FLESH AND SPIRIT
The Mystery and Magic of Intimate Relationship - 3 full days.
R1,800 per person. Fee includes 3 delicious meals per day, refreshments, and private en-suite accommodation.
Explore the growing edge in your intimate relationship with the support of a small group of couples. By participating in a weekend such as this, we soon realize that we are not alone in our issues about relationship. We find that we are mirrors for each other.
In this retreat you will receive tools that:
• help you transcend what doesn't work in your relationship and take it to a deeper level;
• celebrate greater intimacy through being truly seen and heard;
• engender respect and appreciation for your partner's path and choices as well as your own;
• focus on heart connection;
• help you understand relationship dynamics so that you are more able to respond rather than to react;
• encourage you to discharge held emotions and open the doors that have been closed to each other;
• explore synergy as a couple where there is more support and energy for creativity without compromising individuality.
• bring vision, inspiration, and more aliveness into your intimate partnership.
This residential retreat is held at Bodhi Khaya Retreat on the beautiful Baviaans Fonteyn Farm in the Overberg.
INNERFIRE 5-DAY RETREAT
Taking the Next Wave! - 5 days/5 nights
R 2,400. Fee includes all meals, materials, and private accommodation before and after the solo time..
This retreat is for individuals who wish to take the next powerful step in their lives supported by the shared intention of a group and facilitated by experienced guides. Join us for 5 days in pristine beauty and connect with nature's rhythms. The program includes Councils[circles to share from the heart], storytelling and reflection, fire circles, visioning, wholesome meals, and a 24 hour time of solitude in wild nature.
A Guided Residential Retreat for couples
5 days/ 5 nights
R 2,400 per person.
Fee includes all meals and private accommodation.
Join us in the sacred dance of intimate relationship in the sanctuary of the wild! Spend time in nature with a small group of couples to vision, mark, or celebrate the next step in your intimate relationship. This journey includes witnessed Dyadic Council, fire circles, visioning, and 1 day and 1 night in solitude .
Prerequisite: Flesh and Spirit, The Mystery of Intimate Relationship
INNERFIRE 10-DAY WILDERNESS QUEST
A Guided Vision Quest - 10 days/ 9 nights
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage
so I sat still for three
days
And God came
to me
[Kabir]
Commit to a sacred adventure, sacrificing what is familiar in order to step into the mysterious realm where wildness meets, reflects and communicates with your essential self.
You will know when it's time to go out into the wilderness to meet your Self in the sanctity of the wild. To listen to the silence, to embrace the inner voices, and to receive nature's reflection. Come and celebrate the gift of life. Renew and refresh in a land of pristine wilderness, supported by a community of fellow questers.
This journey is for those who are marking a transition, or who wish to spend time in nature receiving her reflection and guidance. We include ceremony, creative processes, sharing life stories, fire circles, and 3 days and nights of solitude. Participants stay in private tents during the preparation and integration time. You will structure your alone time to fit your individual physical [including dietary], emotional and spiritual considerations.
INNERFIRE TRAVEL
Safari Adventure Quest into the heart of South Africa - 14 days
A sacred journey into the heart of South Africa, a nation of emerging freedom and a land of breathtaking beauty and contrast!
We invite you to touch the core of your spirit as you enjoy close encounters with wildlife, share Councils under African night skies, visit with African traditional healers, explore the breath-giving wilderness, and enjoy a time of solitude in this beautiful land. It is a pilgrimage to connect with the heart of Africa and to learn from her teachings.
We are gathering a list of those who are interested in participating in such a journey, and when we have a party of at least 8, we schedule the dates! Please contact us if you are interested!
I had wanted to visit Africa in a deep way for a decade. Now I know why I had to wait so long - it was for this kind of guided journey. The progression was exquisite and enlightening. From the thunder-stormy beginning on election day, to the exciting born-free days among the magnificent wild animals, to the lush and juicy rainforest hide-away in Swaziland, into the even wetter caves of ancestors with our Sangoma prophet and on through the singular meditation in the Drakensberg, to our burst back into the public exposure of thousands singing Christmas carols in Cape Town and the final view of freedom from Mandela's Robben Island cell. O my, I am still feeling the reverberations. What I did experience along these lines was profound.
[Hope Frazier, Ojai - quote and photo]
INNERFIRE PERSONAL RETREATS
Fanning the Inner Fire.
Fee depends on choice of offerings and length of stay.
Take time out from your everyday life to reconnect with your authentic self. Revitalize body, mind and spirit and return again refreshed and renewed. Retreats are currently being offered at Bodhi Khaya in a lush, tranquil valley near Stanford, 2 hours from Cape Town. Accommodation is offered in self-catering cottages or private rooms with a shared kitchen.
These retreats are tailored to your needs and may include deep retreat time, nature walks, journaling, healing sessions, art, fire ceremony, 24-hour wilderness quest, dreamsharing, couples council [see below], visualization, and/or meditation.
COUPLES COUNCIL
2-3 hours R550-825
These private sessions offer space for witnessed Dyadic Council and feedback for couples who wish to explore their relationship with only 2 facilitators/witnesses, and also for couples who wish to have support after they have attended a Flesh and Spirit retreat. We offer sacred space for you to do a Dyadic Council and, if invited, to receive feedback that may help the flow. Each session is held in the strictest confidence.
Amber and Jesse have extensive training with Jack Zimmerman and Jaquelyn McCandless [developers of the Flesh and Spirit practices as presented in their book 'Flesh and Spirit: The Mystery of Intimate Relationship'] and have been offering trainings internationally since 1999.
CUSTOMIZED SEMINARS

We travel to organizations and communities to provide specialized trainings and support for designing and maintaining Council-based programs.
People working and/or living together are involved in a dynamic process which can be served by the Way of Council. Even in a hierarchical structure, the value of place where all voices are heard can manifest cooperation and collaboration. Having an entire group have a common practice of Council encourages a bonding and synergy that benefits the organization as well as the individuals.
Reported benefits from retreatants include:
DISCOUNTS FOR PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS
Once you have attended an Innerfire program, all further programs will be discounted by 10%.