Sunday 11 January, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Talk – Movement – Body Scan / Relaxation
A nourishing gathering with Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir and Auður Bjarna where we explore our amazing intuition in many ways. Intuition in the heart, the sixth sense, "in the gut", and not least in the body.
We talk about InnSæi (intuition). Then Auður leads a gentle yoga flow.
Hrund then guides a "body scan", which is both relaxing and reveals how intuition speaks to us through the body, what it is, where it comes from, how it develops and why it matters so much today.
Hrund is an author, speaker and certified leadership coach who works with leaders and entrepreneurs around the world to strengthen their ability to lead in times of uncertainty and transformation. Her work on intuition and leadership has been featured by CNN, TIME, On Point NPR, National Geographic Magazine, TED Radio and podcasts such as The Evolving Leader and What's Next with Philip Meissner.
Hrund is the author of InnSæi: heal, revive and reset with the Icelandic art of intuition, published in English by Bonnier Books UK in 2024 and HarperOne in 2025, and in at least 13 other languages around the world, including Arabic, Spanish and Polish. She wrote and co-directed the documentary InnSæi – the Power of Intuition, and designed and led the Prisma diploma program (Iceland University of the Arts, Bifröst and RA), where she first began working seriously with intuition and developing the concept of InnSæi. The Prisma program was recognized by the Nordic Council of Ministers for "best meeting the demands of the 21st century workplace".
Hrund offers participants special terms for the InnSæi Signature Course, starting 14 January.
"The InnSæi Signature Course has helped me use my intuition even better, in a structured way, in the demanding, ever-changing and fast-paced environment I work in every day. It makes decisions easier, I'm calmer and my vision is clearer."
Brynja Dröfn Jónsdóttir, nurse and assistant unit manager at the emergency department.
"Hrund's leadership coaching has had a profound effect. She helped me recognize patterns, discover things I didn't know about myself, and grow my confidence in my intuition and trust in my own judgement."
Hayley Davidson, Executive Director of Crisis Action, UK
"The InnSæi course has given me tools to build a strong compass that helps me see and feel more clearly in these times of great chaos and uncertainty. A strong compass doesn't build itself, so it's essential to train and know your intuition to build one."
Rakel Eva Sævarsdóttir. Founder – Trail ráðgjöf
Hrund is the former director of Festa – Icelandic Center for Sustainability. She has a wide background in innovation, investment, transformation management and leadership development in Iceland and internationally. She sat on the board of Eyrir Invest (2021-2024), chaired the Technology Development Fund (2015-2019), served on the advisory board of Yale's International Leadership Center from its founding until 2025, is an Angel Ambassador with Nordic Ignite and sat on the board of Íslandsbanki's Entrepreneur Fund from its founding until 2023.
Hrund studied leadership at Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Oxford Saïd Business School. She is a Yale World Fellow and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
Hrund's website is www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com
Auður Bjarnadóttir is the owner of Jógasetrið and previously worked as a dancer, choreographer and director.
Auður Bjarnadóttir has taught yoga since 2000. In 1999 she took her first teacher training, hatha/ashtanga, at Mount Madonna in California. Her pregnancy yoga training began in Seattle in 2000, continued at the Kripalu Center in 2002 and with the renowned Gurmukh's "Khalsa Way" in 2005. Auður graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in 2005 in New Mexico.
She is also certified to teach Yoga Nidra and Yoga Therapy from the Amrit Institute in Florida. In the autumn of 2012 she earned a Diploma in Hypnotherapy from The International School of Clinical Hypnosis.
Auður specializes in pregnancy yoga and birth preparation, and trained as a doula with Hönd í Hönd in 2011 and took a HypnoBirth course.
In 2000-2001 Auður led Kids Yoga on the children's TV show Stundin okkar, and in 2012 she released a Kids Yoga DVD together with "Erumenn".
Auður has taught widely and led many courses at Jógasetrið, including Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and many other courses.
Auður loves to teach but also to learn, and sees herself as an eternal student of yoga and of living life fully. Auður teaches Kundalini yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Hatha yoga and Yoga Nidra, leads Teacher Training at Jógasetrið and more. She has also led yoga trips in the mountains, and in recent years has taught Icelandic and international groups in Crete, Amorgos and regularly in Corfu, Greece. She has also taught several summers in Italy, at a yoga festival in the Netherlands and some years ago in the Himalayas.
PRICE ISK 5,000 – All proceeds go to BUGL
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