Events

Luminous Presence, A Path of Bare Bones Awakening with Tarchin Hearn

A 16-day residential retreat with Tarchin Hearn Fri 28 March (5pm) – Sun 13 April (2pm) SPACES ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS RETREAT Tarchin has written: “There are no tricks, no shortcuts, 
no quick paths for realising a life of awakening. In some blessed way, we 
 gather all the resources of our life; 
 gradually learning the art of mingling ...

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28 Mar - 13 Apr

5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Celebration of Wangapeka’s 50th Anniversary with Tarchin, Mary, Bonni and Matthew

Celebration of Wangapeka’s 50th Anniversary with Tarchin, Mary, Bonni and Matthew 18 – 21 April 2025 Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua. ‘I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past’.  In 1975, a bunch of inspired, determined, energetic young people known as the Sphere Group paid a deposit for the purchase of a large barren patch ...

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18 - 21 Apr

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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The Human Imperative: longing to be free from suffering, and established in happiness, with Bonni Ross

THE HUMAN IMPERATIVE: longing to be free from suffering, and established in happiness BONNI ROSS with Matthew Eades, Jane Hobday and Graham Sandlant This silent retreat is an opportunity for both beginners and experienced meditators to receive instruction in the Buddha’s fundamental Samatha/Vipassana method and to practice, as is traditional, in community. This profound, integrated meditation process, when undertaken skilfully, ...

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25 Apr - 23 May

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Awakening Intimacy with Ross Inness-McLeish and Camila Nieuwlands

Friday 30th May  to Tuesday 3rd June 2025   You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile ...

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30 May - 03 Jun

5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Touching the Earth at Solstice with Jaime Howell

Touching the Earth at Solstice with Jaime Howell and Team Thursday 19th to Wednesday 25th June 2025 “The most important thing for true societal change is that we have educational systems to help people ecologically awaken. When we have a large enough percentage everything will shift and we will start to embrace the world as all relatives.” Bill Plotkin Touching ...

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19 - 25 Jun

5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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The Great Mother Goddess Retreat with Mira Riddiford

Before the agricultural age, it was The Great Mother Goddess who was revered, honoured and adored. Loved, She was of the earth, weighty, and within. All were from her, of her and never parted. No gender was considered lesser, but all was of Her. To be honoured, safely, as well. In this realm, there was attunement to the sound of ...

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04 - 11 Jul

All Day

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