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Dreams & Tracking Retreat in the Kalahari Desert 2027
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Dreams & Tracking Retreat in the Kalahari Desert 2027

Track animals on foot and learn how to connect with your Visions & Dreams in one of the wildest places left on earth. Take part in this bucket list retreat, Dreams & Tracking in the Kalahari Desert 2027 with John Lockley & Alwyn Myburgh.

UPCOMING EVENTS

John Lockley is a fully initiated sangoma (healer and shaman) in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa, having spent 10 years in apprenticeship with the tribe that gave us Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. His remarkable journey through the constraints of Apartheid is a testament to the human spirit, and to the power of forgiveness and reconciliation

INDIGENOUS WISDOM FOR THE MODERN WORLD

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African Shamanic
Dreamwork

Activate your "inner dreamer" through powerful rituals, sacred non-psychoactive plant medicine, and ancient dream tracking techniques and practices from the Xhosa and Swazi traditions of South Africa.
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Ancestral dream healing

Through dreamwork and ceremony, you can awaken your psychic memory to transform inherited wounds — and reconnect with the strength, love, and wisdom of your ancestors, guiding you toward a deeper sense of purpose, resilience, and unshakable belonging.
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South African
Shamanic wisdom

Heal the pain, shame, and blame of your ancestral lineage to reconnect with your inner child, reclaim your authenticity, unlock the joy within your genes, and positively transform your life.
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INDIGENOUS WISDOM FOR THE MODERN WORLD

John Lockley is a fully initiated sangoma (healer and shaman) in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa, having spent 10 years in apprenticeship with the tribe that gave us Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. His remarkable journey through the constraints of Apartheid is a testament to the human spirit, and to the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Divination Sessions

This is a private ‘bone throwing’ ceremony to connect to ancestral spirits. John uses an ancient African divination technique that was passed onto him through his sangoma elders.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Language of Dreams, part II

The Language of Dreams is a monthly webinar series taught by John Lockley. The focus is on soulfulness through dreamfulness.

Feb 15, 2025

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Dreams & Tracking Retreat in the

Track animals on foot and learn how to connect with your Visions & Dreams in one of the wildest places left on earth. Take part in this bucket list retreat, Dreams & Tracking in the Kalahari Desert 2025 with John Lockley & Alwyn Myburgh.

Feb 15, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026

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The Way of Ubuntu Retreat in SA

An Ubuntu retreat (Humanity) live in South Africa at the well known Buddhist Retreat Centre.

May 5, 2025 – May 8, 2025

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ONLINE TRAINING

African Shamanic Dreamwork

Activate your "inner dreamer" through powerful rituals, sacred non-psychoactive plant medicine, and ancient dream tracking techniques and practices from the Xhosa and Swazi traditions of South Africa.

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South African Shamanic Wisdom

Heal the pain, shame, and blame of your ancestral lineage to reconnect with your inner child, reclaim your authenticity, unlock the joy within your genes, and positively transform your life.

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Books & Teachings

Book cover titled 'Leopard Warrior' by John Lockley, featuring a leopard standing on a log in a savannah landscape.

Leopard Warrior

In traditional African healing circles, the leopard represents intuition, instinct, and harmony with nature and the spirit world. As John Lockley writes, “A leopard warrior is a spiritual soldier who mirrors the natural world and directs their gaze inward to answer the call of their spirit.” With Leopard Warrior, he brings us an inspiring call to action—showing how we can bridge the barriers that divide us, embrace the gifts of our ancestors, and reclaim our rightful place as compassionate caretakers of our world.

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The Way of the Leopard

The Way of the Leopard is an audio collection of John’s core spiritual teachings, created to help you awaken to your own Ubuntu, or shared humanity. You’ll learn to activate the untapped power of your physical senses and intuition; discover how to honor your ancestors and draw upon their guidance; engage with your dreams as a spiritual practice; connect to nature through animal and plant medicine; and dance and shake your way to greater vitality, health, and aliveness.

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WORK DIRECTLY WITH JOHN

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    Divinations

    This is a private ‘bone throwing’ ceremony to connect to ancestral spirits. John uses an ancient African divination technique that was passed onto him through his sangoma elders.

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    Mentoring

    A series of sessions with John to help reconnect to ancestors, life path and creativity. John works with rituals, guided meditations and dreams to help clients transform their lives. Via Zoom link

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    Ceremonies

    John leads ceremonies every month online via Zoom. The ceremonies center around shamanic themes pertaining to dreams, ancestors, ritual, meditation etc. Join or cancel any time

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  • The healing of the West may be the job of the very cultures it looks down upon. Can Africa's material poverty meet Western spiritual bareness to bring balance in the world? We must dream the impossible, seek the beauty of sharing wisdom through the cracks of our longing, and usher into reality the possibility of the world village glued together by a concert of wisdom. John is an artisan of this and more. His work deserves respect and reverence.

    -Malidoma Some, Burkina Faso Medicine Elder & Of Water and the Spirit author

  • I highly recommend his work to any organization who wishes to host a truly authentic elder from South Africa. In there times when many people are calling themselves shamans, we do a lot of searching for the authentic medicine people of the world, John offers the truly authentic wisdom we seek.

    -Patricia, Sacred Earth Foundation

  • John Lockley, a traditionally trained Sangoma, brings the rhythms of African shamanism to life. With song, dance and drumming he creates a spirit-filled atmosphere in which to honour our ancestors and exchanges blessings between the worlds. If you get a chance to participate with him in his joyous celebrations, don't miss it. I've attended two of John's ceremonies and left each time feeling elated and hopeful that shamanic work can bring healing to the world.

    -Tom Cowan, Author & Board of Directors for the Society of Shamanic Practice

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John Lockley – Sangoma – Healer & Shaman, Indigenous Wisdom for the modern world

John talks to Dr Darragh Stewart on his Irish Podcast ‘Inner Insights’.

They discuss John’s sangoma journey, nature and how animals can teach us. 

Darragh spoke about the beauty of spiritual simplicity and how shamanism embodies this.

 

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The Call of the Wild; Ancestors, Dreams & Animal Medicine
The Call of the Wild; Ancestors, Dreams & Animal Medicine

At the core of this teaching is Ubuntu—the African understanding that I am because we are.

Our relationship with ancestors shapes our relationship with humanity. When we are trapped in blame, judgment, and division, we repeat the same fractures within ourselves. When we cultivate acceptance, compassion, and responsibility, healing extends outward.

Nature does not explain itself. It reveals itself through rhythm, sensation, dream, and relationship. When we allow ourselves to rest in not knowing—feeling the heartbeat, the breath, the bones, the subtle pulse behind the third eye—we begin to enter the same way of listening that animals, ancestors, and the Earth itself use.

This is where the journey begins.

The Call of the Wild, Befriending Nature - by John Lockley
The Call of the Wild, Befriending Nature - by John Lockley

In John's latest blog post he shares some of his teachings around befriending our inner wilderness and outer nature. What do we need to do to listen more deeply to the wind and wake up our spines?

War & Peace by John Lockley
War & Peace by John Lockley

John Lockley writes about the current Wars plaguing humanity in Gaza and Ukraine, and he speaks about the importance of cultivating mutual respect and empathy.