As usual, over the last months Fynbos has hosted workshops, retreats and getaways. We are not always handy with a camera at the right time but here are pics of some of these.
NORWEGIAN TOUR PARTY
20 Norwegians on a fast moving tour of the Western Cape stopped by
for an overnight. They were a great group in high spirits and we cooked a South
African meal of samosas followed by bobotie and rice, rotis and sambals ending
with Johan’s delicious Malva pud. All this went down a treat together with a
good deal of lubrication of the vinicultural variety.
Comment
On behalf of the Norwegian group, I
would like to say thanks very much for the wonderful stay at Fynbos Estate last
week. We enjoyed it all: the stunning location, the good “vibrations”, the
excellent wines and food – and, last but not least, the warm and friendly
welcome by you and the entire staff.
It was also very interesting to learn
more about the ideas, philosophy and reality behind running such a rewarding
and demanding project.
John and I are looking forward to
visiting you with yet another group next time, next year, hopefully.
Warm regards to all,
Anne-Marie and John (Facilitators)
9 DAY TRANSFORMATIONAL RETREAT
This retreat lasted 9 days and was attended mostly by people who
flew out from Europe and the US. They filled the farm with a surprisingly
tangible energy of warmth and peace. The
facilitator Fabian Piorkowsky who is a doctor working in the area of
transformation and medicinal herbs described the retreat as follows:
“This retreat includes intensive work
with the physical, mental as well as all energetic bodies using techniques of
the ancient masters from all over the world: Yoga, Mantra, Meditation, Sacred
plants from the Amazon Rainforest, the South American Highlands and from the
Heart of Africa as well as Raw Food and juicing workshops.”
Fabian and fellow facilitator, Nicole, will be running two further
retreats at Fynbos this year. For those
interested in these or this kind of work, Fabian has sent us the following
links,
Comments
This place is magical and rejuvenating. Thank you and all your
staff for always providing a smiling face and a warm heart.
Floyd
Thanks
for share with us this s pace of serenity and magic
Great
place! Great people! Great Awareness! Perfect!
Merce
beaucoup
Jules (France)
Our healing retreat would have been special anyway but in
combination with magical Fynbos Estate it has left an unwashable tattoo in my
heart. Going up to the mountain, being one with nature, drawing energy from the
African sun and drinking the energetic spring water made unforgettable moments.
A refreshed heart says thank you
(Unreadable signature)
What
a fantastic place for a healing retreat! Very peaceful and beautiful and also
nice to have a pool to swim in. It was a great week and I hope to be back
Ben
Los
Angeles USA
Thank
you so much for you amazing hospitality,loving,caring people. Will tell
everybody of Fynbos Estate in Berlin
Philip
This
place is magic healing simply wonderful.
Thank you for your warm hospitality and your kindness blessings
Sera
Thank
you so much for this beautiful place. Love light laughter and blessings. See
you soon
All
the best
Julie
FELDENKRUIS
Christina Schneider, a Feldenkruis teacher living
and working in Germany, visited Fynbos and ran a day long Feldenkruis workshop.
Apart from working with participants, the group was lucky to have two babies
here at the time (one of these being Dani, Diana and Johan’s grandchild) who
Christina invited us to watch. `They know
how to do instinctually what we have to learn to do in workshops’ she said,
and we watched the little ones move with ease and grace from lying to sitting or
sitting to crawling. It was wonderful to see with new eyes such things as how
they distributed their weight and used their limbs and body weight to balance
themselves. So easy!
Comment
I
enjoyed doing Feldenkrais teaching in the Pavilion. That it is indoor but also
outdoor with beautiful scenery around and quiet.
Christina
This
is what Christina has to say about Feldendkrais:
FELDENKRAIS – Awareness through Movement
For all, who love to move – or want to
rediscover their love!
FELDENKRAIS invited you to get aware of your
own movements. It is not a physical training, it is a chance for learning, so
that your alldays movements become more efficient, more easy, more flowing.
That of course has an effect to all other movements, which you love to do:
sports, long walks, dancing, playing musical instrument, singing ...
This special kind of learning belongs to
„Somatic Learning“. We all did that in the very beginning of our life, we
discovered ourselves being in the envirement of gravitiy. A baby learns through
movement and experience how to turn, how to roll, how to crawl – and to sit, to
stand, to walk. Nobody is teaching him/her.
„When you know, what you are doing, then you
can do, what you want“, said Moshé Feldenkrais – and I add: „When you know, how
you behave yourself, then you get the ability to change things: you get a
choice.“
For further Information see www.feldenkrais-method.org
Swedish Funding Evaluation
We
have had numerous workshops here involving processes related to Swedish funders.
. The latest of these was a fieldwork evaluation of a Swedish
Aid funded organisation called the Coalition
of African Lesbians. The photo is of Ingrid Obery from Gauteng and Jessica Rothman
from Sweden taking time off with Johan in the kitchen.
Comment
Fynbos
is a wonderful place to have workshops. – from the peaceful and relaxed
atmosphere to the delicious food.
Ingrid Obery
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