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Johann van Greunen Holistic Counselling & Reiki Healing

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Johann van Greunen Holistic Counselling & Reiki Healing

I offer individual and couple counselling specialising in relationships, spiritual wellness, sexual identity, mood disorders and trauma.

I also offer training in Mindfulness Practices and Meditation as well as Reiki Treatments and Courses.

16/11/2025

This weekend I hosted my first official Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Journeys. All the spaces in the Saturday and Sunday morning sessions were booked. I am very excited to finally embark on this amazing and powerful journey of Sound Healing and to manifest a long-term dream.

From January I will host these sessions monthly, on Saturday afternoons 15:00 - 16:30 and again Sunday mornings 10:00 - 11:30 on the same weekend. Dates are communicated quarterly and can be viewed on the Sound Healing page on my website. I share the link below. Bookings can be done on my website or by sending me a WhatsApp. Immediate payment of R 300 will secure a booking, as space is limited.

In addition I also offer 90-minute Reiki & Sound Healing sessions at the cost of R 850. Those that made use of my introductory offer in October found the process very powerful and comforting at the same time. Appointments can also be made via my website.

I share the link to my Sound Healing Page:

https://johannvangreunen.co.za/sound-healing/

10/11/2025

The past weekend I taught my last Reiki Course of the year, Level 2. I welcome Robyn Spacey as newly attuned Reiki Practitioner. It is always an honour and blessing to prepare healers for their journey with Reiki and be witness to their spiritual development. I wish Robyn all the best as her strong psychic abilities will enable her to facilitate powerful healing work for her clients.

This was not the last Reiki activity of the year though. In two weeks time, during the weekend of 21-23 November, I will facilitate a Reiki Retreat at Temenos Retreat in McGregor, and the weekend after will be the last Reiki Gathering of the year for my Level 2 and Master students.

The first courses for 2026 will be:
⚛️ Reiki Level 2: 31 January & 1 February
⚛️ Reiki Level 1: 14&15 March.

In the words of Rumi: "Let the beauty we love be what we do."

30/10/2025

Die een wat bly / The one who stays with Grant Van Ster, Shaun Oelf and Daneel van der Walt. Script & Direction Wessel Pretorius and Geselskap. Choreography in collaboration with Natalie Fisher.

When Grant invited us to attend the opening of this show last night at the Baxter Flipside, I accepted without hesitation. We saw it at the Suidoosterfees earlier this year, and it was a theatre highlight then. Seeing it for a second time opened further dimensions in the play for me, and it will remain one of the most powerful theatre experiences to date.

Dance is an art form that transcends language where the intended message is conveyed through movement and gesture, yet here a rich and multi-layered script collaborates with dance and movement to tell the story in a unique and powerful way. The story explores the complex and multi-dimensional facets of the mother-son relationship as a young dancer reflects on his youth after his mother's death. Projections, carefully selected music and the creative use of props enhances the atmosphere. Mythology, in particular the story of Orpheus that led Eurydice from the Underworld, adds further dimensions to the story. Especially the theme of rebirth, as every son reaching adulthood needs to cut the energetic umbilical cord from his mother in order to release her fixated image of him as the boy she raised, before that boy buries him alive.

Grant and Shaun are very close to my heart. Both of them played a significant role in my spiritual journey towards embodied consciousness through dance, first at Jazzart Dance Theatre and later when they established Figure of 8 Dance Theatre. I remember with fondness the often challenging classes in the early days in the upstairs studio at the Youngblood Gallery in Bree Street. I learnt from Grant and Shaun to trust my body, confront my fears, push my limitations, and move with grace and confidence.

I witnessed and experienced the passion, the heart and soul, the care and utmost professionalism that Grant and Shaun put into their work, which is not just work for them, but the life that they breathe. It is also tangible in this production. Please don't miss it. It is on till Saturday 1 November. Book at Webtickets.

Photo Credits: Figure of 8 Dance Theatre and my own.

23/10/2025

REIKI RETREAT
21-23 November 2025
Temenos Retreat in McGregor

This retreat, offered in the beautiful and nurturing environment of Temenos, is for Reiki Practitioners and Masters. As energy healers we often find ourselves depleted and in need of support and nurturing. Taking a retreat is an invaluable part of taking care of ourselves, rest and rejuvenate in order to return to our practices of caring for others with renewed and inspired energy. This retreat aims to provide the space for rest and replenishment, as well as receiving healing from others in a group context, connect with other Reiki healers, and refresh our skills-base through group discussions.

Some feedback from last year's retreat:

"From the first day I felt protected, welcomed and Johann held such a beautiful space for me to grow and heal. I will be for ever grateful for this!"

"The best gift I have given myself this year. Transformative, profound and nourishing to my spirit. I knew Johann's retreat would be of high standard, but I had no idea what a life-changing spiritual journey I would have in one weekend."

For more information and bookings contact me at 083 764 5978 or visit my website for more information and to enquire: www.johannvangreunen.co.za/spiritual-retreats.

11/10/2025

Restore, Restory, Rekindle: An Embodiment Retreat
10-12 October 2025

The past few weeks marked one of the most challenging and stressful times of my life. Indeed, the workshop section of this retreat, titled The Neurobiology of Stress & Trauma was this time discussed less theoretical and definitely more from personal experience. I am forever grateful though for mindfulness and embodiment practices that I incorporated early on in my life, which keeps me grounded and this time prevented me from getting stuck in self-limiting narratives marked by victimhood, self-pity and self-blame, a very tempting black hole to disappear into.

Friday afternoon I booked into Temenos Retreat centre along with 3 participants attending this year's retreat. Introductions and the first meditation was followed by dinner and a discussion on the theme "Embodiment". We then ended with my first ever live sound journey using Tibetan Singing Bowls that I will offer from now on during my retreats.

It was an overcast and grey early morning when we set off today for a walk through De Krans Nature Reserve before the first meditation of the day. After the workshop section we were ready for brunch, and then we had some fun with free-style dancing. This was followed by shared hand massages, and then free time till late afternoon. After coffee, I gave the group task pages to reflect on their life-scripts and investigate self-limiting narratives, and to restory these to narratives that reflect wholeness and integration.

We processed the day's experiences after dinner, and ended with a longer sound journey. Tomorrow we will do some more movement practices, walk the labyrinth, then conclude with a creative process and reflect on reintegration practices after the retreat.

Indeed, this retreat is about coming home to our bodies and developing the necessary tools to manage our life challenges from a disposition of awareness and wholeness. Peter Levine writes: "Body awareness is something we want to cultivate and make an intrinsic part of our lives, because living in a body-aware way gives us a sense of aliveness and purpose in all aspects of life. When we're disconnected from the body, we can't be fully present. A meaningful life depends upon a sense of aliveness and presence, both of which spring from intimate contact with internal body states."

09/10/2025

Meditation: What? Why? How?

As per request, I will offer this workshop for Beginners covering the basics of Meditation for the last time this year on Saturday 18 October. If you were interested in learning how to meditate, but don’t know where to start, then this workshop is for you.

This workshop will cover the following:

🌿 Debunking some myths: what meditation is and is not.
🌿 The reasons why and the benefits of meditation.
🌿 Different types of meditation.
🌿 Short practices, Q&A, some more short practices, Q&A.
🌿 Practical tools and ideas to support your practice.

Venue: 8 De Bron Avenue, Kenridge, Durbanville.
Date: Saturday 18 October 2025
Time: 10:00-13:00
Investment: R 450.

For more information or bookings contact me @ 083 764 5978.

07/10/2025

REIKI LEVEL 1 COURSE
4&5 October 2025

This past weekend I taught the last Reiki Level 1Course for the year. I welcome Juclite, Simone and Yolandi as they embark on their transformative journeys with Reiki healing. For me it is was a privilege and honour to be witness to the inspirational life-stories and powerful spiritual journeys that lead these students to taking up Reiki to guide them further on their path to authenticity, self-healing and healing others.

The dynamic and lively discussions of the past weekend reminded me of the following words of Penelope Quest in her book "Reiki for Life": "As Reiki begins to fill your life, you will start to feel more and more connected to 'All That Is'. As your consciousness is raised, you become more aware that every living thing is a part of you, and that you are a part of it and that everything is a part of the Divine, God, the Source, or whatever you choose to call it. The realisation will come that there is no place for prejudice, judgementalism, cruelty or indifference in a world where we are all connected, all a part of the whole, all One."

The last Reiki course that I will teach this year, is Level 2 during the weekend of 8&9 November.

28/09/2025

The Centred Mind: A State of Wellbeing and Peace.

On Saturday morning I presented this workshop/mini-retreat for the last time this year at our home in Kenridge. I was once again struck by how powerful the process of Colour Dialogue is in providing insight and clarity on internal processes, as well providing guidance in dealing with problematic life situations. It was exactly the experience of the four participants that attended.

I started the workshop with some input on conscious breathing to help regulate the nervous system and managing stress and anxiety, followed by a Mindfulness Breath Meditation. This set the tone for introducing the Colour Dialogue process. It is a simple process involving the intuive choice of colours and drawing spontaneously on a small peace of paper. This activates sub-conscious and sometimes unconscious processes in the mind in a profound way. We then engage with whatever happened on the paper in conversation, reflecting on internal processes while drawing, relationship to chosen colours, identifying images that comes forth and possible symbolic meanings, and more.

After a silent tea-break focusing on mindul eating and drinking, I gave an hour of silence for the participants to do further drawings, work with coloured clay and reflect. This process also stimulates creative writing, and one participant shared an absoluteluly beautiful poem with us that she wrote during this time.

After the silent hour we gathered on the little terrace next to the swimming pool for a basic Tai Chi/Qigong-based movement practice. The morning concluded with sharing insights and reflections.

I will offer this workshop again in the year to come, and am planning to extend it to a full weekend retreat. Details will be communicated soon.

19/09/2025

RESTORE, RESTORY, REKINDLE:
An Embodiment Retreat

10 - 12 October 2025
Temenos Retreat in McGregor

“The body is the angel who expresses and minds the soul; we should always pay loving attention to our bodies. … The body is the angel of life.” (John O’Donohue)

Currently it feels like we are living in a world turned upside down and navigating a global reality marked by political instability, violent wars and uncertainty. On a personal level we are dealing with relentless demands on our time and energy, unrealistic expectations, crazy pace of work and changes happening so fast we can hardly keep up. It feels like we have little control over what happens around us, as an ever-increasing cost of living and unexpected challenges all contribute to a sense of feeling frazzled, overwhelmed and disembodied. It is no wonder that we notice an increase in mental health issues as our capacity to manage stress is depleted and anxiety, depression and chronic fatigue sets in.

We need time to restore and heal our bodies that are energetically depleted from anxiety, stress, trauma and grief. It is time to re-story our narratives about our life situations that keep us stuck in negativity and lethargy. It is time to rekindle the creative energies needed to move forward with a sense of hope, joy and connectedness.

During this retreat in the beautiful and nurturing environment of Temenos, we will explore the following themes:

* Neurobiology, stress and trauma: the impact on our bodies
* The Narratives of Life-scripts: how we story our lives to make meaning
* Embodiment: The energy body, embodied existence and the body in relation

The retreat will be structured as follows:

* Early morning walks and/or movement meditations
* Morning and early evening guided meditations
* Workshop-style sessions and practical sessions to honour the themes of the retreat:
- Embodiment practices to restore and rekindle energy, including movement, walking meditations, walking the labyrinth and free-style dancing.
- A practical session to evaluate life-scripts and to re-story problematic and self-limiting life-scripts.
- Painting and collage to rekindle creative energy.
* The evenings after dinner will be dedicated to reflections and sound journeys. Those attending this retreat will experience the first live sound journeys I will be offering on my retreats.

Checking in-time will be from 14:00 on Friday 10th October and we will gather 17:00 for the start of the retreat. The retreat will end at around 14:00 after a closing ritual on Sunday 12th October. The fee includes free accommodation for Sunday evening for those that can stay over. Dinner on Sunday evening will be at your own cost. The restaurant at Temenos, Tebaldi’s, is closed on Sunday evenings, but you can order a takeaway at the restaurant before 2pm or book for a dinner in town or choose to self-cater. The cottages at Temenos are fully equipped for self-catering.

The retreat fee is R 5 400.00 for single accommodation and R 4 900.00 sharing accommodation. An immediate deposit of R1 000.00 secures your booking. For bookings, contact me at johann@johannvangreunen.co.za or 083 764 5978.

12/09/2025

Amanda Strydom in "The Incredible Journey of Tinkerbell Van Tonder" tonight at Die Boer. Each moment was magic, deeply moving, holy. "Look what they've done to my song, Ma" never gutted me as it did tonight. After a burst tyre left us stranded on the N1 last year and prevented us from attending the show at the Woordfees, I was overjoyed for the opportunity to experience it at Die Boer tonight. My heart is full. Amanda Strydom is indeed the Midas of Afrikaans cabaret. Dankie Amanda! 🙏🏻

The first photo credit Die Boer.

09/09/2025

REIKI LEVEL 1 COURSE
4&5 October 2025

This course is for anyone who is drawn to Reiki as a personal healing and self-development tool. As Reiki Master I teach the Usui Shiki Ryôhô system of energy healing founded by Hawayo Takata, with direct lineage Mikao Usui, his student Chûjirô Hayashi and his student Takata.

The curriculum for the Level 1 course includes the following:

🔹 What is Reiki?
🔹️ The history of Reiki
🔹️ Reiki and the energy system of the body
🔹 ️Reiki and Healing
🔹 ️Hand positions for self-treatment
🔹 ️Hand positions for treating others
🔹 ️Practice Sessions
🔹️ Different uses of Reiki
🔹️ Reiki Principles
🔹 ️Guidelines and Exercises

You will receive four Reiki 1 attunements during this course that will enable you to activate Reiki for healing. After the attunements a 21-day clearing process will follow. The course includes guided meditations, and ample time for quiet reflection is also built into the course. Remember that you will only be able to set up a practice to treat others after receiving Reiki Level 2. A date for the Level 2 Course will be negotiated with the group after the Level 1 Course.

You will receive a Usui Shiki Ryôhô certificate after completion of the course.

Venue: 8 De Bron Avenue, Kenridge, Durbanville.
Date: Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 October 2025.
Time: 9:30-17:00 on both days.
Investment: R 2 800 including training manual, refreshments and lunch on both days.

Other upcoming Reiki courses:
Level 2: 8&9 November 2025

For bookings, contact me at 083 764 5978.

01/09/2025

When I offered my workshop "The Centred Mind: A State of Wellbeing and Peace" earlier this year, it had a powerful effect on participants. It stimulated creativity and provided insight in emotional processes in a profound way. This will be the last opportunity to experience it this year.

This half-day workshop/mini-retreat offers an opportunity to come to stillness, reflect, connect with our inner and outer landscape and being nurtured by Nature.

What to expect:

🕉 Learning to focus, calm the mind and regulate the nervous system through conscious breathing and Mindfulness Meditation.

🎨 Colour Dialogue: A therapeutic tool that helps give expression to emotional content where words fail. A spontaneous and playful engagement with colour will help release built up stress and anxiety and achieve clarity on internal processes.

🍃 Conscious Movement: Gentle Tai Chi/Qigong-based movement, outdoors if weather permits, will further facilitate an embodied experience of peace, wellbeing and centredness.

🍽️ We will have a mindfulness tea-break enjoyed in silence while the focus is on the sensual experience of eating and drinking.

Venue: 8 De Bron Avenue, Kenridge.
Date: 27 September 2025
Time: 10:00-14:00
Investment: R 650

For more information or bookings contact Johann @ 083 764 5978 / johann@johannvangreunen.co.za.

Address

8 De Bron Avenue, Kenridge
Durbanville
7550

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 20:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 20:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 20:00
Thursday	09:00 - 20:00
Friday	09:00 - 20:00

Telephone

+27837645978

Website

http://www.johannvangreunen.co.za/

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MY APPROACH TO COUNSELLING

I choose to hold an integral view of life, therefore honouring every aspect of being human, and it is this disposition that I bring into counselling when I journey with clients. I strive towards creating a therapeutic environment that reflects unconditional acceptance and a safe space for self-expression. I see my role not as the expert with all the answers, but as a companion prepared to journey with my clients in search for better outcomes of problematic life situations. In this regard I draw a lot on the principles of Narrative Therapy which honours the client as the one with authority and knowledge, and draws on the strengths and knowledges of the client’s life and relationships which is normally not spoken about when the focus is only on the problem story.