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 April – 14 May 2021

Inner Wisdom and Penetrative Insight the Practice of White Manjusri
21 – 24 May 2021

Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retreat
28 - 30 May 2021

Making Friends with Death, with Di Johnston & Chani Grieve
4 – 6 June 2021

The Mindful Teacher Weekend with Jaime Howell
18 - 24 June 2021

Touching the Earth - Shambhala Warrior Training
7 – 13 July 2021

Saraswati & Athena: Goddesses of Wisdom Retreat with Mira Riddiford
16 - 20 July 2021

Transforming our Emotions – Relating Compassionately in the World
23 - 25 July 2021

Where The Mind Goes, The Winds Gather with Gaye Rowley
20 - 24 August 2021

Chenrezig Meditation Retreat with Mark Schrader
15 - 19 September 2021

Sanctuary in Uncertainty with Jeremy Logan & Kanya Stewart
20 – 27 November 2021

Foundations of Samadhi: Düntün (Seven-day) Retreat with Jakob Leschly
28 December 2021 – 4 January 2022

Garden of Mindfulness Family Retreat: Star Wars & Lucid Dreaming

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The beautiful walk back to the main hall. Often sy

The beautiful walk back to the main hall. Often syrupy slow.

# Photo Chani

Looking back on February <smile> <heart> # Photo

Looking back on February <smile> <heart>

# Photo Credits

Shelley Szybowski
Sarju Sooch
Sarah Baldwin
Chani Grieve
Iain Verigin

A big *Thank You* to the log splitters # Photo Ch

A big *Thank You* to the log splitters

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The Mindful Teacher Weekend with Jaime Howell Jun

The Mindful Teacher Weekend with Jaime Howell
Jun 4 @ 4:00 pm – Jun 6 @ 2:30 pm

**An introduction to the effortless practise of open hearted mindfulness for educators with Jaime Howell**

4th-6th June
Arriving time at Wangapeka 4pm, soup and check in meeting at 6pm
Departure 2:30pm

# The aspiration:

This weekend offers teachers a nourishing chance to pause and re-connect to the source of calm and creativity. We spend time exploring mindfulness in all postures building a bridge between personal and professional life. You will get time to yourself and build connections with Open Minded teachers. You will learn how to shift awareness from thinking towards the richness of being. This is a training that embodies simplicity, openness, connection, clarity and caring.

The retreat is fully catered, it includes; accommodation, nourishing wholesome foods, resources and teaching.

Numerous teachers over the last eight years have been funded to attend this retreat with the aspiration to bring mindfulness into their classrooms. The mind science research is irrefutable, mindfulness helps children and adults build neural pathways of calm, clarity and creativity.

#Words from a Teacher

>“As a busy teacher, I really valued the opportunity to go on retreat. It gave me a chance to slow down and settle, and to work on deepening my meditation practice. This has helped to reduce stress and improve my family life. It has also been valuable at school, where I have introduced the practice in my classes, and lead a group of teachers who meet to sit together once a week supporting each other in our practice. I am very grateful for the opportunity to go on retreat, it has had a positive and profound impact on me, which is being passed on to others.”

Tim Wright, Social Science Teacher Waimea College.

# About Jaime

>“For over a decade I taught in both secondary and primary settings as a Health teacher. I know something about the burn out and the beauty of teaching. I am passionate to create supportive cultures of mindful awareness with children, teachers, parents and families. We engage the whole body in nature using deep play, mindful movements and joy.”

Wish I were there right now! # Photo Chani

Wish I were there right now!

# Photo Chani

**Experiencing the Moon** �by Sarah Baldwin N

**Experiencing the Moon**

�by Sarah Baldwin

New moon. Arriving. New faces and dear friends. Settling, softening, curious, held. Footsteps on pine needles, generously supportive, familiar ground.

Waxing moon. Wild weather, within and without. Pain, resistance, perseverance, diligence, allowing the support and kindness to self. Breakthrough. Sweet and whole. The shimmering colours of rainbows, a heart shaped leaf on the path and the soft pink of dusk cradling a blossoming moon.

Full moon. A rebirth back out into the world. Another ending that gives way to a beginning. Feet feel firmly on the ground, guided by heart. A new flavour of fullness. The path continues to unfold.....

# Photo Sarah Baldwin

Wangapeka Books — Changes and a Lasting Legacy

Wangapeka Books — Changes and a Lasting Legacy

It is with great appreciation that we honour the immense and pioneering work of Tarchin Hearn, Mary Jenkins and all who have been involved in Wangapeka Books.

We recently received a beautiful letter marking the end of Tarchin and Mary’s involvement with Wangapeka Books and invite you to read it. It speaks of generosity, they offer donations and plant seeds for further publishing with “Immeasurable Publishing” (Jaime Howell and Julianna Griese) and the “Wangapeka Educational Trust”. The letter describes their journey from the first booklet in the 80s to today. They talk about the myriad of skills and generosity required to make a book and the Dharma fruit that grows and ripens with each book.

I received my first copy of “Growth and Unfolding” by Tarchin Hearn, from my mother in 1988, and a hunger took hold of my heart. I suddenly felt my life come into focus and soon attended my first retreat at Wangapeka, and with Tarchin.

Recently the Wangapeka Webmaster, Iain Verigin, has been inspired to develop Kindle versions of titles from Wangapeka Books. For some time now Graham Sandlant has been the point of sale for book orders and will continue in this role.

We intend to continue exploring how Wangapeka Books may flow on from here. Please feel welcome to get in touch and watch Newsphere for more details in the future.

The Wangapeka Educational Trust community bows deeply to Tarchin, to Mary and to the dedicated Sangha who have offered clear minds, hands and hearts to bring Wangapeka Books into being. Svaha!

With Appreciation

Kath Mitchell (On behalf of the Board of Trustees)

full article here - https://wangapeka.org/wangapeka-books-changes-and-a-lasting-legacy/

The last month in pictures.

The last month in pictures.

We are delighted to welcome Hadleigh and Malu onto

We are delighted to welcome Hadleigh and Malu onto the Wangapeka land as our new Caretakers. They have hit the ground running, starting their time with Tarchin's 2-week retreat, which included navigating a change in Covid Levels in the middle of it. Malu has stepped into the Centre Caretaker role, which includes the no-small-task of managing our kitchen operations and keeping us compliant with the required regulations there. Hadleigh is in the role of Land Caretaker, with all that that entails. They are a wonderful team who support each other to ensure the smooth operations at the Centre. We wish them a richly rewarding time living at Wangapeka.

**Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retrea

**Harp Meditation and Intuitive Development Retreat**

May 21 @ 6:00 pm – May 24 @ 3:00 pm

*A blissful, nurturing, heart opening and fun three day retreat with live harp music and deepening exercises to strengthen your relationship with your authentic self.*

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.

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, and 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 21 May
Finishes at 3 pm on Monday 24 May

# Enquiries and registration

To register, please contact Annemieke on 021-213-9446 or at harpandhealing@gmail.com

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