The Umoya BreathFest is the first event of its kind in Africa. A gathering of breathwork and health practitioners, academics, artists, activists, educators, traditional healers, and wisdom seekers who work on the intersections of social sciences, humanities, health sciences, arts, and activism to meet in person to learn, grow, share, connect and co-create. It is a forum for learning and shared experience for all those interested in discovering the potential of breath for personal healing, an agent for societal change and what it means to inspire a healing informed society.
This 5-day collective has been curated to offer an experience of what it means to support a healing-informed society through talks, workshops, immersive nature experiences, embodiment practices and conscious breathing in an ancient land and timeless stars inspired by the energy of the African land and wisdom of its people.
We invite you, as part of a community who hold a shared intention of healing, whole-heartedness and hope to experience a vast range of breathwork practices and styles, participate in generative dialogue. We have crafted the programme to offer you both your own personal experience of the breath and the opportunity to come together and co-create pathways of healing within the systems in which we live and work.
We feel called to gather in the Cradle of Humankind, where our collective umbilical cord lies buried, a fitting space to hold that which is ready to be birthed as systems collapse around us.
We would love you to join us at our inaugural festival that celebrates that we are one diverse species across the globe, with our roots in Africa all sharing the same common language of the breath.
Join for the full experience or for the 2-night or day options.
Keynote Addresses:
Individual Healing is necessary for Collective Healing
Breath awareness, ‘we-ness’ and participatory meaning-making
Threads of Pneumanity: Co-Creating a healing-informed society
African Indigenous Wisdom for the World
Compassionate Action: Breathing Together for Social Transformation
Explorations and Experiences
Inspire!: Breath as a Leadership Language and Business Tool
The Power of Presence
How Breathwork Works: The Neurobiology of Breathing
The Science and A_R_T of Conscious Breathing - an ancient medicine for the future
Sculpting a heart-centred brain: the vital role conscious breathing plays in education and the youth
Igniting the body’s intelligence
The Surrender Process
Crafting instruments of Breath
Breath Adventures
The rhythm of remembering and imagining: Collective Drumming
Breathing into the Mystery: Star Gazing
Walking in the footsteps of the ancients: Sunset Hike
Embodied Poetry: Yoga
Story Telling Circles
African Celebration Dance Party
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our team at marj@breathworkafrica.co.za or +27 82 561 3637
