Dates: 29 May – 2 June 2025
Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
Venue: White Water Farm, outside Stanford

Find the peace within, let go of the old that no longer serves you & become the calm in the storm.

Our latest Qi Cultivation Retreat is a transformative Body, Mind, Soul retreat that will take place just outside the beautiful Overberg town of Stanford on an exquisite organic guest farm called White Water. This retreat is designed to assist you in your personal transformation and provide you with a tool kit to help connect your body, mind and soul to ensure a deeper connection to your higher guidance and physical transformation.

The QiGong, Meditation and Wisdom teachings during this retreat will be taught by renowned energy healer, Doctor of Chinese Medicine and QiGong & TaiQi Master, Dr Michael Lan, who comes from a long lineage of ancient masters going back thousands of years.

The Tao wisdom imparted will not only leave you feeling reconnected, but will also empower you to be a healer and higher guidance in your own life, instead of always having to seek for help outside.
Our goal is to empower you with tools and daily practices that will allow you learn life changing habits that you can take with you so you can continue your evolution and transformation even after you leave the retreat, as we prepare to elevate to higher consciousness as we move into the Aquarian Age.

Of course, as they say, it’s always darkest before the dawn, so this retreat will help you navigate the tumultuous journey towards this new era of peace, unity and abundance that awaits us.

Your host, mentor and guide will be Anina Malherbe-Lan who had a long career in business as a successful entrepreneur, before she decided to pursue her journey into self discovery, wellness, consciousness and spirituality, something she learned through thousands of hours of research and practical experience during her journey of awakening.

Your Mentor & Host

Anina’s insatiable interest in natural wellness, psychology, hidden truths, spirituality and personal transformation, fuelled by her own wellness journey over a period of 20 years which culminated with a profound spiritual awakening, is what ultimately inspired her to focus her efforts on helping others through a series of annual retreats hosted in high-frequency locations around the world.
Knowing how powerful the gifts are that her healer husband holds, her wish is help others transform by offering the combination of her and her husband’s experiences, abilities and knowledge in one retreat format, as they enter the 3rd year of hosting global destination retreats together.

The Destination

Our destination is White Water Farm in the high-frequency town of Stanford, which is located in the Cape Overberg area of South Africa. White Water is nestled in a quiet valley overlooking the spectacular Klein River Valley mountains of the Cape Overberg, close to the historic town of Stanford, in the southern part of South Africa.

We have booked the entire guest farm for this retreat and you can choose from a variety of guest suites and farm stay cottages to suit your style and budget. The modern B&B farm stay accommodation with self-catering facilities has a generator and will be of exclusive use to the participants of our retreat.

Typical daily programme:

On arrival at your destination, Anina & Dr Lan will take you through what you can expect on the retreat, along with a session of getting to know one another within the group. The retreat will purposefully be kept intimate, with no more than 12-14 participants. You will have a 30 minute consultation with both Anina and Dr Lan respectively to discuss your goals for the retreat as well as to address any concerns you might have which you’d like to improve on. The two sessions will be set up in-between activities on a first come first serve basis as early as possible into your retreat.

Upon waking up in the mornings, you will enjoy your fresh, organic breakfast basket in the comfort of your own suite or cottage, and then you will embark on a few minutes of Sun Gazing before our Morning Meditation led by Dr Lan.

After meditation we will gather for Tea & Tao and partake in a session of Wisdom Teachings by Dr Lan incorporating the ancient Taoist philosophy, Buddhist teachings and ancient Chinese Medicine concepts far beyond the today’s more modern, diluted teachings, all of which will allow you to better understand the various physical conditions and markers and how you can harmonise them within the body in order to achieve higher consciousness.

Please note: We will not be having lunch together formally, so please pack healthy snacks, food and drink, as this is only a half board package (bed, breakfast and dinner) and there is no restaurant on the farm.

Next you will have some free time to help you connect with the energy of the farm. You can walk around, pet the farm animals, sit in the sun, or enjoy a good book in your suite / cottage. Whether you’re looking to go on a short hike or unwind with a spa treatment, Stanford and surrounds offer activities to entice anyone. Enjoy bird watching, swimming, fishing, town-tours and more.

In the afternoon, we will resume our practice. After a session of wisdom teachings, each with a different theme every day, we will start our QiGong practice. Qigong literally means ‘Energy Work’. It is an art that is relatively easy to learn (at least the basics), but it holds the space for a continuous unfolding within a person, allowing you to unlock your own inner wisdom and healing. It’s a magical practice many people continue daily for the rest of their life… It’s designed to become part of your life and guides the way you hold yourself in the world

As your sensitivity to energy grows, you will learn how to move, cultivate and circulate energy within the body, through each meridian and organ system. Only when your body is totally relaxed and in harmony, can you achieve higher states of consciousness, and QiGong, also known as ‘moving meditation’ can help you unlock everything that has been stagnant within the body or mind, whether that is stuck emotional energy, a physical ailment, disharmony or chronic disease. QiGong helps you discover the body’s own organic technology, which, once unlocked, can help you access the higher realms at will.

QiGong can be practiced by almost anyone, and can be customised to help each person achieve what they need to in order to balance their mind, body and spirit. It should be noted that the type of QiGong Dr Lan teaches is not the modern diluted types, but rather the ancient forms passed on verbally and through practice, from master to master. It is hard to find in a world filled with quick fix solutions driven mainly by ego…

The cost:

Priced from ZAR9,500 / +- US$595 per person sharing for 3 nights, 4 days depending on the type of suite / cottage you choose and whether you are sharing or enjoying single occupancy.

Please note: there is only a limited number of suite types each so prices will escalate from the above rate which is our entry level package, depending on the suite type available upon the time of booking.

We work on a first come first serve bases, please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as we have limited space.

To book your place or to get more information, please contact Anina at anina@vividearth.org or visit https://vividearth.org/stanfordretreat2025