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Gacheke Welcomes You to the Soul of Our Mountain

Step into a space where healing, love, and joy come together.

At the Soul of Our Mountain, Gacheke gently guides others on a journey of self-healing — helping each person reconnect with the natural joy of their soul that may have been long forgotten.

Through yoga, pranic healing, mindful living, and compassionate understanding, she offers simple yet profound practices that bring harmony to the body and peace to the mind.

This journey is not about changing the world around you, but awakening the peace within — so that everything you do flows with ease, joy, and fearlessness.

Rooted in compassion for the delusions and suffering of naturally good souls, Gacheke’s work is an invitation to come home to yourself — to rediscover the stillness, love, and radiant joy that have always been within you.

Welcome to the Soul of Our Mountain — where healing becomes remembering. 🌸


Dr. Gacheke Simons

Principal Yogi

what we offer

Meditation, wellness and holistic experiences, gifted with devotion, love, patience and care.

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Yoga & Meditation

Discover the amazing benefits of these ancient practices, from increased flexibility and strength, to improved sleep and reduced stress.

Yoga and meditation here are taught as gentle pathways back to yourself — a return to calmness, clarity, and inner grounding. The sessions are welcoming to all levels, with a focus on mindful movement, soft breathing, and deep relaxation rather than difficult postures.

Yoga

Yoga is practiced slowly and intentionally, allowing your body to release tension and reconnect with its natural rhythm. Each session unfolds in a serene environment with fresh air, quiet surroundings, and the soothing energy of nature.

Sessions may include:

  • Gentle stretching to loosen tight areas

  • Slow flows for balance and strength

  • Breath-guided movements for relaxation

  • Restorative poses for deep rest

  • Grounding exercises inspired by the natural landscape

The goal is to leave feeling lighter, clearer, and more centred.

Meditation

Meditation is offered as a moment of stillness — a chance to pause and reconnect with the present moment. Whether sitting quietly under the trees or in a peaceful indoor space, the environment naturally supports deep relaxation.

Different styles include:

  • Breath awareness

  • Guided mindfulness

  • Body scan relaxation

  • Silent meditation

  • Nature-led meditation

Many visitors describe these sessions as a “reset” — a peaceful space where the mind unwinds and the heart softens.

Yoga, Meditation & Nature Combined

Practicing near Mount Kenya adds a special quality to every session. Nature becomes part of the experience — the wind guiding the breath, sunlight warming the body, and birdsong creating a calm rhythm. Movement and stillness blend naturally with the environment, making each session soothing and revitalizing.

This setting creates a space where:

  • The body feels supported

  • The mind finds quiet

  • The spirit feels uplifted

Who Can Join

Everyone is welcome:

  • Beginners

  • Those seeking emotional balance

  • People dealing with stress or burnout

  • Individuals wanting grounding and clarity

  • Anyone longing for peaceful, mindful living

No previous experience is needed — just a willingness to slow down.

What to Expect

✔ Guided, calming sessions
✔ A friendly, beginner-friendly approach
✔ A quiet, natural setting
✔ Space for reflection and rest
✔ Supportive, compassionate teaching

Yoga and meditation here are not about perfection — they are about presence. An invitation to breathe, soften, and reconnect with the quiet wisdom within.


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Reiki (Energy Healing)

Harness the healing energy around you and experience a profound sense of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing that is beyond compare.

 

At Gacheke, Reiki energy healing is offered as a gentle and deeply transformative experience. It is based on the understanding that every person carries a natural life force energy within them — an energy that influences physical health, emotional balance, mental clarity, and overall well-being.

When life becomes overwhelming, this inner energy can become disrupted or drained. Reiki helps to restore flow, harmony, and peace, allowing the body and mind to return to their natural balance.

What Is Reiki?

Reiki is a calming, non-intrusive form of energy healing that uses light touch or hands-off techniques to support relaxation and inner alignment. It encourages the body to release tension, balance emotions, and clear stagnant energy that may be causing stress or discomfort.

You don’t need to believe in anything specific for it to work — you simply relax, breathe, and allow your system to receive what it needs.

How Reiki Is Practiced at Gacheke

Reiki sessions at Gacheke take place in a peaceful natural setting, where fresh air, birdsong, and the grounding presence of Mount Kenya naturally enhance the healing experience. Sessions may include:

  • Light or hands-off energy channeling

  • Gentle breath awareness

  • Nature-supported grounding

  • Optional aromatherapy and soft sound healing

  • A quiet, calm environment for deep relaxation

Clients often feel warmth, tingling, peace, or a sense of emotional release during the session. Others experience clarity, lightness, or simply deep rest.

Benefits of Reiki Energy Healing

✨ Emotional Well-Being

  • Reduces stress and anxiety

  • Helps release built-up emotions

  • Promotes inner calm and emotional stability

  • Encourages confidence and clarity

✨ Physical Relaxation

  • Relieves tension in muscles

  • Supports deeper and more restful sleep

  • Restores energy levels

  • Helps the body’s natural healing processes

✨ Mental Clarity

  • Clears the mind from overthinking

  • Helps with focus and decision-making

  • Reduces mental fatigue and overwhelm

✨ Spiritual Grounding

  • Strengthens connection with self

  • Awakens intuition and inner guidance

  • Encourages gratitude and presence

  • Creates space for reflection and inner growth

Why Reiki at Gacheke Feels Unique

At Gacheke, healing happens in an environment filled with life — forests, open skies, birds, and the stillness of nature. This natural energy supports the session, making the experience deeper and more grounding.

Many guests share that they feel:

  • Emotionally lighter

  • Calmer and more centered

  • Spiritually refreshed

  • Reconnected to themselves and nature

Who Can Benefit?

Reiki is ideal for:

  • Anyone experiencing stress or emotional heaviness

  • People dealing with burnout

  • Individuals seeking inner peace

  • Those going through life transitions

  • People wanting spiritual grounding

  • Anyone who simply wants to feel balanced and renewed

What a Session Includes

✔ A safe, peaceful, private healing space
✔ 30–45 minutes of energy healing
✔ Pre-session grounding
✔ Post-session insights and guidance

Reiki at Gacheke is a gentle return to yourself — a moment to breathe, rest, and reconnect with the natural energy that supports your life.


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The Soul of the Mountain Retreats By Dr Gacheke Simons

Take a break from the stressors of life and allow Gacheke and her team to guide you through a journey of self-discovery and inner peace.

The Soul of the Mountain Retreats By Dr Gacheke Simons

Yoga Teacher • Ayurveda Therapist • Pranic Energy Healer & Reiki Master • Soul Guide

Awakening the Soul through Yoga, Ayurveda & the Wisdom of Mount Kenya

About the Retreats

Born on the sacred slopes of Mount Kenya, Dr Gacheke Simons offers transformative journeys combining African ancestral wisdom, Himalayan Yoga & Ayurveda and advanced healing modalities. Each retreat is a sacred immersion in nature and consciousness — from gentle reconnection to profound awakening.

Retreat Offerings

  1. Yoga & Nature Immersion Retreat

Reconnecting Body, Breath & Earth

Gentle Yoga, mindful hikesx and meditation in pristine natural surroundings. A simple yet powerful return to movement, stillness, DC and presence.

It’s an experience designed to help people reconnect with themselves and nature. The retreat combines gentle yoga, mindful nature walks (hikes)d

and guided meditation in a peaceful natural environment.

  • Reawaken the body through easy, restorative yoga.
  • Calm the mind through breathing and meditation.

  • Reconnect with the earth by spending time in nature—feeling its quiet, grounding energy.

It’s not about intense physical exercise; rather, it’s a simple but powerful journey back to balance, peace, and presence — where movement, stillness, and nature come together to refresh both body and spirit.

Ideal for beginners and those seeking deep rest and renewal.

  1. Yoga & Ayurveda Lifestyle Retreat

Theme: Marrying Mount Kenya’s Ancestral Wisdom with the Healing Science of the Himalayas

Learn and live the principles of Yoga and Ayurveda. Discover your dosha, take herbal walks, cook Ayurvedic-Kenyan fusion meals and share stories with local elders.

A meeting of two ancient mountains — Africa’s Mount Kenya and the Himalayas.

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  1. Emotional Healing & Renewal Retreat

 Releasing the Past, Opening the Heart & Remembering Joy

Guided breathwork, somatic release, laughter Yoga, and group pranic healing circles clear old emotions. Includes a Rose Ceremony of Renewal where participants set new intentions from the heart.

Ideal for those ready to heal emotional wounds and reclaim joy.

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  1. Gacheke Vipassana Therapy Retreat

The Deep Journey Home — Awakening Through Relationships

This is the most intimate and transformative of all retreats — a sacred space for deep seeing, healing, and awakening through relationships. Limited to 8 participants, this 5-day immersion unfolds in noble silence amidst serene nature.

Participants engage in daily Yoga sessions and mindful hikes, grounding the body and opening the heart.

Dr Gacheke guides each participant through a core set of transformative practices:

Vipassana-based meditation

Inner-child healing

Individual Pranic Energy assessments and healing sessions

Additionally, participants experience The “Tree of Happy” Discourse — Gacheke’s experiential framework for understanding the mind and the true purpose of relationships. Through this teaching, the soul gradually awakens to the Present and discovers the path to freedom.

Preparation includes a 6-month online program with monthly guidance and Ayurvedic evaluation to ready body, mind, and energy.

For those ready to awaken fully — to heal deeply, love freely, and live consciously.

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Essence of the Work

All retreats emerge from The Soul of the Mountain, calling participants to awaken the original Oneness consciousness. Healing the emotional field clears the mind and illuminates the present moment — the true state of liberation, peace, and joy.

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Ayurvedic Massage Therapies

Explore the power of Ayurveda to restore balance and harmony in your life today. Our expert therapists use time-tested techniques that are tailored to meet your specific needs.

.Holistic Touch, Natural Oils, and Ancestral Healing Wisdom

The massage therapies offered here are a blend of two powerful healing traditions:
🌿 Ayurvedic techniques inspired by ancient Indian wellness (about 20% influence)
🌿 Deeply rooted African bodywork, herbal wisdom, and earth-based healing

This unique combination creates a therapeutic experience that restores the body, calms the mind, and reconnects you with the natural intelligence of your whole system.

A Fusion of Healing Traditions

🌼 Ayurvedic Influence (20%)

Elements of Ayurveda are gently woven into the treatments. These include:

  • Warm herbal oils applied in long rhythmic strokes

  • Movement patterns inspired by the flow of energy channels

  • Techniques that encourage detoxification

  • Grounding touches that calm the nervous system

Ayurveda emphasizes harmony — restoring balance between body, mind, and energy. This soft influence adds a layer of depth and relaxation to each session.

🌍 African Herbal & Bodywork Roots (Primary Foundation)

Most of the therapy draws from African wellness practices, including:

  • Use of locally sourced healing herbs and oils

  • Emphasis on muscle release through grounded, steady pressure

  • Circular earth-inspired movements for grounding

  • Techniques that stimulate blood circulation and relieve fatigue

  • Traditional approaches that connect touch with nature’s rhythm

African wellness traditions are known for their warmth, strength, and earth-connected energy. The therapies honor this heritage by using natural oils, herbal infusions, and intuitive hands that follow the body’s own story.

What Makes These Therapies Unique

1. Earth-Grounded Techniques

The treatments are done slowly and intentionally, allowing the body to naturally open, relax, and release stored tension.

2. Herbal Oils With Purpose

Oils used are infused with African herbs and sometimes blended with mild Ayurvedic ingredients like warm sesame or coconut oil to enhance relaxation and skin nourishment.

3. Mind-Body-Energy Alignment

The approach is not focused on physical muscles alone.
It supports emotional balance, mental clarity, and energetic grounding.

4. Healing Through Connection

The session invites you to feel your breath, soften your senses, and reconnect with your natural inner rhythm — something many people lose in the rush of daily life.

Types of Massage Offered

 

Crescent Moon Therapy
This technique uses warm crescent-shaped stones that glide along the spine, shoulders, and lower back. Their curved design fits naturally on the body, releasing deep tension and creating a calming moon-like rhythm of relaxation.

Sagana Stone Songs (Front & Back)
Inspired by African river stones from Sagana, this ritual blends warm stones placed on both the front and the back of the body. As the stones radiate gentle heat, they create a “stone song”—a natural vibration that relaxes muscles, softens stiffness, and restores inner harmony.

Helena 
Helena’s signature method combines slow, mindful strokes with warm stone placement. She works on both front and back sections of the body with deep attention, grounding pressure, and a nurturing flow that dissolves tension and clears emotional heaviness.

Abhyanga Warm-Oil Massage
A gentle Indian-influenced oil massage (20% Ayurvedic) performed with long, synchronised strokes. It nourishes the skin, supports circulation, calms the nerves, and balances the body’s natural energies.

Shirodhara Flow Therapy
A gentle stream of warm herbal oil is poured steadily onto the forehead (the “third-eye” point). This ancient calming technique quiets mental overactivity, reduces stress, enhances sleep quality, and induces deep inner peace.

Herbal Leaf Bundle Therapy
Warm bundles of medicinal leaves are pressed and tapped along the body to stimulate circulation, ease muscle stiffness, and infuse the skin with natural healing properties. This African-inspired herbal therapy restores vitality and awakens the senses.

Aromaveda Essence Therapy
This is the aromatic heart of the ritual. Using African botanical oils blended with subtle Ayurvedic scents, the treatment stimulates the senses, eases stress, and promotes mental clarity and emotional harmony.

 

Traditional Sauna (Coming Soon)

A new addition is being prepared: a natural traditional sauna experience, built with locally sourced materials and inspired by African purification rituals.
The sauna will support:

  • Deep detoxification

  • Muscle relaxation

  • Improved circulation

  • Mental clarity

  • Full-body renewal

This will allow guests to enjoy massage therapy alongside a powerful heat ritual — creating a complete, holistic wellness journey.


What You Can Expect

✔ Warm, nurturing environment
✔ Skilled hands guided by intuition and tradition
✔ Herbal-infused oils
✔ A blend of African and mild Ayurvedic techniques
✔ Deep relaxation and emotional release
✔ A sense of grounding, cleansing, and renewal

These therapies are more than a massage — they are a healing encounter, a moment to return to your body, your breath, and the quiet strength within you.


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Gacheke Village Program

Beneath the mountain’s quiet strength lives a heartbeat of healing — a woman transforming lives through love, purpose, and compassion. 🌿Discover how Gacheke’s Soul of the Mountain program is nurturing children, empowering women, and restoring hope village by village.

🌿 The Soul of the Mountain – Gacheke’s Village Program

At the heart of Gacheke’s work lies a simple yet powerful belief — that healing begins from within and grows outward, touching everyone it meets. From her home village to the world, she carries the spirit of love, healing, and transformation.

Through the Soul of the Mountain Village Program, Gacheke supports children, young women, and youth from struggling homes — helping them to rise, heal, and rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. It is not a formal project, but a living rhythm of compassion that flows from one heart to another.

🌸 1. Nurturing the Children – My Soul of the Mountain Kids

It all begins with the children — the heartbeat of the village.

Gacheke creates a safe and joyful space where children can learn, play, laugh, and grow. Through yoga, storytelling, and creative play, she helps them connect with their inner light — teaching them confidence, mindfulness, and love for themselves and others.

For many of these little ones, this is their first experience of care and inspiration beyond the classroom walls. They learn that life is more than survival — it is connection, joy, and possibility. To Gacheke, every smile, every laugh, and every small victory is a seed planted for a better tomorrow.

🌺 2. Empowering Young Women – Healing, Learning, and Earning

Gacheke believes that every young woman deserves a chance — especially those whose paths might have been interrupted by poverty or circumstance. She reaches out to girls from struggling homes who couldn’t make it to university but carry incredible potential and dreams.

She teaches them skills aligned with her own calling — natural health, holistic living, and healing arts. Beyond skills, she offers emotional support, counseling, and mentorship — helping them rediscover their worth and purpose.

As they grow stronger, she guides them through college or vocational studies and helps them find employment or build small businesses rooted in wellness and nature. These young women, in turn, uplift their mothers, grandmothers, and siblings — creating a chain of healing that stretches through entire families.

It is empowerment born not from charity, but from shared growth and faith in one another.

🌻 3. Uplifting Skilled Youth – Creating Pathways to Purpose

In recent years, Gacheke has extended her arms to young men and women who already possess certain skills but lack opportunities to thrive. Many come to her door uncertain, carrying both hope and hardship. Through her guidance and connections, they find direction, stability, and sustainable income streams that honor their talents.

She reminds them that work can also be service — that when they earn with integrity and compassion, they not only lift themselves but also those who depend on them. In this way, the program grows — like a tree that shelters all who come beneath its branches.

💖 A Movement Born from the Heart

The Soul of the Mountain is not an organization. It has no fixed structure, no offices, no forms — only hearts. It flows naturally, growing wherever love and healing are needed.

Those who meet Gacheke often describe her energy as peaceful yet powerful — the kind that restores faith in humanity. Her home, her yoga space, and even her presence become places of refuge and renewal. From her heart, healing flows to others — and from them, to their homes, villages, and communities.

As her yoga and natural healing work expand, so too does her circle of giving. Every client she teaches, every session she offers, every wellness product she creates — all become part of this continuous cycle of empowerment.

🌾 How to Support

Supporting Gacheke Ayuyoga Program is more than helping one person — it’s nurturing a network of lives. Every act of kindness, every collaboration, and every contribution directly strengthens the people and communities connected to her work.

When you support her yoga practice, healing services, or community initiatives, you’re joining hands in something larger — a living circle of transformation that keeps growing, heart to heart, home to home.

Together, we heal. Together, we rise. 🌺

Gacheke Yoga Studio & Massage Spa
Yoga Class Schedule

Discover the spirit of harmony

Gacheke’s  90-minute Ayuyoga Class is comprised of a very specific set of asanas (physical postures) and pranayamas (breath regulation) stringing them together to form a joyful experience.

It includes intensive work on flexibility and strength of the physical body to bring the yogis natural health, strength, flexibility, optimal weight, high energy vibration,  emotional lightness, and a blissful calm mind.

Saturday: 11:30 Am – 1 PM
PRIVATE CLASSES: MAKE A CALL
Choose yours

Available Massage Therapies

Abyanga

The all-time Indian Traditional
Snehan (massage) – Sweden (steam)
two-step therapy.

$50.00 (1 hour)
Aromaveda

A blend of India’s Traditional
Abhyanga massage with European aromatherapy, reflexology, and deeper work into the pranic (energy) body, followed by steam

$80.00 (1 hr 30 Minutes)
SAGANA STONE SONG (SSS)

Gacheke’s signature massage; a
comprehensive Ayupranic body and mental-emotional healing song using warm stones on the chakras, strategic pranic channels, and acupressure points

$100.00 (2 hours 15 min)
Crescent Moon

A full body derivative of the
Sagana Stone Song massage that
approaches the healing more from the back of the body including more depth and time on the back and its large muscles.

$80.00 (1 hr 45 minutes)
PRANIC HEALING SESSION BY GACHEKE

The session is a delightful, most relaxing, and blissful experience of inner peace and quiet

$150 (1 hour)
Pregnancy Massage

Professional individualized Pregnancy massage that’s safe and will help you relax and have an easier pregnancy.

$80 (1 hr)
Helena

Aenean fringilla a fermentum mauris non venenatis

$80.00
Ukuchina

Aenean fringilla a fermentum mauris non venenatis

$80.00
Shirodhara Therapy

Welcome to Shirodhara, a 6,000-year-old Ayurvedic therapy now beautifully reimagined and practiced at Gacheke’s Spa as a deeply transformative ritual for emotional and mental healing. Rooted in classical Ayurvedic wisdom,…

$100(1hr 30mins)
Leaf Bundle

The Leaf Bundle is a powerful Ayurvedic therapy designed for those who feel mentally tired, emotionally overwhelmed, or energetically drained. At its core is the ancient Shirodhara ritual—warm, medicated herbal…

$100(1hr)
Individual Private Consultation

Our one-on-one consultations are centered on the natural healing and wellness of the body, mind, and energy systems. Contrary to common belief, human suffering is not caused by past experiences…

$100(1hr 30mins)
testimonials

Happy Clients Say

Gacheke Ayuyoga program has helped meemotionally, physically and mentally beyond explanation..I have learnt how to quiet my mind while under pressure,how to deal with everything and everyone that comes my way, to have a wider and broader knowledge on food and health.

Lucy on Yoga

Lucy on Yoga

Client

Before I started practicing Gacheke Ayuyoga I had a lot of personal conflict/ unanswered questions. I committed to practicing what Gacheke taught me  and it has  helped me deal with my childhood trauma, I have learned to stay contented in all situations, to surrender things that are beyond me, am more forgiving and loving,

Moraa on Yoga

Moraa on Yoga

Client

After what was without a doubt a most personalised treatment   I’d say certainly the best energy healing session I have experienced. I can recommend Gacheke Healing Spa to anyone without fear of a letdown.

Sir Eddie on Spa

Sir Eddie on Spa

Client

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