A turbulent year makes Caroline and her mother unplug together.

We spend hours in front of the computer screen, rush through the supermarket to get dinner ready, juggle studies, work, and a phone that constantly goes off.

That is why more parents are inviting their children to yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises in the search for more calm in everyday life.

This applies to Gitte Trier and her 28-year-old daughter Caroline Møllskov Trier, among others.

> When we went on the retreat, I had already been struggling a bit with anxiety. And when big things happen in life, I can feel that some of those feelings come back.

Last year, they went together on a three-day retreat at Anahata Yoga Retreat Center on Møn. They are going again in January.

And they are not alone, according to several yoga instructors and centers we have spoken with.

5-10 years ago, it was rare to see a mother and daughter on a retreat, but last weekend there were two such pairs on Møn:

- More parents are inviting their adult children on retreats, simply because they need it, observes Kåre Netterstrøm, who is co-founder and manager of the yoga center together with his wife Camilla.

For Caroline Møllskov Trier, the prospect of soft meditation cushions and the sea view on Møn is very welcome.

- When we went on the retreat, I had already been struggling a bit with anxiety. And when big things happen in life, I can feel that some of those feelings come back, she says.

Many of us work hard with long workdays and a stressful family life. For Gitte Trier and her daughter Caroline Møllskov Trier, the retreat is an opportunity to completely wind down. (Photo: © Private Photo)

This year, Caroline Møllskov Trier has moved into a house, gotten a dog, and a new location at work.

In addition, her mother had breast cancer over the summer. Therefore, the anxiety is starting to take over again.

- I need to do something active to get out of it. For me, yoga and meditation are a great help, and it means a lot that there is someone to guide me through the process, says Caroline Møllskov Trier.

She became so fascinated by yoga that she trained to become a yoga instructor in 2018.

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Pressure increases among young adults

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According to Kåre Netterstrøm from Anahata Yoga Retreat Center, there are more young adults who, like Caroline Møllskov Trier, go on retreats with their parents.

Often because there is a bit too much speed in life.

- We meet a number of young people on our retreats who are on sick leave. Many of them are in their 20s and may have only been in the workforce for a short time while also having small children and many demands in everyday life, says Kåre Netterstrøm.

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According to Kåre Netterstrøm, it is often the parents who take the young adults on retreats because the finances on student grants or as a newly established family with children do not always stretch.

He is currently working with the folk church to create cheaper retreats for young people. Here, the young people must both let go of their phones, sing, cook, and do yoga.

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Also yoga teacher and mindfulness instructor Sisse Siegumfeldt experiences that more mothers bring their adult daughters when she holds yoga retreats.

Five years ago, there were only a few in their 20s on her retreats with their parents. Now they sometimes make up to a third of the groups.

- It is within the last five years that we have experienced the younger women coming. They may be in the middle of their studies, and it can be overwhelming when they also set high expectations for themselves, says Sisse Siegumfeldt.

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