Well-Being Sanctuary

Well-Being Sanctuary Magical venue in pristine Nature for Glamping, Retreats, Workshops, Conscious Festivals and Weddings We are spirit, connecting, listening, knowing, ... still.
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The Well-Being Sanctuary is a collective of like-minded and conscious beings, pooling our hearts, skills and resources to co-create and build our dream and vision of a self-sustaining, off-grid healing and retreat centre. It encompasses a HEArtS concept: Healing, Education and Events, Arts, Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability. GLAMPING

Glamping is an opportunity to immerse yourself in Nature and

BE in your ELEMENT ! If you need to get away completely from your usual patterns, or need to get out of the city and your head, then visit the Well-Being Sanctuary. Connect to the earth and harness the Full Spectrum of her Elemental Power as you tap into the Wisdom of the land. Enjoy the Wild Salt Air on our beautiful beaches at the lake, 20 minutes from the ocean. Stretch out and imagine yourself to be a grain of sand like a star in the vast ocean of the cosmos. Meditate in the organic veggie garden and eat high vibration nutrient dense food. Take deep clear breaths of clean air, observe what comes up in the silence and moments in between as you walk the land. Reconnect to your fire, and keep your passion and purpose burning on the inside. Come, be … in your ELEMENT. Message me on WhatsApp or call 066 25 68468 to RESERVE YOUR RESET. HEALING

​We are creating a safe, healing space where those seeking to regain balance and connection on a physical, mental and emotional level are assisted through various alternative and natural treatments such as detoxification, nutrition, homeopathy, life coaching, energy healing and body work. The Well-Being Sanctuary will be a gathering space where healers can meet and practice their various modalities.

​Following a holistic approach, we believe in supporting everyone involved in the Well-Being Sanctuary to become empowered, independent and to ultimately thrive. EDUCATION AND EVENTS

​​We are creating a platform where healers, trainers, facilitators and practitioners can come to offer their conferences, retreats, workshops, classes and treatments. Guests and Volunteers will also be able to learn by participating in our projects such as the permaculture gardens or natural horsemanship. ARTS

Our facilities will include spaces where artists can get back in touch with their creativity, give performances, display art works and facilitate healing through art.

​Wherever we can, we support the local artists and artisans. SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY

​​We are currently clearing the land including removing invasive plant species. The clearings are used in the compost heaps for our organic, permaculture and aquaponics gardens and for stocking up on our fire wood. We currently live off rain water and will be filling our dams soon with river water as well as from our spring. HORSES AND FARM ANIMALS

​The Well-Being Sanctuary has 5 horses, some rescued. We offer natural horsemanship lessons and gentle, walking outrides through our property and the neighbouring forests.

​Apart from our dog Apollo, and cats Luna and Nova, the farm often hears the cries of the resident fish eagles and sees other birds of prey, buck, rooikat, monkeys and baboons as well as chickens and rabbits. CONNECT WITH US

Our 40 hectare lifestyle farm is situated close to Sedgefield in the Garden Route of South Africa with spectacular views stretching over 2.5 km on the scenic Swartvlei Lake’s edge. All of us at the Well-Being Sanctuary look forward to connecting with you and welcoming you on this magical healing land. Please show your support and join our community on Facebook.

Come and celebrate Summer Solstice with ecstatic abandon - with drumming, chanting, singing and dancing around a sacred ...
15/11/2023

Come and celebrate Summer Solstice with ecstatic abandon - with drumming, chanting, singing and dancing around a sacred bonfire, sparks swirling and rising to meet a canopy of stars.
This is our time of magical co-creation, of sharing our gifts and talents from heart to heart. A wonderful opportunity to honour the Earth and her cosmic cycles, to value our own uniqueness and the divine light in others. To learn together, grow together and give back to the land by planting trees. We love to dance and make merry, as well as strike a good balance between sound and silence. Our musicians, DJs and drummers have their glory moments, but not to the detriment of a good night's rest for all. We encourage each participant to make the most of an amazing environment where you can relax and resource yourself from nature... while having loads of fun into the bargain. Welcome to the next evolution of our ongoing journey!

>> Arrival: from 2pm on Thursday, 14 December
>> Self-sufficient camping (or glamping https://wellbeingsanctuary.co.za/ ):
Friday, 15 December
We encourage you to participate in a Sweat Lodge on this day, to help you land and ground after a busy year. Take long swims in the lake, walk along the leafy footpaths in the indigenous forest, connect with the horses of the land... or simply hang with friends and meet people. BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://qkt.io/JrC0Ij

>> Saturday, 16 December to 8am on Friday, 22 December
Six days of immersive community Summer Solstice celebration
>> Friday 22 December 8am to 2pm
Pack up and leave by 2pm at the latest. Leave NO TRACE and take all your trash away with you.

Hey beautiful souls. Oliver Sutton here. I'll be joining you at the Solstice gathering and sharing Qi Gong, Breathwork a...
09/11/2023

Hey beautiful souls. Oliver Sutton here. I'll be joining you at the Solstice gathering and sharing Qi Gong, Breathwork and Yoga. Expect to UNTAME THE MONKEY and get out of the rigid typecast sterility of generic structures. We will bind connection to ourselves with holistic wellness, by letting go construction only to get truly back in. With a long background in martial arts and traditional QiGong & Taichi, this multi-modality experience will cultivate a balanced mind, spirit, and body all the while bringing gentleness and compassion into the challenges. There will be light. At some point we are all one. I'll also be selling homemade soaps & lip balms. Classes are R120.

https://www.instagram.com/thedailybreathclub/

Excited to see you!

>> Haven't bought you tickets yet? Go here:

https://www.quicket.co.za/.../228082-summer-solstice-well...

If you want to purchase your tickets plus glamping, go here:
https://wellbeingsanctuary.co.za/event/summer-solstice

Summer Solstice at Well-Being Sanctuary is HERE!Remember the magic and follow your heart back to our festival. Join our ...
04/11/2023

Summer Solstice at Well-Being Sanctuary is HERE!

Remember the magic and follow your heart back to our festival.

Join our tribe free spirits!

For more information on our amazing offerings look at the Facebook events here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/623539006424204/?active_tab=about

To buy tickets and book glamping follow this link:

https://wellbeingsanctuary.co.za/event/summer-solstice

Free Spirits, this is our tribe, and this is our time. A time for celebrating the Summer Solstice with ecstatic abandon. Of drumming, chanting, singing and d...

FireFly Festival is here! The circus festival you have dreamed about is manifesting this October at the Well-Being Sanct...
18/08/2023

FireFly Festival is here!

The circus festival you have dreamed about is manifesting this October at the Well-Being Sanctuary.

A weekend celebration of movement, play and being together.

Whether you are a seasoned performer or a complete newbie - if you love movement - FireFly Festival is for you. Come and experience the magic of climbing silks, watching shows, playing fire and dancing with your friends in our beautiful nature paradise.

You can purchase your ticket here https://bit.ly/FireFlyFestival

If you would like to get involved as a facilitator or a volunteer, contact Selah directly on 082 384 9646.

See you there :)

Freedom Retreat 22 Oct - 4 Nov 2023Are you ready for a 14-day Transformational Adventure in Africa?Join us as we go on a...
26/07/2023

Freedom Retreat 22 Oct - 4 Nov 2023

Are you ready for a 14-day Transformational Adventure in Africa?

Join us as we go on a journey within to discover your inner wisdom and natural ability to heal.

An adventure with other like-minded people from all walks of life.
Connect with and be inspired by others on their own unique journey to a more empowered life.

Transformative coaching to identify limiting subconscious beliefs that manifest in your health and your mental/emotional state with lovers and family members.
You will be empowered to reprogram your mind, dissolving patterns that prevent you from reaching your full potential and experiencing all the joy that Life has to offer.

From our tranquil retreat space on the shore of the Swartvlei lake in South Africa, we will also explore all the natural beauty that the Garden Route has to offer. On our adventures we will not only get to see the African Wildlife, but have a personal experiences with some of these magnificent creatures.

Daily routines include:
- Organic meals - food for the soul...
- Movement Medicine - Yoga, Tai Chi & Conscious Dance
- Natural Detoxification
- Sweatlodge
- Adventures in Nature
- 1-on-1 and Group Coaching sessions

This is the opportunity of a lifetime...

Step into the potential,
DM “YES” for more information

Are you looking to grow and learn as a parent? Join us for our three Conscious Parenting Workshops hosted by Mariette Ca...
10/07/2023

Are you looking to grow and learn as a parent?

Join us for our three Conscious Parenting Workshops hosted by Mariette Carstens in Cape Town.

These workshops will provide you with the support and tools you need to update your parenting paradigm.

The best part? You can attend the workshops in any order as they are independent of each other. And, if you can't make the dates below, don't worry - the workshops will be repeated in the near future.

Let us uncover the true gifts of parenting, instead of feeling burned out, frustrated and out of control.

Sometimes we feel we have tried EVERYTHING at home and NOTHING seems to be working!

Yes, parenting can be daunting.
When SOMETHING is wrong at home, we experience isolation and failure.

NO MORE !

*Join this series of 3 Conscious Parenting Workshops. *

Coming Up: Getting a “YES” from your child. Fostering Cooperation in a Co-creative Partnership with your child.
How to instruct, mutual listening, and following through.

📍29 July, Hout Bay

Next : Understanding the “NO”, the blockage.

📍26 Aug, Constantia

Followed By: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is responsible for it all?
That’s the person we see in the morning in the mirror, the only one we can learn to control. In this workshop we look at the true causes of our suffering at home and learn to become fully resourced to deal with what is really going on, instead of becoming distracted by the behavior symptoms.

📍23 September Cape Town


I will help you uncover the true gifts of parenting …Sometimes we feel we have tried EVERYTHING at home with our childre...
16/04/2023

I will help you uncover the true gifts of parenting …

Sometimes we feel we have tried EVERYTHING at home with our children and that NOTHING is working!

Parenting can be daunting. When SOMETHING is wrong at home, we feel frustration, isolation and failure.

NO MORE !

Join this series of 3 Conscious Parenting Workshops.

1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is responsible for it all?

That’s the person we see in the morning in the mirror, the only one we can learn to control.

In this workshop we look at the true causes of our suffering at home and learn to become fully resourced to deal with what is really going on, instead of becoming distracted by the behavior symptoms.

20 May Houtbay

2. Getting a “YES” from your child.

Fostering Cooperation in a Co-creative Partnership with your child.

How to instruct, mutual listening, and following through.

29 July Houtbay

3. Understanding the “NO”, the blockage.

You will learn how to fade these patterns out instead of feeding them your precious energy.

26 August Constantia

It’s going to be fun, interactive, educational and mostly nurturing, liberating and empowering.

Call Mariette 066 256 8468 to book your space or if you have any queries x

11/02/2023

BELOVED WOMEN

Everything I want to say about INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT , our luxury retreat 3 to 5 March …

I say in this video

Call to reserve your reset
066 256 8468




INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT
Mariette Carstens

What is INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT TO YOU? Come find out at our Luxury RETREAT 3 to 5 March 2023Call 066 256 8468We will gath...
05/02/2023

What is INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT TO YOU?

Come find out at our Luxury RETREAT

3 to 5 March 2023

Call 066 256 8468

We will gather at the Well-Being Sanctuary, 3 to 5 March for INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT.

The WBS is a very special place. The sort of place you never want to leave and always want to return to.

I felt into doing a little video series as part of my invitation for you to join us at the beautiful luxurious retreat in March when we will be journeying with the Feminine.

What intuitive nourishment is for me, is leaning into my discomfort with my breath.

The breath is very nourishing to my system, and the element of air has been supporting me and connecting me to my life force in the darker, tougher, denser moments…. and yes, I do feel those.

Instead of needing to return to a comfort zone, or a relaxed state, I journey with the lessons in life by ensuring that I am fully resourced and supported, instead of falling into one of my old patterns of “I must do it alone…”

Sending love and light
Let’s breathe together

Intuitive Nourishment 1Hi, it is Mariette here from the Well-Being Sanctuary.Call me to reserve your reset at our upcoming lu...

Here is a beautiful video by Chloè Kian on her Youtube channel sharing her journey at Well-Being Sanctuary during our pr...
04/02/2023

Here is a beautiful video by Chloè Kian on her Youtube channel sharing her journey at Well-Being Sanctuary during our previous retreat!

I keep saying
We don’t do retreats
We do Real-Treats

Chloè’s share here captures the experience perfectly

Love you Chloè
Thank you for seeing us

I loved this weekend glamping and celebrating sisterhood at a women retreat in the middle of nature. Go to https://www.squarespace.com/chloekian to save 10% ...

04/02/2023

🌹Unique Women's Offering🌹

INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT

❣️Find out what it really means to Your Soul and System by journeying for three days deeply with self care and self love as you have never experienced it before. ❣️

♥️Special Offering: R 4 999 per person ( instead of R 5 555) extended and valid until 15 February 2023♥️

🦅 Save these Dates :
3 to 5 March 2023🦅

🌕We are co-creating another beautiful opportunity to journey with the feminine 🌕

🌀BE IN YOUR ELEMENT at Well-Being Sanctuary🌀
in the Garden Route on the edge of Swartvlei. 🌀

🌈A potent time for releasing, illuminating and re-envisioning. 🌈

🦋Come enjoy the beauty of the land, bask in the warm waters of the lake, eat delicious meals prepared from the organic garden and dance with fire under the stars🦋

💎We will learn to and create beautiful body, gut, soul and skin nourishment. 💎

💙The Flyer has more information regarding our journey of complete immersion into INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT💙

🙏Contact Mariette to
RESERVE YOUR RESET
066 256 8468🙏

💋This is not a Retreat
It is a REAL- TREAT 💋
and Yes YOU DESERVE THAT GIFT TO YOURSELF 💋

🔥spaces are limited
don’t miss out🔥

⭐️We hope you can join us in experiencing this co-creation to celebrate the Feminine in her myriad of forms… ⭐️

🐝 Mariette, Kat, Selah and Mikyle

19/01/2023
31/12/2022

SEE OUR STUNNING HEART VIDEO INVITATION

♥️INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT ♥️

Dear Beloved Women

🌹a New Years Offering for you for our third Women’s Retreat🌹

Special Offering: R 4 999 per person ( instead of R 5 555) valid until 15 January 2023

🦅 Save these Dates :
3 to 5 March 2023🦅

🌕We are co-creating another beautiful opportunity to journey with the feminine 🌕

🌀BE IN YOUR ELEMENT Well-Being Sanctuary 🌀
in the Garden Route on the edge of Swartvlei. 🌀

Three days of deep self care and self love.

A potent time for releasing, illuminating and re-envisioning.

Come enjoy the beauty of the land, bask in the warm waters of the lake, eat delicious meals prepared from the organic garden and dance with fire under the stars.

The Flyer has more information regarding our complete immersion into INTUITIVE NOURISHMENT

Contact Mariette to
RESERVE YOUR RESET
066 256 8468

This is not a Retreat
It is a REAL- TREAT

spaces are limited
don’t miss out

We hope you can join us in experiencing this co-creation to celebrate the Feminine in her myriad of forms…

Love from Mariette Carstens
Selah Joy and Kat Zijl

THANK YOU Cathy Michel - TV/Film Editor for her exquisite talent in weaving our testimonials together

It’s one year since I have returned home After living in the Middle East for 21 years. Leaving in 2000. 2022 has been th...
29/12/2022

It’s one year since I have returned home

After living in the Middle East for 21 years. Leaving in 2000.

2022 has been the year that I return to my country, tribe, land and a new reality.

This reality I carved out of my dream scape, it is crafted out of my passion.

A year of journeying with my heart, not my head.

A year of holding space for festivals and retreats. And in the last month in two weeks I had a funeral, wedding, summer solstice and Airbnb hosting on the land. In 2 days we had 6 different Nationalities on the land.

I am blessed, humbled and grateful for all the support and love I received this year. And the many lessons of letting Go and Trusting.

I extend to you my hand and heart. Let’s journey and co-create. Life is so precious and a wild ride.

Thank you and a blessed New Year to everyone.

Love and Light
Mariette

Thank you to the amazing GatherIn Eden Tribe for another unforgettable gathering. I am feeling so blessed and honored to...
26/12/2022

Thank you to the amazing GatherIn Eden Tribe for another unforgettable gathering.

I am feeling so blessed and honored to journey together.

We are learning and growing together.

Thank you for your presence on the land.

Community and cooperation are the back bone of a progressive society.

Fun and festivities. Laughing and crying. Family … yes the triggers are real too.

Love and Light

MARIETTE

Cheryse Violet, Summer Solstice Gatherin' Eden 2022, Well-Being Sanctuary, Selah Joy, Anouk Anansi • Pure Video & Photography, Lucy Vukman, Lenerd Louw

SUMMER SOLSTICE GATE OPENING NOTIFICATIONDear communityWell-Being Sanctuary will be hosting a private wedding celebratio...
26/11/2022

SUMMER SOLSTICE GATE OPENING NOTIFICATION

Dear community

Well-Being Sanctuary will be hosting a private wedding celebration on 15 December, which means early arrivals at the venue will not be allowed. Please respect this boundary and only arrive at the gate from 2pm on Friday, 16 December.

Those who arrive before this time and date will be turned away without exception.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Re: Booking Glamping
DOME TENTS SOLD OUT
BELL TRENTS - ONLY 2 more

Re: Ticket
WE STILL HAVE SOME TICKETS AVAILABLE … join us in this Epic celebration gathering

With love and gratitude

Dion and Anja

Well-Being Sanctuary
Summer Solstice Gatherin' Eden 2022
Mariette Carstens
066 25 68468

It's that special time of the year to Gather and Celebrate Summer Solstice 202216 to 23 December The space is also avail...
22/11/2022

It's that special time of the year to Gather and Celebrate

Summer Solstice 2022
16 to 23 December

The space is also available from 23 December to 2 January for self sufficient Glamping and Camping
- pls talk to me directly

Glamping and Camping available at the Well-Being Sanctuary for Summer Solstice Gatherin' Eden 2022

If you would like to arrive and camp in style we have you covered.

Preference will be given to those who want to come for at least 5 days or more

Glamping cost during and post Solstice -
We have 5 m Bell tents
What you receive - a beautiful Bell tent erected at a prime location overlooking the lake and/or with shade
What you get:
Comfortable bed/s
Bedding
Carpets
Shower Towels
Chairs
Walking Lights
Mosquito netting on all the windows and door
Comfort
Cost:
R1200 per night for 1 or two people
R1600 per night for 3 to 4 people
Queen and or single beds

Camping on post Solstice
R250 per person per night

Tents are also available for rent should you wish to conduct workshops, trainings etc as for example with couple massages, trainings or temple nights.

Mariette Carstens
066 25 68468

We are Complete with the Full Circle Women’s Retreat 🌹We have come Full Circle 🌹🪷What a beautiful journey 🪷I want to tha...
10/11/2022

We are Complete with the Full Circle Women’s Retreat

🌹We have come Full Circle 🌹
🪷What a beautiful journey 🪷

I want to thank every woman for
Cracking open her heart ❤️‍🩹
Baring her soul 💔
Letting herself go ❤️
Trusting the flow ❣️
Stepping into the fire ❤️‍🔥
Rebirthing her new self ♥️

We shed many layers
We made beautiful works of art representing our paths

The special constellation of women wove dreams

Thank you Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Kat Zijl mandala ritual Creatrix
Mikyle wild women lodge & yoga Selah fire goddess
Jade spiritual midwife
Lauren soul chef
Estelle fire wisdom keeper
Cathy editorial journey weaver
Mika magic moment capturing

Well-Being Sanctuary

We will weave another retreat in MARCH 2023
Call Mariette Carstens to reserve your reset 066 25 68468



03/11/2022

Retreat Sold Out - we are expanding our essential self in the feminine field and sisterhood.

Full Circle Retreat 4,5,6 November 2022

The portal for this retreat is now closed.

Life is a journey so Please feel free to continue being curious, enquiring, registering and signing up for The next women’s retreat that will be in March or April 2023.

Follow the signs. Life is working for you, never against you.

We tap into ancient wisdom by submerging in Nature and being in our Element.

We hold space for the new parts of us that yearn for full expression.

What better way is there for us, as women, to come, sit, laugh, cry, dance, sweat, rest and share TOGETHER?

Love and light
Mariette Carstens

16/10/2022

Full Circle Women's Retreat

4, 5 and 6 November 2022

Don’t miss the experience of a Life Time
Not a Retreat
A Real-Treat

Contact Mariette Carstens
Well-Being Sanctuary
0662568468

thank you Cathy Michel for this amazing video capturing the magic

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Lake Avenue, Hoogekraal
Sedgefield

Telephone

+27662568468

Website

http://wellbeingsanctuary.co.za/

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The Well-Being Sanctuary was created by a collective of like-minded and conscious beings, pooling our hearts, skills and resources to co-create and build our dream and vision of a self-sustaining, natural health, healing and personal development retreat center, dedicated to the transformation of human consciousness.

We are dedicated to creating and developing:

- Personal growth through conscious living

* being independent and self-managed; * honoring, respecting, considering and accepting our own and each other's truth, path and journey as a sacred process; * respecting the community’s and other people’s property; * co-creating and co-existing through shared collaboration and cooperation; * upholding ecological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual sustainability; * seeking resolution by dissolving any blockages through our hearts, with clear and honest communication.