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Shakti and I began October travelling the Garden Route on our way to the Conscious Sexuality retreat in Knysna. Over the first few days we were welcomed into peoples homes for sessions and enjoyed the wonderful generosity of those we meet. The depth of vulnerability allowed, as the raw truth of experience and beliefs are shared, continuously warmed my heart.

The area feels like a place of soul work. Immersed in nature, the rolling beauty appears to midwife deep, personal exploration. I treasured the experience, revealing in each moment.

An analogy I'm playing with is that of the human being compared to a battery. Batteries have both positive and negative poles and do not function without them. The power, or potential (from the Latin word for power, potent), exists as the energy released when there is flow between these poles. While nothing flows a battery is only potential and otherwise effectively dead.

I've been invited to join a twelve month process, orbiting a retreat at the end on this year, designed to bring into clarity my living a daily life that is true to my core being. This is exciting and well timed as I pause over winter, during a time of personal transition, and listen. Being one year in duration, it promises fantastic opportunity to focus my intention and awareness, and develop relationships of trust with all involved.

Both recent Tantra retreats, one in the Drakensberg and the other suspended high above Cape Town's False Bay, were deeply moving. It touches the core of my being to bear witness to the deep transformation individuals undergo with such willingness to face their vulnerability.