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

01 - 08 July

The Star Tarot: Goddesses of the Heart Retreat with Mira Riddiford

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22 - 24 July

Time Out For Practice In Community

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26 - 28 August

Exploring Kaitiakitanga of the Whenua o Wangapeka

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14 - 18 September

Sanctuary in Uncertainty with Jeremy Logan & Kanya Stewart – FULL

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09 - 17 November

ReWild – Wilderness Meditation Retreat

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20 - 27 November

Foundations of Samadhi: Düntün (Seven-day) Retreat with Jakob Leschly

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28 December - 04 January

Garden of Mindfulness Family Retreat 2022

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**Landing at the Wangapeka** **Jacinta Nowland**

**Landing at the Wangapeka**

**Jacinta Nowland**

It is a wondrous blessing to have arrived here in this wonderful and curious valley of bracken, or learning corner, known as the Wangapeka. I am very grateful for the guidance and teachings in Dharma practice and the opportunity to practice in a peaceful, calm environment of dedicated practitioners visiting, the deep beautiful resonant sound of the bell, and the magnificent views as I walk along the paths and the road.

And also for the need to maintain and to clear the paths and the road so that it doesn't wash away in the rain (or a number of things don't go awry). Various tools have been shown so that I may explore and learn what skilful means means, in supporting the Dharma centre, physically and spiritually. Weed whackers, shovels, rakes, a tractor, and the gradual path of the Sattipattana Sutta, and morning and evening meditations at the Whare, gradually help clear the terrain and make clearer what is what and what needs to be let go of and what can be done.

Sarva Mangalam

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TOUCHING THE EARTH **Solstice Deep Ecology, Open

TOUCHING THE EARTH

**Solstice Deep Ecology, Open Floor Meditation Retreat
18 – 24 June 2022**

With Jaime Howell, Ming Janssen, and Chrystal Rogers

*“The key to reclaiming our original wholeness is not to suppress psychological symptoms, to merely recover from addictions and trauma, or to simply manage stress but rather to fully embody our multifaceted wild minds, commit ourselves to the largest, soul-aligned story we’re capable of living, and serve the greater Earth community.”* The retreat is inspired by the work of Bill Plotkin.

A retreat to deepen into the work of what Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning, “A shift from the Industrial Growth Society to a life-sustaining civilization”.

Now is a time to cultivate refuge in our belonging to this living earth, growing skills and resources for self care woven together in the heart basket of community that includes the more than human world.

Touching the Earth is a practise that will guide people into the empowered heart of inter-being, it is a teaching for these times. Using the arts of luminous meditation, word and movement we will honour the pain and turn struggles into generous creative acts.

More Information:
https://wangapeka.org/event/touching-the-earth-an-invitation-into-wholeness/

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

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Introducing PINTO 🐾🖤 Pinto first started ap

Introducing PINTO 🐾🖤

Pinto first started appearing on the margins of the Wangapeka last winter; a shadowy, fleeting presence reported by some lucky retreatants, more myth than material. Slowly, he started spending more and more time nearer the humans, meowing outside Bellbird in the night but vanishing when the sun rose.

Over a number of months, we slowly began to befriend Pinto, who we discovered was very thin and desperate for food. He would wolf down anything we offered but would not let us touch him. With persistence, he got more and more comfortable, and eventually began to let us pat and stroke him.

Very quickly after that, he decided to become fully domestic, and we discovered a cat with an insatiable desire for play, cuddles, love, and of course food. He didn't even put up a fuss when we took him to the vet to be dewormed, deflead, vaxxed, chipped, and neutered!

Unfortunately, the Wangapeka does not need a third cat, and Rastus and Norman are unwilling to accept a new presence in their house. Hence, Pinto is looking for a new home.

Do YOU know anyone who might want to adopt a lovely young cat? Pinto is a charming, spirited cat with a mercurial nature. He is about 95% tame, meaning he still does little 'fake' bites and scratches when playful, but these do not hurt and are signs of affection. Other than that he is extremely cuddly and loves to play with toys. We think he is suited to a home that doesn't have other cats.

Please get in touch quickly if you are interested - we are hoping to have this sorted before we leave on Tuesday 12th.

Best
Hadleigh and Malu

Upcoming Events, April 4, 2022 -- We have two more

Upcoming Events, April 4, 2022 -- We have two more retreats in April. Juliana Griese and Nicky Woodward's *Breath and Savor*, and then Bonni Ross and dharmasphere collective's *Satipatthana*.

Farewell Pizza Party for Hadleigh and Malu. Sunda

Farewell Pizza Party for Hadleigh and Malu. Sunday April 10th.

Submissions for leading retreats at Wangapeka in 2

Submissions for leading retreats at Wangapeka in 2023

The blue light photo: Lisa Cowen #Stargroup, #me

The blue light

photo: Lisa Cowen

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The view from Bellbird yesterday morning 🌿

The view from Bellbird yesterday morning 🌿

Adopt now! https://www.facebook.com/1464028187645

Adopt now!

https://www.facebook.com/146402818764599/posts/7230245703713573/

Insect spotted during YAR 2021; a reminder of *all

Insect spotted during YAR 2021; a reminder of *all* the life that lives at Wangapeka Centre.

Photo - Terra Dumont.

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