Renew your spirit in Tanzania's great plains. Experience 10 days of healing yoga, meditation, safari, and cultural immersion. This travel and retreat experience will leave you feeling grounded in your body, free in your mind, and light in your soul. Commit to practicing yoga 1-2 times per day, daily meditation and group healing sessions amongst the most beautiful landscape East Africa has to offer. Learn from the Maasai their herbal healing traditions, and join a 3 day safari to the stunning National Parks in Northern Tanzania (Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater). Enjoy meals created from fresh, local and (when possible) organic foods, cultivated from the fertile land of the Kilimanjaro region. We will close out our retreat by taking our personal work "off the mat" to engage mindfully with the community in which we are staying.  

We will honor this land where humanity began through ceremony, song, and dance. We will honor our teachers, our ancestors, and all of those who have come before us. We will travel mindfully and tread lightly on this beautiful soil, seeking to learn with all aspects of ourselves. 

If you are looking to reset, renew, and restore in one of the most beautiful and healing places on Earth, join us for this incredible adventure. This is not necessarily a fitness retreat, it is a sacred journey of healing; healing from heartbreak, trauma, loss, or just healing from the struggles of modern life. This journey is open to all levels, from beginning practitioners through advanced. This journey is open to all souls! Every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, body type, religion, is welcome here. May there never be requirements for health and healing to take place. If you are financially unable to commit to this trip, please reach out, as there may be funding available from outside sources. 

*A portion of the proceeds from this trip go to benefit Amani Light , a non profit organization bringing yoga and mindfulness practices to youth in Tanzania, and offering Tanzania yoga retreats to at-risk youth from America. 

10 days in East Africa is a splendid amount of time to spend, however, if you would like to extend your journey to include a few days of personalized healing with an herbalist, more countries or a few more stops, we can help you plan and offer advice. Please let us know if you would like to add more days onto your trip for a visit to Zanzibar, a climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro (both in Tanzania), a visit to other local towns or tribes in Moshi or Arusha, trekking to see the Mountain Gorillas (in Rwanda) or just a few more days at Amini Maasai Lodge. Just let us know and we will help to make it happen. 

The act of healing necessitates our entire self to be present in each moment, noticing the things that arise; the good and the bad. Traveling in East Africa is in itself an incredibly soulful adventure, but adding on the intentional aspect of healing from some of our deep wounds, and working towards transformation can be very difficult at times. The asana of yoga will not prove to be the biggest challenge on this trip. Going on safari is a beautiful experience, but the drives can be long and not incredibly comfortable on unpaved roads, and often in hot weather. Seeing the divine each day in the earth, the animals, ourselves, however, will simply melt this away if you let it. 

Healing also happens when we detach from some of our typical habits. This said, we will encourage very light cell phone use for the duration of your trip. Obviously photography will be a part of the trip, but please be able to refrain from posting pictures (and awaiting your "likes"), engaging in excess online communication, etc. 

A deposit of a percentage of the retreat price is required to hold your reservation and is currently refundable up to 30 days before the retreat (only if COVID policy related). The balance is due and must be received 30 days prior to the first day of the retreat.

*COVID Policy - We understand that there are many moving pieces and changing policies. We will try to be flexible and understanding if COVID restrictions make it necessary to change plans. 

Unfortunately, refunds for participants' travel-related expenses are not possible in either case; it is strongly recommended that you purchase travel insurance!

Landing in Africa is quite an experience. Take time to settle into the earth and the spirit of the land. 

 Guests will arrive to AMEG Lodge in Moshi and get a chance to explore the grounds before meeting other guests and practicing our first round of yoga and meditation.  You can expect to begin to feel settled and experience full body awareness through our first practice. Shed your layers of stress, travel, and expectation as you relax into awareness of your breath and body.  

Wake up to nature, and wake up your spirit with a soulful morning yoga practice. After yoga, spend the morning perusing the market for fresh foods to cook during your first cultural experience. After the market, you will head to Njoro Village to visit Mama Wily and participate in a cooking class and traditional Chagga meal. Post-meal yoga will be slow and gentle, readying your body and mind for your safari 

Depart early in the morning on Day 2 (optional VERY EARLY yoga session). Each day of safari will differ slightly depending on the group's wishes, but generally we will have a morning sit and yoga session at our camp, and lunch will be served picnic style on the safari. The safari will include game drive in Lake Manyara National Park and Ngorongoro Crater with astonishing views and experienced guides. We partner with Sababu Safaris to deliver a one of a kind experience with their mission to "travel with purpose" and authentically experience the culture of Tanzania.  We will get to experience overnights in tented camps and lodges along the way. 

The Ngorongoro Crater is home to Africa's Big Five;  lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo & elephant – as well as large resident populations of giraffe, hyena, several species of antelope. Each evening at the campsite, there will be evening activities such as a fireside chat, Massai beading workshops, and expressive journaling options. Take time each evening to internalize your day and begin to explore all of the facets of healing that you would like to achieve. 

We will return to Amini Life the evening of Day 4, and take advantage of one more yoga session to stretch our legs after a long day of driving. Also note, there will be a full moon this evening! I can't describe the beauty of watching the moon rise over Mt. Kilimanjaro!

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After returning from safari we will take the day to truly arrive with our bodies and minds in one of the most breathtaking places in the world. We will also settle physically into our own bodies, and start the journey of making new friends, with our own selves and others.  Our yoga practice will physically lead us through poses that help to release tension and trauma in the body so that we can be free from our past. Your transformation may begin. 

~ Morning Sit 

~ Breakfast 

~ Journaling and Yoga Practice 

~ Lunch and Free Time  - Optional Nature walk or trip into town for a market tour or to head to some tailors to get clothes or other gifts made. 

~ Yoga and Tea 

~ Masai Boma (Fireside Dance and Chat) 

~ Dinner

~ Evening Sit and Full Moon Reflection

Awaken to your full spirit and soul with a day of immersion in Massai culture. Participate in a nature walk, visit a local family, attend a traditional goat slaughter (depending on your views), visit a local school, or travel to visit one of the many other tribes in Tanzania. Certain options may incur an extra cost depending on the distance to your site visit. 

Also included in our day is a sunrise and sunset yoga session and one session of mindfulness meditation during the day.  

Our post sunset yoga will end with a traditional Massai boma with songs and dancing. 

Take time to internalize your journey with a silent day of meditation, gentle yoga, mindfulness, journaling, and finally breaking the silence with a fireside share in the evening. The hope is that your soul has been transformed and you have begun to resonate with your highest self and your highest potential. Your return to home will be filled with love and gratitude for all of the beauty and heartfulness of this world. 

Bye for Now! Hope to see you again in this magical land!