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SUMMARY:Garden of Mindfulness Retreat: Gathering Our Gifts – FULL
DESCRIPTION:Garden of Mindfulness Retreat: Gathering Our Gifts\n28 Dec 2025 – 3 Jan 2026\n \nThis family retreat is now FULLY BOOKED. If you would like to be placed on the Waiting List please contact the team at gom.curious@gmail.com\nJoin us for the midsummer family gathering at the beloved Wangapeka Study & Retreat Centre.\nOpen to all ages, stages, and whanau constellations, Garden of Mindfulness is an annual retreat that offers a unique opportunity to gather in community to explore, rest, practice, and create. This year’s theme is ‘Gathering Our Gifts’, and we invite participants into a collaborative space where skills, passions, and creative expressions can be shared and offered.\nThis year we will be trialing something a bit different to the usual retreats on offer at Wangapeka. We are hoping to shift the energy slightly from a retreat space to a time of gathering in community together over the New Year, sharing and co-creating the event as it goes, with space for meditation, reflective practice and play.\nMeditation teachers Kath Mitchell and Mark Schrader are living onsite, and meditation sessions will be offered in the morning and evening. Activities and adventures for kids and adults alike will be organised each day, including games, arts & crafts, wandering, wondering, feasting, and lolling in the sun beside the majestic Wangapeka river.\nThis gathering will run for six days, from Sunday to Saturday. The option for a shorter stay is possible, from the 30th to the 2nd – please contact the Course Manager if you would like to do this: gom.curious@gmail.com . Registration is required by December 1.\nWe very much welcome others to bring their gifts and offer something as part of this gathering. Please let us know if there is something you would like to offer.\n\nThe event will be organised by a team of five: Ross, Ronnie, Malu, Hadleigh, and Georgia.\nCosts\nCosts for the full 6 days of Garden of Mindfulness are below. This includes food, accommodation, and a resource fee for arts and crafts materials:\nMembers of Wangapeka\nAdults in units at $94 per day = $564\nAdults camping at $73 per day = $438\nNon Members of Wangapeka\nAdults in units $104 per day = $624\nAdults camping at $76 per day = $456\nChildren 5-13 yrs\nIn a unit at $30 per day = $180\nCamping at $27 per day = $162\nChildren under 5 are free\nInformation and Registration\nFor enquiries please contact the team at gom.curious@gmail.com\nPlease do not register at this time because the retreat is fully booked, but contact the team to be placed on the Waiting list. Thank you.\nRegister now\nPayment\nAfter you have Registered for the retreat, please pay a deposit of $100 to secure your place.\nPlease pay using internet banking. The bank account number is: 03-0703-0156597-003. Note the 003 suffix!\nMake sure to include your name and the retreat name in the payment details.\nPayment information is also included on the Registration Form. Thank you for your patience. We are working on improving this payment system to make it easier to use.\nPlease consider becoming a Wangapeka member – click here for details.\n
URL:https://wangapeka.org/events/garden-of-mindfulness-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Mindfulness,Retreats
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