Buhle Mabanga — known as Nomvula, she who brings the rain — is a yoga and mindfulness teacher, founder of the Nomvula Wellbeing Movement, artist, children's book author and spoken word writer. She has taught at the Buddhist Retreat Centre, Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat and Waterfall Retreat Centre. She trained with Nandiva from Ishta Yoga and Mark Joseph from Mindful Revolution. Her work is rooted in ancestral healing, inner child healing and the understanding that the body already holds everything we need to come home to ourselves.

Siyabonga Nsizwane is a sacred percussionist and sound healer who channels ancestral rhythm through drums, breath and vibration. His presence in ceremony is felt before it is heard — rhythm as medicine, as memory, as the heartbeat underneath everything.

HloniphaniArt Mthethwa — known as HloniphaniArt — is a guitarist, vocalist and multidisciplinary artist born in Catoridge, Durban. Trained at Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre and internationally recognised through productions including Bayede Shaka and Azania, Hloniphani's string work opens what words alone cannot reach. He brings the melodic thread that runs between the living and the remembered.

Robyn Aitkin is a level-3 (300-hour) instructor with a Yoga Alliance International (YAI) certification in Transformational Hatha Yoga, which is a powerful system of yogic techniques (poses, breathing, meditation) that helps keep us naturally happy and healthy, physically and mentally strong and emotionally stable. She is also a Mindful Coach, Sound Bath Guide, WFPB (whole food plant-based) Nutrition Coach. Robyn is resolute in living a life in line with Ahimsa (non-violence) and with kindness towards all sentient beings.

Keelan Naidoo did his 200-hour Sivananda yoga teacher training certificate in Kerala, India. He offers a gentle yoga class that is accessible to all, including beginners. He also offers guided meditation sessions ideal for those who are new to meditation and mindfulness practice focusing on the present moment experience, on gratitude and acceptance. Keelan’s calm presence is best for those who are looking to relax, connect and ground themselves.

Dirk Lamprecht guides retreatants in meditation and mindfulness practice by utilising the Himalayan singing bowl with its sound vibrations to align energy centres and to restore mind and body harmony. Dirk’s personal philosophy embraces the core Buddhist practice of Metta (Loving-Kindness): May all beings be healthy, may all beings be happy, may all beings be free from suffering, may all beings be free from the causes of suffering.