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Easter Coming Home To Yourself Retreat
March 29 @ 4:00 pm - April 1 @ 2:00 pm
$485.00 – $785.00
Stop the Clock
Are you feeling stuck, empty or disconnected? Are you moving through life on auto-pilot getting things done but missing the magic moments along the way? Are you ready to stop the clock, take a deep breath and find your inner peace?
Time to ExploreÂ
Imagine having 3 days and an abundance of resources to help you explore some of the deeper questions driving your life. Explore what you really want, what is holding you back, what makes you feel alive and what you are ready to let go of. Dare to know yourself.
Time to Replenish
Let go of your list of things-to-do, and need to care for any one other than yourself. This is a long weekend for serious self love and self care. Reclaim a sense of wholeness and freedom as you tune into your quiet inner landscape and restore balance to your mind, body and soul.
Coming Home to Yourself Retreat with the Mana Team
Coming Home is about coming home to yourself, meeting yourself just as you are, with kindness, stepping into love, exhaling, and resting. This retreat allows you, to step out of the complexity of life, the engagement, the distraction and to listen deeply to your body, mind, and spirit. With spaciousness and companionship, we encourage you to delve deeper, to meet your resistances with curiosity, love, and tenderness – to journey deeply with your perfectly imperfect self. This organic, home-grown retreat is hosted and held by the team here at Mana. We provide a caring environment and a daily schedule with resources for self-exploration. Our team will lead a series of soulful sessions to encourage you to deepen your own personal practice or try something new. From conscious movement to sound healing, days in silence to shared community discussions, there will be a range of inspiration for you to integrate into your own Coming Home journey.
A stunning, beautifully nourished environment, thanks to all the hard work of those that tended to the land, food, and practices that created such a safe, nurturing, healing space for me to be free to attend to myself. The facilitators were wise and present and really supported connection.
A trip to a heaven on earth that I did not know existed. Nurtured by the land, the practices, the food and the staff. I leave knowing I can return when I need to. Kauri, Kereru, Kaka, birdsong, and magnificent practice areas and Sanctuary. Was just what I needed.
Introducing
The Teaching Team
Hedwig Bakker grew up in the Netherlands, was trained as a teacher physical education and worked as an outdoor instructor for 15 years until she left the Netherlands in 2000. Initially she travelled overseas, then lived in India and Nepal for nine years where she engaged in Buddhist teachings & retreats and several charity project’s. Hedwig has been practicingÂ
meditation for over two decades and has been leading meditation classes, courses and retreats since 2004. She is also a certified Holden Qi Gong teacher and leads all kinds of Qi Gong events. These many years of personal practice and leading retreats & courses have resulted in a richness of experience and a genuine joy in sharing and guiding others in meditation & movement practice. Hedwig’s courses & amp; classes are universal and suitable for people from all walks of life. Her approach is joyful, gentle, practical, and with a sense of lightness and humor.
Amrit Saraswati
 is a dedicated student and teacher of yoga and meditation. She completed her first yoga teacher training in 2012 and has been learning, deepening and sharing traditional yoga practices in various retreat centres around New Zealand for the last decade. She teaches with compassion, authenticity and humility. Her calm and concise teaching allows people to go deep within themselves and have their own unique experience.
Guidelines
Payment is required in full at the time of booking, by credit or debit card, or direct bank transfer using our secure POLi payment gateway.
We draw special attention to two of our guidelines before registration: Mana provides lacto-ovo vegetarian food only, this means no fish or chicken and is an alcohol and drug free environment.
Mana caters for Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Vegan.
Cancellation Policy
This group requires a minimum number of participants to go ahead, if that number is not reached we reserve the right to cancel the event.
Should you, for any reason, decide to cancel your registration; please note our cancellation policy :
- A $50 administrative fee is applied to all cancellations.
- A Tuition cancellation fee may apply in certain circumstances.
- These policies are reassessed in certain circumstances.