‘Radiant Being’
Spring Silent Meditation Retreat
Labour Weekend: 24-29th October, 2024
Te Moata Retreat Centre – Tairua, Coromandel with Sarah Morley, Oliver Ferry & Lana Bright
Take this time for you. Leave the familiar for a while. Let this be an opportunity to tune in & open up to calmness, vitality & inspiration. These already flow deep within, but they are often unseen, unheard and unfelt by a heavy mind & restless heart. Sarah, Lana & Oliver are delighted to be your teachers.
Come and practice, rest & rejuvenate. Be guided in meditation, yoga, pranayama and mantra and learn simple practices to engage with ease and openness. Find and follow your own rhythm & bliss. Explore traditional and current practices, woven together with lovingkindness. Strengthen positive states in the mind and body and encourage deeper reservoirs of lightness as a natural way of being. These practices soften and settle us and return us to greater vitality. Enter silence and tune into your innate peacefulness, wisdom & lightness of being. And let the languid breaks each afternoon be your special time to move, to be still, to play at the ocean (6 kms away). Te Moata is nestled in 344 hectares of natural beauty and lit by solar power. It is lush with sacred sites, streams & trails to commune with.
Regardless of your previous experiences, this retreat will offer many opportunities to be present, feel rested & rejuvenated, within the sanctuary of Te Moata.
Day One Thursday 24th October, 2024:
We begin in the afternoon at 5pm, orientating & connecting. After our evening meal together, we start setting intentions & journey into silence.
Our Sample Daily Schedule from Friday 25th to Monday 28th :
- 7.30-9am: Morning Practices: Meditative Slow Flow, Pranayama Breathwork, Meditation, Mantra
- 9am – 9.45am: Breakfast
- 9.45 – 10.30am: Karma Yoga
- 10.45am – 1pm: Inspiration + Exploration + Experimentation : Traditional and Modern Practices thatwe have learnt and developed, which support us to feel awake, open and at peace e.g. Mindfulness +Insight Methods, Meditation, Mantra, Pranayama Breathwork, ‘Forest Bathing’.
- 1pm: Lunch + Break: Let the beauty & nature in and around Te Moata bring you home to yournatural self – walks & rejuvenation on trails, cold plunges in streams; rest, voyage into the ocean forrefreshment.
- 4.30 – 6pm: Embedding, remembering and returning to refreshing and nourishing practices.
- 6pm : Dinner
- 7pm – 9pm: Evening practices for calmness & resonating aliveness. Deepening inquiry & reflection.
We finish on Tuesday:
On our final morning, after an hour’s practice & a light breakfast, we journey out of silence together. Welcoming in what’s here now, connecting and orientating to insights & wisdom. We consider ideas for sustaining ourselves in practices that invite us to be calm, clear, compassionate & awake. We enjoy a light lunch together by 11.30am and then share farewells.
On this retreat you can expect to:
- establish and stabilise some foundational meditation practices & anchors, that support settling, arriving & opening more easily to what is – anywhere and anytime;
- receive clarity about meditation & well-being concepts, so that you can begin to explore these for yourself;
- feel inspired to practice & learn;
- feel rested & also wakeful;
- experience insights;recognise the benefits of breath practices; have simple ways to take these retreat practices & ideas into your life, for your greater well-being.
*This experiential retreat is open to anyone who is inspired to come and enjoy a silent retreat.
You don’t have to come to everything we are offering – find your own rhythm and help yourself to what’s really good for you.** This experience also directly supports the professional development of yoga and meditation teachers. As such it is registered with Yoga Alliance and meets the equivalent of 35 Continuing Education contact hours.
***This retreat is also an entry point into Space Studio’s 100 hour Meditation Training Programme.
If you are curious to find out more about this retreat, please contact us info@spaceyoga.nz
Te Moata Retreat, The Coromandel – Tuition, Meals, Accommodation: 24-29th October, 2024
TBC. The pricing for meals & accommodation has not yet been set.
There will be 3 nutritious vegetarian meals each day. Teas will also be available throughout the day. Special dietary needs can be catered for at a small additional price.
There are many accommodation options, ranging from self-contained with an ensuite through to an individual cubicled bed, in a bunkroom with others. As such the pricing will vary.
Early Bird Pricings range for accommodation & meals is tbc.
Tuition : Sarah, Lana & Oliver are offering their teaching on this retreat in the spirit of koha / dana. This is an ancient & traditional practice of generosity & sharing what we have from the heart. At
the end of the retreat students can choose to also offer a sum of generosity, that feels good for them.
An early bird Registration deposit of $95 secures your space. Spaces are limited.
‘Out beyond right & wrong, beyond appearances, beyond expectations,
is a field of radiant being –
we’ll meet you there.’
Inspired by Rumi
Bios for your Teachers
Lana Bright
Teacher, Owner, Director at Space Studio
‘For 30 years I have been immersed in teaching, coaching & mentoring. The underlying purpose has always been to invite others to meet life’s opportunities & challenges with greater ease, openness & wisdom: This speaks to the heart of meditation & well-being.
I have a formal teaching degree and a wide range of accreditations in meditation, well-being & yogic traditions. I teach & practise mindful yoga & meditation in S p a c e Studio and this is my bliss. I also love to guide retreats, trainings & offer workshops in New Zealand & Australia. I’ve been deeply inspired by many remarkable teachers and I’ve studied & retreated extensively across the world with them: Dr Rick Hanson, Bhikkhu Analayo, Dr Deepak Chopra, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Sarah Powers.’
‘How can we be here fully & more lightly?’
Sarah Morley
Teacher & Manager Space Studio
‘I was born in Canada and that’s where I began my journey into yoga & meditation. Since 2013 I have been a full time yoga teacher. What I love is to infuse a balance of meditation & asana, philosophy & inquiry into each offering I curate. Continuing to expand my knowledge & deepen my practices is essential and I’m currently absorbed in a year long meditation programme with Christina Feldman & Dr Christoph Kock.
Daily meditation and hiking are forms of celebrating life for me. When I am not teaching & practising, you can find me walking trails, reading non-fiction, enjoying matcha or eating everything that Queen Sally’s Diamond Deli offers in Lyall Bay, Wellington.’
‘I’m curious about what brings you alive. What’s too important to ignore?’
Oliver Ferry
Teacher & Owner at Space Studio
‘Meditation & yoga are integral to my well-being. I began meditating when I was a teenager and this involved mantra meditation. Over the decades I have included other mindfulness meditation practices & I’ve a particular fondness for walking meditation; In nature it is a precious way to connect to our earth.
Retreats have always been a tonic for me: they are like taking a strengthened dose of support and infusing that more deeply into my life. A retreat offers us depth, that extends beyond normal awareness into heightened presence, wisdom & compassion. I have spent invaluable time on silent retreats with many wise teachers: I’m especially grateful to Ty & Sarah Powers & Dr Rick Hanson. Like Sarah Morley, I’m currently absorbed in a year long meditation programme with Christina Feldman.’
‘Lovingkindness is what inspires me to learn & grow.’
