Easter Coming Home to Yourself Retreat with The Mana Team
April 18, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - April 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
$485.00 – $785.00
Time to Pause
Are you ready to stop the clock, pause, take a deep breath and find your inner peace?
Time to ExploreÂ
Do you want to explore and experience various mindfulness practices and try something new?
Time to Replenish
Let go of your list of things-to-do, 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, pausing, exhaling, and resting. 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 a variety of sessions available for all levels of experience from gentle yoga, conscious dance movement to sound healing, encouraging you to deepen your own personal practice or try something new.
Mana is the most beautiful tranquil place to visit that allows you to step away from life for a bit. The staff are so warm & welcoming, the food so nourishing & delicious! Thank you so so much for sharing it with so many of us. I’ve been a number of times now & will continue to return!
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 beautiful, transformational and restful weekend spent at mana. The food, people and schedule were all so great, thank you!
What is included?
- Three nights accommodation.
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner – wholesome vegetarian cuisine.
- A daily schedule to restore balance to your mind, body and soul.
(please note massage appointments are an additional charge and require booking in advance).
Introducing
The Teaching Team
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.
Hedwig Bakker
Hedwig 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 projects. Hedwig has been practicing 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 & 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 humour.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 prior to 72 hours before event.
- A $100 administrative fee is applied to all cancellations within 72 hours of event.
- A Tuition cancellation fee may apply in certain circumstances.
- These policies are reassessed in certain circumstances.