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Travel Bucket List: Akasha Mountain Retreat

Every now and then you discover a place that literally takes your breathe away. That is exactly what happened when I spotted pics of Akasha Mountain Retreat this morning. This is what I picture Heaven to look like.

‘Akasha Mountain Retreat offers picturesque Cape-Maroc style accommodation in a serene, private setting with spectacular panoramic views over the Langeberg & secluded Duiwenhoks Dam. Situated just 12km north of Heidelberg & the N2 – an ideal off-grid location in which to ‘disconnect from digital & reconnect with nature.’  

Akasha Mountain Retreat Travel Bucket List Heidelberg

Akasha Mountain Retreat is a beautifully decorated, fully equipped self-catering, 3 bedroom
house (plus separate double bedroom) situated up in the mountains between Heidelberg and Barrydale.

Dream along with me…

Akasha Mountain Retreat Farmhouse chill room

Akasha Mountain Retreat kitchen
Akasha Mountain Retreat View

Akasha Mountain Retreat courtyard

Akasha Mountain Retreat horses

Head on over to their website and have a look at the gallery. I can spend hours just staring at the beautiful images.

My soul aches for Akasha. One day…

xoxo

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#LGFB – Looking Good can make you Feel Better

Look Good… Feel Better is an amazing non-profit organisation that aims to support and uplift cancer patients through their free beauty workshops. These workshops assist women to manage the side effects that chemotherapy and radiotherapy can have on the appearance, thereby helping to restore their self image. 

http://prettypleasecharlie.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Logo LGFB Look Good Feel Better

LGFB first started in the US in 1989 and is now active in 26 countries. It was introduced to South Africa in 2004 and has grown to the extent that there are now 280 trained volunteers offering the workshops at 39 treatment centres (hospitals and clinics) across the country. The workshops also provide an invaluable opportunity to connect with other women undergoing the same treatments, to help deal with the sense of isolation and emotional turmoil that typifies the cancer journey.

This powerful video of a workshop held at Groote Schuur shares the effects that cancer treatments have on the skin, as well as interviews with two doctors and four patients undergoing treatment.

Please share this video and spread the word about the invaluable work of Look Good… Feel Better.

For more details on LGFB, please visit their website HERE.

xoxo