Return to the Heart Retreat

Every year, I spend time in the South African bush veld at the world class luxury game lodge called Londolozi. For several weeks, I submerge myself in the magical symphony of the wilderness that surrounds me—the chittering of the vervet monkeys, the roaring of the lion, the laughing of the hyenas. When the beauty of the land and the indescribable presence of animals meets the wild landscape of my own heart, a deep sense of homecoming is awakened in me.

I want to invite you to join me here at Londolozi for a very special gathering. We will come together for a 5-day, 4-night retreat to restore the mind, body, and heart. In this intimate setting, in one of the wildest places on the planet, we will expand our understanding of the original language of the heart, learning directly from wild elephants herds.

Through my work in Equus Coaching, I’ve often spoken on the importance for each of us to become more aware of our internal emotional feeling states and the primary relationship we are always having with how we treat ourselves. Certainly, horses are wonderful at helping us to viscerally experience the power of our internal dialogue and our emotional feeling states.

In turns out that if we’re willing to become curious and listen, elephants are also truly remarkable in their ability to model for us what life can feel like if we choose to place a connection to ourselves and others at the center of our focus. For me, spending time with and observing wild animals—most especially elephants— is an incredible way to witness the patterns we’ve adopted from our cultural, social, and familial systems that are no longer serving us. I’ve found that returning our awareness to the universal language of the heart invites us to reconnect with our essential nature so that we can once again create a life that serves the heart.

I’m inviting you to join me, August 31st – Sept. 4th, 2024, for a unique adventure to beautiful South Africa. This is a very intimate event and space is limited to only six people.

During our time together, you will…

• Rest and restore your mind, body, and spirit.
• Enjoy coming together in a small community.
• Submerge yourself into the frequency of our essential nature.
• Learn directly from the wisdom of the elephant herds.
• Delight in morning and evening game drives, up close and personal with the land and its animals.
• Take your awareness for the universal language of emotion to a next level.
• Luxuriate in the beauty of your environment AND your accommodations. Londolozi is the only luxury game lodge in the world of its kind. This is not your usual holiday trip.
• Come to partner with the land and animals to re-wild the human spirit.
• Treat yourself to incredible culinary delights, fine wines, lots of laughter, camp fires under the stars, animal tracking, and soulful connections with one another.
• Warm yourself with the vibrancy of the bush veld, active animal life, and Londolozi’s Healing House treatments.
• Enjoy pampering your body with a bit of divine decadence – massage, yoga and an afternoon nap by the pool.

I hope you will join me.

Cancellation Policy

Due to the costly, non-refundable nature of reserving venues for various events, and the limited spaces available in workshops and retreats, a cancellation made 90 days or less from the dates of an event is non-refundable. Fifty percent of the event fee will be refunded for a cancellation made between 120 to 91 days prior to the scheduled retreat. Any cancellation made 121 days prior (roughly 4 months) to a scheduled event is fully refundable minus an administrative processing fee.

If you have to cancel and any portion of your retreat fee is retained, we will apply your payment as a credit for a future retreat program for up to two years.

We want to encourage everyone to be well covered in case of some unforeseen circumstance that would require the trip to be canceled. Thus, we strongly recommend looking at www.travelinsurance.com for comprehensive trip coverage.