KAMELKARAWANEN
& VISION ARROW
invite you......
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Sahara Desert
VISION QUEST & CAMEL CARAVAN
January 2-23, 2010
Southern Algeria & Northern Niger
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Intrepid soul seekers have ventured into the desert for millennia to fast and pray for guidance. In a landscape where endless horizons invite the soul's expansion, and starkness of detail pares away distractions, we are more intimately connected to the essence of life and spirit. And the Sahara, more than any other desert on Earth, evokes images of wildness, purity, fierce beauty, and allurement.
We invite you to become part of this long tradition of desert soul-seekers by joining our annual Vision Quest and Camel Caravan with the nomadic Tuareg people in the Sahara Desert of North Africa.
This is the journey that will change your life forever.
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THE VISION QUEST
A vision quest is the ancient and universal practice of withdrawing from your community and retreating alone to the wilderness, where nature gives you wisdom, insight, and guidance about where you've been in your life, where you are now, and where you need to go.
Our Sahara quest unfolds in three phases: SEVERANCE, SOLO and INTEGRATION:
The SEVERANCE phase begins as soon as you make the commitment to participate in the journey and continues as we venture into the Sahara. It is a very personal process that is enhanced by the experiences and stories of the whole group, and it consists of fine-tuning your intention for the journey, peeling away old patterns and negative voices that could get in the way of your full participation in the experience, and clarifying how you can step more fully into who you are and what you love.
The heart of the vision quest is your SOLO, held in a place that calls to you. For three days and nights, inner and outer landscapes merge. Abstaining from food, company, shelter, and diversion, you feed your spiritual hunger. Enacting your own ceremonies, you heal old wounds and initiate yourself onto a new path. 
Finally, we concentrate on ways you can sustain the insights you received during the solo. You return home with tools and practices that will enable you to integrate your new outlook and sense of purpose, so you can share your self with the people and projects that fascinate and challenge you.
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 THE CAMEL CARAVAN and THE TUAREG
The Tuareg, also called "the free ones," are the indigenous nomadic people of the Sahara. The group we travel with is known throughout the Sahara as a very noble tribe. The Tuareg have a matriarchal culture, a rich nature-based religion, and a worldview that is philosophical, poetic, and accepting of diversity.
On our caravan, we follow the ancient rhythm that
nomadic Tuareg have followed for many generations. We rise before first light,
eat a simple breakfast, and begin walking with our camels as the sun
rises in the sky. At midday we stop at an acacia tree or beside a rocky outcropping that provides shade, and after lunch we rest for a while before continuing on. In late afternoon we arrive at our evening camp, where we continue the deepening processes of the vision quest, have dinner, and then sit around the fire with th e Tuareg, singing, telling stories, or just talking quietly among ourselves.
Midway in the journey, we will stop for a week at our base camp in a beautiful area where each quester will find the place that calls to you for your vision quest solo. |
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 GUIDES
Sabina Wyss first traveled the Sahara 20 years ago. She leads vision quests and other soulcentered workshops in Africa, America and Europe. As faculty of CTI she trains new coaches and with AVI new vision quest guides. Sabina is a certified Life Coach (CPCC, MCC) and Holistic Health Practitioner (HMC) in private practice for two decades. She leads the foundation Iferouane in Niger, Africa to support the indigenous Tuareg.
 Trebbe Johnson is the author of The World Is a Waiting Lover and the director of Vision Arrow, offering journeys worldwide that combine the mythic quest, the search for meaning, and the exploration of wisdom and insight through nature. She is the founding director of Radical Joy for Hard Times, devoted to bringing beauty back to the wounded places of the earth.
Adem Mellakh is a member of the Kel Tege tribe of the Tuareg. He is responsible for organizing the African side of our journeys. Through his intimate knowledge of both cultures, Western and Tuareg, he is the bridge between the two. He is also one of the leaders of the foundation Iferouane.
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Cost: 5,555 Swiss francs (approximately $4,800-price subject to current exchange rate)
Price includes all meals, camping fees, riding camel, land transportation in the desert, and air travel from a European city to Tamanrasset, Algeria.
For more information and to register, contact:
Sabina: 760 613 4333 or by email
Trebbe: 570 727 4272 or by emai
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