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When Food Becomes Care—Reflections On The Eat To Thrive Retreat

Plant based dining Kruger National Park

Retreats are often approached through a central goal. An opportunity to explore a new modality. Entering a space that creates an environment in which we can re-centre ourselves, calm our nervous systems. Search for community, or perhaps even solitude, through reflection. It is this initial intention that shapes the experiences that we enter, and ultimately, … Read more

Somatic Healing: What Nature Teaches Us About Stress, Tension and Release

There are certain places in the body where stress likes to settle. The jaw, shoulders, chest, and hips. We carry tension without always realising how much of it has built up, until a headache arrives, we struggle to get comfortable, or a stretch never quite releases the pressure. Often, we think of stress as something … Read more