Welcome! The Wangapeka Study and Meditation Retreat Centre in New Zealand

The beautiful Wangapeka Study and Retreat Meditation Centre runs retreats and events throughout the year. We welcome external bookings and solo retreats.

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Upcoming Events

7 – 10 August 2020

Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retreat
14 – 16 August 2020

Every Precious Moment - Mindfulness of Death, Impermanence & Uncertainty
21 - 23 August 2020

Explorations and Mindfulness on the Nature of Wangapeka
28 - 30 August 2020

Don't Just Do Something. Sit there! 2020
3 - 6 September 2020

Awaken! Dharma & Meditation Retreat with Jonathan Chambers
16 - 20 September 2020

Sanctuary in Uncertainty with Jeremy Logan & Kanya Stewart
2 - 9 October 2020

Clear Seeing. The Path of Analytic Meditation with Keith Rowan
15 - 21 October 2020

Coming Down to Earth - At Home in the Body, At Home in the World [Fully booked, Wait List...
29 October – 2 November 2020

Advanced Shamanic Training & Vision Quest with Dr. John Broomfield
28 December 2020 – 4 January 2021

Garden of Mindfulness Family Retreat: Alice in Wonderland Edition

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** Retreat in a Pandemic ** by Luinda Bleakley I

** Retreat in a Pandemic ** by Luinda Bleakley

I was away from home (Canada) and travelling, when Covid19 started developing into a global news story. I was intending to attend Bonni’s month long retreat at Wangapeka in April. Suddenly the pace of change picked up.

The emotional score went something like this:
Anticipation (looking forward to retreat), Urgency (get to NZ before borders close), Forbearance (self isolate in NZ), Fear (danger is coming), Urgency (I can’t stay, need to get home), Anxiety + Paralysis (arrive home, isolate, and cocoon), Preparation (for retreat), Settling (into retreat), Calming.
There’s a lot of tension in the narrative, but the ending is that the (recrafted online) retreat helped me to calm and stabilize. Being on retreat is the perfect thing to do in the midst of a pandemic.

Love,
Luinda

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by Chani

** The Centre at Rest ** by Lily Redgrave I have

** The Centre at Rest ** by Lily Redgrave

I have had the blessed fortune to find myself here at the Wangapeka during lock down. Life in many ways is not so different, another aspect that I am grateful for.
My routine has been refined to one of ultimate simplicity. We rise for meditation, work during the day and sit by the fire in the evenings.
Without the routine of retreats and the wonderful retreatants that fill the jobs on the roster board, I find myself spending more time than anything else doing dishes. What a luxury I realize it is to live in a place where all your dishes are done for you, well not for me but for us all. The centre thrived in a different tune before lock down and to experience it now as it is feels like a very treasured experience. Its very quiet and still and the welcome of Autumn is bringing a lot of beautiful change to the land, as well as an abundant of feijoas. Autumn leaves, once they fall, stay in the same spot on the ground for days at a time. No movement of people to rustle them around.
It feels strange to be experiencing all of this without the community to share it with. But the land has gone on its own retreat and it's been wonderful to serve it during this time.

** April Colours ** On the way to the Whare photo

** April Colours ** On the way to the Whare

photo credit: Lily Redgrave

** Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retre

** Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retreat **
Aug 7 @ 6:00 pm – Aug 10 @ 2:00 pm

Do you want to strongly connect with your inner voice, your purpose in life, the joy of transformation?
Our outer world is a reflection of our inner world, when we upgrade and transform our inner life, our outer reality will automatically follow.

A journey of light, remembering and insight, embracing the parts of us that are needing us most. The sounds of the harp interwoven with words and intention will take you deeper into yourself, where you can safely explore while being held by the soothing sounds of the harp. These harp guided explorations have lasting positive effects.

Deep healing results from the merging of Soul and Body and the deeper insights this encourages. Upliftment and heightened frequency resonance occur naturally. Letting go of the old becomes effortless.

During the retreat there will be harp meditations (in a warm room with a fireplace), intuition enhancing exercises (they are fun and encourage your intuition to speak), reflection, creativity (you are invited to make your own wall hanging to take home with your journey reflected on it), sharing from your heart.

A popular retreat for men and women who want to expand into a deeper awareness of themselves and improve their perception and connection with the world around them.

Every retreat is different, with new meditations and exercises. Magic happens.

# Fees

Accommodation, teacher’s fees and superb food is included. All meals are catered for.
$444 or $422 for Wangapeka retreat members

Starts at 6 pm on Friday 7 August
Finishes at 2 pm on Monday 10 August

# Enquiries and registration

To register, please contact Annemieke at harpandhealing@gmail.com

Annemieke Harmonie
www.harpandhealing.com

** Every Precious Moment – Mindfulness of Death,

** Every Precious Moment – Mindfulness of Death, Impermanence & Uncertainty **

Aug 14 – Aug 16

Death isn’t just something that happens on one particular day. Death and dying are intimately related to life and living.
In this weekend workshop, we will work together to explore what it truly means to make friends with life’s only certainty.

Through the practice of meditation, mindfulness and group exploration we will endeavor to become clearer, confident, open and fearless.

Join us in a nourishing and restorative retreat exploring what it means to make friends with death. Recently popular Death Cafes have helped to relax the taboo of speaking about death. Come and be nurtured and supported by the beautiful Wangapeka environment as we create a community of courageous conversations.

This retreat is suitable for health professionals, lay people, those new and those experienced in meditation.

Please contact Di on 021 025 35843 or dianelittletree@hotmail.com

“Most of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off or deny the fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life”. Stephen Levine - “A Year to Live”

# Costs

Inclusive of accommodation, food, cooks and resource fee:
Members: $215
Non-members: $235
This weekend is freely offered by dana/koha. You are welcome to offer dana/koha to the facilitators.

# About the facilitators

Della Macpherson and Di Johnston are Registered Nurses with a combined 49 + years of experience working with people and family at end of life, and those facing life-limiting illness. Chani Grieve has been passionately practicing meditation and a variety of embodiment modalities for over 15 years. She works as a Feldenkrais Practitioner and Community Support Worker.

# Register

https://wangapeka.org/about/registration-form/

** The Heart Sutra – A Weekend with Matthew Eade

** The Heart Sutra – A Weekend with Matthew Eades ** Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2020
The Heart Sutra is one of the most profound and influential teachings of the Mahayana Path. In its many variations it lays out the essence of the path to full awakening. So profound is the environment that is envisaged that it is often referred to as “ the Mother of the Buddhas”. In this short weekend we will touch on some of the ways of encouraging the conditions that will help this environment flourish by exploring some of the meditative pathways that have been developed over the last two millennia. This weekend is accessible to all practitioners. It also acts as a seal on the four week study course on the Heart Sutra that will be offered in Nelson in June.

# Course Costs

This includes food, accommodation & resource fee.

Wangapeka Members – $164

Non-members – $184

The Teaching is given freely although you are welcome to offer dana “a gift freely and joyfully given”, to Matthew

For more information please contact Mark Schrader (Course Manager) schrader.mark@gmail.com

# Matthew Eades

Matthew is a seasoned practitioner who has been weaving the principles of Buddhadharma into his life for over 45 years. His formal training came primarily under the auspices of the Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche, culminating in a three year dedicated teacher training program in the mid1980’s. Since then he has structured his life to support and sustain the teachings of awakening in a more directed fashion, working primarily with his partner Bonni Ross to expand the experience of transformation in everyday life for all beings.

# Register

To register please fill out our online registration form
https://wangapeka.org/about/registration-form/

** Simple Goodness—Loving Kindness with Kath Mit

** Simple Goodness—Loving Kindness with Kath Mitchell ** June 19th — June 21st *We all have the same innate, boundless loving capacity. Kindness is a beautiful gift we can cultivate to nurture and give to ourselves and others*
Loving-Kindness is the foundation of our continued existence and is always present in every being. The heart-centred, Loving-kindness meditation is a doorway to rediscovering this natural state of love and gentleness. It leads to insight and freedom from suffering— an authentic, rich presence, with whatever is arising.
In daily life we sometimes lose touch with this essence of kindness and find ourselves feeling disconnected. This can lead us to behaving judgementally towards ourselves and others and feeling anxious, isolated, lonely, angry or sad.
We are all living with so much uncertainty today. Many of us are asking questions like “What is most important and valuable in my life and for the world?” The meditation and contemplation on Loving-Kindness is an age-old practice, taught by the Buddha, that helps us reconnect and rest into the natural state of kindness. We rediscover our simple goodness, we recognise and appreciate this quality in ourselves and in others. As we learn to trust this kindness within our hearts, we open more fully to a gracious flow and friendliness —an ability to stay present and loving amidst the uncertainty, changes and decisions we face in life.

Together we will explore Loving Kindness through meditation, group sharing, creative activities, and simply by being in the constant beauty, nurture and kindness of the whenua—the natural environment of the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre.
This retreat is suitable for beginners and people with meditation experience.
# Full Course Description

https://wangapeka.org/event/simple-goodness-loving-kindness-with-kath-mitchell/

# Register
https://wangapeka.org/registration-form/

# Contact the Course manager
Mark Schrader schrader.mark@gmail.com

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