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August 2024

Dowsing And The Direct Path, with Tony Shuttleworth

Friday, August 2nd (5pm) to Sunday, August 4th (3pm), 2024 A compassionate and non-dual approach to living now “Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts” Namkhai Norbu Often our relationship to the environment is overlooked in our search for health, wellbeing and healing. And whilst the natural world supports and nurtures life through its ...
02 - 04 Aug
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Chenrezig Meditation Retreat with Mark Schrader (2024)

Friday 16 August (5pm) to Friday 23 August (2pm) Weekend only option – please enquire This is an experiential meditation course that focuses on developing compassion for oneself and others. Both beginners and those wishing to deepen their meditation practice are welcome to attend. Each day there will be instructions and specific explorations connected to the Chenrezig practice including sessions ...
16 - 23 Aug
5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Simply Taking Refuge at Wangapeka with John Massey

Friday 30th August 6pm – Sunday 1st September 2pm It’s really quite simple; in the beginning you take refuge and in the end you take refuge. Wangapeka, this emergent ecosystem, this sanctuary for humans and creatures is essentially a place of refuge for all beings. Though we have to manage the places and the land where we live, we can ...
30 Aug - 01 Sep
6:00 pm - 2:00 pm
September 2024

Beginning Now (2024) with Kath Mitchell, Mark Schrader and Chani Grieve

An Introductory Meditation Retreat with Kath Mitchell, Mark Schrader and Chani Grieve Friday 6 September (5pm) to Thursday 12 September 2024 (2pm) Where do I start?
 I’ve never done a retreat before.
 There is so much going on in the world. How can meditation really help me and others? 
I wish my busy mind could be quieter and calmer.
 Silent ...
06 - 12 Sep
5:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Awareness is Love with Jeremy Logan and Roger Wilde

Insight Meditation Retreat at Wangapeka Retreat Centre 17 – 22 September, 2024   Across the universe there is only giving and receiving. All we have to offer, and all that is required, is our kind attention – a form of love. On this retreat you will investigate the simplicity of this unfolding moment. Guided by the ancient, reliable Dharma teachings ...
17 - 22 Sep
All Day
October 2024
November 2024

Foundations of Samadhi: Düntün (Seven-day) Retreat with Jakob Leschly (2024)

Friday November 1st – Friday November 8th, 2024. This retreat is held under the auspices of Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche with Jakob Leschly as his resident instructor. “Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future, to always remain in the present. However, our mind is so empowered and controlled by habit all ...
01 - 08 Nov
5:00 pm - 11:00 am

Earth Body Human Body with Chani Grieve

Friday 22nd – Monday 25th November 2024   “You need go no further than your own body to understand the Universe.”  – Namgyal Rinpoche Weaving together movement, meditation, art and science, in this retreat we will enter the studio/laboratory of our own human experience. We will observe, contemplate, explore, play, and come to understand some of the patterns that shape ...
22 - 25 Nov
5:00 pm - 3:00 pm
December 2024

Garden of Mindfulness Family Retreat 2024

Journey through the mindfulness looking glass with us! Nurture the wild creative within and enhance your and your family’s wellbeing through play and nature exploration. A morning class will give the adults time to learn and practice a range of contemplations based on the above themes, while the children enjoy fun activities with our children’s coordinator. In the afternoon families will ...
28 Dec
All Day
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Welcome to the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. People visit from all over the world to meditate and enjoy the peace of this remarkable destination. The Wangapeka is a purpose built retreat centre, with fresh clean air and beautiful vistas. It is very quiet and ideal for respite, stress relief and deep meditation. We have a meditation hall, solo retreat huts, a main hall for dining and community, and a fully catered kitchen and an onsite vegetable garden.

The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Meditation Centre is a Universalist centre home to a wide range of teachings, paths, and studies. Retreats are held on Mindfulness, Vipassana, Insight, Heart based practices, Loving Kindness, Calm-abiding, Metta, Compassion, Conscious Movement, Nature, Forest Walks, Yoga, Dance, Feldenkrais, Wellness, Wellbeing, Archetypal Integration, Western Mysticism, Non-Duality, Zen, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings with Empowerments and Sadhana Practice.

We are located in the foothills of the Southern Alps overlooking the Wangapeka River, about an hour and a half drive SW of Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.

We have meditation retreats throughout the year, have huts available for solo retreats, and welcome bookings from external groups. There are also opportunities available to work on our land. Come and enjoy this uniquely vibrant and peaceful centre.

355 Wangapeka River Rd
R.D.2. Wakefield 7096
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 522 4221
wangapekacentre@gmail.com

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