Selemo | Spring Equinox Retreat

Selemo | Spring Equinox Retreat – A Time of Balance and Renewal

The Spring Equinox is a moment of perfect balance between night and day. It signals the start of the new solar season and the Afrikan New Year.

For generations, our ancestors gathered to celebrate, plant, give thanks, and realign with the cycles of nature.

It's a journey of a lifetime - over four days: afternoon 15 Sept to midday 19 Sept 2025.

Taking place Emgwenya, Mpumalanga (venue details will be provided upon registration).

The space is lovingly held in the guardianship of esteemed Memory Keepers, Healers, and Teachers – including:

KHNYSA

iGqirha, Breath & Sound Keeper

Breathwork Facilitator | African Sound Healing | Indigenous Knowledge Keeper | Founder of PHILA Holistic

Breath, voice, spirit as sacred technologies.

Thozi Theko Okum

Family Constellations Facilitator

Family Constellations Guide | Life and Career Coach | Leadership Mentor

Healing family, land and global systems through constellations.

Edwin Chitapi

Wisdom Keeper of Sacred Sites

Storyteller | Sacred Site Guide | Earth Code Interpreter

Ancient African temples, ancestral memory and Earth codes.

Chef Noni

Guardian of Ancestral Foodways

Ancestral Food Knowledge Keeper | Wellness and Ubuntu Advocate

Healing through food, ritual and African botanical traditions

The investment is R8 500 for the four day retreat - that includes:

• Excursions to sacred sites: ancient stone circles, Sudwala Caves and Inzalo Ye Langa (including entry fees)
• Family and System Constellations
• Breathwork Practices
• Soundbath Experiences
• Teachings on Indigenous Wisdom
• Nature Immersions: hiking and swimming
• Plant based meals prepared by Chef Noni (3 meals daily and tea breaks)

NOTE: this excludes accommodation and transport to Emgwenya and surrounds (excursions).

Information about accommodation options that you can book directly - will be shared upon registration. Lift share will be facilitated for the group.

Visit the event site for further details: https://igqubalaphakade.my.canva.site/

For further information you can contact us on: [email protected]

Join us and call in the sun.

This retreat is offered by Igquba la Phakade - a Non-Profit Company practicing in the Heritage and Sustainability sectors.

We represent a shared vision of alignment, celebration, memory-keeping and archiving of isiNtu.