Naturing Quest
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Rewild your body
Hear the silence
Experience the elements
Remember your essence
SOUND
MOVEMENT
FIRE
CLAY
the experience
Barefoot Walking | Intermittent Fasting | Silence | Journaling | Movement Meditation | Fireside | Sound Bath | Nature Quest | Live Performance | Body Immersion | Digital Detox
Friday – Arrive from 12pm to settle in. After a snack at 1:30pm, we meet each other and the land, voice our intentions for the weekend and start our journey – into ourselves and into the wild around us. In the evening, we share a dance together in the twilight and spend time by the fire.
Saturday – In the morning, we continue our journey into ourselves and our bodies with journaling, meditation, sound and movement. In the afternoon, we are in silence and open all our senses as we venture out into the wild for our nature-quest. We end the day with a sound journey.
Sunday – After meeting yet more of our inner worlds and nature around, we integrate our experiences through play with clay, forming a piece of the earth into a piece of personal expression. We share what we harvested and what we take with us from the weekend. We close at 2pm.
well-being and science
Nature immersion regulates our nervous system and is deeply healing. It promotes cognitive restoration, physical and psychological well-being, and it restores our innate knowing of belonging and interconnectedness.
Spending time in nature stimulates the five senses and nurtures the parasympathetic nervous system (the rest and digest part of our nervous system). This leads to expansion of being and greater awareness, bringing us into a state of ease and relaxation. From this place, we can heal our body and mind and recover from attentional and adrenal fatigue.
Vast spaces and off-the-grid facilities reconnect us with our innermost truth and bring us into radical presence – the only place where life happens. Mindfulness, sound bath, intermittent fasting, movement meditation and journaling are proven to alleviate tension, anxiety and depression. They also have an anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and stress-relieving effect, enhancing our overall well-being.
Digital Detox (no media, no screens) is proven to improve mood and reduce stress, anxiety, depression and the illusion of separation. It also improves our social intelligence, our productivity and our quality of sleep.
As we humans are very social creatures, the interpersonal experiences within the group setting can be healing and promote mirroring, joy, emotional contagion, inclusiveness, feeling of safety, belonging and reciprocal altruism.
The use of song and voicing also soothes and nourishes our central nervous system and connects us to our authentic voice. Voicing (humming, singing) also stimulates and tones the longest nerve in the body, the Vagus nerve, which connects the gut and the brain and plays a crucial role in our overall health and well-being.
Movement and art stimulate the right side of the brain, through which we access our imagination, creativity, holistic thinking, intuition, daydreaming, creative problem-solving, etc. All of these qualities are highly important for holistic living, where we acknowledge that there’s a whole world way beyond our logical mind’s perception.
Barefoot Walking is known to reduce stress, inflammation and anxiety and supports us in letting go of what is no longer needed. It improves digestion, blood flow, immunity and the quality of our sleep.
“Our body is under constant attack—inflammation, stress and the prescription medicines we’re taking. When you take your shoes off and you walk on mother earth, you’re going to send all the bad ions out and all the good ions back in. This is real science.”
Dr. Derrick DeSilva, Jr. (medical doctor).
In short, drawing from scientific and spiritual knowledge, this experience is caringly designed to facilitate your journey to a more wholesome, relaxed, healthy and fulfilled experience of being you.
all you need to know
All inclusive | Naturing Quest
Highlights: Live Performances, Rewilding Experiences, Unspoiled Landscapes, Night Sky, Delicious Healthy Meals
Rates
It’s important to us to be inclusive and make this profound body and nature experience accessible for a wide range of budgets. That’s why we offer a payment sliding scale – from just covering the costs to paying it forward. Feel into where you find yourself on that scale…
Early Bird: book at R3700 by 17 April 2024. Full payment required.
Standard Price: R4700 covers the costs of accommodation, food, organisation and facilitation. 50% refundable deposit required to secure your spot.
Give Forward: with R7900 you will give forward, allowing somebody who cannot afford this experience currently to join and benefit from the healing it provides.
The Calling: If you would feel the true calling to take part in this experience but face a financial challenge, please write to bookings@soulretreat.co.za and we will try our best to accommodate you.
What's Included
- Accommodations: 2 nights in rustic stone cottages
- Meals & Drinks
- Yoga mat, journal and pen
- Guided experiences
- Live performance
About the Accommodation
Klein Cederberg Private Nature Reserve
Cederberg, South Africa 6836
+27 82 606 0801
Klein Cederberg is offered as an exclusive-use property, allowing up to 18 guests of all ages to enjoy their stay in total privacy. Our layout and expansive property makes us the perfect place for friends and family group gatherings as well as corporate retreats and or special events.
Klein Cederberg is an off-the-grid eco-lodge and while we are not a luxury accommodation, we offer a simple, but cozy back-to-nature atmosphere. What makes us special is that we offer absolute privacy, tranquility, and exclusive access to our 16,000 hectare nature reserve property, which includes the opportunity for: hiking, bouldering, trail running, birding, botany exploration, stargazing, drives at dusk for private sundowners overlooking the sculpture route or Riet River Canyon, plein air painting, nature photography, and the opportunity to view contemporary sculptures by top South African artists set in the wilderness.
We are a malaria-free property.
Located within the Cederberg Region we are conveniently en route to Algeria, Tankwa Karoo National Park, AfrikaBurn, and the Biedouw Valley’s enchanted spring flowering fields of Namakwa wildflowers.
Stay of Klein Cederberg Includes Exclusive Use of our:
– Nine Rustic Stone en-suite cottages supplied with linens, towels, and lanterns. Some cottages have a fireplace or a wood stove.
– Private Pool
– Braais and fire pits for your group to gather around at the end of the day
– Indoor Fireplace in the Settler’s Dwelling
– Indoor breakfast and tea room
– A dining room where we offer candle lit dinners by the fireplace
Fresh and delicious meals cooked over the fire are included in the rate.
Guests Requirements
Being able to move and walk, moderate fitness. Happy to be exposed to the elements and their moods.
Important things to know
The Cederberg Mountains can be warm and sunny, and cold and windy. We recommend good sun protection, hat, sunglasses, etc. and clothes for all seasons.
For the evening, bring warm layers and a head torch. The venue is completely off-the-grid, we use oil lamps and candles by night.
This is an alcohol and drug-free experience and we ask you to leave those behind
What to bring
Curiosity to experience something different. The openness to connect. The courage to unplug and just be.
Personal sanitary items
Day pack (small rucksack)
Personal snacks you don’t want to be without
Swim suit
Head torch
Wind-breaker
Hat and sunblock
Clothes for all seasons
Water bottle
Optional:
Journal and pen
Yoga Mat
Cancellation Policy
Full Payment required latest 14 days before the experience.
Full refund possible up to 14 days before the event; 50% non-refundable for cancellations thereafter.
Contact Numbers
Irmina: +27 74 115 2166
Hanna: +27 78 514 4374
TRUE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE
Nature hideaway | completely off-the-grid |untouched wilderness | nourishing vegetarian food | experienced nature guides | live performances
Friday 12pm – Sunday 2pm
Max 10 Guests
From R3700 p/p
Klein Cederberg Private Nature Reserve
About the host
Meet our Experience Creator whose mission is to help you remember more of your true nature as you come home to your body, your true being and your heart.
Hanna
Deeply in love with the earth and the outdoors, Hanna has facilitated movement-yoga, meditation and embodiment for groups and individuals for over ten years. She believes that deep and meaningful connection – to self, body and heart, to others and to nature – is the medicine the world needs today.
She is a nature-lover, writer, musician, dancer and embodiment facilitator and creates powerful offerings for people, igniting deep presence and connection, inner peace and lasting transformation.
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