WILDERNESS VIGIL – Vision Quest – Anysberg, South Africa
Across cultures and across time people have gone into the wild, away from the company of humans, to listen. For something beneath the noise of their own thinking, to mark a transition, to find direction, to remember what they belong to.
Twelve days in the Anysberg. Four days of preparation, four days solo in the wilderness, four days of integration. The solo is the heart of it – but what comes before and after is what the solo needs to land.
What happens out there needs tending.
You don’t need to have done anything like this before. The land knows how to do its work. Your job is simply to show up and stay present. That is why we call it a vigil.
- SEVERANCE: 4 days building readiness, clarifying intention
- THRESHOLD: 4 days solo fast
- INTEGRATION: 4 days return and incorporation
LOLLA ODENDAAL: Lolla is a wilderness guide, who is inspired by her witnessing the simplicity with which nature reveals our true selves. She started her journey as a nature conservationist, river guide & mountain guide and has been steered on a path deeper into the mysteries of the inter connectedness of our Human Nature. Lolla guides journeys into nature and leads nature based ceremonies. Her exploration of sacred landscapes focuses on revealing their relevance to modern lives.
JESS TYRRELL: Jess is a psychotherapist, wilderness guide and herbalist. Her work over the last 26 years is dedicated to promoting and supporting people’s deep sense of belonging, and the formation of their ecological identity – the knowing of belonging to and being an expression of a larger body life itself. She is the founder of NatureAllied, a psychtherapy practice and training body for Trauma-informed Mental Health First Aid.
Read more about this vigil in the INFO BOOKLET here
Visit the website: https://www.natureallied.co.za/naturalmedicine