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Sanctuary for retreat and renewal near Stanford, Western Cape, 2.5hrs outside of Cape Town. Meditation, yoga, trails, and vegetarian meals.
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Personal stays, retreats, and venue hire. Bodhi Khaya is a quiet retreat space in the Overberg, near Stanford. We offer personal retreats, facilitated retreats, and venue hire for teachers and facilitators. Guests come for meditation, beginner-friendly yoga, nourishing vegetarian meals, forest and mountain trails, and time to rest. Our work is rooted in care for people and care for land, including restoration partnerships in the Uilenkraal Valley.

14/10/2026

Instead of the steady background noise of traffic and the city, the soundscape at Bodhi Khaya and Bodhi Forest shifts with the sky.

As the afternoon moves into evening, the bird calls change with it. You hear a selection of actual recordings from the area, from birds passing high overhead, like the African Fish Eagle and the Blue Crane, to the daytime and night-time calls moving through the trees and fynbos below.

For the birders out there, what other calls can you identify?
Turn your sound up.

13/10/2026

Bodhi Exhale – Conscious Breathwork Retreat at Bodhi Khaya | 5 – 8 November 2026

Three days exploring the breath, from simple breath awareness and pranayama to Conscious Connected Breathing.

Led by Conscious Breathwork Facilitators Jean Rossouw of Bodhi Breathwork, and Olivia Moon Wellness, the programme moves between breathwork, meditation, yoga, sound and time outdoors.

There will be a Conscious Connected Breathwork session and mandala drawing with Jean, a breathwork journey and sound bath with Olivia, meditation in the forest, a Pathway of Breath workshop, and a guided ice bath immersion.

Between practices, there is time to swim, hike, use the wood-fired sauna, sit quietly or simply rest. Meals are included, along with spring water, locally roasted coffee, tea, fruit and rusks.

View the full retreat details on our website: https://www.bodhikhaya.com/facilitated-retreats-1 #/event/4067/bodhi-exhale-conscious-breathwork-retreat-2026

🌿 For any questions, please email [email protected]

09/10/2026

For some of our guests, camping is part of the retreat experience.

There is something different about sleeping close to the ground. In the morning, you step out of your tent and feel the earth beneath your bare feet. You hear birds before the day has properly started. The wind moves through the trees. You notice the temperature, the light and the changing sounds around you.

Camping brings you into a closer relationship with the natural world. You sleep beneath the changing sky, wake to birdsong and feel the elements around you as part of the experience. Rather than looking at nature from a distance, you are sleeping in it, waking in it and experiencing the landscape from every direction.

As summer approaches, camping offers a way to experience Bodhi Khaya with nature all around you, a 360-degree stage of forest, sky, earth, wind, birdsong and changing light.

Gather a few friends and make it an adventure, or find a quiet spot of your own. And with catered camping, you can leave the cooking to us and simply enjoy being outdoors.

07/10/2026

Field Works Art Retreat at Bodhi Forest | 5 - 8 November, 2026

Your fingers are stained a soft, earthy ochre from soil and leaves foraged just this morning.

Artists Leli Hoch and Nikki Miles warmly invite you to Field Works at Bodhi Forest - four immersive days of slowing down, making art, and deeply connecting with place.

Between morning yoga, refreshing swims, and cozy sauna sessions, our days unfold naturally through the hands:

Foraging for plants and natural materials

Brewing our own plant-based inks and earth pigments

Working freely with rich pigments on paper.

Exploring simple, tactile plant weaving and basket-making.

Shaping small, heartfelt artworks in response to the land.

Step away from the rush, let the landscape guide your hands, and find your creative home among the trees.

🌿 Book now via our website, we’d love to share this space with you.
https://www.bodhikhaya.com/facilitated-retreats-1 #/event/4090/field-works-art-retreat-at-bodhi-forest

For any questions, please email [email protected]

06/10/2026

Far from the city lights, our Overberg sanctuary is putting on a cosmic show this month. Grab a warm blanket, step outside, and look up:

🪐 4 Oct | Saturn at Opposition
The ringed planet reaches its closest point to Earth all year. It will shine incredibly bright from sunset to sunrise.

✨ 10 Oct | Dark Sky New Moon
No moonlight means pure darkness. Perfect for witnessing the Milky Way core and catching the early Draconids meteor shower in the early evening.

🌠 21–22 Oct | Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Debris from Halley’s Comet creates fast glowing shooting stars after midnight. Our unpolluted skies offer the perfect front-row seat.

🌕 25–26 Oct | The Hunter’s Moon

Watch a brilliant Full Moon crest over our mountains, bathing the fynbos in a silver glow.

05/10/2026

Our ever-popular Bodhi Exhale Retreat is back this November! 🌬️ Experience the transformational power of the breath at this 3 day Conscious Breathwork Retreat from 5 – 8 November at Bodhi Khaya, held by with well-renowned Conscious Breathwork Facilitator, Jean Rossouw of Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat, as well as Holistic Coach, Yoga Teacher and Conscious Breathwork Facilitator, Olivia Moon ☾ | Alignment Coach.

Journey to the centre of the self using breath as a vehicle of consciousness as we move from simple breath awareness practices to the powerful technique of Conscious Connected Breathing. Breathe in deeply and give yourself permission to heal and let go, as you allow yourself to be held by the majestic natural surrounds of Bodhi Khaya.

This retreat invites you to embrace each passing moment of breath with a renewed sense of gratitude and wonder, while offering a schedule of soulful practices in order for you to explore your body, mind and breath and connect more deeply with your inner truth.

All included (and optional)

• Daily Guided Breathwork/Pranayama & Meditation
• Conscious Connected Breathwork Session & Mandala Drawing with Jean
• Conscious Breathwork Journey & Sound Bath with Olivia
• Guided Meditation in the Forest with Jean
• The Pathway of Breath Workshop with Olivia
• Daily Yoga
• Guided Ice Bath Immersion
• Guided Silent Nature Walk
• 3 Soul Nourishing Meals per day
• Your Choice of Accommodation
• Spring Water from the Taps
• Access to our Wood-fired Sauna
• Complimentary locally roasted coffee, tea, fruit and rusks
• Time for swimming, hiking and playing
• Time for rest and renewal
• Opportunities to connect with like minded humans

We are running a 10% Early Bird discount until 10 October 2026!

Book now via our website.

02/10/2026

A moment of magic at Bodhi Khaya. ✨

We were blessed with a visit from this magnificent male Cape Bushbuck (or imbabala).

These shy, solitary antelopes usually prefer to stay tucked away deep within the safety of the dense fynbos and ancient milkwood forests at the foot of the Witkransberg. Seeing one is a true reminder of the quiet, untamed life pulsing all around us here.

With his dark charcoal coat and sharp, elegant horns, he makes for a breathtaking sight. 🦌💚

29/09/2026

A retreat isn't only the time spent in formal practice.

There is also the gentle walk back to your room. Tea after meditation. Time to sit outside, wander through the garden or simply notice what is happening around you.

At Bodhi Khaya and Bodhi Forest, the programme creates space around the activities too.

Sometimes that space is exactly what you need. Often, what stays with you is what happens between the activities.

24/09/2026

Join us for a deeply nourishing weekend of lunar wisdom, movement, ritual, and sisterhood as we gather beneath the energy of the New Moon from 8 - 11 October.

Together we’ll explore the ancient wisdom of the Moon – her phases, her cycles, and how to work with them as a guide for everyday life. Through astrology, feminine yoga, breathwork, sound, and ritual, we’ll reconnect with our intuition, our bodies, and the quiet knowing that lives within us.

Held in the beautiful sanctuary of Bodhi Khaya this October, this intimate retreat welcomes mothers and daughters, sisters, friends, and women journeying solo.

Book now via our website.🌿 For any questions, please email [email protected]

22/09/2026

A hatchling Cape Terrapin (Pelomedusa galeata) was found by a member of our team, making this little guy one of the smallest visitors we've had around the property.

One minute you’re going about your day. The next, there’s a tiny life quietly getting on with the very serious business of being alive.

With spring comes new growth, new flowers and, it seems, new life making its way into the world.

Finding something so small is a lovely reminder of just how much life is happening around us. As the earth warms and the seasons shift, the land begins to change in all sorts of ways. Some are easy to see. Others, like this little one, are much easier to miss.

Hello, little one. We’re glad you stopped by.

Address

Grootbos Road
Overstrand
7220

Telephone

+27723856978

Website

http://www.bodhikhaya.com/

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