African Awakening Retreat

Discover your heart’s rhythm “off the tourist trail”, alongside four magical South African medicine women and their sacred land.

A life changing experience in South Africa, where humanity first began. Honouring Land, honouring Ancestors, honouring YOURSELF

Laura’s dream and intention is to gift you the chance to embody the feeling of being grounded on African soil and dance to the rhythm of your own drum.

This retreat will enhance your sense of belonging and community with other Spiritually like minded women.

By feeling the echo and drum beat of the African rhythm through your bones, your blood and your heart; you will awaken your connection to your body, your unleashed wild spirit, to the earth and to the wisdom of nature.

You will discover how ancient, sacred lands can help you to heal your ancestry, transform your life and unleash the true rhythm of your heart.

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Laura is the founder of The Hummingbird Life.

Laura embodies the philosophy that our connection to nature is the answer to living a joy-filled existence.

Her ceremonies create magical portals that access the realms of the natural world.

Laura has been facilitating dance, yoga, meditation, ceremonies and energy healing for more than a decade. Through her own experience of embodied healing, she helps you empower yourself to find your inner joy spark.

Laura has a passion for building communities of women where they feel safe, nurtured and a sense of belongng.

By sharing the sweet nectar of experiences to cross-pollinate the world to help others to bloom and grow - just like a hummingbird, her spirit animal.

25 April - 5 May 2026

10 nights/ 11 days

• Arrive - Fly into King Shaka Durban Airport on Saturday 25 April. Drive 2 hours to the South Coast
• REMEMBER: 4 nights of grounding and reconnecting; nurturing ceremony, magic and nourishing food on the wild and rugged Kwa-Zulu Natal South Coast
• Sacred Pause: for 1 Night “up in the sky”, in the Maloti-Drakensburg

• REWILD: 4 nights in ritual and ceremony within the foothills of the majestic Maloti Mountains (think, dancing around the fire, Waterfall cleanse, cave ceremony and deep connection to ancestors )
• Integrate- 1 Night in Johannesburg’s leafy green suburbs
• Return - Depart Johannesburg on Tuesday 5 May.

“The moment your bare feet kiss the raw earth of Mama Africa, her heartbeat starts to resonate through your blood and through your bones.

Whether you are born of the land, or a visitor, your heart starts to beat in rhythm with hers and she welcomes you back home to your wild, wise and magnificent self.”

NCLUDES:

• Transfer from Durban Airport to Southbroom
• Transfer to OR tambo airport to Craighall Park
• All accommodation is shared (2 per room) depending on number of guests
• 1 night Bed and Breakfast in Johannesburg
• 4 nights in the Valley
• 1 night in Drakensberg 4 star hotel
• 4 nights Gakeza Beach Villa, Southbroom
• Vehicle transport Durban 25 April to Johannesburg 5 May
• All food except exclusions mentioned below
• All activities, Ceremonies, meditation and movement facilitation mentioned above
• Spiritual Coaching along the way
• Guided walks
• African Gift bag filled with specially sourced goodies
• Pre retreat call with Thongo and Lisa
• SGD50 donation to Made for Girls,

Providing essential sanitary pads and hygiene education to Rural South African school girls in need. Your contributions are making a real difference, helping us empower women and promote menstrual health.

EXCLUDES:

• International and local flights
• Visas
• Travel insurance
• Dinner in Johannesburg
• Lunch and snacks on road travel days
• Tips

Laura Yates is a facilitator, spaceholder, and guide devoted to helping people remember their innate wholeness through deep connection. At the heart of her work are three foundational pillars: Connection to Self, Connection to Nature, and Connection to an Aligned Community.

Through embodied practices, sacred ceremonies, and transformational workshops, Laura creates spaces where people can reconnect to their true essence, root deeply into the wisdom of the earth, and feel held by supportive, like-hearted community.

Her journey has been one of personal transformation—walking the path from burnout and disconnection to a life of purpose, guided by nature’s rhythms and the wisdom of ancient traditions. She now shares these learnings through her offerings, empowering others to slow down, remember who they are, and rediscover their joy.

At The Hummingbird Life, Laura invites you to live more intentionally: to pause, breathe, and honor the sacred in everyday life.

Working with her clients, Laura helps people gain perspective, feel supported, empowered, inspired, connected and have the courage to overcome what’s holding them back.

By igniting and empowering you to step into your own power and finding you own inner joy spark, Laura supports and uplifts you into unleashing your freedom and magic onto the world, from a place of love.

Beyond The Hummingbird Life, Laura is also the founder of Secret Sunrise Singapore, a series of events that celebrate life at Sunrise or Sunset by taking you on a journey through music, movement and connection using wireless headphones.

Laura offers meditations on Insight Timer and she has also been voted on to KeyNote Women Speakers, offering a range of Keynote talks on topics including Finding your feminine flow, Connection and self acceptance.