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

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
23 - 26 October 2020

Love for Land and Centre: Working Bee and Remembering Namgyal Rinpoche
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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Digital Editions of Tarchin Hearn's "Daily Puja",

Digital Editions of Tarchin Hearn's "Daily Puja", "Breathing", "Walking", and "Foundations of Mindfulness" are available on Kindle and Kobo.

To find the books, please search for "tarchin hearn" in either store.

These Digital Editions are ideal for reading on a tablet or phone.

With Love, Wangapeka Comms

#wangapekabooks #tarchinhearn

**Coming Down to Earth – At Home in the Body, At

**Coming Down to Earth – At Home in the Body, At Home in the World w/ Chani Grieve**

Oct 15 @ 5:00 pm – Oct 21 @ 3:00 pm

5 days of movement, meditation and creative enquiry with Chani Grieve

“The ancient rhythms of the earth have insinuated themselves into the rhythms of the human heart. The earth is not outside us, it is within; the clay from where the tree of the body grows” – John O’Donohue

Our journey to freedom starts with the body. It offers a down-to-earth and immediate way to connect with ourselves and align with what is real. Our bodies show us exactly where we are, and also the next step we need to take along our path. They are also the most direct line of communication to the wisdom and life of the earth – expressions of a living planet. By listening to our human body we learn to attune to the rhythms and intelligence of the earth body and all life.

In this retreat we will explore through movement, meditation, and creative enquiry, the intimate relationship between healing ourselves and restoring our world. We will slow down and take time to rest deeply, as much as we need to. We walk the land. We eat good food and nourish the senses. We bring our bodies and hearts in line. Steadily, we make friends with ourselves and peace with our place in the “family of things”. Caring for our bodies and caring for our earth go hand in hand, and the Wangapeka is a healing laboratory where we can experience this directly.

“We must look after the treasure that is our body” – Rob McGowan

# Full Course Description

This has been shortened. Full Description here -> https://wangapeka.org/event/coming-down-to-earth-at-home-in-the-body-at-home-in-the-world-with-chani-grieve/

# Photo Credit
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** 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/

** Real Life Dharma ** When Nelson, my dog, bites

** Real Life Dharma **

When Nelson, my dog, bites my book <smile><heart>

#dharma #meditation #mindfulness

** Wangapeka Hui 2020 ** * Hui Review * by Roge

** Wangapeka Hui 2020 **

* Hui Review *

by Roger Wilde

Tēnā koutou e te iwi
I felt privileged to be part of this special Wangapeka event. Our exploration of this profoundly important kaupapa was facilitated in a well-planned, beautiful way. The leadership and commitment of these rangatahi is heartening - ngā mihi whakaute ki a koutou!

# Link to full article

https://wangapeka.org/hui-review-by-roger-wilde/

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** The Wisdom of Angelic Archetypes Retreat Review

** The Wisdom of Angelic Archetypes Retreat Review **

-- by Arielle Kauaeroa Monk --

Well, I don't think any of us were expecting the wisdoms that were bestowed upon us during the Angelic Archetypes retreat with Mira Riddiford at the Wangapeka in early June. But sacred wisdom we have all received, with gratitude. A neophyte retreatee, I had visions of blissful sessions on angel whisperings and hours meditating in the hills. The reality? My 10 month old squalling in the night, intensive sessions excavating the effects of systems of oppression, and the contemplation of practice without awareness equaling spiritual bypassing. Mira is an unflinchingly honest teacher. The kind of teacher we need more of. We retreatants were reminded of the intersections within which we all exist in this human life, and how our spiritual experience is within those intersections – the depth of which may be measured by how deeply and presently we navigate them. The offering Mira prepared for us did indeed bask in those angelic whisperings – Raphael, Gabriel and Michael were all with us. Just as their shadow aspects were, with Mira facilitating the peeling back of the veils to help us expose what lay hidden within us all. I nurture my wish-fulfilling jewel morning and night, speak to the angels and try to stay woke. Ngā mihi nui ki a Mira me ngā hoa o Wangapeka.

New addition to WET Comms Head Office!!! The frami

New addition to WET Comms Head Office!!! The framing schedule experienced a "Covid Delay" and is now complete. **WooHoo**

Joy It's summer for our Canadian Sangha and "summ

Joy

It's summer for our Canadian Sangha and "summer" has arrived.

ps. His name is Nelson, and yes he's named after the city in NZ. Dharma dog <smile>

#sangha #buddhadharma #lovingkindness #compassion #joy #equanimity

Daily Puja by Tarchin Hearn read by Wangapeka Com

Daily Puja by Tarchin Hearn

read by Wangapeka Comms Team

on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKDfv5Bm5xuSv1mTKi0-iaYZFNSxc3s4U

A work in progress. So far - Taking Refuge, Bodisattva Vow, 5 Training Precepts, Training Precepts in Positive Expression, Meditation on the Body, and Meditation on Death & Impermance.

With Love, Wangapeka Comms

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