LIGHT7:00
The container opens
We each light a candle. Many flames, one hearth.
WILDCRAFTD & MY ASCENT PRESENT
IN COLLABORATION WITH WILDCRAFTD
The Hestia Gatherings.
A weekly morning of hiking, making art, and connecting to nature and to one another.
WHO HESTIA IS FOR
Hestia is for anyone who has been carrying something heavy — grief, trauma, or simply a season that has asked too much — and for anyone who is quietly longing for connection and belonging.
You do not need to be a hiker. You do not need to be an artist. You do not need to explain why you have come. You only need to arrive, walk gently, and let the morning do its work.
The Japanese speak of mono no aware — the tender awareness that everything passes, and that this passing is part of what makes it precious. Hestia is built on that gentleness: we gather what the trail offers, we make something beautiful from it, and we let it go.
Some come to grieve. Some come to heal. Some come simply because Saturday mornings had grown too quiet. All of them come back for the people.
“Come for the hike, the art and the fresh air. Stay for the people. And if you are carrying something heavy, let the fire hold it a while.”
THAT IS WHY WE LIGHT THE FIRE · THAT IS WHY WE COME BACK
A MORNING AT THE HEARTH
Three and a half hours that hold you.
Every gathering follows the same gentle rhythm — a container that opens at seven and holds you until you are ready to return to the week.
- WALK7:15
Guided hike · 6–10 km
Fazlin and the My Ascent team lead a gentle guided walk through the Steyn City parklands — no pace to keep, no summit to chase. Along the way we collect what the trail offers: stones, leaves, seed pods, bark, feathers — the materials of the morning's making.
- GATHER8:30
Around the fire
We return to the hearth and settle around the fire. Tea, warmth, and unhurried conversation — or comfortable silence. Whatever you carried on the walk is welcome here, spoken or unspoken.
- MAKE9:15
Ephemeral art
Chrissi of Wildcraftd leads the making: the stones, leaves and seed pods gathered on the walk become ephemeral art — made with your hands, photographed if you wish, and returned to the earth. The making is the point; the letting go is the gift.
- WHEN
- Season One · Oct – Nov 2026
- DURATION
- 3.5 hours · 7:00 – 10:30 am
- WHERE
- Steyn City Parklands, Johannesburg
- GROUP SIZE
- Intimate · 8–10 · Saturday mornings
SEASON ONE · OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2026
- 9 Oct
- 16 Oct
- 23 Oct
- 30 Oct
- 6 Nov
- 13 Nov
- 20 Nov
- 27 Nov
Every member of the season takes home a hand-formed clay keepsake made with Chrissi — a small, permanent reminder of an impermanent practice.
INVESTMENT · CHOOSE YOUR RHYTHM
FULL MONTH
4 sessions
every Saturday morning of the month
TWICE MONTHLY
2 sessions
a gentler rhythm · minimum two per month
Includes the guided hike, the fire circle, all art materials and tea at the hearth. Session pricing is shared when you express your interest — payable upfront.
Sessions are held on Saturday mornings, plus a make-up session on one Friday morning a month for anyone who missed a Saturday. This is a pilot concept, and times may evolve with the community. Hestia is a peer community held alongside professional care — a companion to therapy and medical support, never a replacement for it.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Express your interest.
We are building a community of people who understand.
Start the conversation
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A personal reply within two working days.