Cultivating Safe Spaces Within
This four-week live online practice series is designed to help you navigate both your inner and outer world with greater resilience, clarity, and ease. Guided by experienced facilitators, we will explore mindfulness, compassion, and practices of belonging and safety that support the creation of a reliable and nurturing inner landscape.
Each session includes guided meditations, reflective exercises, and interactive discussions, offering practical tools to integrate these teachings into daily life. Through deep listening, self-inquiry, and shared presence, we will strengthen our ability to meet ourselves and others with kindness, authenticity, and greater self-trust.
Rooted in Buddhist meditation, this series also weaves in the wisdom of African spiritual traditions and psychological insight, creating a rich, holistic approach to inner growth. Together, we will explore how to cultivate a deeper sense of safety and connection—within ourselves, our relationships, and our communities.
This journey invites us to embrace wholeness, deepen self-trust, and foster compassionate spaces of healing—both within and in the world around us.
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About the facilitators:
Hailing from Africa, this deeply seasoned collective understands firsthand the rewards and obstacles of initiating and sustaining a meditation practice. Throughout the four-week journey, they are devoted to imparting their extensive wisdom and skills to you. Our team of facilitators brings together decades of profound meditative experience.
Maia Marie is a healer, poet and storyteller. She has facilitated storytelling, self-expression and listening projects for over 15 years. She is an initiated healer within the West African Dagara tradition.
Nolitha Tsengiwe is a meditation teacher trained by the Insight Meditation Society. She is a Psychologist, Executive coach and a Leadership development consultant and has a trauma sensitive lense in supporting clients.
Phumla Shongwe began her meditation practice 20 years ago and this practice opened up the door to her ever deepening spiritual lifestyle. She is now a multi-certified yoga teacher, a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and a healer.
Shivani Ranchod is a sangha guardian who creates retreats and group programmes. She draws on her experience as a strategist, actuary and academic to re-build institutions in ways that honour the sacred feminine and interbeing.
Costs
Standard Price: R1500/$80
Generous Price: R2500/$150
*Partial scholarships available. Please email for further information.