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Dreams and Tracking Retreat in the Kalahari Desert 2020

I have just returned from my first Dreams & Tracking retreats in the Kalahari Desert. The experience was incredible. I worked alongside Alwyn Myburgh and his safari company ‘Matsebe Safaris’. We lead 3 retreats over a 6-week period.

The focus of our work was to teach ‘African indigenous technology’. I focused on the ‘Dreaming’ component which entailed teaching people how to connect to their Ancestors, Dreams and working with African medicinal plants. Alwyn taught the ‘tracking’ aspect of the retreat. This involved intuitive tracking, interspecies communication and learning bird language. We split our teachings into 2 or 3 hourly segments depending on the weather and animal sightings. Each morning we would wake at 6am and start following the animal tracks at 6:30am. 

We tracked lion for 6 weeks and on the final week we managed to see them, all seven of them, which I felt was very auspicious. Our Bushmen trackers reckoned that they had never seen human beings before. The Kalahari Desert is renowned for large open spaces, hundreds of kilometers of unspoiled wilderness and one of the wildest most desolate places left on earth. We chose the Kalahari Desert to do our retreat because we wanted people to experience the ‘Garden of Eden’, nature untouched by man! A hard task to accomplish, but we did it.

We hosted about 22 people with diverse backgrounds from medicine, dentistry, IT, teaching and the healing arts. It was a life changing experience for all of us. Here are what some of the people said.

Testimonials

I have never felt the tranquility nor peace I experienced with our team of trackers in the Kalahari. Thank you, John and Alwyn.

Nelson De La Cruz

 (Dentist from the US).

The most transformative retreat I’ve ever been on.

Krista Nielsen

 (Teacher from Hawaii).

We will continue our Kalahari retreats next year 2022 in Feb & March. For bookings/ Enquiries please email Beverley reservations.origins@gmail.com.

Please see my interview (below via you tube link) with Mitchel Clute from Sounds True on their FB community ‘Shamanic Path’ page.

Energy Magazine review

Energy Magazine review

"Insights at the Edge" - Online Podcast

My Insights at the Edge Podcast is now live! 
Click this link and listen to the interview with the CEO & founder of Sounds True, Tami Simon.

KMVR “Conversations with Michael Stone”

Michael Stone: Conversations
John Lockley, Healer, Teacher, South African Sangoma: The Way of the Leopard

Why Shamanism Now? 2 Interviews with the great Christina Pratt

I had the opportunity to join, Christina Pratt, for the first of her series of Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored shows. Here you can listen to both of the interviews I made with her.

Click the link below to listen to the two episodes!

http://whyshamanismnow.com/guests/loc...

Why Shamanism Now? 2 Interviews with the great Christina Pratt

I had the opportunity to join, Christina Pratt, for the first of her series of Society of Shamanic Practitioners sponsored shows. Here you can listen to both of the interviews I made with her.

Click the link below to listen to the two episodes!

http://whyshamanismnow.com/guests/lockley-john/

Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

I had an amazing interview with Rick Archer from ‘Buddha at the Gas Pump’. We spoke about my background as a sangoma, my apprenticeship in the rural areas of South Africa, my upcoming book ‘Leopard Warrior’ as well as the state of chaos in the world. I mentioned my optimism about the future and felt that the chaos of the world is like a cleansing fever encouraging all of us to dig deeper and become more conscious. Enjoy!

Interview with Raghu Markus on the Mindrolling Podcast

I was recently interviewed by Raghu Markus on his Mindrolling Podcast about my new book 'Leopard Warrior'. I always enjoy my interviews with Raghu. We spoke about his friend and mentor, Ram Dass, as well as other spiritual masters. We covered some key areas such as the qualities of a spiritual teacher, the rhythm of truth, finding our center and connecting with our Dreams.

Please listen for an animated discussion and a few chants and guided meditation. 

 

"Honouring our Ancestors" with John Lockley & Michael Stone

I was happy to join Michael Stone on the 21st August for his monthly 'New Moon: Planetary Call to Action' Webinar. Many people around the world experienced a solar eclipse. We found this auspicious because of our themed talk. In many ancient cultures around the world the sun was (& still is) perceived as the first ancestor, the source of all life. 

We spoke about 'Ancestors' and how important it is to honour them for gifting us with our life.  The listeners asked some interesting questions. It was quickly apparent how traumatized people are by family history, focusing on the sadness, grief or bad behaviour of ancestors making it difficult for the present generation to stand with dignity. During these discussions I felt called to remind people that we are honouring the shining essence of our ancestors, their khanya (shining) or consciousness that they have passed on to us. We honour this part of our ancestors because this is how we come to 'be' in the world. It is too easy for us to fall into stories whether good or bad.  

I loved speaking alongside Michael. He shared another perspective on the importance of honouring our Ancestors that I found elightening and refreshing. I learnt a great deal from this dialogue with him.

To listen to the discussion please click the Sound Cloud link below.