LIVING SANCTUARY | Easter: 3 – 6 April 2026
A Weekend or rest, space, and connection – at your own rhythm
with Vanessa Dinkhoff & Stephanie Laggner
Set against the mountains of Piketberg, just two hours from Cape Town, this Living Sanctuary offers a quiet long weekend to slow down, land, and rest at your own rhythm. It is a place to step out of noise and schedules, to listen more deeply, and to reconnect with what feels true in your body and being.
Held in nature, the sanctuary offers gentle daily group sessions and the presence of experienced practitioners, alongside plenty of open space for rest, walking, cooking, solitude, and connection. Support is available when you choose it and space is honored when you don’t. This weekend is less about doing and more about being, allowing clarity, aliveness, and ease to arise naturally.
INCLUDED IN THE SANCTUARY STAY
- Accommodation (3 nights)
- Access to the land & shared spaces
- Hiking trails & a dam for swimming
- 1 group session per day
- Presence of experienced practitioners on site, 1:1 sessions available
- One shared dinner, with music and fire (Saturday evening)
SANCTUARY RYTHM
Saturday and Sunday Morning
One shared group session, Sound, Yoga or Creative (90min)
Daytime
Free time · Nature · Rest · Optional 1:1 sessions (Lumi Lumi Massage, Sound Healing, Reiki, Mentoring & Life Guidance)
Evening
Open · Fire · Silence · Informal gathering
Saturday evening: shared meal with fire, music and dance
Participation is always optional.
FACILITATORS
Vanessa Dinkhoff is a certified Sound Healer, Yoga Teacher (200hr YTT and 100hr YTT YIN), and Level 2 Reiki Practitioner, who after feeling exhausted and out of balance in the corporate business world changed the trajectory of her life in 2017.
She guides individuals to reclaim sacred balance and cultivate inner peace through her transformative sessions, creating safe containers of empowerment for those navigating their transition to authenticity. Vanessa’s gift lies in her ability to assist others in the art of surrender, holding space where it becomes safe to sit in discomfort and awaken to deeper awareness.
In a world dominated by masculine energy and constant doing, Vanessa specializes in bringing the yin back – creating balance through the feminine qualities of receptivity, intuition, and being. Her serene and nurturing space-holding serves as a sanctuary where productivity gives way to presence, and overwhelm transforms into inner knowing.
Through her work, Vanessa creates opportunities for profound transformation by honoring both the light and shadow aspects of the human experience, guiding others home to their most authentic selves.
Stephanie Laggner is a wild Woman from the Austrian Mountains and Alpine Forest. She is an Anthropologist, Artist, Yin & Wild Naya Yoga teacher, and Shamanic Breathwork Guide with a deep connection to herbal wisdom, sound, and creative expression. For over five years, she has been guiding people into sensual, creative, and transformative experiential spaces.
Her work weaves together sound and voice work, sound medicine, breath, body awareness, intuitive processes, and nature-based knowledge into holistic inner journeys. A central pillar of her sharing is the voice as something ancient and deeply rooted.
Through the connection between the root chakra and the throat chakra, the voice becomes a bridge that awakens our primal voice – reminding us of our wildness, pleasure, and embodied vitality. Remembering this original voice strengthens our capacity for authentic expression, grounded presence, and self-trust in all areas of life.
With a warm, humorous, and grounded presence, Stephanie creates safe and nurturing spaces, tells stories from her ancestors and creates a vortex where people can reconnect with themselves, express and celebrate who they are in deep relationship with the elements, their inner fire, and the greater whole. She invites you into retreats that are not simply an escape from daily life, but a living return to embodiment, aliveness, and joy.
ACCOMMODATION
You will stay in shared cottages on this private farm, with a choice of ensuite and non-ensuite double or twin rooms, available for private or shared occupancy. Set amongst mountains, the farm offers beautiful hiking trails, and wildlife such as Cape Mountain Zebra, Springbok, and Bontebok can often be seen roaming the land.
You will be sharing beautiful, comfortable and charming self-catering farm-style cottages situated on a private farm. Cape Mountain Zebra, Springbok and Bontebok can be seen on the farm, which also has kilometers of single-track hiking trails. You can choose between your own comfortable private room or shared double/twin with either ensuite bathroom or sharing a bathroom. Each cottage has its own indoor fireplace. Prices include accommodation, food (lunch and dinner) and retreat programme.
Options and prices:
Cottage 1
3-bedroom cottage with full equipped kitchen with gas stove and dishwasher. The house has both a Northern and Southern stoep with a comfortable seating area and overlooks the manicured garden. From the kitchen into the gardens, you will enjoy uninterrupted views of the mountain. It also has two wood-burning, cast iron fireplaces.
Room 1 | Ensuite Double Room
The room features a queen-sized bed and an ensuite bathroom with shower.
Price:
Private double room: R4700 (€270)
Shared double room: R4300pp (€250)
Room 2 | Non-ensuite Double Room
The room features a double bed and shares a bathroom with a bath with one other room.
Price:
Private double room: R4300 (€250)
Shared double room: R3800pp (€220)
Room 3 | Non-ensuite Twin Room
The room two three-quarter beds and shares a bathroom with a bath with one other room.
Price:
Private double room: R4700 (€270)
Shared double room: R4300pp (€250)
Cottage 2
The main house consists of a kitchen and living area, two indoor fireplaces and a large bedroom with a double bed, as well as a large, shaded stoep with a beautiful view. Leading from the stoep there is a smaller bedroom with two single beds. Inside the house is a bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The annex is separate from the main house, which has an additional double-bed bedroom with an en-suite bathroom as well as a non-ensuite twin bedroom.
Room 1 | Main House | Non-ensuite Double Room
The room features a double bed and shares a bathroom with a shower with two other room.
Price:
Private double room: R4700 (€270)
Shared double room: R4300pp (€250)
Room 2 | Main House | Twin Room
The room is accessable from the stoep and features two single beds and shares a bathroom with a shower with two other room.
Price:
Private twin room: R4000 (€230)
Shared twin room: R3500pp (€205)
Room 3 | Annex | Ensuite Double Room
Annex separate from the main house under the bluegum trees. The room features a double bed and an ensuite bathroom with shower.
Price:
Private double room: R4700 (€270)
Shared double room: R4300pp (€250)
Room 4 | Annex | Non-ensuite Twin Room
Annex separate from the main house under the bluegum trees. The room shares the bathroom in the main house with 2 other bedrooms.
Price:
Private twin room: R4000 (€230)
Shared twin room: R3500pp (€205)
Cottage 3
This cottage is very special through its privacy and remoteness but comes with an adventurous “twist”. Perfect to be shared amongst friends. The cottage consists of three separate buildings:
1) A kitchen with a stoep, gas stove, fridge, charging point, internal fireplace, external braai area and an additional day-bed
2) A living/sleeping area with one double-bed main bedroom which is accessed through the front room which features a single bed and a fireplace.
3) a bathroom with a toilet, basin and shower. Guests heat up hot water for the shower with a firewood “donkey” boiler that takes about 20 minutes to heat up.
Room 1 | Non-ensuite Double Room
Spacious double room which can be accessed via the 2nd room, the bedrooms are interconnected.
Price:
Private double room: R4000 (€230)
Shared double room: R3500pp (€205)
Room 2 | Non-ensuite Single Room
Front room which features a single bed, a table with chairs and a fire place.
Price:
Private single room: R4000 (€230)
BOOKING
This Sanctuary Is For You If:
- You want space without isolation
- Support without dependency
- Depth without constant guidance
- Freedom without chaos
This Is Not:
- A full-service retreat
- A packed program
- A healing bootcamp
To reserve your Living Sanctuary spot, please fill in the booking form here. If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact us via the contact form.
We cannot wait to welcome you at the Living Sanctuary over Easter.
With love,
Vanessa & Stephanie
