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    • Wangapeka Elders
    • Making a Bequest to the Wangapeka in your Will
    • Giving
    • Enjoy a Healthy Tax Rebate When you Donate to the Wangapeka
    • Mission
    • View
    • Meanings of the Word Wangapeka by Tarchin Hearn
    • About the Facilities
    • Retreat Huts
    • Solo Retreats
    • Newsphere
  • Programme
    • Calendar
    • YAR: Embracing Life – A toolkit for living with Wisdom and Compassion
    • Garden of Mindfulness Family Retreat: Star Wars & Lucid Dreaming
    • Beginning Again! An Introductory Meditation Retreat
    • I Can’t Breathe. Taking Refuge in the Reality of Now with Bonni Ross
    • Breathing Meditation Sits Nelson
  • Teachers
    • Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
      • Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
    • Tarchin Hearn
      • Tarchin Hearn’s Teaching Schedule
    • Bonni Ross
    • Lama Mark Webber
    • Chimé Shore
    • Keith Rowan
    • Leander Kane
    • Jangchub Reid
    • Mark Schrader
    • Mira Riddiford
      • A two week travel retreat in Western Australia with Mira Riddiford
      • An article on why I devoted ten years to doing communications
    • Jaime Howell
    • Jonathan Chambers
    • In Memoriam
  • Teachings
    • 2020 A Year of Clear Vision website
    • Tarchin Teachings
    • Bonni Ross Teachings
    • The Helpful Hand by Terry Hagan
    • Mindfulness of Breathing by Lama Mark Webber
    • History of Ven Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
    • Developing Jhana by Ven. Sonam Senge
      • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 1 by Ven. Sonam Senge
      • The Evolution of Consciousness Part 2 by Ven. Sonam Senge
    • Lama Catherine Rathbun Teachings
    • Universal Salvation by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
      • Commentary on the Heart Sutta by Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche
    • Namgyal Legacy
    • Wangapeka Books
    • To Be Happy by Doug Duncan Sensei
    • An interview with Cecilie Kwiat
      • Why Love? By Cecilie Kwiat
    • Araham Meditation by Lama Karma Chimé Shore
      • Chime Shore: The Four Noble Truths
      • Translation of Dhamma Words
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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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