Firstly, the biggest and sincere, THANK YOU, SIYABONGA, so very much for reading the newsletters and taking up your key boards and writing emails on your feelings about the Sacred Sites of the world and Howick Waterfall… Your emails made an impact. They stirred up debate and some emotion… The small town of Howick did […]

The Howick Waterfall, known to the Zulu as kwaNogqaza (the place of the tall one), culturally is one of the major tourist attractions of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. The Zulu people believe the Falls to be the abode of spirits and a giant, serpent creature known as the Inkanyamba. The word Inkanyamba means ‘source of light’. […]

Well, summer is well and truly here in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The summer rains have arrived and all the green abundance that goes with it. Medicinal plants are flowering and the medicine trees of the forest are sprouting with new leaf and blossom. We have been focusing on preparing medicines and making more traditional medicines […]

Greetings… Some of you have probably wondered if we still exist, so slow has been our writing and newsletter activity. Yes, we are here and looking forward to getting back into regular communication with you all. Living in a rural area has certainly played a part in our pause in communication in the sense of […]

We have found ourselves in forest and mountain, split between the two as the building of the retreat continues… The full presence of both places has touched our hearts and made us smile so many times. We were called by the King of the Amahlubi people to attend community rites which is an inspiring experience […]