Footprints: EASTER CAMP 2025
April 17, 2025 @ 6:00 PM - April 21, 2025 @ 2:00 PM SAST
Footprints
“The impression left by a foot on the ground.”
What impressions have your feet made throughout your life? If we look around – we are living in a world of war, climate change and uncertainty. The fast pace of life and our addiction to technology have brought about a loss of connection to ourselves, each other, and our planet. How do we stand amidst this? How are our feet placed on the ground? Are our footprints deep and heavy, out of balance, or not even there?
How would you like your footprint to be?
Over the Easter weekend, we will use the Tara Rokpa Therapy methods to look at how we stand on the ground. We shall explore how we can reconnect, find our balance, strengthen our connection to others and our planet. Can our footprints show our intention – do we step with soft feet, an easy mind and a light heart?
“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” ~ W B Yeats
Spend a relaxing long weekend in the African Bush with the Tara Rokpa Therapy team. The weekend is open to all, and families are welcome. There will be planned activities on the theme of Footprints, as well as plenty of time to relax and play.
Participants are welcome to arrive a day earlier to settle in, or to stay on for another night.
Facilitators:
Tuula Styrman has worked and studied for over 40 years as a body therapist , masseur, lecturer, coach and trainer. She works at the Terhokoti -hospice in Helsinki, Finland offering gentle, supportive massage for hospice clients, their family members as well as for the personnel. She also works in schools with students and teachers, with healthcare professional as well as working people and people in challenging working environments.
Tuula actively educates social and health care professionals and volunteers in respectful touch and is one of the authors of “The Handbook for Respectful Touch” for Social and Healthcare Personnel. She is also one of the translators of the new edition of the Taming the Tiger book in Finnish,
Tuula has been involved with Tara Rokpa work from 1998 and completed her own Tara Rokpa process in Finland in 2002. She has trained in the Tara Rokpa Therapy process as a short course leader and is just about to complete her Therapist training process. She works with the method in Finland and Sweden.
Trish Swift B.Soc.Sc., MSS, M.Sc. Trish is a registered clinical social work therapist and is currently working in private practice in Harare. She has lectured at the University of Zimbabwe and is currently the Senior Tara Rokpa Therapist representing Africa. Traveling extensively throughout Southern Africa and Europe, she is a widely sought after and much-loved facilitator and therapist.
Jayne Pilossof is a compassionate and skilled kinesiologist who lives and works in Zimbabwe. With a background in textile design, she worked as a freelance designer before embarking on a transformative journey in 1994, when she began her own Tara Rokpa Therapy (TRT) process, completing it in 2000. Because she found it so inspiring and beneficial , she wanted to share this with others and began her own training to become a therapist. In 2010, she formally started her path to becoming a therapist, and completed the 5 year training to become a certified Tara Rokpa Therapist in 2014. Today, Jayne works as a Tara Rokpa therapist in Harare and Chitungwiza. She also works in South Africa, Germany, England, and other parts of Europe.
Costs:
The costs cover all accommodation for 4 nights, meals from Thursday evening until Monday lunch and a fee to cover the facilitator costs. For the cost of an extra day’s accommodation, please inquire at retreat@tararokpacentre.co.za.
| 4 Nights | |
| Camping (own tent) | R3,400 |
| Dormitory | R3,800 |
| Twin/double room with shared bathroom (sharing, per person): | R4,200 |
| Twin/double room with en suite bathroom (sharing, per person): | R4,600 |
| Single room with shared bathroom: | R5,000 |
| Single ensuite room | R5,400 |
We also have a family discount to make the weekend more affordable for families. Families will be allocated shared rooms together.
| Family Rates | 4 Nights |
| Adult | R4,200 |
| Teen 1 | R2,300 |
| Teen 2, 3… | R1,700 |
| Age 3 – 12 | R1,000 |
| Under 3s | R0 |
To Book:
Click here to book for the retreat.
A 50% deposit will confirm your booking.
Airport Shuttle
If there is sufficient interest, an airport shuttle to/from OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg will be arranged. The cost would be an estimated additional R1500 per person.
Please ensure that your incoming flights land before 10 am, and please book international flights after 8 pm for your departure.
Alternatively, there is an intercity bus from the airport to Gaborone that departs the airport at 11 am, and stops in Groot Marico. These tickets must be pe-booked online.
Visit to Game Reserve
A visit may be arranged to a nearby game reserve after the retreat. Please contact Jayne to express your interest.