Beyond delightfully lazy lunches, wine tasting, and let\u2019s not forget the mountain views, lies a gentle, and mindful Stanford. With retreat centres, holistic practitioners, and a fair handful of yoga teachers, there’s more than gables and verandas in this historic town. Take a deeper look at Stanford\u2019s soulful side \u2013<\/p>\n
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Start the New Year in a relaxed and gentle way. Stay in Stanford for the weekend and enjoy an array of therapies:<\/strong> facials, massage, bio-energetic balance, Reiki,\u00a0Colour Mirrors <\/a>therapy using beautiful colour bottles, or a range of treatments from Mosaic Rain Spa.<\/a> Join a yoga class <\/a>or have a one-on-one session with one of our experienced teachers: Leli Hoch, Tasha Saha and Viv von der Heyden. Visit Laughing Waters Farm<\/a> for a workshop on horse-inspired insight coaching or personalised growth. Go for a walk in the very special Platbos Forest <\/a>and see the trees that inspired the Platbos tree essences and mists.<\/p>\n Stanford is a hub of activity for body and mind manufacturers<\/strong>. It is home to Melissa Krige, manufacturer of African Tree Essences<\/a> and African Tree Mists. Colour Mirror bottles are made here by Melissie Jolly, as well as Mioja organic <\/a>and holistic body and face products made by Tasha Saha. Not to mention Antjies Natural Handmades<\/a> which are made with water from the mountains and locally sourced products. Owner, Nicolene Gericke, supports job creation by employing locals in the community.<\/p>\n Stanford must have good energy because we have three retreat centres <\/strong>nearby. Check out their websites for a scheduled retreat or create your own self-retreat: Bodhi Khaya Retreat <\/a>runs a number of retreats and workshops throughout the year. Nestled on a 220 hectare farm, Hearth & Soul<\/a> offers retreat, accommodation and workshop facilities, as well as a self-catering Eco Barn.\u00a0 Platbos also offers retreats in the beautiful indigenous Milkwood forest to restore body and mind:<\/p>\n *Please do call ahead first to check availability for therapies, walks and tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beyond delightfully lazy lunches, wine tasting, and let\u2019s not forget the mountain views, lies a gentle, and mindful Stanford. With retreat centres, holistic practitioners, and a fair handful of yoga teachers, there’s more than gables and verandas in this historic town. Take a deeper look at Stanford\u2019s soulful side \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[19,17,23,20,22,18,6,21],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BodyandMind.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}