About  

Ian Macfarlane (MA, Oxon)

Ian heads up Ubuntu and is also with his family a Founder-Director of the Cape Town Medi-Spa.

He likes to spends his Sundays in the garden with his partner Dawn and his family, 'Rumi poetry nearby, my feet dug into Africa’s healing soil and a big smile of gratitude on my face.' He understands the importance of discovering and treasuring moments of stillness, married with the joys of online multimedia gaming!

After studying Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE) at Oxford University in 1993, Ian ‘tripped and fell into a Float tank,’ an experience which led him into his first job, three years of co-managing the South London Natural Health Centre. During this time he began his ongoing training as a Bodywork and Biofeedback Therapist, incorporating cutting edge EEG Neuro and Heart Rate Variability technologies with various energy and bodywork systems to restore body, emotions and mind. No surprise then that he finally landed the SA license for Heartmath in 2011.

After 12 years of working with the Reiki System of Natural Healing with teacher Krishni Borang, he qualified as a Reiki Master under her and her teacher Wanja Twan in 2006 (Wanja is one of a handful of surviving direct Master students of Hawayo Takata, who brought Reiki to the West during the 1930’s). He conducts small Reiki Training Classes for those wishing to share this gift of healing.

He is also trained in Emotional Freedom Technique, Pranic Healing, Remedial Deep Tissue (Sports) Massage, several branches of yoga and enjoys facilitating as an Ubuntu Wellness Coach.

Since establishing the Cape Town Medi-Spa, South Africa’s first integrated medical and wellness facility, together with his family in 2003, he has been drawn by the potential of a community-driven democracy of wellness in South Africa and worldwide. As director of  Ubuntu Water Foundation, he is kept busy striking a balance between  treatment and social upliftment work.