cities in a scenario where cheap energy is running out, and where humans have irreversibly changed nature and diminished their own quality of life. We’ll talk about food quality after harvesting and cooking with produce from the farm. We’ll discuss self-sufficiency in the city and in the countryside. Do your children a favor—bring them along.

Location

90 km north of Gothenburg, accommodation on the farm.

Fee

1,800 SEK (includes food and lodging—bring your own bedding)
Contact
Participants: 8 + farm volunteers
Food: Vegetarian

Theory and Possible Practical Activities Outdoors:

Foraging mushrooms
Composting & soil work (1 hour)
Cultivation school: Terra preta & biochar production (1 hour)
Sowing seeds (1 hour)
Shearing sheep (1 hour)
Slaughtering lamb
Wool handling (1 hour)
Felling trees & barking (1 hour)
Simple clay cube wall (2 hours)
Baking, fermenting vegetables (2 hours)
Carving a wooden ladle (1 hour)
Making torches and stearin candles (2 hours)
Making apple juice
Making herb salt
Introduction to permaculture
Bonfire
Baking in a clay oven
Drying fruit
Apple jam
Music jam
Blacksmithing
Advanced bread baking with ancient ecological grains

We adapt to the weather. We’ll make a bonfire, we’ll get lost in the forest. We’ll start the day with yoga-inspired exercises or a walk (before breakfast).

We’ll also have the opportunity to sell our own products, which will be presented on-site.

March 20, 2019May 31, 2026

Yoga retreat in Swedish nature

At a farm, close to the sea, on the west coast of Sweden.
4 days
Cost: 150€

Yoga according to hatha tradition, with a mix of other methods relating to awareness, relaxation, focus (meditation).
Forest, sea, Sauna, walks in nature, fires, drumming. Vegetarian food.
Beginners welcome.

Yoga sessions every day at: 07.00, 17.00 och 21.00

Food: 9.00, 14.00, 19.00

Cost

Accommodation 10€/day
Food: 15€/day
Yoga: 15€/day

Max 8 participants.
Cost: 150€

Booking

Practical

Bring soft stretchy clothes. Bring bed linnen. No TV, no radio, no books, no smoking. Keep your phone out of sight. Do not involve others in your possible coffee drinking.

We have certain sessions on the grass.
Half a day in silence (Thursday).

Leader

Sebastian has been using yoga for 15 years with the aim of mastering elite freediving and mental peace and physical health.
Speciality: Breathing- and concentration exercises.

Our “green” approach is described here

Yoga

Yoga is modern. Even trendy. It is also an ancient phenomenon. It has existed as a method for health and personal development for thousands of years. Yoga is not just about the physical exercises found within the tradition. The physical exercises, or Asanas, are one of eight steps in yoga.

The goal of these eight steps is to feel emotionally well. A feeling of peace and vitality. To feel well, both the body and the mind must be involved. To be able to process emotions, there must be a certain degree of thought control, or at least an “awareness” of what the thoughts and mind are doing. The mind as a description of what we can experience, and the thoughts as the way we process/respond to these experiences. Something that modern neuropsychology is now beginning to be able to explain. Sensory impressions that give rise to emotions that give rise to thoughts. And sometimes the opposite: thought patterns (habits in our thinking) that lead to emotions that shape our way of seeing the world. An expression of our personality: quirks, habits, behaviors.

Steps five and six deal with this: Pratayahara and Dharana. Awareness, thought control, concentration.

If you want to be able to take greater control over thoughts and emotions, a healthy and energetic body is required. To train awareness and concentration, the body and breath are excellent tools. Steps three and four: Asanas (physical exercises) and Pranayama (breathing exercises). The breath, the controlled breath, is a way into the mind, a way to work with thought control, to reach into the processes of the nervous system. A link between body and mind.

Steps one and two are described differently in different traditions. In some cases, they describe various cleansing processes (e.g., colon cleansing), in others, different ways of relating to other people. Questions of honesty and responsibility. A clear conscience and fewer conflicts with fellow human beings make it easier to develop in the “higher” steps.

Steps seven and eight deal with meditation and the goal of meditation (peace). Training in the lower steps makes these final steps less difficult.

Now there are a multitude of different styles within yoga, many modern ones that only aim at the physical result: flexibility and body control (often there are some meditative elements, which mostly serve as relaxation exercises).

In my opinion, it doesn’t matter so much which yoga you try, as long as you do it with presence and awareness of your body, your emotions, and your thoughts. That you take the time to “do” and “feel”. Some styles are more physically demanding, others more calm.

As a beginner, you don’t need to worry about whether you can do it or not. Just trying to do different Asanas will give you something. Over time, quite a lot. Maybe it will change your life. Your way of thinking and feeling and your entire worldview.

But for that, a lot of commitment is required, you will probably have to sacrifice some of the content in your current life.

Are you motivated for that?

A yoga retreat where we start with basic yoga exercises. Simply yoga for beginners according to ancient and fundamental Hatha yoga. A course at Hästekasen that operates according to the “open farms” principle. We serve vegetarian food, so vegetarians are more than welcome. At the same time, it is also a yoga camp where we mix styles and adapt the sessions according to the weather and the group’s mood. Sometimes the focus is more on doing yoga together than on being instructed. We talk about meditation and have moments where we try to develop our concentration and relaxation using effective methods. It’s a lot about breathing, as one of the teachers specializes in this.
A yoga journey to Bohuslän, simply put.