Afrishanti School of Yoga

22/04/2026

A taste of what you can expect this Saturday at Pagan Freedom Day 2026 (Western Cape)

* An enchanting assortment of world-class vendors
* Spiritual readers
* Healers
* Community
* An opening peace ceremony honouring the Land, the Ancestors, and the Gods & Goddesses

All the info you need is here:

https://gogosgarden.co.za/blogs/events/pagan-freedom-day-2026

13/03/2026

🌿✨ 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒 – 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 ✨🌿

📅 25 April 2026 | 📍 Somerset West

We are calling all magical makers, healers, growers, and creatives to join us at the Pagan Freedom Day Market 2026 – a celebration of religious freedom and unity through diversity for all South Africans! 🇿🇦

𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨:

💆 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠
* 1 x Indian Head Massage Therapist

🌱 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧
* Nursery vendors – seedlings, herbs, and related products
* Fairy Garden vendors – bring the magic!

🌻 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 & 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤
* Vegan & vegetarian food vendors – please note that this is a cruelty-free market, so all food offerings must be vegan or vegetarian 🌿

🎀 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 & 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
* Esoteric/Pagan craft vendors
* Clothing vendors – yoga wear, gypsy-style, and free-spirited fashion

This is a beautiful, inclusive, and spiritually rich community event, and we want YOUR energy at our market! 🌙

https://gogosgarden.co.za/blogs/events/pagan-freedom-day-2026-call-for-vendors

𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 – 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩! 🌸

12/03/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

If you didn't get the chance to join us in March, you can now pre-book for April: ryan@afrishanti.com (or via WhatsApp).

11/03/2026

Ayurvedic recipe for liver-cleanse week 😃

Waning moon in Sagittarius is a wonderful time to cleanse and detox the liver. Here is a traditional Kundalini Yoga recipe for Beet & Carrot Casserole with Ginger Masala - nourishing, grounding, and yummy!

Link 1 (article): https://www.3ho.org/library/a-delicious-weeknight-liver-detox-2/

Link 2 (recipe): https://www.3ho.org/library/beet-carrot-casserole-with-ginger-masala/

Beets are one of the most potent liver detox foods you can eat. Mixed up with a few complementary ingredients, such as garam masala, carrots, and cheese, they make a simple, satisfying, and outstandingly delicious casserole.

05/03/2026

🌿💚 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚:

Want to know what I am busy prepping in our kitchen this week?

One of my favourite things to do with off-cuts of herbs, left-over spices, and bits of medicinal veggies, is to create a Medicine Bottle!

I have written a little blog post on how I make a Medicine Bottle for the kitchen. This is a simple way to get your herbal fingers warmed up... and quite fun to put together 💚🌿

𝙀𝙉𝙅𝙊𝙔:

One of the best things to do with off-cuts of herbs, left-over spices, and bits if medicinal veggies, is to create a Medicine Bottle!

02/03/2026

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 & 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: (𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀):

Here is a nice little almanac outline for the month of March... for those who enjoy living by the natural cycles of "die muunraad" (moon wheel). I have put this together for those interest in health, healing, magic, and astrology.

I personally enjoy living gently alongside lunar and solar cycles. Here you can see the moon phases, signs, and bodily organs influence by each sign. I have allocated some suggested remedies and practices to use over the month, including yoga, herbalism, braucherei and other healing practices.

Surgery is also best done under certain moon phases, but for the timing of serious surgery, please rather message me privately for best dates (or consult your personal electional astrologer).

Feel free to share. Ps. This timing is calculated for Cape Town, but will be the same around South Africa. For other time-zones, simply adjust from SAST to your local time.

Enjoy.
Ryan Edmonds (www.afrishanti.com)

25/02/2026

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻 & 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘅 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻-𝗯𝘆-𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

Join us on 18 March for a gentle, heart-opening evening of sacred sound as we gather in candlelight to honour the New Moon and the turning of the Autumn Equinox.

This is a moment of gratitude — a time to pause, reflect, and harvest the quiet rewards of the intentions we planted in the spring. Through harmonium-led mantra chanting, devotional song, and immersive sound bathing, we create a warm, nourishing space to soften, receive, and reconnect.

No singing experience is needed. Come as you are.
Bring a yoga mat (we have spares), a cushion for comfort, and if you feel called, an instrument you love — rattles, bells, bowls, chimes, or gentle percussion are all welcome.

Together we will chant, breathe, listen, and rest in the glow of community and sacred sound.

🌙 Date: 18 March 2026, 19:15-20:30 (after yoga)
🕯 Theme: Gratitude • Harvest • Inner Light
📍 Afrishanti School of Yoga (Ina Ge**er Studio, Pastorie Park)
💎 R180 (payable by EFT before the event)
🎶 All voices welcome

Spaces are limited — message to reserve your place.

Come sit in the circle. Let the music hold you.

19/01/2026

𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤: "Make hay while the sun shines".

This week's rune portents some beautiful shifts - not just for us, individually, but maybe even some positive shifts on a global front as well 🌞 I wrote my interpretation down as a little blog entry, and I have offered us a simple candle ritual (using this rune) to contribute towards a global shift of peace. I hope you enjoy it.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤:

𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤: "Make hay while the sun shines" What this rune means for the week ahead: DAGAZ ("Dag, Day") is the name of this rune, and it comes right at the end of the Elder sequence. As one day closes, another begins.When I look at the symbol of the r...

04/01/2026

What a lovely evening... when I got home I placed everyone's offerings around the Ganesha Home Shrine. I could feel His joy and love radiating at all the heartfelt gifts and prayers. Thank you all who were able to attend last night. Also... 💕🐘 A % of the proceeds of last night's tickets and sales is going to HERD Elephant Orphanage - HERD (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development): https://herd.org.za/help-the-herd/

Thanks to you all, we are able to donate R1000 to HERD 🐘💝

31/12/2025

New Gogo's Garden Apothecary stock arrived from India today... just a sneak peak at some of the beautiful Ganeshas and divine Mysore sandalwood soaps that will be looking for new homes this January ✨️ 😀

🐘💕 Ganesha is the Divine Opener of the Roads - perfect for the new year! Having his murthi (image) brings blessings to the home (especially the kitchen & study, as Lord Ganapati LOVES food and wisdom!)

Wash with sandalwood soap for increased spiritual energy, peace of mind, and radiant skin.

https://gogosgarden.co.za/collections/spiritual-supplies

Om SHANTI Om ✨️🙏🏻

13/11/2025

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 "𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬" 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬!

Yoga and astrology have been intimately woven together for thousands of years. In this short video I introduce you to the symbols and glyphs of astrology and what they mean.
This is a lovely way to begin to develop your astrological language skills - because the sky is a book, and the planets and constellations are telling us a story ✨🔮

𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙚𝙨 & 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨... 𝙍𝙮𝙖𝙣 ✨⭐🌙☀️

In this video I explain the most basic astrological glyphs (symbols) for beginners who are still learning to speak "Astrology". We cover the symbolic meaning...

04/11/2025

𝗠𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁! This is the last retreat for 2025. New dates for the 2026 retreat calendar will be released soon.