Ki: the art of energy

12/08/2025

31/07/2025

18/07/2025

This set of 9 crystals includes Hematoid Quartz, Clear Quartz points, Geothite Quartz
As pictured

R150 for all

Price excludes delivery.

A very nice range of specimens ideal for the mineral collectors or any retail environment. Minor damage may be encountered otherwise mostly intact.

01/04/2025

Gcina Mhlophe, South African gem, celebrated storyteller, multi-talented artist and award-winning author is offering a weekend retreat entitled “The Power of Ancestral Wisdoms Through Storytelling” at the BRC from 4-6 April 2025.

The operative word in Gcina's work is sharing. In the fast world we now live in, now more than ever before, we need to hear ourselves and each other, in calm, serene spaces. Gcina truly believes that every living person has a story to tell. That is why she is humbled in the knowledge that each time she tells a story, she wakes up stories in other people. Together we will not only embrace the natural beauty of the environment, the undulating Ixopo hills, the blue skies above and the fresh air we breathe - we will delve deep into our memory banks.

Dr Gcina Mhlophe is a versatile and multi-talented artist who has left an indelible mark on the literary and performance arts in South Africa and beyond. From her early childhood, she was captivated by her grandmother's storytelling, which sparked her love for the spoken and written word. She has since become an award-winning author, poet, playwright, director, and performer, showcasing her talent on some of the world's most prestigious stages.

In addition to her artistic contributions, Gcina has also been a champion for literacy in South Africa, running the NOZINCWADI Mother of Books Literacy Campaign since 2001. Her efforts have been recognized with numerous honorary doctorates and awards, including the National ICON Award from MZANSI MAGIC TV Channel and the Kennedy Centre International Artists Gold Award.

Gcina's works have been widely celebrated, and she has released several CDs, including Songs & Stories of Africa, which won a SAMA award. She has also collaborated with other artists to produce projects that promote African culture, such as the IMILOLOZELO CD, which seeks to resuscitate the culture of African children's rhymes and rhythms with jazz music.

In the theatre world, Gcina has received critical acclaim for her performances, winning an OBIE Award in New York for her role in Born in the RSA. Her autobiographical play, Have You Seen Zandile? has also earned her several awards, including the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival, the Sony Award for Radio Drama from BBC Africa, and the Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago.

Gcina has founded and directed various storytelling companies, including the Zanendaba storytelling company in Johannesburg, which has helped to preserve the heritage of African storytelling. Her contributions to literature and the arts have been recognized with honorary doctorates from prestigious institutions such as the London Open University, University of KwaZulu – Natal, Pretoria University, and Fort Hare.

Overall, Gcina Mhlophe's talent, passion, and dedication to her craft and the promotion of African culture have earned her a well-deserved place among the most celebrated artists in South Africa and the world. Her legacy continues to inspire future generations of artists and performers.

Her latest accolade is the Inaugural USIBA Cultural Legend Award from the Minister of Arts and Culture in May 2018.

24 October – Dr Mhlophe’s birthday shall be recognized as NATIONAL STORYTELLING DAY celebrated all over South Africa.

Please email bookings@brcixopo.co.za to reserve your space.

22/02/2025

https://www.reiki-evolution.co.uk/going-to-ground-with-reiki/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14bO35FZGmuZVRalXyqSJ8rrQCWDI7tiTyB4hPh4U9K41LCn_YFZNgv4k_aem_BR_V4Dve0OJpjuaa7h1iwg

Ground yourself! Ground yourself! Ground yourself! It is true to say that there is a particular species of Reiki person who attributes almost every human malady, ailment or moment of bad luck or misfortune to the state of 'not being properly grounded'. Whether you trip over a kerbstone, get a grade....

20/02/2025

Selling Orange River Quartz
A lot of the rocks have interesting phantoms, rainbows, striations.
You will receive a random selection of rough stones to make up your ordered weight. Hematoid Quartz, Clear Quartz Natural points, Amethyst and Smoky Quartz, Geothite Quartz are points and clusters. Sizes range from 3cm to 10cm
Selection contains approximately but not limited to:
* Hematoid Quartz 40%
* Clear Quartz 30%
* Amethyst 20%
* Smoky Quartz 5%
* Fluorite 3%
* Rose Quartz 2%
Prices exclude delivery

Unsorted uncleaned R50 per kg
Unsorted cleaned R75 per kg
Sorted unclean R100 per kg
Sorted cleaned R200 per kg

These rocks can be used as decoration for your house, pot plants and garden and of course for their energetic abilities.
A very nice range of specimens ideal for the mineral collectors or any retail environment. Minor damage may be encountered otherwise mostly intact.

11/02/2025

26/12/2024

Home made Christmas gifts 🎁

15/12/2024

There is no better place to reboot and rejuvenate and to get in touch with nature than in the beautiful, tranquil spaces of the BRC.

Visit our website for more information: www.brcixopo.co.za

05/12/2024

She said, "If you can't be wild, what's the use of living." (and a UFO sighting.)

Here's two quick events from the last 12 hours in my life.

Late yesterday afternoon, as I was sitting in the waiting room for an eye exam, an elderly woman slowly shuffled in. She was bent at an almost 90 degree angle and had lost most of her thinning, white hair. She looked like she was 100 years old. Just trying to sit down in her chair was an enormous effort.

A young doctor, wearing bright colored shoes, came into the waiting room. The old woman perked up and said, "Hey, I love your wild colored shoes!" The man demurred, and the woman replied " Hey, if you can't be wild, what's the use of living!" I saw a twinkle in her eye as she said it.

Something about this moment touched my heart. I played her words over and over in my head " If you can't be wild, what's the use of living!"

I realized that I haven't been wild in a long time. I have a very comfortable life and I have wonderfully comfortable routines. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. It's incredibly relaxing. But I certainly haven't been wild in a long time.

Then this morning I woke up to a stunning sunrise. (This is the photo that I just took.) And when I opened my computer, my local Facebook feed was awash with reports of a UFO last night over the mountain in my photo.

The mountain is called Konocti and it is sacred to the Native Americans of this area. Many myths claim that there is an enormous cave inside and that it is a focal point for UFOs. I don't have first hand experience of any of this.. but somehow it made me feel that I'm opening my heart to a little wildness to creep into my life. I'll let you know.

Sending you blessings of a wonderful (and little wild) day!

(Here is the sunrise just now out my window)

16/10/2024

Smokey Quartz has come to gently remind you that you need to reconnect with the Earth upon which you live. You have chosen the Earth plane as your home for this lifetime, and though you may long for the return to the freedom of your energetic state of being, you must remember that you have a task to complete before you can return to those higher realms of energy. It is extremely difficult to act on the Earth plane when your head is in the clouds, and unless you bring that high frequency energy down into the physical realms and share it with the Earth, your energy will become stagnant, and your higher chakras will close. You will be unable to fulfil the purpose that you took upon yourself when you incarnated into the physical realm.

Smoky Quartz has come to aid you in entering into communion with the Earth, and reopening yourself to the gifts and lessons of the Earth plane. Accept the gift of knowledge that the physical experience is offering you. Birth your purpose into the Earth plane, expressing your higher Light through the physical realm. It is through this expression of Light in the physical world that you will fulfil your service and create joy on Earth.

Chakra: Earthstar and Root

Affirmation: I am a channel for Spirit on Earth.