If you knew you were 20% more courageous what would you do next?
Inner & Outer Journeys
Personal Journeys: when you find yourself at a personal crossroads, holding bigger questions about life and direction:
There is wisdom inside us and all around us - being in Nature allows access to that which we know, but often are too busy and distracted to grasp. Together with trusted partners and trained by respected elders both in South Africa and the USA I offer the ancient practices of Rites of Passage/ Vision Quest in the wilderness and Wilderness Vigils on the land - stepped into with intention, held in ceremony by a community and experienced guides.
Collective Journeys: When we want to learn from each other personally and professionally -across cultures:
On a learning programme where your group is matched with local experts and wilderness & community immersion are the settings and tools that inspire learning I have, in partnership with my local partners, created a unique programme that focusses on professional and personal learning in the fields of Social Work, Social and Climate Justice. Countries of immersion and Learning: South Africa & Nepal
Mountain Journeys: When you feel a call to go and explore the big mountains and take one step at a time embracing the simplicity of life on trail and the courage and curiosity you knew you have had for a long time…..:
Treks and Expeditions in the Himalayas - ranging from intentional personal pilgrimages to gentle trekking through rural mountain villages to technical high altitude expeditions.
Personal Journeys - guided solo wilderness immersions
Vision Quests & Wilderness Vigils
International Vision Quest - 12 day facilitated processes at the core of which lies a 4-day solo fast - with the focus on both personal and collective intentions
Wild-Self Imfolozi Wilderness Journey - a 8 day trek in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve - This journey offers the unique opportunity to share wild spaces with a thriving community of wild animals, from elephants to dung beetles, as we walk on the their trails and swim in their rivers we will reconnect and reawaken the wild animal within our souls.
Wilderness Vigil - a 3-day facilitated process at the core of which lies a 1-day solo fast
annual Earthlink Fast for Vision Quest Guides and other supporter - every year from 1-4 October.
Custom designed wilderness vision journeys in South Africa, Europe and Nepal for set groups - or with set themes
My core partners here are:
Educo Africa (South Africa), Carine Roth, Jess Tyrrell, Sicelo Mbhata
Collective Journeys in South Africa & Nepal
Social Work & Social Justice Immersion
How do we truly learn from each other - across borders, identities, generations, economic & religious realities?
These tailor-designed wilderness and community based social justice and conscious global citizenship courses for groups of professionals, academics & young adults from all over the world focus on creating true learning spaces for personal and professional growth. Social Work practice in global comparison, social & climate justice issues are at the center of these courses. Learning takes place both in shared multicultural experiences in the wilderness and in the urban settings of Cape Town and Kathmandu respectively. These foster a deep understanding of common humanity and interconnectedness, a sense of co-ownership and co-responsibility that galvanises the will to act towards personal and global change.
Local implementing partners: Educo Africa (South Africa), Nireka Adventures (Nepal).
Some current client/partners USA: University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work, Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Science, SUNY New Paltz, Department of Human Services, University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, School of Social Work…
Germany: SSZ University of Rosenheim, AGJF e.V. Sachsen…
Mountain Journeys: The outer journey that has us travel far beyond the landscapes into our selves…. What are we truly capable of?
Himalayan Treks & Expeditions
The Himalayas are a frontier - culturally, ancient they are teachers of the simplest truth of human connectedness and community - topographically, in the presence of their rugged undeniable strength and power we can’t but leave behind what we know and as we cross one river after another, one pass after the next, pass through remote villages, engage with those who know only that life away from roads and engines, healthcare and electricity can teach us more in the shortest moment than we might have tried and grasped in years of schooling - the Himalayas can be a frontier of our own inner selves….
In close partnership with Nireka Adventures we offer (mostly in Nepal - but also in Bhutan, India, Argentina and Tanzania-Kilimanjaro): Next scheduled Trek in Nepal - come and join!
Treks of all kinds - easy and short to very remote and challenging - other as pure adventures- where “the mountains will speak for themselves”, or as custom design coaching journeys for individuals and teams, facilitated as mindful journeys or pilgrimages of the self in the context of the greater wisdom of the Himalayas.
The greatest of all “treks” - the Great Himalaya Trail - a five months expedition across the entire Nepali Himalayas (1700km)
Peak climbs - for beginners as well as seasoned mountaineers!
Local implementing partners: Nireka Adventures (Nepal).