{"id":8557,"date":"2026-01-15T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/?page_id=8557"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:24:23","slug":"8-daagse-mystieke-woestijnreis-naar-siwa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/8-daagse-mystieke-woestijnreis-naar-siwa\/","title":{"rendered":"8-day Mystical Desert Journey to Siwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8557\" class=\"elementor elementor-8557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-503a9d3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"503a9d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b97577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b97577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Mystical Desert Journey Siwa<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eebde88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eebde88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Siwa lies hidden in the desert, but whoever reaches her sees her appear in full glory.\n<br> Saturday, May 30 to Saturday, June 6, 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7096e elementor-widget 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[]\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Siwa lies deep in the Western Desert, where the sand erases not only the horizon but also memory. Far from the Nile, far from her power, her temples, and her administration, the oasis rests like a remaining thought at the edge of the world.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For centuries, it was difficult to reach, sometimes only after weeks of traveling through a landscape that dissolved all certainty. That inaccessibility made it more than a place: it became a state. A place outside of time, where knowledge was not renewed but preserved, not explained but remembered. Because Siwa remained outside the centers of power, it escaped the ordering hand of priesthood and protocol. What lived here was marginal wisdom: knowledge that could not be fixed in hierarchy or stone, but hid itself in silence, water, and breath.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Siwa was not a temple complex. It had no colonnade supporting the heavens, no visible processional path. Siwa was a threshold. Not a place of worship, but of reception. Whoever wished to reach it had to depart first, truly depart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>And here they are again\u2026 the three phases of the Hero\u2019s Journey:<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Separation \u2013 accepting the invitation to go on a journey and withdraw from your current world.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Liminal phase \u2013 the journey, the path of trials, your helpers and demons, venturing into the murky region between life and death.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Return \u2013 not as the person one left, but reborn, refreshed, landed in a deeper alignment with oneself.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The desert erased old patterns, scoured away identity until only presence remained. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And then, unexpectedly but inevitably, the oasis: water that did not seduce but received. Springs in which one could cleanse oneself, not only of dust, but of attachment. Whoever reached Siwa had already undergone an inner dismantling. What remained here was receptiveness. Openness to that which could not be learned, but wanted to flow through you: the world of one&#039;s own, silent, intuitive wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62cfdd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"62cfdd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3490c75 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3490c75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e84a7a\" data-id=\"1e84a7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37eadbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"37eadbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c786c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97c786c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Oracle of Amon-Ra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b98a754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b98a754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Siwa was famous for the Oracle of Amun-Ra, located in the temple of Aghurmi, a place where the spoken word carried more weight than that in stone or papyrus. In antiquity, this oracle was taken as seriously as that of Delphi; it spoke not to the curious, but to those whose fate demanded confirmation. Pharaohs came there, and kings from afar, to have their rule acknowledged by something greater than power alone. The oracle offered no counsel; it granted legitimation, and with it, fate.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Among them was Alexander the Great, the god-son of Macedonia, who crossed the desert in the year we would later call 331 BC. He came as a general, laden with victory, and left the oasis as a son of Amun-Ra. What took place there was not a political act, but a ritual transition. In the language of initiation, he died as a man and was reborn as the bearer of the divinely embodied order: Ma&#039;at, manifested in Amun-Ra himself. He did not rule\u2014through him ruled the cosmic laws.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Amon-Ra: the god who is and the god who is hidden. In Amon invisible, unnameable, withdrawn into himself; in Ra radiant, visible, in the full light of the sun. Amon is the primordial source behind creation, sprung from the silence of the primordial waters of Nun, where there was no form yet and no name. Ra is the breath that sets this source in motion, the power that gives life to what appears, that allows forms to bloom, grow, and perish again. Together they are not opposites, but a breath: withdrawal and revelation, night and day.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">It is no coincidence that an oracle stood precisely here. Siwa lies hidden in the desert, but once one reaches it, one sees it appear in full glory. Like Amun himself: absent until he reveals himself in Ra. In Siwa, the divine reveals itself not in image or form, but as a voice. This belongs to one of the oldest paths of initiation, in which the word, the vibration, and the breath carry more weight than imagery and ritual display. Not seeing, but hearing. Not understanding, but receiving.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Therefore, to this day, this place is experienced as a passage, a portal, a place where the veil between heaven and earth has become thin. Here there is room for oracular pronouncements, for initiation, for visionary insights that do not come from the outside, but announce themselves from within \u2013 as a reminder of something one has always known.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Path of Initiation of Amun-Ra is one of the most enigmatic and at the same time most direct paths known to Ancient Egypt. It is not a path of abstinence or denial, but of utilization: the deployment of one&#039;s own vital force as a vehicle toward unity. Not through escape from the body, but through complete inhabitation of it. How this path unfolds is depicted in the novel. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whispers of forgotten sand<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Erica.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Brian, Amon-Ra is his <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shetaut-Neter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 in ancient Egypt, the deity who reveals your soul&#039;s purpose, powers, and gifts without naming them. The god who does not say who you are, but shows what wants to work through you\u2026.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">For Esther, Brian&#039;s partner, it is Mut, the consort of Amon-Ra, who mirrors herself. She is the feminine field into which the sun god can descend to rest. She is the cosmic mother: not sentimental, but supportive, encompassing, unwavering. Moving with her are Ma&#039;at, the cosmic order, and Isis, the great mother heart. In this threefold feminine\u2014womb, order, and heart\u2014Amon-Ra travels across the celestial sphere every day, in the upper and underworlds.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdda0bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bdda0bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f362076 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f362076\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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url(&#039;https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1273-scaled.jpeg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac0425d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ac0425d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-481ee9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"481ee9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The oasis as a place of power<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-853c92a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"853c92a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">The oasis itself is symbolic and powerful. Water springs and salt baths lie here in the middle of the desert, while date palms rise from the sand, signs of fertility where death was expected. In the imagery of Ancient Egypt, this refers to the primordial waters of Nun, from which all life emerges, and to the eternal cycle of regeneration and rebirth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this flow of life and breath is present the goddess Mut, the celestial mother, silent partner of Amon-Ra, who imbues the oasis with receptiveness and protection. Where the water rises, where the palms spread their shadow, her energy is palpable: she carries the rhythm of restoration, the silence in which transformation can occur, and the space in which the divine unfolds.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Whoever enters Siwa feels a charged silence \u2013 not emptiness, but a silence full of possibilities. A place where creativity wells up spontaneously. Where inner listening requires hardly any effort, because the world itself is silent for a moment. Here, time seems to withdraw, as if making room for something older than memory and younger than every word.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d8b83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"29d8b83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6030169 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6030169\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45fa662\" data-id=\"45fa662\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3873ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3873ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Siwa Program<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6076a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6076a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Interested in joining? This is our program:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 01. We leave Cairo early for Marsa Matruh, where we stay at a hotel on the coast. Swim in the Mediterranean Sea. Dinner and overnight stay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 2. Continue to the Siwa Oasis. We will have lunch en route. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel, not far from the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 03. We visit the oasis with Shali, Gebel Dakhroor, and Mawta, the oracle temple of Amun-Ra, and Cleopatra&#039;s Bath (a quick swim in the pool there).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 4. Another visit to the Oracle, and a free day in the oasis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 5. Today we are going in search of a salt lake to float in. Ritual washing like in ancient Egypt.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 6. Another visit to the Oracle, and a free day in the oasis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 7. We begin the long journey back, but stay a night in the city of Alexandria, which is named after Alexander the Great. We stay at a hotel close to the sea. We eat fish by the coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Day 8. 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What they offer is truly unique. Not just a journey along ancient temples to create a different inner feeling, but a mystical exploration of inner layers. Guided with the sensitivity of a librarian who knows exactly which book your soul needs at that moment.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Their approach is difficult to put into words. It is soft and powerful, subtle and profound. The sessions before and after the visit to the temples offered space to sink, to feel and to process, but also to let go, to liberate and to anchor in yourself. Brian and Esther create a foundation in which you are invited to embrace your pain points instead of running away from them.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Without perhaps realizing it yourself, they activate the alchemy within yourself along the way. Silent, intense moments arise in which you feel inner doors opening. As if something in you remembers who you really are. It is a tasting of what can arise in you when you let yourself be touched by the land, the energy and their inspired presence. I am so grateful for this journey and for the group in which we have carried, mirrored and strengthened each other with an open heart, gentleness and courage. We help each other grow, often without words.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Warm greetings,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jurgen\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506ee0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"506ee0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cb1165 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cb1165\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddd6b54\" data-id=\"ddd6b54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce077f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce077f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is the desert trip for?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6337d8b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6337d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">The journey is intended for people who can &#039;carry themselves&#039;, for those strong enough to face what Egypt stirs up in body and mind. Layers are opened and memories are kissed awake. This requires inner resilience from you, the ability to bear discomfort without immediately resorting to solutions, and to take responsibility for your well-being. A dynamic paradox.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">In addition, we will regularly come together in a sharing circle, a space to listen, speak, and reflect on what presents itself in each person&#039;s personal process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Erica will most certainly lead an Ankhing breathwork session. Brian will lead a transmission from the field of Amun-Ra, and Esther a heart-opening Isis ritual. Additionally, there is an opportunity for a personal conversation with one of us, a moment of attention and silence just for you. Furthermore, we will see in the moment what wants to emerge \u2013 an extra ritual, a massage, or a spontaneous deepening.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">The group remains intimate and medium-sized, up to about fifteen participants \u2013 a circle that is manageable, yet rich in connection and resonance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7e425c\" data-id=\"b7e425c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef15441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef15441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7884\" alt=\"Egypte Reis Abydos retraite\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/499477237_10059881770743102_422451570550955337_n-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a45ffd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a45ffd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a2a87 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c2a2a87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0beb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0beb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 22px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; color: #264c6b; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b2a48a;\"><strong>Are you joining us on this unforgettable trip to Siwa?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11a4d6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c11a4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"mailto:%20info@brianvanleeuwen.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Reserve your spot here now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8861907 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8861907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329736d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"329736d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc62b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dc62b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Investment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0db19d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0db19d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-94e0faf\" data-id=\"94e0faf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af41f0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3af41f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">From a jointly supported organization \u2013 without an explicit trainer role \u2013 it is possible to offer this journey for \u20ac1,300 based on a shared room and \u20ac1,550 based on a single room. This includes a breathwork session, personal conversations, and rituals.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">In addition:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Your flight ticket to Cairo.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Visa at Cairo airport (approximately 30 euros).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Optionally, an overnight stay in Cairo before and after.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Tip (approximately 50 \u2013 60 euros per person).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Entrances.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Personal expenses.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>You can request further information or register at:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erica Rijnsburger \u2013 <\/span><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:erica@elenchis.nl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">erica@elenchis.nl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brian van Leeuwen \u2013 <\/span><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:info@brianvanleeuwen.nl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@brianvanleeuwen.nl<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esther Geskus \u2013 <\/span><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:shift@es-energy.nl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shift@es-energy.nl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a1ef6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"66a1ef6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695beaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"695beaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Schedule an introductory meeting here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fba1bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fba1bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0364836\" data-id=\"0364836\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a74872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a74872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"calendly-inline-widget\" style=\"min-width: 320px; height: 700px;\" data-url=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/brian-van-leeuwen\/20-minuten-gesprek?hide_gdpr_banner=1\">\u00a0<\/div><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.calendly.com\/assets\/external\/widget.js\" async><\/script><br \/><!-- Calendly inline widget end --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mystical Desert Journey Siwa Siwa lies hidden in the desert, but whoever reaches her sees her appear in full glory. 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