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  • Feedme Slowly - Holistic Gut Healing Retreat

    Teacher: Nicholas McLean
    Cost: 3 days accommodation + R500 surcharge
    Dates:

    nicholas mcleanThe Slow Way Retreat Part 2: Feed Me Slowly - Holistic Gut Healing Retreat

    This extended retreat offers a deeper journey into The Slow Way building on from the weekend retreat. A holistic yogic retreat uniting nutrition and gut health with nervous-system awareness, and embodied mindfulness. Nicholas McLean of FeedmeGreen will be your guide within - through SomaSensing movement, presence in nature, and immersive Slow Feasts, exploring somatic eating as a tool for deeper nourishment, awareness, and restoration. By slowing down and tuning in, we restore vitality, balance digestion, and open to feel life's immense energy.

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    Nicholas McLean is a Somatic Health guide and the Founder of FeedmeGreen. He creates immersive experiences that help people slow down, reconnect with their bodies, and explore presence through movement, nature, and Slow Feasts — a practice of somatic eating that celebrates life and nourishes on all levels. Through his retreats and programs, Nicholas invites participants into heightened awareness, restored vitality, and joyful connection, fostering a deeper sense of aliveness and harmony with self, others, and the natural world.

     

  • How To Draw What You See: A Pen And Ink Sketching Retreat

    Teacher: Julian Kiepiel, Terry Coleman
    Cost: 2 days accommodation +R400 surcharge
    Dates:

    julian kiepielterry colemanYou don’t have to be an artist to be able to sketch what is in front of you. Everyone can see that some things are shorter than others or to the left or right of something else. So you simply draw it like that. You don’t have to be - or become - an artist to do that. All you need is one eye and two fingers. Participants will be taken through a series of practice sessions in this type of “Seeing-Drawing” after which they will draw a variety of subjects, from still life through to landscape scenes and portraits - all in the space of two days. Sketching is one of the loveliest skills anybody can acquire. You can take your pen and sketchbook anywhere and experience what it is like to be truly present in where you are. All materials will be provided.

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    Julian Kiepiel has had a career in urban and regional  planning and has a PhD in peace studies. He completed several of Louis van Loon’s drawing classes since 2006. That initial retreat awakened a deep shift in his attitude to drawing, supported by Louis’ broad and clear toolkit. This retreat shares Louis’ gift, providing a taste of his approach to drawing.

    Terry Coleman’s experience spans over 47 years of commercial art from hand-drawn illustrations in the pre-computer days to community projects today. For him, making art is a form of meditation. We see, we feel, we react. No pressure, no perfection. Just you, your tools, and the joy of creating in the moment. Accessible to all levels of experience.

  • A Personal Retreat : Rest, Reflect, and Restore – 15% discount mid-week

    Teacher: Robyn Aitken, Keelan Naidoo, Dirk Lamprecht
    Cost: Number of days accommodation
    15% discount ends 31 August 2026
    Dates: 08:00am - 05:00pm 

    robynkeelandirk lamprechtJoin us for a personal retreat mid-week and some optional gentle yoga and meditation.  Enjoy the tranquillity of the space and embrace the art of doing nothing – seriously. This time out offers a slower rhythm, allowing you to step back from the busyness of life and find peace within.

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    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.