elephant eye photo

On safari in Africa I encourage my clients to stand up on the seat of the open topped land rover, letting the dry winds tousle our hair, flipping our hats almost inside out, breathing in the air and earth of the place of human’s ancestral beginnings.

 

East, west, north and south, against a limitless horizon, we watch herds of hundreds of thousands of zebra and wildebeest trek in lines across the plains, on their instinctual migration toward fresh grass.

 

I like to imagine myself barefoot on the land walking among the lions and elephants, as a tribal bush woman in search of water and tuberous roots, or a young Maasai herder leading his family’s goats and cows to new grass. As them, I imagine my senses awake and alive as never before. Being able to smell the earthy musty notes of an animal long before I see it. Being able to know if it is a predator or prey. Perhaps a young male elephant in musth or a leopard hunting.

 

On safari we are as one with nature as we will ever be – we belong, like the lions roaming around us. We have no desires and need nothing more than all that is in front of us. We are completely content. Completely present.

Safari Sistas, Kenya trip

No matter the stress of our lives back home – the over doing, over consuming, over intellectualizing – after a safari in Africa we all get re-centered. Back to our ‘one’, that quiet place inside each of us. That place that reminds us to notice, to be present, to connect; to breathe deeply and walk slowly.

 

My clients tell me that no other place on earth touches them deep inside the way Africa does. No other experience leaves them with such a deep feeling of love, stillness and spiritual knowing the way an African safari can. 

 

Being on safari reminds us of who we truly are. One with Nature.

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*Feature photo by Beverly Joubert.

17 Replies to “On Safari in Africa: One With Nature”

  1. Lori, your writing is still exceptional, as I “stood on the seat of the open land rover” with you, “letting the dry wind tossle my hair, breathing in the air and earth, watching herds of hundreds of thousands of zebra and wildebeest trek in lines across the plains.” Thank you for making my day exceptional with that vision. I miss you and envy the dream you’re living. To have you lead my safari would be perfection. Will be reviewing your amazing book shortly. With love, Nancy

  3. Hi Connie, Yes I do take people on safaris and would love for you to join one of them. I sometimes advertise them here on this blog but mostly have a list of people are interested in going. Thanks for asking.

  5. That is incredible writing lori and, what I like most about it is
    that it is about you and it is deeply personal. I would love to
    read a book written by you along the lines of what I just read.

  12. How so very beautifully put!! I just got back from the Maasai Mara today and this is EXACTLY how I feel! Well, I’ve felt the same way all my life, but never quite been able to articulate it so well. 🙂

  14. I I just came back from my first trip to Tanzania, a trip that I desired since I was 7 or 8 years old, now I’m 50.
    In this text you have condensed all the feelings and thoughts that I have now in my return home.
    One piece of my soul is still in Africa.
    I hope someday could return to that marvelous land

  15. Your story is so exceptional and true vey interesting story to read and educative

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