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Balanse– Health, Yoga and development - Vietnam

  • Course length: All year
  • Course teaching amount: 15 hours/week
  • Price: from 150 000,-
  • Foundation:
    Liberal
    The liberal folk high schools are built on values that are not based on one particular belief. They encourage students with different interests and beliefs to apply.
  • Food: Vegetarian, vegan
    Most schools will accommodate food allergies and other dietary needs. If you have questions, please contact the school directly.
  • Location: Stord
  • Study tour for the course: Vietnam - The changing country, Mountains above fjords
  • Study tour for the school: The Pulpit Rock, Veteranship MS Sunnhordland - West Coast tour, Winter adventure
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You find tranquility, feel the camaraderie, lower your pulse – you experience everything nature has to offer. Harmony is for those who want to learn how mindset, physical activity, nutrition, and well

Balance is for those who want to learn how mindset, physical activity, nutrition, and wellness impact health.

Physical activity should be varied and enjoyable, and here you'll get to try kayaking, SUP, climbing, gentle mountain hikes, strength training, and yoga. You'll learn relaxation techniques, how to prepare healthy and nutritious food, and understand how nutrition is directly linked to both physical and mental health. 

Relaxation and well-being are essential for good health. You will learn about and experience, among other things:

In the winter, we’ll go on an extended course trip to Vietnam, where we’ll explore a completely new culture, relax on powdery white sand beaches, practice yoga, and experience stunning landscapes by bicycle, boat, and car.

Stord has a beautiful local area, offering easy access to lovely forest trails, mountain hikes, the sea, a gym, and a climbing hall. This gives us a unique opportunity to provide a varied year filled with activities without needing to travel far.

Vietnam - The changing country

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: 15 dagar

Meals included per day: 2

When winter comes, we pack our summer camp and travel all the way to Vietnam, a country with fantastic nature and an exciting culture. Here we will have spectacular nature experiences both from a cruise ship, by bike and on hiking tours. We are going on a small tour of the country, and will get a unique insight into what Vietnam has to offer.

Some of what you will experience:

  • Visit to historic Dong Thien. A historic pagoda located on a lovely vantage point. Here we will meet a master nun in Zen who will teach us about Buddhist philosophy and thought.
  • Trip by cruise boat to explore small paradises. Visit various islands and caves, as well as kayaking and swimming
  • Exercise, yoga and spa in tropical surroundings
  • Visit local markets
  • Cycle tour and boat trip in a lush landscape with rice paddies and green mountain scenery

There’s more to Vietnam than the traditional image of rice paddies and conical hats. Here you’ll find a country bursting with energy and forward motion. You’ll feel it in the hum and activity on the streets. You’ll see it in the way Vietnamese welcome you to their homes, invite you to taste their food, and proudly show you their rich culture. You’ll sense it in the options and opportunities all around. Simply put, there's never been a more exciting time to visit. Whatever you travel for, you can find it in #VietnamNOW.

Mountains above fjords

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Stord, Bømlo, Dronningstien, Kvinnheradsalpane. Together we will plan longer and shorter excursions to well-known, spectacular destinations, or more unknown but equally wonderful destinations you have not heard of.

Our trips are unique experiences that are often difficult to carry out on your own, such as a fjord cruise on a vintage ship in the beautiful Hardangerfjord. You will embark on various trips, both near and far. Some trips are connected to specific courses, while others are shared by the whole school.

The Pulpit Rock

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

The hike to the mountain plateau Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) is one of Norway's most famous hikes. The marked trail takes you through varied nature and landscapes, sometimes bearing steep uphill, partly on stonebuilt steps and leads you all the way out onto the spectacular viewpoint 604 meters above the Lysefjord.

THE ABYSS

About 604 vertical meters above the Lysefjord, the plateau of Preikestolen is hanging, slightly swaying beyond the abyss. An amazing view as you walk the final meters of the path, which is replaces by a tingling feeling you might never have experienced before, as you step on to the great granite block with nothing but empty air on three of its sides. Enjoy!

Veteranship MS Sunnhordland - West Coast tour

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

The school year gets off to a flying start with the whole school travelling on a veteran ship, the MS Sunnhordland, into the beautiful Hardangerfjord and around the archipelago of Sunnhordland. Me experience many great stops and enjoy beautiful scenery and unique straits onboard a historic ship!

Winter adventure

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

When winter comes, we travel to Hovden for days of skiing and alpine skiing. You can enjoy cross-country skiing in flat terrain, slalom, tobogganing, summit tours, steep hills or very steep hills. Something for all levels!

Learn about Norway, and study Norwegian at Stord Folkehøgskule.

Stord Folkehøgskule is a free-spirited folk high school. Here you can enjoy urban life in Stord, the city in the middle of nature, situated in the heart of the archipelago Sunnhordland, at the heart of the renowed Hardangerfjorden. The school has nine exciting and varied courses, including one course dedicated to learning the language and culture. We also have many fun and interesting electives, newly renovated buildings and a highly motivated staff ready to receive you. We have room for more than 100 students and we have students from all of Norway and around the world.

Read more about our Norwegian Fjords, Foods and Culture course here!

Why choose Stord?

  • Because you want friends for life, and experience a lot of new things in a good social community.
  • Follow your interests, teaming up with others with their interests.
  • Have fun electives to fill up the year with what you are curious about!
  • An active and urban center, with many exciting leisure activities at the same time as you get an incredibly short way to the fjord, the mountains, small islands, forests and fields with access to different kinds of equipment.
  • You will learn about how you make things happen in society, companies, festivals or events.

At Stord Folkehøgskule, we gather different people with different interests under one roof. Here you spend time with the students on the same course as you as well as many others from our other courses. Add exciting electives with everything from sports, creative subjects to climbing and escape room and you wil have a fantastic school year!

Stord Folkehøgskule believes in the best in people, our diversity and community strengthens us.

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