OUR
OUTSTANDING HOSTS
The last couple of years have presented some of the worst human injustice, disconnection and hopelessness. I believe that in these moments of dark obscurity, there is an opportunity for vital illumination, if each of us is willing to take full accountability for our lives.
It is with this understanding and passion that I have set about finding the most powerful, compassionate, inspiring and Life-moving Authorities and Experts to Host our Retreats and Workshops at Dar Jaguar.
They too are committed to our Life Ethos of:
- Courageous Creativity
- Authentic Growth
- Daring Accountability
- Some Badass Fun
I have chosen to work with each of these carefully selected Outstanding Hosts because they each bring something entirely distinctive, refreshing, courageous and fun!
You’ll find more information below on our Outstanding Hosts… If one or many of the Hosts here inspire and interest you, then please click on the button “Enquire Further” or “Register Interest” and we will be sure to let you know when they are next offering a workshop!
Oh… and if there is someone equally outstanding you feel we have to know about to come and host a retreat at Dar Jaguar, then please let me know!
Courageously,
Lucia x
RUBY MAY
Ruby May is a truth-seeking, earth-loving, edge-dwelling creative visionary and facilitator, whose passion lies in the creation a new vision of power for a new world: the power of owning our shadows and all that we are, of having the courage to express ourselves transparently and authentically, of opening ourselves more and more to life: embracing the beauty and the pain, the chaos and all the magic.
Her gateway on her quest for truth has been the field of conscious sexuality and authentic relating, and she brings over a decade of personal self-enquiry, research, and experience working internationally in the field as a sacred intimate, sexological bodyworker and workshop facilitator.
For more information about Ruby, please visit her website: www.alchemy-eros.com
“….Ruby and her team are the perfect caring, creative, and courageous facilitators to nurture and expand this work.”
Barbara Carellas Author of ‘Urban Tantra’ and “Ecstasy is Necessary”
“Ruby has such a deeply heart held way of facilitating, like the air that you don’t notice keeps you alive. She radiates and is an invisible weaver. I saw profound shifts in both myself and others that are deep and expansive.”
Lotus Kruse Coach, mentor, speaker
“The last workshop was big, bold, brain-buzzy in the best sense, and beautiful and brave in ways that I will never be able to explain. It was bright. Illuminating. Informative. Explorative. Sensory. Sensual. Supportive. Transformative.”
Angus Ford-Robertson, Director of Battersea Yoga
JONATHAN WARD
World Class Courageous Living Coach
A Courage coach; Facilitator of “The Daring Way”, Brené Brown’s amazing work on daring greatly, vulnerability and connection and Mindful Self Compassion Teacher…
Jonathan began his training at the Academy of Human Potential with Dr Mark Atkinson, one of the world leading experts on mind/body medicine. The focus here was to get curious about how to find our way back to our True Self and remember who we are without the outdated patterns of behaviour that no longer serve us.
He then went to Texas to train with Brené Brown and is one of a handful of people in the UK to become a Daring Way Facilitator. This work focuses on understanding what gets in the way of us engaging with our authentic worthiness and building resilience and courage to be with and move through whatever arises.
Mindful self- compassion grows our capacity to be with difficulty and encourages self-kindness and self-care. These are absolutely vital in supporting our courageous endeavours. When we are brave in our lives we will know failure and disappointment. When we know how to be kind to ourselves, we are more likely to be courageous.
Jonathan’s passion is to engage clients with their own personal courage:
- Understanding that we are all courageous, every day
- Recognising that the most courageous journey is the one we take when we look within
- How to engage in our own personal courageous journey,
- How to be able to sit with the discomfort that comes with this
- Learning ways of not returning to habitual, destructive patterns of behaviour.
Change takes courage:
- The courage to take a deep look at ourselves, the “good” and “bad” and the downright fantastic.
- The courage to look at what gets in the way and to commit to being imperfect and wholehearted.
- The courage to be brave, fuck up and still be kind to ourselves.
- The question becomes (and here is the fear) ~ if I show up in the world as who I really am what would that mean for me and the people around me?
Our courage starts when we dare to ask this question.
Jonathan’s workshops focus on clarity, courage and self-compassion.
Getting clear about who we are, what is important to us, our purpose and what it would mean to live the life that we really desire.
Engaging with our courage and what gets in the way of showing up as our most authentic self.
Learning how to be kind to ourselves through mindfulness practices and practical tools to stay connected to our own compassion.
Saffron Dance and The Moroccan
Edition of Raqs Retreat
This is how to combine your love of dance with your passion for adventure!
Saffron Dance is proud to present the third Morocco Edition of its signature Raqs Retreat at Dar Jaguar.
Explore Moroccan culture, cuisine, and craftsmanship while delving into Belly Dance technique and history. Deepen your dance by studying into choreography, music theory, and dance composition with Saphira and Elena Faye while opening your eyes to new sights and sounds. Our Raqs Retreats are guaranteed to push your boundaries and broaden your horizons in an intimate and nurturing environment that will grow your skills and give you beautiful memories for years to come.
“Traveling to Morocco with Saffron was a tremendous experience for so many reasons. I can not stress enough the value in getting to work with Saphira, Elena, and Victoria in an intimate small group setting. The instructors had so much time to answer questions and give special attention to each student’s needs, as well as offer extensive individual feedback. Morocco itself is a treasure with so many facets; both Marrakech and Essaouira were a delight to explore from our adventures in Moroccan carpets, a camel ride (my personal favorite), exploring the souks, and interacting with locals and tourists alike.” – Jade
SARAH MCALLISTER
World Leading Feng Shui Master
Sarah is more than a Feng Shui consultant. She is a visionary, a change catalyst, motivator, designer of well-being and a business intuitive. She is one of only 6 Feng Shui Masters in the Chue style tradition worldwide and 1 of only 3 Urban Planning Feng Shui Masters in the world.
Her Feng Shui experience spans ecobuilds, home and business Feng Shui consultations in the countryside to luxury townhouse refurbishments, 230 000m2 mixed use commercial buildings and leisure resorts and spas in London and overseas. She is quick to understand both the demands and vision of a project and naturally thinks in 3D, which means she always has a handle on the design process.
Her retreats focus on contacting the deep yet very gentle power of your core emotional energy, which is the true leader of permanent transfiguration.
Her clients include Princes Foundation for the Built Environment, Red Bull, Bartercard, London Calling, Smiley and St Hugh’s College, Oxford University.
Sarah is author of “The Dreams Architect – Radiant Energy Mapping for Powerful & Peaceful Homes” – a book specifically written for people designing new homes or refurbishing existing buildings.
***STOP PRESS Sarah has a fabulous Retreat happening this January 16th called THE HEART OF YOU. For more details, see here
Sarah’s retreats at Dar Jaguar will focus on contacting the deep yet very gentle power of your core emotional energy, which is the true leader of permanent transfiguration. Having had the character type of ‘stiff upper lip’ for most of her younger life, Sarah very much understands how baffling & raw the vulnerable emotional landscape can be when you allow yourself to sink into it and emerge out the other side. This isn’t to say the retreat style is overly emotional just for the sake of it, just that it is very much energy and body based, not affirmations or intellectually based. While our thoughts are of course important, we need to first release trapped energy that is in our own personal ‘underworld’ and is seeking the light of consciousness and acknowledgement. Sarah calls this process “Radiant Energy Mapping” to create breakthroughs and lasting insights. We will be using movement, breath work and guided imagery and envisioning as opposed to visualisation…We will also be creating immersive sensory experiences with the elements and emotions of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal… and much more!
Morocco is perfect for offering a variety of environments and a wonderful juxtaposition between peacefulness & the elegant chaos of life. You will leave feeling much more at home in yourself, emotionally lighter and more able to be at peace with the dualities of life and how to quickly connect to yourself first and foremost each day, and more fully inhabit that spaciously neutral yet vastly rich & detailed perspective of ‘being in the world but not of it’.
Disclaimer: you will likely still encounter minor strops and the occasional bout of road rage, but will be much quicker about getting back to your zen!
GALA DARLING
Best Selling Author, Speaker and International Play girl
Dar Jaguar held two sold out Radical Self Love Temples for Gala in 2017 and they were a fantastic success…
Gala is an author, speaker, and international playgirl. Her first book, Radical Self-Love: A Guide To Loving Yourself And Living Your Dreams, was published by Hay House, has been translated into four languages, and became an instant #1 bestseller. She is writing her second book right now.
She was inspired to do this work after living with depression and an eating disorder for a decade. When she was 23, she used a technique called tapping to rewire her brain. Life without depression is like that moment when The Wizard Of Oz flicks from black and white to technicolour: everything has so much more beauty and meaning. These days, her focus is on showing women how they can revolutionise their lives, just like she did.
From Gala:
“Writing, dancing, travelling, and daydreaming keeps me going. (When I was six years old, one of my teachers told my parents I should stop reading so much fiction, because I was “too imaginative”.) RuPaul is my spiritual leader. My apartment is full of sequins and rainbows. I’m really into eccentric icons (like Liberace), false eyelashes, and dressing up at every opportunity. I believe that playing with our appearance is one of the myriad ways we can transform ourselves into the people we want to be.
I have been single, married, and divorced; I have lived in New Zealand, Australia, and New York City; I have experienced depression and pure ecstasy. I believe in making your own universe. Excuses drive me crazy. I believe that no one is perfect, but as long as you’re doing your best, you can’t be faulted. Pangloss means “a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances” — I identify with that.
My vision of radical self love evolves and changes every single day. I used to think the most important thing was simply making sure you felt good, and while I still think that’s a valuable yardstick, sometimes we cling to “what feels good” as a way to avoid growth. Being uncomfortable is a crucial part of transformation. The truth is that radical self love is a rocky road (with lots of marshmallows) and a constant work in progress. I still have to fight back against my natural instincts to play small every single day. But the flipside is that the more I worship myself and act like my own best friend, the more my life blooms.
My mission is to show women how magnificent they are, and to inspire them to step up and grab the life they’ve dreamed about with both hands. I want everyone to rebel and start their own personal revolution. I think the definition of failure is not having passion, settling for average, and being too afraid to take chances.
I believe that we have the ability to define everything on our own terms, and that we should rigorously question what society tell us is normal or desirable. I want women to love other women and reject the idea that we are in competition with one another. I believe we are all goddesses and it is simply embarrassing to behave any other way.”
NOVA REID
Inspiring, thought-provoking, simply incredible…
Often described as inspirational. Nova Reid is a popular speaker, and a real advocate for equality and helping people discover their purpose.
Nova is frequently invited as a mentor at the Women of the World (WOW) Festival, London helping women from all over the world step into their potential She is a certified NLP Life Coach (accredited by the Professional Guild of NLP), specialising in mental wellbeing and a mindfulness advocate after studying with Stanton Psychology.
She has over 9 years extensive experience and training in mental wellbeing and has worked alongside charities including MIND in a number of sectors including creative, education and service industries.
Nova works with great humility, seeks to help others find strength in their vulnerability and is passionate about working with clients holistically to inspire positive change, to enable them to step into their truest potential.
Nova is also founder of multi-award winning blog Nu Bride and was recently nominated as a Positive Role Model in the National Diversity Awards, is a regular writer for national publications including Huffington Post and has a popular following from equality minded-creatives.
PETER ANDERSON
“The Power of Combined Skills Training and Life Coaching is formidable”
“Sales is a performance, each prospect enters your stage. If you lack intention, the lights will fade out.”
Peter is passionate about helping people who need to get out there and sell (don’t we all in one form or another?) and enabling them to face their growing pains with confidence.
With a background in the performing arts, education, and coaching he guides clients to strengthen their mindsets in order to achieve their targets. For ten years he has blended his Master Practitioner Neuro Linguistic Programming knowledge, with research from his MA in Leadership and Change to decrease stress, anxiety and negative self-talk that drags down productivity and positivity as well as results and well being…
As a performer, Peter continually had to sell his talent and creative ideas to stay employed.
To have the freedom of creativity, he also renovated and sold properties. Using the ability to sell, he produced a Television series and sold artwork internationally. These areas of selling taught him the art of stress management being able to management stress is what he advocates to his success and a work life balance. Some of the most demanding buy-ins was when influencing the work ethic in education with disadvantaged youths. A change of country led Peter into retail sales. Trained by one of UKs largest retail stores he was able to use that experience to incorporate this knowledge into a sales process that showed significant results of hitting a target while maintaining a sense of well-being.
DIPTI TAIT
UK’s Top Solution Focused Hypnotherapist and Grief Expert
The Art of Deep Relaxation…
Dipti, author of Good Grief, owns and manages The Cotswold Practice in Cirencester, she began her career in TV Post Production, working for the BBC in London. She gave up this glamorous world to become a mother and raise her two boys. She then made some substantially significant life changes to embark on a much more fulfilling and rewarding career in various Holistic Therapies and now Clinical Hypnotherapy at The Cotswold Practice in Cirencester.
Dipti’s Retreats… You will learn, explore and practice Deep Relaxation techniques in a safe place using the powerful states of hypnosis and trance work. This unique and powerful retreat is a hypnotic holiday for your mind, combining restorative relaxation for the body and energetic boosters for the brain. You will discover for yourself all the benefits of a Meditation Retreat without hard work, effort, or concentration.
Dipti’s Retreats… You will learn, explore and practice Deep Relaxation techniques in a safe place using the powerful states of hypnosis and trance work. This unique and powerful retreat is a hypnotic holiday for your mind, combining restorative relaxation for the body and energetic boosters for the brain. You will discover for yourself all the benefits of a Meditation Retreat without hard work, effort, or concentration.
When learning The Art of Deep Relaxation, you will be exploring how and where you hold on to tension, tightness and discomfort in your body and your mind and will be given the opportunity to unwind and find you begin to let go of what you don’t need to hang on to.
This is a blissful escape to a place of trance, tranquility and luxurious beauty. You will be pampered, nourished and treated to exquisite delights and return with hypnosis and relaxation skills that you can use in your everyday world.
This is powerful education, delivered beautifully.
Dipti also lectures on the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma Programme for The Clifton Practice and is also a member of the Association of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH), the National Council of Hypnotherapy (NCH) and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).
