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The Return: A South Africa Walking Safari & Yoga RetreatSeptember 28 - October 4, 2026
📍Pafuri Hutwini Trails Camp, Southern African Wildlife College Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
This retreat is a journey of intentional disconnection - a conscious choice to step away from a world that begs for our distraction so we can reconnect with what is real and true.
Click here (greatabidingyoga.com/workshops/2026/south-africa) to learn about accommodations, retreat activities, meet your retreat guides, property overviews, pricing, what you’ll experience and much more!
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We are each born with a deep resonance - a drumbeat of the heart and the ocean of the breath that constantly beckons us back to our most authentic selves…
As Homo sapiens, we took our first steps in Africa, and that ancient rhythm is calling us home to the wild. The moment you set foot on African soil, you’ll feel a sense of belonging you never knew you were missing.
Amidst wild animals, vast landscapes, and endless skies, you’ll come home to nature and to the truest sense of who you are.
Through deep immersion and close observation of this pristine wilderness, we remember that we are not separate from nature; we are it. We learn to speak the language of the wild places - the silent whispers of the wind, the tracks left in the dirt, the calls of the animals - so we can become a voice for the voiceless and a force for their (and our) preservation.
✨ Get ready to enjoy…
• Daily dawn & dusk guided walks: exploring your rightful place in the wild. We may drive to a certain point in the reserve and walk from there.
• Afternoons include a yoga practice in incredible locations followed by game drive and sundowners.
• Meditation practices aside the Luvuvhu River and atop remote rocky outcrops with vast stretches of wilderness below to expand awareness.
• Free middays to relax, swim in the river, read, sleep and integrate learnings.
• Journaling prompts and optional midday coaching.
• Sharing our stories around the fire and under the Milky Way in the evenings.
• Star gazing & more.
✨ The Experience...
There is something within our genetic code that remembers Africa as the birthplace of humanity.
As psychiatrist and wilderness guide Ian McCallum says -
"We have to remember that our identity is intimately tied to the earth itself. To lose one's sense of union with wild places is to pre-empt what I believe is one of the most overlooked conditions in modern psychiatry - homesickness."
He believes that a loss of wildness and homesickness are the same thing, and the cure is to remember where we came from and where we belong.
This retreat offers you a precious opportunity to step out of the relentless demands of modern life and dive deep into an awe-inspiring wilderness. Through the powerful practices of walking, meditation, and yoga, we re-find our rightful place in the world.
Pafuri is one such place to come home to - a place that jogs your genetic memory and re-awakens your sense of belonging.
This is a journey of profound connection:
with yourself,
with your source,
and with the community around you.
✨ Is This Retreat for You?
This exclusive, next-level wilderness safari is designed for those who have already embarked on a journey of inner work and self-reflection. It is for those who appreciate the precious gift of long periods of silence and can find beauty in both the smallest and grandest creations of nature.
✨ Ready to return to where it all began?
Click below to see videos of what you'll experience!
https://greatabidingyoga.com/workshops/2026/south-africa
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Pafuri, Kruger National Park, 200 Neptune St, Tshwane, 0181, South Africa, Pretoria
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