John Lockley
The Call of the Wild:
Listening to the Wind
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“I have always had a great love of the wilderness, the wild places where we are not domesticated, where there is a kind of chaos and beauty. There is a wilderness within each one of us, a tribal drum beat, that is the beat of our heart, that has us ask, ‘Who am I, and what are the dreams inside of me that are waking me up?’”
— John Lockley
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Heart-Beat Meditation for Connecting to Ancestors & Life Force
Audio: Guided meditation centered around connecting with our heart-beat. It includes John chanting in IsiXhosa.
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Biography
John Lockley is a fully initiated and ordained Sangoma (African Shaman) in two lineages from South Africa, the Xhosa and Swazi nations. He is the author of the book 'Leopard Warrior', and audio teachings 'The Way of the Leopard', both published by Sounds True. His Xhosa apprenticeship took 10 years and he was foreseen in a dream by his teacher, MaMngwevu, a senior Xhosa sangoma from the same tribe as Nelson Mandela, who invited him to be her apprentice. According to John’s Xhosa elders he was one of the first white men in recent times in the Xhosa nation after Apartheid, to be awarded the title of 'Ligqira Linkulu' , meaning senior sangoma. His Xhosa name given by his teacher is 'Ucingolweendaba', meaning 'the messenger or bridge between cultures'. He has pioneered the bridge between modern western Psychology and traditional South African healing. For the last 15 years he has been facilitating 'Ubuntu' (Humanity) and Way of the Leopard retreats worldwide, teaching people how they can reconnect to their Ancestors, Spirit and the Earth. A passion of John's is teaching people indigenous African medicine to help them reconnect to the earth. He facilitates this through his 'Dreams & Tracking' retreats in the Kalahari Desert every year. John holds an honours degree in Clinical Psychology and is also a Zen meditation practitioner with over 30 years of experience. He took Buddhist precepts with Zen Master Su Bong from South Korea in 1992. John offers private divination and healing sessions online, as well as group oriented monthly ceremonies.