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1/5 Seasonal Packages T IME OUT SOLO RETREATS Many guests who come to Temenos enjoy the freedom and simplicity of an unstructured retreat, Take time out for yourself to enjoy the stillness and beauty of our gardens, as well as indulging in Yoga, body therapies and guided village walks. We also have a variety of counselling and alternative therapies available should you feel the need for additional and supportive soul companionship. ​ Four nights’ Accommodation Mondays – Friday throughout the year. Please call our receptionist for availability. Retreatants will receive a Restaurant Passport for the duration of their stay that offers a 10% discount on all meals. ​ R 3200 Enquire and Book PENSIONER RATE We once again welcome our Pensioners from Monday night to Thursday night. Stay for 4 nights and pay for 3. ​ Please note that these packages do not apply on Public Holidays or over the Festive Seasons. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Enquire and Book MID SEASON ACCOMMODATION Four nights Accommodation: Monday – Friday ​ On arrival you will receive our Restaurant Passport which entitles you to a 10% discount on all meals at our restaurants. ​ R 3220 Single R 2960 per person sharing ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Enquire and Book STILL WATERS A retreat for Caregivers. Temenos welcomes men and women in caregiving capacities, ministry or social services who often cannot afford to take a rest away from their place of work. Come and rest and restore yourself in tranquil surroundings. Stay 4 weekday nights and only pay for 2. For those in need of a longer period of rest and renewal please contact reception. ​ Please note that these packages do not apply on Public Holidays or over the Festive Seasons. ​ ​ Enquire and Book MYSTICAL AND HOLISTIC PACKAGE For our guests who enjoy exploring different dimensions of their soul journey, this retreat offers group yoga sessions plus the opportunity to engage and connect with your inner being. ​ Package includes an Energy Healing Session and Tarot or Crystal Soul Reading. ​ Four nights Accommodation On arrival you will receive our Restaurant Passport which entitles you to a 10% discount on all meals at our restaurants. ​ R 4460 single R 4200 per person sharing ​ ​ ​ Enquire and Book GIFT VOUCHERS Gift vouchers for accommodation and meals are available. Contact reception for details Enquire and Book If you would like to request a package, please contact the Temenos office directly. ​ TEMENOS MAP EXPERIENCE McGREGOR

1/5 Experience McGregor Hiking trails in McGregor ​ Vrolikijkheid Cape Nature Reserve The Krans Nature Reserve The Kingsriver Kloof Trail Boesmanskloof Trail Kleinberg Trail Detailed maps available at the Tourist Info Centre ​ Wine Tasting – Visit our local Wineries ​ Lords Wines Tanagra Wines McGregor Wines Bemind Wines Places of Interest – a small village with a big heart.... Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary - a place for rescued donkeys at their new forever home, 0236251593, www.donkeysanctuary.co.za Guided mountain biking trail with Juane of McGregor Young Warriors, 066 015 2937 Guided mountain trail walks / hikes with Edward Hart, 079 851 7170 McGregor Museum at the info centre - visit our tiny Museum and explore McGregor history Kin Ceramics – workshops for individuals & couples – www.wearekin.co.za , 0813225166 McGregor Museum at the tourism info centre - visit our tiny Museum and explore McGregor’s history Self-guided Heritage tour - booklet available at the tourist info centre Saturday Morning Market - Local produce, made with love and care Rhebokskraal Olive Estate - Stroll through the olive groves and sample some olives, www.rhebokskraalolives.co.za 0828960429 Concerts at The Courtyard, great guest musicians, www.atthecourtyard.co 0824452145 Movies at Wahnfried Cinema – enquire at Temenos reception Friends of Care – donations towards welfare of animals, friendsofcare.org 0823621444 The Potter’s House – Pottery studio and shop, 0743887992 La Galleria Dani's Photos Studio and Gallery, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 - 14:30 or by appointment, danisphotos.com 0762641417 Art Studio by Joni-Leigh Doran, winner of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation with BBC, 2022 Wildlife Artist of the Year – category Facing Extinction, www.joni-leigh.com Pilates – Xtreme Gymnasium by appointment only, www.xtremepilates.co.za 0236251138 Breede Centre in McGregor: The Breede Centre is a skill training centre in McGregor where the young children of the village up 15 years old are accommodated in the Educational Programs and the out-of-school people are trained in various skills in the Skills Development Department. Monthly McGregor Street Market: food stalls, entertainment, fresh produce, handmade goods, crafts and more - market.mcgregor@gmail.com ​ Download the flyer

Temenos Gardens Temenos Gardens Temenos Gardens Temenos Gardens 1/3 About Temenos Our Ethos The Name The History The History: What was once a barren piece of veld in 1996 is now the beautiful oasis of Temenos. On the 1st February 1997 the Retreat was opened with a small gathering of friends in the Chapel of The Little Way. The original property belonged to the Bronn family. They were simple farmers who kept a few cattle and donkeys. Their original old homestead built of clay in 1856 is now our restaurant. The old stable still exists to the left of the Restaurant patio. When the property was purchased in 1996 by Billy Kennedy the building was in a state of disrepair and there was no garden except for six trees on the current restaurant lawn. Over the next years the dream of Temenos gently unfolded into the well loved Retreat that it is today. ‘If you want your dream to grow, day by day go slowly Small beginnings, greater ends, heartfelt work is holy' Billy’s magic Garden of the Beloved By Don Pinnock• 1 October 2020 In the small Western Cape village of McGregor is a deeply mysterious garden where you never know what you’ll find round each twist of its intricate paths. ​ While walking the labyrinthine paths of the Garden of the Beloved, getting lost is inevitable and the greatest pleasure. Among the eclectic flowerbeds, woods and ponds are unexpected surprises. Around a sudden curve in the path you might discover the Inner Temple of the Heart, just big enough for two people with walls in blue stained glass, or the Angel for Lost Children. Sitting on a driftwood bench you could be surrounded by peacocks or have your shoelaces undone by a playful grey cat. ​ Some paths lead to quaint cottages with historical names, or a fountain coming out of a fish’s mouth. You’ll be confronted by a large statue of Buddha draped in prayer flags, or stepping stones to The Well with meditation cushions surrounding a circular pool gurgling contentedly. ​ A door could lead to a library full of books about simply being human or another full of poetry. Beyond a wild garden is a stone labyrinth, in another is a stupa to St Teresa. There’s a small Christian chapel called the Little Way, an even smaller one to Ganesha, the Hindu god of new beginnings. There are words on stones and plaques that make you go ‘Wow!’ ​ I had a sense that the sacred was universal and that there was a beauty in all the paths I had taken. Entering a gate beside what looks like a Moorish dovecote, you arrive at a restaurant named Tebaldi’s with an impressive menu and good coffee, which comes as a surprise after such an immersion in soul space. ​ At the heart of it all is a tall, warm, ever-smiling gardener named Billy Kennedy. He’s a seeker of deep truths and, like all such seekers, he took a while to find what he was looking for. ​ The first vessel of his search was the Catholic church. For a number of years, he entered a seminary to train as a priest and joined the Mother Teresa Brothers in Los Angeles. It was clear, however, that the size of his quest was greater than the Catholic church could contain. Along the way he studied Zen. So just before ordination he stepped away. ​ “It was a hell of a crisis,” he remembers. “Like a bride refusing to walk down the aisle. Then a Jesuit, who understood my struggle, said: ‘Why don’t you go back into music for a while and find your balance again?’ So I did.” ​ Billy landed a job at the SABC as a TV producer of mainly operas and documentaries. “I produced one on Hinduism, and woo, that opened my eyes! And I grew up next to a Jewish synagogue. I came to understand that the mystical tradition in all religions seeks the same goal. You have to let go of all set ideas about God to find God.” ​ The magic of sound held him for 12 years until the tug of earth’s greater orchestra began to exert its influence. What happened next was perfectly reasonable to Billy but must have confounded his employers, who saw him stepping away from a successful career. ​ “I had a sense that the sacred was universal and that there was a beauty in all the paths I had taken. But I had no idea how to express that or where to begin. Then I had a dream about being in a garden and wanting to create the aloneness of the divine for it to express itself. It left me with a longing to return – both to a garden and to myself. ​ “I drove all over the Western Cape but kept coming back to McGregor and I bought this house, which was a ruin. My dad called me into a meeting with his accountant to tell me how ridiculous my idea was. But I bought it anyway. McGregor is quite literally on a road to nowhere. Beyond the town the road just stops beneath a mountain.” ​ Behind the house was an empty field with a couple of lonely trees. In that space he started to build to the loose rules of a vague dream for a garden which would eventually come together as what he calls a well-nurtured wildness. “It was a sort of madness which required perseverance and a sense of humour,” he says. ​ ‘Meneer, God kom hier om te rus.’ “People come to the restaurant. Then they walk through the gate at the back into the garden. They may be agnostic, never having set foot in a church, temple or mosque. They come across a statue of Buddha or Ganesha, or the little church, and then words from the Koran or a Star of David, or they sit down and are surrounded by peacocks and they go: ‘What’s this?’ “They can’t quite put their finger on it. There’s a sense of peace and they just kind of breathe out and settle. ​ “I once asked my oldest gardener, Oom Jan, what he considered this place to be about. He leaned on his spade, thought about it, and said ‘Meneer, God kom hier om te rus.’ (God comes here to rest)”. The garden opened in 1997 as a retreat – just two little thatched cottages and a chapel. “I never started this as a business. It was just my way of returning to the garden within. “Now a lot of people in crisis come here. It’s a safe place for stuff they need to go through. There’s no war here. No conflict, no stress. They can come and meditate or drink gin all day and nobody will interfere. No rules.” ​ The restaurant started because Billy was running workshops and people needed food. Enter Michael Pettit. “We met on our first day of school and we’ve been great friends ever since. He has a background in hospitality and he moved here and took over the food side.” “The restaurant and the garden work well together. It’s one foot in the secular world and the other foot in the sacred. People love that. ​ “People ask me what path I’m on and the only answer I can give is: ‘Being Billy’. Getting lost in a garden is a good way to find yourself”. DM/ ML Images by Don Pinnock

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Temenos Gardens Temenos Labyrinth The Well Temenos Gardens 1/4 Retreats Temenos is the ideal place to take time out to retreat. Our beautiful gardens offer a contemplative milieu to support your embrace of inner stillness and silence. There are many spaces within our grounds where you can withdraw to for quiet meditation or reflection. WAYS OF RETREATING at TEMENOS Just come and be. ​ Take time out for yourself and enjoy all that Temenos has to offer. Find your own rhythm to each day and unwind in the tranquillity of our gardens. You are welcome to join a daily weekday Yoga class and our meditation sessions. We offer a wide range of healing therapies for healing and relaxation. You can contact our therapists while here or pre-book your sessions before arriving in McGregor. See WELLNESS for the list of our therapists. Should you wish to retreat into solitude you have the option of self-catering or restaurants which is open Tuesdays – Sundays ​ Solo Retreat – Temenos specialises in supporting individuals who enjoy direction or spiritual companionship during their retreat. Our solo retreats include 4 nights midweek accommodation . Meet daily with a Retreat director who will assist you in designing your personalised retreat based on your individual need. The director will also meet daily with you. Should you wish to enjoy a Guided Retreat please ensure that you book a week when our Retreat Directors are available. ​ Should you wish to join a group retreat please see our Diary . Throughout the year we offer a variety of retreats ranging from Mindfulness to Nia, Yoga, Inner Growth retreats, Temenos Silent Retreats and Garden of the Beloved Retreats. ​ Temenos is an ideal venue where to organize your next Retreat, for more details please contact reception reception@temenosretreat.co.za Retreat Enquiry View All Upcoming Retreats Here 10 - 12 May 2024 | Open the Heart & Still the Mind: The Joy of Compassionate, Heartfelt Presence. Retreat with Sue Cooper 99 17-19 May 2024 | Rest & Replenish Retreat 216 24 - 26 May 2024 | ART & MINDFULNESS with Cathy Milner & Tracy Prowse 116 01 June 2024 | How to Love, a twelve-session practical course 40 10 – 13 June 2024 | TEMENOS SILENT RETREAT with Billy Kennedy 156 17 - 21 June 2024 | Introduction to the Healing Power of Sound 136 28 - 30 June 2024 | Astrology From The Ground Up 45 26-28 July 2024 | Wisdom from the Unconscious | A Journey with Meditation, Music & Mandalas 112 11-13 Oct 2024 | Season of Awakening Soul Journey into Spring A Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga 94 1 2

Tebaldi's Tebaldi's Tebaldi's Tebaldi's 1/4 Restaurants Temenos Retreat announces new culinary leadership Temenos Retreat bids farewell to Chef Luqmahn Cloete with gratitude for his exceptional contributions in shaping the restaurant’s culinary journey. Luqmahn’s creativity and passion for food have been instrumental in establishing Temenos as a destination for discerning diners. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. We are thrilled to announce the arrival of a new team of talented chefs to lead Temenos kitchen. Chef Brent Bronn and Chef Bernice Bronn, the former chefs and owners of Gezelligheid restaurant, will bring their collective experience and innovative spirit to our menu. These talented chefs, known for their innovative and collaborative approach to cuisine, will take the helm at Tebaldi’s and Out of Africa, bringing their signature flair and passion to the menu. Tebaldi's Restaurant ​ Tebaldi’s is introducing a revolutionary new dining experience with the launch of its Blackboard Menu. This dynamic concept throws out the rulebook on static menus, offering a constantly evolving selection of dishes that capture the freshest seasonal ingredients and Chef Brent’s creative spark. The Blackboard Menu will be a canvas for culinary exploration, featuring new creations. Guests can expect to be surprised and delighted by the ever-changing lineup, ensuring a unique and unforgettable dining experience with every visit. This menu will be available from Wednesday to Saturday 18:00 to close ​ Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 18:00 to close Bessie's Bäkerei ​ Bessie's Bäkerei promises delicious pastries, aromatic coffee, and hearty breakfasts and lunches, all made with fresh, high-quality ingredients. Whether you're looking for a quick bite or a leisurely afternoon spent with friends and family, Bessie's Bäkerei aims to be your new favorite neighborhood hangout. ​ Tuesday to Sunday 09h00 - 15h00

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Wellness Beauty & Massage Counselling Energy Work Movement Poetry Reading & Divination Traditional Healing Trauma Release Exercise (TRE) Temenos offers you a great opportunity to come and gently nurture yourself. Slow down and breathe in deeply the fresh, clean air of McGregor. During your stay, we can arrange gentle early morning walks, a yoga class, or a massage. We have a wide range of body and healing therapies for you to indulge in which you can book on arrival or prior to your visit. Within the gardens is an extensive library of Health and Healing books for you to choose from and to enjoy either reading in front of a log fire in your cottage or in summer, relaxing at our lap pool. Beauty & Massage OZONE THERAPY - Boost your immune system ​ Ozone therapy helps increase the live giving force oxygen to the Red Blood Cells, strengthens the immune system and creates. A feeling of vitality and overall wellbeing. ​ For an appointment contact Leon Dorfling 078 106 4014 R250 per session @ 105 Voortrekker Street McGregor Leon Dorfling 078 106 4014 Read More Atholl Hay Holistic Massage Atholl is an experienced massage practitioner and qualified counsellor who has been providing deeply relaxing and healing treatments for Temenos guests since 2012. Treatments are approximately 80 minutes in duration and are tailored to the client’s physical and emotional requirements. Cost: R660 for treatments at 24 Mill St - R750 for on-site treatments at Temenos 072 288 1112 Contact Read More Counselling Counselling Assistance for Chronic illness, Pain and/or Disability by Arjan Bogaers This consultation offers an opportunity for you to share your losses, your continuing challenges, and care needs associated with living with a chronic health condition, pain and/or disability. We will then explore future options that would provide long-term support. Arjan Bogaers 023 625 1969 072 827 1937 Website Contact Read More Robin Yule Life skills and mindfullness coach I focus on unravelling the circumstances that have led to unhealthy, unconstructive behaviours and offer practical skills to use in your everyday life to gently regain your sense of self and get you back on your feet again. 082 449 8435 023 625 1018 Contact Read More Viv Stacey Spiritual Companionship As a 'spiritual companion' I undertake to come alongside and 'keep you company' for a while on your own spiritual path. ​ The qualities of a spiritual companionship that I value are a sense of shared pilgrimage, of spiritual frendship and of working with you in kind of soul 'midwifery'. ​ 081 736 7256 Contact Read More Energy Work Energy Work Lana Kenney Reiki & Energy Healing with Lana Lana offers reiki and energy healing sessions which bring balance to the mind, body, heart and soul. With her calm energy, she creates a peaceful space where you can find deep rest. Here you can connect to your inner quiet and source of wellbeing. Her clients feel a renewed sense of calm, clarity and greater ease in their lives. 073 225 3222 Contact Read More Maryke van Vlaanderen Basson Energy / Body Detox & Anti-Aging Facial Maryke invites you to spoil yourself with a 2-in-1 Special! R750 for 90 minutes that includes: an anti-aging facial (using Restion - South African all-natural, vegan, no alcohol or perfume products, suitable for all skin types) and a relaxing, rejuvenating energy/body detox, de-stress and rebalance (using Reiki, Bio Energy, Jin Shin Jyutsu and Bio-kinesiology, among others). I also offer each individually R550 for 60 mins Facial OR Energy work ​ Maryke’s treatments are offered off-site 071 334 4267 Read More Rene’ Energy Alignment Rene’ is an experienced, passionate energy worker, dedicated to fostering holistic healing in both animals and people. Guiding individuals towards balance through the use of various modalities including traditional Usui Reiki, chakra cleanse / energize, bio field / frequency healing; using tuning forks, chanting, acupressure, and crystal grids. I channel positive energy to allow wholeness and well-being. Transformative experiences await on the journey within. Sessions last between 45 minutes to 75 minutes. R500 060 639 4649 Contact Movement Movement Charmaine Horsburgh INTRODUCING BOWSPRING INFUSED YOGA by Charmaine Horsburgh Yoga classes at Temenos that incorporate the new and exceptional alignment method called the Bowspring: A way of consciously working with the natural curves of the body that improves balance, enhances strength, flexibility and a sense of lightness. Suitable for all ages, Beginners welcome. Regular classes held in Caritas. Private classes by arrangement. Africa’s first Bowspring teacher. 082 872 4402 Contact Read More Poetry Poetry Kath Higgens Poetry to meet you on your path So many people have been saved by a poem, transformed by a poem, or simply touched by a poem. So many of us have felt less alone, when we have read a poem that captures just how we feel. This is your opportunity to explore one-to-one the power of the poetic word, which is totally life-affirming. It may reveal diagnosis, remedy or guidance. You may be looking for insight regarding a question or issue, or simply like to engage with the medium of poetry to enhance your inner world. 076 417 9146 Contact Read More Tarot card reading Reading & Divination Liny Kruger Tarot with Liny A Tarot reading can offer the most delicious insights, it can loosen the spirits, broaden perspective, shine a light into the wondrous matrix of Self. It can call us back to focus on what is necessary, it can grace us with hope and warn against dangers – all which are not necessarily literal. R 400 per reading. 082 464 1926 Contact Read More Rubi Crystal Soul Readings & Stone Tarot Divination These modalities assist one in challenging times to tap into their innate wisdom and open windows of opportunity to new horizons. 063 692 1974 Read More Sonja Transpersonal Numerology Transpersonal Numerology offers an in-depth analysis of your personality. It helps you better understand who you are, and your role in terms of personal and business relationships and choices. By analysing two or more charts at the same time, we are also able to gain greater insight into your relationships. This process enables us to identify rewards and challenges of the relationship in question, as well as soul and karmic links between individuals. Transpersonal Numerology includes the analysis of our shadow numbers or submerged characteristics. This gives us a greater understanding of the duality of our nature. ​ “Your numerical imprint defined you at the moment of your birth and in many ways, it is like an internal computer programme that has been installed. Your Transpersonal Numerology chart describes your personal programme – what is inside all those windows and toolboxes – and which ones you decide to use or not, is where your free will comes in.” – Richard Athol Higgins R550 for 1 hour or R750 for up to 2 hours a reading. ​ 074 388 7992 Traditional Healing Traditional Healing Robert Gentle Rain - traditional healing My practice consists of an eclectic mix of herbal remedies, plant spirit medicine and intuitive energetic healing techniques. I am a Reiki Master Teacher, trained Herbalist and have received instruction from The Emissaries of Divine Light in the discipline of Attunement. 076 970 4204 023 625 1018 Contact Read More Trauma Release Exercise (TRE) Trauma Release Exercise (TRE) Beth TRE® is a powerful and yet very simple way to access the body's ability to shake off tension and stress. ​ It is a physical practice, in which we trigger the natural neurogenic tremoring process through simple stretches and muscle stress exercises, then by lying on a mat and allowing the body to release, in a sustained, yet controlled and gentle way. Many clients describe it as feeling like a massage from the inside out. 083 227 6830 Contact Read More CANCELLATION POLICY FOR THERAPISTS A cancellation fee of up to 100% (of the cost of the treatment) may be charged on bookings cancelled less than 24 hours before the appointment time.

Weddings Weddings at Temenos Weddings at Temenos Weddings at Temenos 1/2 If you are looking for a unique and heartfelt wedding celebration, Temenos is the perfect venue for you. Set in magnificent gardens that honour body, mind and spirit, your wedding will be a memorable experience on many levels. A Temenos Wedding ​ Your ceremony may take place in our beautiful Garden Chapel or the intimate candlelit wonderland of The Well. There is also the option of choosing our Spiral Garden set under a canopy of trees. Some couples choose to move between all three, using the sacred spaces for intimate pre-nuptial gatherings of the groom and his groomsmen, the bride and her bridesmaids or quiet moments with close friends and family before the wedding itself. Each wedding we offer at Temenos is deeply personalized to suit your own personalities and needs. We offer accommodation in the gardens for your guests. If you are planning a large wedding there are many charming cottages in our village all within easy walking distance of Temenos. We have a selection of menus to select from to create the menu of your choice. Our gardens are ideal for wonderful photographs.