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WANJIRU WACHARO — FOUNDER & GUIDE
Born into Gĩkũyũ heritage, Wanjiru carries the rhythms, stories, and philosophies of her people in her body and practice. Her path led her to the United Kingdom, where she expanded her artistic and academic work and completed a Master’s degree in Dance Anthropology.
Through her studies, she explored the body as a living archive — a vessel of memory, culture, and identity. Her return home was intentional: a return to land, community, and embodied ways of knowing.
Wanjiru Wacharo is a movement practitioner, cultural preservationist, and healer whose work is rooted in embodied knowledge and ancestral wisdom. She is of Gĩkũyũ origin, and her life’s journey moves between land, culture, education, and reclamation of ancestral wisdom.
She believes that movement is life, that every day is a grand rising, and that the future lives in the children.
WHO IS Wanjiru Wacharo?
Lineage, Journey & Study
Wanjiru's Offerings
Seasonal retreats, yoga, dance, and healing ceremonies rooted in nature.
Wanjiru is the author of RURAYA, her first novel and a biographical tribute to her mother.
The book honors lineage, womanhood, and the preservation of our stories.
Through this work, she explores culture, memory, and the transformative power of remembrance.
Wanjiru is a certified African Yoga instructor, a dance and movement practitioner, and an enthusiast of other embodied practices. Her work weaves together breath, rhythm, somatic awareness, and cultural knowledge.
The school is a supplementary learning space supporting local children in their education. The school offers lessons in English, mathematics, music, and a range of creative and artistic practices.
Founded and guided by Wanjiru Wacharo — a qualified primary school teacher certified during her time in the United Kingdom — the school blends structured learning with creativity, cultural grounding, and community care.
THE GICHIGI-SHAKO SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY ART & TECHNOLOGY
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Wanjiru's moments
