A 7 DAY RETREAT IN THE KALAHARI DESERT IN BOTSWANA 2022
RETREAT Dates:
1. 6th - 14th Feb 2022; + (optional) 3 days extension to 17th Feb
2. 20th - 28th Feb 2022; + (optional) 3 days extension to 3rd March
3. 6th - 14th March 2022; + (optional) 3 days extension to 17th March
Take part in a trip of a life time to Ancient Africa
Walk in the Kalahari Desert & Okavango Delta - the Jewels of Africa
Learn Indigenous African technology skills to conserve our Wilderness
“I had a vision of ancient and modern man sitting around a fire revisioning our future”. Join us and make this vision reality. John Lockley (Sangoma)
Dreams & Tracking Retreat
A 7-day masterclass immersion in the Kalahari Desert with John Lockley and Alwyn Myburgh joined by special guests, !!Xo Bushman/San elders.
This is the first of its kind in modern times, with a sangoma & tracker working alongside one another to take participants on an inner and outer journey to connect to their wildness. Sangomas are dream trackers, navigating the inner worlds to bring about harmony in the natural one. Alwyn has been a tracker and Safari guide for over 23 years working alongside pioneers in the field such as Jon Young and Anna Breytenbach (animal communicator).
John has been a Sangoma (traditional African Shaman) for over 21 years and has pioneered the bridge between African traditional spirituality and Western Psychology.
Like the Bushmen people of old in the Kalahari, participants will be guided to the source of their being, the dream-time to reconnect with their purpose or calling in this life.
Dream Tracking
John Lockley's Dream Tracking will be based on his book 'Leopard Warrior' & Audio teachings 'Way of the Leopard'.
The course will cover:
* Connecting with our Ancestors
* Animal Spirits
* Plant Medicine Ceremony
* Dreaming & how to connect with prophetic, teaching Dreams
Animal Tracking
Alwyn Myburgh's course will cover:
* Animal Communication & Inter-species Dialogue
* The Language of Birds
* Tracking
* Plant Medicine of the Kalahari Desert
New Addition * Tracking Rhino **
Participants will be driven into the heart of the Kalahari for 7 days. Price will include all teachings, food & accommodation.
* A percentage of retreat profits will go towards Kalahari Research & Conservation to educate & train local people to conserve endangered wildlife.
Each day will involve listening to nature, our dreams and following the tracks in the sand.
These Retreats have been updated & revamped from 2020 and will Include:
Special Update
Accommodation in a Bush lodge in the heart of the Kalahari. The lodge will have air conditioned rooms and a swimming pool. This will make it easier for retreatants to integrate their experience.
The Bush Lodge is close to a watering hole and evenings will include sundown meditation whilst watching the animals drink.
All Inclusive
9 nights’ accommodation - 7 nights of lodge accommodation in the Kalahari Desert + 2 nights in a hotel,
A Donation to the Kalahari Research & Conservation to help them fight poaching. This will involve teaching a tracking & anti-poaching course for women, conservation education etc,
An additional medical insurance card involving an ‘air ambulance’ for helicopter transport in case of emergencies. (All participants are required to have full medical insurance).
* Optional 3 Day extension to the Okavango Delta
Retreatants will have the option after the retreat of signing up for an additional 3 day tented camp safari to the Okavango Delta.
Participants will have the unique opportunity of seeing herds of elephants, large predators and rare & unusual Birds in a pristine African landscape.
To Book: Please email Bev via reservations.origins@gmail.com.
DATES AND REGISTRATION INFO:
NB: We only take a max of 8-10 people per retreat so please BOOK EARLY to avoid dissappointment
FOR PRICING & BOOKING INFORMATION:
Please email Bev via reservations.origins@gmail.com.
Testimonials
I have never felt the tranquillity nor peace I experienced with our team of trackers in the Kalahari. Thank you, John and Alwyn. Nelson De La Cruz (Dentist from the US).
The most transformative retreat I’ve ever been on. Krista Nielsen (Teacher from Hawaii).
I highly recommend this retreat to heighten your senses in the Kalahari Desert, to gain insights into the wisdom tradition of Southern African spirituality and to walk quietly in the bush with an acclaimed guide to teach you about the tracks and language of the animals. Thank you to John, Alwyn, the crew & beautiful Botswana. Maria Henson (Pulitzer prize winning journalist & educator).
Please read this Blog written by John Lockley after the 2020 Kalahari Retreats.
