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September 2021
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Life Before Birth. A Virtual Experience of How Womb Shapes Us with Bonni Ross
September 12th - October 24th ONLINE COURSE Six Recorded Classes, with an App-based Feedback Loop. This is a pilot project offered with the support of the Wangapeka BOT and its Program Committee. |
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The period from conception to emergence, Namgyal Rinpoche declared, creates a matrix of patterning within which our lives unfold. The basis for physical and mental health, sexuality and our views on everything from philosophy to food are seeded in the womb.
These experiences do not happen to “you,” because “you” as a separate, self-aware being developed gradually after birth. It is relatively easy to contact events that we remember. But what about the blind spots? How do you meet with conditioning that happened before there was a self-reflecting ego?
For more information and to register ... Life Before Birth
These experiences do not happen to “you,” because “you” as a separate, self-aware being developed gradually after birth. It is relatively easy to contact events that we remember. But what about the blind spots? How do you meet with conditioning that happened before there was a self-reflecting ego?
For more information and to register ... Life Before Birth
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Don't Just Do Something ... Sit There 2021
with Jonathan Chambers and Chris Petzold September 24th - 26th At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre Want to learn to meditate? Perhaps you have tried and need some more skills and extra encouragement? |
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Or possibly, you already meditate and wish to develop your practice and drop into a full weekend of meditation.
If so, then this weekend retreat will support you in exploring this.
The weekend will be predominantly silent and offers you the opportunity to learn, strengthen and enliven your individual practice of breathing meditation.
Alongside this there will be opportunities for sharing and questions as well as time for individual practice; including space to enjoy just ‘being’ at the Wangapeka Centre – a very beautiful environment.
For more information and to register ... Don't Just Do Something
If so, then this weekend retreat will support you in exploring this.
The weekend will be predominantly silent and offers you the opportunity to learn, strengthen and enliven your individual practice of breathing meditation.
Alongside this there will be opportunities for sharing and questions as well as time for individual practice; including space to enjoy just ‘being’ at the Wangapeka Centre – a very beautiful environment.
For more information and to register ... Don't Just Do Something
October 2021
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Natural Loving-Kindness — Already Here, with Kath Mitchell
October 15th - 17th At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre |
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Kindness is the deep foundation of who we are – a natural source of goodness, already present within our hearts.
This weekend offers supportive circumstances to invite healing, confidence and connection with our natural goodness; to restore our ability to rest in a natural loving presence, and to meet our difficulties with love and deeper understanding.
For more information and to register .... Natural Loving-Kindness
This weekend offers supportive circumstances to invite healing, confidence and connection with our natural goodness; to restore our ability to rest in a natural loving presence, and to meet our difficulties with love and deeper understanding.
For more information and to register .... Natural Loving-Kindness
December 2021
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Time Out for Peace, a Meditation for Humans who want to Change the World with Bonni Ross
December 3rd - 10th At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre |
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We begin by pacifying ourselves by putting out the fires of conflict in our conditioned perception. We continue this healing through an exploration of harmony and beauty in the natural world, in ourselves and others, and in our concepts and thoughts.
Based on Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche’s Meditation on Peace, supported by universal principles of the path of liberation, the energy of the land, creative activities, compassionate listening and the gifts of clarity and wisdom that arise in us all, we may vision a more wholesome way to live with the stresses of our time and our world.
For more information and to register .... Time Out for Peace
Based on Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche’s Meditation on Peace, supported by universal principles of the path of liberation, the energy of the land, creative activities, compassionate listening and the gifts of clarity and wisdom that arise in us all, we may vision a more wholesome way to live with the stresses of our time and our world.
For more information and to register .... Time Out for Peace
January 2022
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Beginning Again!
An Introductory Meditation Retreat for All (beginners and those with experience) January 7th - 12th At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre |
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Where do I start?
I’ve never done a retreat before.
There is so much going on in the world. How can meditation really help me and others?
I wish my busy mind could be more quiet and calm.
Silent for 5 days – how could anyone do that?
Want to learn to meditate? Perhaps you’ve tried and need some more skills as well as some extra encouragement? Possibly, you already have meditation experience and wish to refresh and deepen your practice. If this sounds like you, then this 5-day retreat will support you to explore this.
For more information and to register .... Beginning Again
I’ve never done a retreat before.
There is so much going on in the world. How can meditation really help me and others?
I wish my busy mind could be more quiet and calm.
Silent for 5 days – how could anyone do that?
Want to learn to meditate? Perhaps you’ve tried and need some more skills as well as some extra encouragement? Possibly, you already have meditation experience and wish to refresh and deepen your practice. If this sounds like you, then this 5-day retreat will support you to explore this.
For more information and to register .... Beginning Again
Postponed Retreats
We are planning for these retreats to still take place if possible - information will be posted here.
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Chenrezig Meditation Retreat with Mark Schrader
August 20th - 24th - POSTPONED At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre Chenrezig Meditation Retreat – 4 days Or a 2-day weekend option Friday 20 (5pm) to Tuesday 24 August A Tibetan Buddhist meditation that embodies the union of wisdom and compassion. It is an exploration of rich symbolic imagery alongside sound (mantra) that enables us to connect deeply with these two qualities. |
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This is an experiential meditation course that focuses on developing compassion for oneself and therefore for others. Both beginners and those wishing to deepen their meditation practice are welcome to attend. Each day we will meditate together as a group as well as having space for people to practice independently. Throughout the retreat we will touch into a variety of themes such as: Refuge – where is my place of safety?, Wholesome livelihood – what is an ethical life?, connecting into one’s heart-felt aspiration – what is most important to me in life?. Questions arising spontaneously from those attending will also be explored. As a way of supporting participants to deeply benefit from the retreat there are periods of silence built into the course.
For more information and to register .... Chenrezig Meditation Retreat
For more information and to register .... Chenrezig Meditation Retreat
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Exploring kaitiakitanga of the Wangapeka whenua with Rob McGowan
August 27th - 29th - POSTPONED At The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre Dharmasphere are delighted to host Pa Ropata (Rob McGowan) as he guides us through a weekend of enquiry, connecting us to the whenua and its journey back to health. |
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Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the land is well, the people will be well.
The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre is a flourishing sanctuary for many beings in these times of rapid change and challenge.
And yet, how well do we know the health of the whenua at Wangapeka, the very ground on which we and many beings depend? What is our understanding of what the Wangapeka whenua needs to be well, and so in turn, enable a sense of connection that strengthens our health and wellbeing and the health and wellbeing of many beings?
For more information and to register .... Exploring kaitiakitanga with Rob McGowen
When the land is well, the people will be well.
The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre is a flourishing sanctuary for many beings in these times of rapid change and challenge.
And yet, how well do we know the health of the whenua at Wangapeka, the very ground on which we and many beings depend? What is our understanding of what the Wangapeka whenua needs to be well, and so in turn, enable a sense of connection that strengthens our health and wellbeing and the health and wellbeing of many beings?
For more information and to register .... Exploring kaitiakitanga with Rob McGowen
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