Circles of Stone
Wilderness rites of passage
Time alone and fasting in the wilderness will change you
Dust & Grace
A Women’s Healing Fast
May this be a time when your burdens fall to the
dust, and the quiet earth cradles your bones in rest.
May the wind, fire, water, and sky speak what words
cannot, and may the ancestors rise to meet you.
- Lucille Greeff
Sat 6 March – Sun 14 March 2027
Cederberg (approx. 4.5 hrs from Cape Town)
An 8-Night, 9-Day Programme for Women.
Includes a 2-Night Solo Fast in the Wilderness.
YOU, Dear Woman, are invited:
This is an opportunity to join a small group of women, in a valley nestled amongst ancient boulders, to be with our collective and individual grief, exhaustion, responsibilities. A time to stare wide-eyed into the red dusty landscape. A time to STOP… to stop all you are doing. To sit in circle, to be heard and witnessed and to allow the land and the sky to seep into your bones.
We will meander, much like a dusty track through the land, in ceremony and rituals of honouring and sharing of experiences. Our route will be guided by the elements - water, air, fire, earth and linked with the cardinal directions. We invite you to bring your body, soul, and experience of life to the cauldron that we will nurture over the days we are together.
As Carl Jung wrote in the Red Book, we will be encouraging you to put down the ‘spirit of the times’ – that which demands much of you, to allow the ‘spirit of the depths’ to rise in you. He was clear – there is no one way to plumb the depths of your psyche/soul/spirit, there is only YOUR way. You must live it and experience it – it cannot be taught. This is a uniquely individual process. However, we will be offering community, holding, witness and deep listening for this time.
At the core of our time together will be a 2 night solo fast – a time to gently be with all that you are bringing. A time for reflection and honouring.
“Dust and Grace” is intended to be a time of deep rest. A time when the bones of your body can be fully held by the earth, when the rivers of your thoughts can be carried on the milky way and the African autumnal winds and when the fire is a place to sit afterwards to share stories and listen deeply to others, united in a diverse but connected sisterhood.
This will be a time of ceremony and self-created ritual.
It is not therapy.
“Utter Silence, with a capital U and a capital S. For her, the sound of wind through a great loom of trees is silence. For her, the crash of a mountain stream is silence.
For her, thunder is silence. For her, the natural order of nature, which asks nothing in return, is her life-giving silence”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
(Women who run with the wolves)
What to Expect:
We will be based in a communal campsite for the time before and after the solo. Life will be simple – at least materially. ·Please bring a small tent for your personal use for this time (see accommodation options below). For the solo we encourage you to sleep under the stars.
You should be able to carry on your back what you bring…our advice is to travel light! A full list of what to bring will be sent once your place on the programme is confirmed.
You are responsible for your own transport
there and back, and we will connect the group to enable shared rides.
We invite you to have a brief conversation with one or both of the facilitators on receipt of your expression of interest in the programme
Programme:
Your facilitators:
Theresa Plewman and Lucille Greeff
Theresa
Theresa is a psychotherapist with a Jungian interest, a rites of passage and wilderness guide, gardener, and wild swimmer. She brings her love of nature and the human psyche and decades of working with women (and men) both individually and in groups to this programme. A deep ancestral calling guides her to offer this work.
Lucille
Lucille is a developmental coach, rites of passage guide, breathwork practitioner and poet who works at the intersection of individual and collective myth. She brings her deep love of ritual, ancestral guides, and earth-based practices to spaces where women gather to remember, rest, and reclaim.
fee for dust & grace:
Our fees take into account the different economic conditions of the global south and north.
South Africans:
R12 500
International participants:
US $1200-$1500
UK £800 - £1100
EU €950- €1300
- Our fees take into account different economic conditions of the global south and north.
- Participants from outside Africa are encouraged to pay at the top end of the scale which will enable us to offer bursary support to a local woman otherwise unable to afford to attend.
- We would be immensely grateful to be able to offer this so your contribution is welcomed.
- A 50% deposit is required to secure your spot.
- Bursary places or part-bursary supported places may be available – please ask if you are in need
Limited accommodation upgrades are available:
Dome tent only @ R800 (4 available)
Add a mattress, pillow & bedding @ R800 (8 available
Furnished Lodge tent -includes bed & bedding @R7040 (1 only available)
Words from previous participants:
“Dust and Grace was an extraordinary experience for me – heart-opening, grounding, connecting, confronting and beautiful. Theresa and Lucile are masterful and combine decades of skill at holding space for transformation with wisdom and care. If you're a women who longs to slow down enough to see things more clearly, and be in more honest relationship with what you see – then I can't recommend Dust and Grace highly enough."
Dr Nicola Graham (2026)
“This was a truly magical experience. Simple in essence, extraordinary in depth. An incredible opportunity to reconnect with spirit, self, nature, and other women. Lucille and Theresa created and held the space with joy, wisdom, presence and care. There was enough structure to feel deeply held while still allowing the experience to unfold naturally and organically. I left feeling deeply connected, nourished and grateful. Follow your YES with this one!"
Trish (2026)