• Also on Stanford Farm, just up the road from the cottages, is The Growth Centre.
  • A quiet sanctuary for reflection and tranquility.
  • Activities
    • Walks
      Enjoy a walking meditation in the indigenous forest surrounded by ' fairies ' flowers and animal friends.
    • Bird Watching
      The indigenous forest and well placed bird baths host a fantastic variety of birds, like the 'royal' knysna lourie, the elusive narina trogon and the majestic fish eagle.
    • Labyrinth
      Ask a question... say a prayer.. walk a blessing... meditate... exercise and simply enjoy the journey.
    • Library
      Choose a book to read in the relaxing atmosphere of the Centre, and even take it home!
    • Meditation
      Be still in the healing centre. Reflect in the rose quartz garden. Gather energy in the jasper circle. Sit on one of the benches and feast your eyes. Design a pattern in a Zen sand tray.
  • Outside the Growth Centre
  • Fairy Bath
  • Colleen Ballenden offers foot massages, reiki and more at her therapy room. Just walking through Colleen's house invites you to feel good. And then into the courtyard, through the huge wooden doors... a pottery foot basin filled with lavender and rosemary to soothe and warm your feet, before relaxing on the bed with a heavenly view... and you just may have a visit from the baby bushbuck!
  • Entrance to Colleen's house
    Outside Colleen's house
    Colleen outside her therapy room
    Soaking feet in the foot basin
    'Inviting' therapy bed, where Colleen will massage your feet ....
    Mother bushbuck chomping my flowers outside my therapy room ... and looking in at the bed where you will be relaxing, while I massage your feet !
  • Therapies
  • Many soothing therapies are offered.. after chatting a little, design an hour of different treatments to suit your needs.
  • Beautiful tiny feet ready to be massaged by Colleen
    Colleen getting ready to massage feet
  • Foot Massage
    Benefit from a quiet and invigorating foot massage...
    • To soothe after a challenging time in your life ..
    • ~ To relieve physical symptoms
    • ~ To calm
    • ~ To energize
    • ~ To uplift
    • ~ To balance
    • ~ To maintain your health
    • And simply because it feels good!
  • Language of feet
    Let your feet give you information about yourself
    • ~ are you a leader through example...
    • ~ are you practical and full of great ideas...
    • ~ how do you want to implement these ideas...
    • ~ do you nurture others...
    • and yourself ..
    • How do you put this into practise?
  • Reiki
    A soothing and balancing therapy
  • Colour therapy
    • ~ enhancing self awareness...
    • ~ entering a new phase in your life...
    • ~ making different choices ..and decisions
    • ~ uplifting , enlightening and practical.

  • Cost for a therapy session, R600.

    Session lasts an hour.

  • For more information, please contact Colleen at:

    Email: colleen.ballenden@gmail.com

    Cell Phone: +27 72 277 4809

  • For more info on Colleen, click here to visit her personal website at colleenballenden.co.za

    For more info on her Foot Reading service, click here to visit her foot reading website at footreading.co.za