Shaho Journey
ShahoJourney

Our Philosophy

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A landscape from a Shaho Journey retreat

Shaho Journey creates immersive retreats at the intersection of nature, storytelling, and inner transformation guiding you inward through outward exploration.

Each journey is designed to strip away the noise and reconnect you with the parts of yourself that modern life often forgets.

Nature

Our classroom

Stillness

Our practice

Fire

Our teacher

Community

Our witness

Your Guide

Storyteller.
Retreat Creator.
Guide.

Kurdish-Iranian storyteller, retreat creator and creative producer based in London. Shaho has spent over a decade designing experiences that blend nature, culture, and the inner journey.

His retreats are not tours. They are invitations into landscapes that hold ancient memory — and into conversations with parts of yourself you may have long since forgotten.

Shaho — Kurdish-Iranian storyteller, retreat creator and guide

2026 — 2027

Upcoming
Journeys

Sorme-ye Khak — Guildford Forests
One Day

Sorme-ye Khak

Kohl of the Earth

A one-day immersive retreat focused on grounding, presence, and reconnecting with the senses. Through guided forest experience...

Group

Small Groups

Duration

One Day

Carpet

Earth & Silence

Phoenix Retreat — To Be Announced
Multi-Day

Phoenix Retreat

Death, Rebirth, Renewal

Inspired by the ancient Phoenix myth, this immersive retreat guides participants through death, rebirth, and renewal...

Group

Intimate Groups

Duration

Multi-Day

Carpet

The Rising Flame

Tasian — To Be Announced
Multi-Day

Tasian

Migration & Memory

An immersive retreat exploring migration, memory, grief, identity, belonging, and resilience. Created from the emotional realities...

Group

Intimate Groups

Duration

Multi-Day

Carpet

The River Weave

Tanhā-ye Tanhā — To Be Announced
One Day

Tanhā-ye Tanhā

The Solitude of Solitude

A one-day immersive retreat exploring loneliness, emotional isolation, and self-awareness. Rather than escaping loneliness...

Group

Small Groups

Duration

One Day

Carpet

Quiet Path

From the Field

Past
Journeys

Glimpses of what has been — moments where the landscape and the person in it changed each other.

Gathering in nature
2025

Gathering in nature

Past Retreat

Stillness and presence
2024

Stillness and presence

Past Retreat

Creative expression
2025

Creative expression

Past Retreat

Nature immersion
2024

Nature immersion

Past Retreat

Shared moments
2023

Shared moments

Past Retreat

Gathering in nature
2025

Gathering in nature

Past Retreat

Stillness and presence
2024

Stillness and presence

Past Retreat

Creative expression
2025

Creative expression

Past Retreat

Nature immersion
2024

Nature immersion

Past Retreat

Shared moments
2023

Shared moments

Past Retreat

Gathering in nature
2025

Gathering in nature

Past Retreat

Stillness and presence
2024

Stillness and presence

Past Retreat

Creative expression
2025

Creative expression

Past Retreat

Nature immersion
2024

Nature immersion

Past Retreat

Shared moments
2023

Shared moments

Past Retreat

From Those Who Have Journeyed

What the journey
gave them

I arrived searching for rest. I left carrying something I can only describe as remembrance — of who I was before the noise of the world got too loud. Shaho doesn't guide you through a landscape. He guides you back to yourself.

Layla M.

Past Retreat Participant

Objects of Memory

Every journey
leaves a mark.
Some you can take home.

Each retreat is paired with a symbolic carpet — hand-selected and woven with the colours, patterns and textures of that specific landscape and culture.

A carpet is not a souvenir. It is a woven memory of where you were, who you became, and what you chose to carry forward.

Earth & Silence
£480

Earth & Silence

Sorme-ye Khak

The ancient valley woven in ochre and stone

The Rising Flame
£520

The Rising Flame

Phoenix Retreat

Fire, transformation, and the courage to begin again

The River Weave
£560

The River Weave

Tasian

Water's memory, carried from mountain to plain

Carpets are available exclusively through each retreat page. Each piece is tied to a specific journey and comes with its story.

Discover the Journeys

Begin

Every journey
begins with
a single step.

There is no booking system. Every Shaho Journey begins with a personal conversation. Reach out and tell Shaho what you are searching for.

Or write directly

hello@shahojourney.com
Begin your Shaho Journey

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