John Lockley is an ancestrally trained and initiated Xhosa Sangoma – a traditional South African Shaman.

According to John’s Xhosa elders in the Eastern Cape, John Lockley is one of the first white men, in recent history, to become a fully initiated Sangoma in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa – the tribe that gave us Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.

A Sangoma receives guidance (through dreams and trance) from ancestors in the spirit world, in order to heal and guide the community. Sangomas are South African Shamans, meaning seers, dreamers or prophets – the traditional healers of Africa.

The Healing Through Plant Medicine Retreat is a retreat involving meditation, ceremony, plant medicine and dreaming. The Gaunt's House Dorset EnglandIt’s a time to relax and unwind at the beautiful and scenic Gaunt’s house retreat centre in the heart of Dorset, UK. Participants will have the opportunity to experience a traditional South African cleanse using safe (non-hallucinogenic), plant medicine. These plants are normally used in South Africa to help people to dream and reconnect with their spirits. The plants will be administered externally as a foot wash as well as in a tea ceremony before sleep to aid dreaming. dream workshop englandJohn will use his skills as a traditional Sangoma to take the participants on a mystical journey using plant medicine, stories, drumming, and singing. Empower your dreams, empower your spirit ! If you are tired of the rat race and you are looking for some time to rest and listen to the wind and your dreams, then come and join us for a wonderful weekend.

Non-hallucinogenic plant medicine will be used in a traditional Sangoma way to heal the soul and bring participants closer to their own ancestors, dreams and destiny. Participants will also learn how to prepare plant medicine using local plants for personal use.
Dreams are seen as a gateway to the spirit world, and a way to stay connected with ones’ vision or life path.

John Lockley July 14

Traditional South African shaman, John Lockley, offers his wisdom and insights in this powerful episode. We open with John guiding a beautiful meditation. He then describes his background and call to be a sangoma (traditional South African shaman). He advises on how to listen and call on dreams as well as improving the listening capability via interaction with nature. We talk about embracing spirituality beyond "love and light" to enhance development, including accepting our shadow and vulnerability. He gives advice on tapping into the power of the natural world regardless of surroundings, connecting to ancestors and coming to peace with any shame connected to lineage, and expressing kindness to ourselves.

John is the author of the spellbinding book The Leopard Warrior, which gives a detailed account of his upbringing as a white, middle class youth in South Africa during apartheid, his time as an army medic, the call to shamanism, his ten year apprenticeship with a Xhosa medicine woman, the years spent immersing himself in his maternal homeland of Ireland, and so much more.

John has also created meditations and shamanic practices in the form of his audio teachings, The Way of the Leopard.

John's book, The Leopard Warrior, and audio teachings, The Way of the Leopard (both produced by Sounds True), can be purchased via his home page 

Interviews with John Lockley

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20 / 02 / 2020 - The Meditation Conversation - John Lockley - The Leopard Warrior

A guided meditation to drop deeper into dreaming. A helpful way to remember your Dreams, and thereby connect more deeply to your Spirit.

For more info on John's work please go to www.johnlockley.com

Dropping Into Dreamtime

John Lockley is a traditional healer known as a Sangoma, from South Africa.

20 / 02 / 2020 - The Meditation Conversation - John Lockley - The Leopard Warrior

John Lockley

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