Wellness
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 and Massage
Atholl Hay
Holistic Massage
Atholl is an experienced massage practitioner and 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: R750
Kindly note that Atholl's treatments are offered off-site at The Sanctuary, 24 Mill St
Massage
I’m Katja, a trained aromatherapist with over 20 years of experience. I’m excited to be ofering massages at Temenos and invite you to join me for a revitalising treatment in Merton, the serene on-site therapy room.
Book a 60-minute massage for R600
Minette
Estética by Minette
A sanctuary of calm and conscious care, Estética by Minette is an intimate boutique salon designed in a refined boho-chic style to evoke tranquility, comfort, and soulful relaxation. Every detail is curated to help you unwind deeply as you surrender to the healing experience of our professional treatments.
Minette, an internationally qualified therapist with over 22 years of expertise in massage and facial therapies, offers treatments rooted in skill, intuition, and holistic well-being. Haylee, a highly trained nail technician with over 3 years of experience, brings artistry and precision to each service, ensuring you receive the finest treatments McGregor has to offer.
To reserve your time of renewal or enquire about pricing, please send a WhatsApp +27 721 052 658. Advance booking is essential, as our sacred space is frequently fully booked.
René
Healing Massage
René is a dedicated healing practitioner offering deeply restorative holistic massage sessions that go beyond the physical. Her work blends traditional massage techniques with—Reiki—creating a unique and powerful-approach to wellness.
At the heart of each session is the intention to relax, release, and realign. These healing massages are designed to relieve stress, ease muscular tension, and open the flow of vital life-force energy. Working in a calm, nurturing space, René helps clients reconnect with themselves, facilitating transformation from within.
This is more than just massage—it's an invitation to step into wholeness; harmony, and deep well-being.
Counselling
Alex Van Oostveen
PERSONAL COACHING
I welcome you to a space of reflection and transformation. Using the Gestalt empty chair method, I gently guide clients to voice feelings or perceptions which have been internalised. These may relate to self, others, or even an abstract experience of life (emotions, decisions, struggles). You as client are in control of the process throughout.
The experience opens the way to resolve relationship challenges and emotional difficulties, explore inner conflicts, and discover new perspectives.
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'.
Energy Work
Healing Rituals with Kate
Holistic facial treatments and reiki with chakra balancing rituals to take a moment from everyday life to rest, recalibrate and regenerate.
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
Movement
Charmaine
Horsburgh
Yoga classes at Temenos with Charmaine Horsburgh Yoga and Bowspring Teacher
REGULAR CLASSES IN THE TEMENOS LIBRARY
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Morning Yoga that focus on conscious movement and mindful breathing. Hatha Yoga and the Bowspring Yoga alignment classes that take into account the importance of healthy joints and fascial (connective tissue) release.
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Afternoon Chair Yoga. An accessible and effective form of yoga to increase strength, flexibility, mood enhancement and general well-being.
Suitable for all ages. Beginners welcome.
Private classes by arrangement.
Derek Watling
Guided walks with Derek Watling
For all McGregor guests who want to explore the surrounding area of McGregor join Derek on a tour exploring Village life, the Dams and peaceful tranquillity of nature and for the more adventurous Derek will guide you on a walk to the waterfalls.
Derek has been involved in the Sports business all his life as a player and a coach. Has played cricket and badminton locally and in England, Bulgaria and Mauritius. Coached at various institution and schools. Sport teaches you about life; through the rivalries and friendships. Unity in sports applies in life.
Poetry - Therapeutic Songwriting
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.
Therapeutic Songwriting with Léan van Vuuren
Writing a song from your deepest truth can be a deeply healing and satisfying experience. There is a transformative element to the process which can lead to a state of redemption and bliss, carrying you through and releasing you from painful feelings of hardship and loss. It offers a beautiful way to connect with your Divine Self and to move past emotional stumbling blocks.
Léan has over 20 years experience of songwriting as a way of emotional healing and inner
transformation. She is now inviting you to come and explore songwriting with her in a safe and
nurturing emotional space. With careful and expert guidance she will create a pathway for you to
express yourself musically and let your healing song come to life.
Léan van Vuuren
Reading & Divination
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Liny Kruger
FINDING NEW PERSPECTIVES:
Personal Mythology Sessions / with Tarot and Fairytales.
Tarot readings are traditionally used for divination, to predict future happenings. It is also a powerful tool to take us to inner places where spirit and psych meet, a guideline or sort of treasure map that directs us to explore the presenting images in our lives. These readings can offer helpful insights and shine a light into the vast matrix of Self. These sessions remind us that our stories are colorful and complex and that the answers to our dilemmas and desires are within reach. It tempers our expectations and brings relief as we broaden our viewpoints through imaginative work. It also connects us with collective and universal themes. Liny uses the images of tarot as an entry point to the sessions. A touch of divination, intuitive guidance and elements of archetypal psychology are at play. Book your session with Liny at 082 464 1926. Fee: R450 per hour or R600 for 90 minutes.
Instagram: @the_oracles_of_ducks.
Traditional Healing
Nicole Klassen
Creative arts expression, indigenous knowledge, family systems constellations and ancestral healing practices.
work with nature, dreams, creative arts expression, indigenous knowledge, family systems constellations and ancestral healing practices. To offer appropriate ritual and process for individuals, communities and organisations through either one-on-one consultation, mentorship, group workshops, ceremonies or pilgrimage.
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.
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.
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.