Welcome
WE HOLD group retreats, workshops, professional development trainings…
FOR PEOPLE to experience body-mind education, creative expression, spiritual exploration & renewal.
A SUPPORTIVE SPACE of beauty, inspiration and simplicity.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Mana is a Sanctuary nestled in the heart of the bush-covered hills of the Coromandel Ranges.
It is a registered charitable trust, established in 1988 for the exploration and awakening of consciousness, the unfolding of our creative and healing potential and the realisation of our essential unity.
Current News
All Natural Homemade Balm to Soothe Dry Cracked Lips
We absolutely adore some of the amazing DIY recipes from HumbleebeeandMe, Marie has a flair for writing and a great sense of taste when it comes to luxurious homemade skin care products. This recipe caught our eye as the colder months of winter set in and the combination of dry weather and indoor heating takes its toll on tender lips. […]
Taking Time Out: Finding Your Practice
My Dance and Art practices are breath to me. Enlivening and enriching, they provide wild exciting sustenance for my experience of being alive. […]
Thich Nhat Hanh: The Art of Letting Go
Love More, Not Less Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zend Buddhist master, has some intertesting advice about what it means to truly let go. Many people mistage detachment or non-clining to be a form of aloofness, or emotional disconnect from others, but as Hanh explains, truly letting go often means loving someone more than you have ever loved them before. […]