We would like to introduce ourselves as hosts of the Änglagård NatureResort in Gargnäs, a wonderful place in Swedish Lapland.
We are Bettina and Michael.
Now in our fifties, we look back on lives that we have lived intensively. Despite all the diversity, two common threads emerge:
- Our great love and connection to nature
- Our commitment to accompanying people and organizations on their individual paths
Our trips to untouched areas of the world were important breaks from everyday life and professional work. The direct experience of nature seems to us to be one of the best ways to keep body and soul healthy!
This essential experience was one of our most important motives for creating a space in nature where people can come together and find everything they need for a healthy and joyful life.
We have been traveling to Sweden for twenty years and are always fascinated by the varied nature and vastness of this country. When we found the island town of Gargnäs, our long-held vision became reality.
Here we create a special place for people and an exquisite seminar venue for organizations in the midst of a unique natural landscape.
We look forward to helping you spend a time at NaturResort Änglagård that is exactly what you need.
About our NatureResort
NaturResort Änglagård in Gärgnäs is a place that
- offers community and exchange
- offers silence and retreat
- offers closeness to nature and wilderness experience
- offers health and regeneration
- offers orientation and new perspectives
- offers reconnection to oneself
.
Welcome to this extraordinary and powerful place!
Bettina Homeyer
Companion - canoeist - photographer
Born 1967, married, two adult children, qualified social pedagogue, qualified pedagogue, licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist
If I had been asked what my dream for the future was when I was a child, I would have answered: To be in nature, experience adventure and travel.
I have now worked as an educator and therapist for almost 25 years, experiencing the adventure of life and accompanying inner journeys, but seeing far too little of the sky and enjoying the wonderful natural surroundings.
I have accompanied people of all ages on difficult and joyful journeys and have learned that the most important thing is to find and follow your own path.
I have experienced how wonderfully nature supports us.
A day of canoeing on the lake brings pure joie de vivre, a hike in the fells confronts us with ourselves and our limits, an evening by the fire under a starry sky shows us that we belong and a night in a tent teaches us to respect our needs.
And I have learned how important it is for everyone to receive guidance and support from time to time. There are times when reorientation and temporarily stepping out of the old are important in order to regain the strength to courageously continue on your own path.
I have been living in beautiful Sweden since 2021 and am delighted to be able to combine my two great strengths and passions so wonderfully here:
- Being out and about in nature and
- Accompanying people on their own path
Michael Homeyer
Driving force - strategist - nature lover
Born in 1964, I can look back on a pretty intense life. Happily married to Tina, I look back on four grown-up children who are going their own ways and mastering life - two biological children and two bonus children.
I am actually a child of the Ruhr region, a huge, industrialized area in the heart of West Germany. But something must have gone wrong, because I was moved by the wilderness landscapes, vastness and freedom in untouched nature right from the start.
I started my career as a local government official after studying public law. At the same time, I volunteered to help set up a large nature conservation youth organization. After studying geography/ecology, I pursued my dream job. For many years, I managed extensive nature conservation areas.
The administrations threw a spanner in the works. I was only allowed to count beetles and birds and keep red lists of endangered species. Developing protected areas, inspiring people for an intact natural environment, improving the conditions for functioning ecosystems: That is no longer en vogue.
I continued my winding CV as a management consultant specializing in environmental, energy and sustainability management. And with it my red thread of life. For seventeen years, I have been working with companies from all sectors to change their environmental protection situation, introduce sustainability as meta-management, get employees on board and find clear goals.
With NaturResort Änglagård in Gargnäs, a village between sky and water, I have reached my soul landscape. Here we offer a space for people and organizations to find themselves and reorient themselves in difficult times and rapid change.
Tina and I share this common vision. That is a real gift. It keeps body and soul together - perhaps more than good food and drink.