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Organised Yoga and Meditation Retreats

A range of organised retreats and workshops are offered at Parito throughout the year. Each of these retreats are suitable for all people whether they are experienced practitioners or beginners.

Please contact us if you would like further details about any event or would like to come for a personal yoga and meditation retreat which are running throughout the year.

2-4 March: Living Yoga and Meditation Retreat

This Retreat offers space to expand into the rest of your life, the sense of well-being, peace and quiet that you may experience after your yoga or meditation class or practice. Yoga and meditation practices which expand the capacity to remain conscious and present, especially in the face of challenge and difficulties, will be given.

This Retreat also offers space for quietness of the body-mind and the opportunity to be nourished and nurtured by good food and simple, powerful yoga and meditation practices.

When: Starting 5.30pm with dinner, Friday 2 March, ending after lunch Sunday 4 March

Contribution: $295 (includes all meals - organic, vegetarian as well as all instruction in yoga and meditation; 2 nights in same gender shared accommodation or $390 in own room accommodation or $570 for a couple with their own room accommodation)

16-18 March: Yoga, Meditation and Autumn Vegetarian Cooking

A weekend of hands-on learning to create nourishing, balanced vegetarian meals.

learn how to harvest, prepare and transform vegetables that are available at this time of the year into delicious nourishing balanced meals that you can create for the family;

Give yourself space also to practice yoga and meditation practices that enhance wel-being of the digestive system and of the whole body mind system;

expand your creativity with vegetables.

When: Starting 5.30pm with dinner, Friday 16 March, concluding after lunch Sunday 18 March

23-31 March: Accessing Inner Power Navaratri Retreat

At the turning of the seasons, take time to clear away what is complete and make way for a more powerful life that supports your well-being. Navaratri is time when we can apply mantra meditation and karma yoga practices to move towards winter with the tools we need for inner reflection during this season of introversion.

Come and experience a lifestyle that includes regular eating of simple, nourishing food, daily morning yoga classes (including postures, breathing and relaxation), midday deep relaxation and evening meditation (including mantra) practices. These practices help to expand the natural capacity for flexibility and strength of body, mind and spirit, inherent in all. A two hour daily practice of Karma Yoga helps us to expand our capacity to be present throughout the day becoming increasingly conscious in our thoughts words and actions.

Contribution: $100 per day to join any of these days/nights (including all instruction in yoga and meditation including two hours practice of Karma Yoga, the yoga of service, shared accommodation and all meals - organic, vegetarian) or $150 per night for accommodation in your own room.

20-26 April: Mindful Sustainable Retreat

Six days of Retreat to learn more about mindful sustainable living at Parito. Experience a lifestyle that includes regular eating of nourishing food, daily morning yoga classes, midday deep relaxation and evening meditation practices as well as the practice of karma yoga. These practices help to expand the natural capacity for flexibility and strength of body, mind and spirit, inherent in all.

Allow the awareness that develops naturally through asana (postures), pranayama (breathing) and meditation practice to expand into all actions through the practice of Karma Yoga each day, developing positivity and mindfulness throughout the day.

Give yourself space also to flow with and learn about the rhythms of nature by connecting with the healing magic and majesty of ocean, sky and earth at Parito.

When: Starting midday Friday 20 April, concluding during the morning of Thursday 26 April

Contribution: $350 (including all instruction in yoga and meditation, shared accommodation for the six nights and all meals - organic, vegetarian)

Note: Practices given on this retreat are suitable for all body types and ages and for those who are new to yoga as well as those who are experienced practitioners.

27-29 April: Living Yoga and Meditation Retreat

This Retreat also offers space for quietness of the body-mind and the opportunity to be nourished and nurtured by good food and simple, powerful yoga and meditation practices.

When: Starting 5.00pm with dinner, Friday 27 April, ending after lunch Sunday 29 April

Saturday 5 May: Te Tangi O Te Ao: Sound Vibration Workshop

"Somewhere in us is a sound.

It is expressed as the inner voice,

the voice from heaven,

the whisper from the unknown

as the language of the soul."

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Throughout the ages the healing power of vibration has been used for expansion of well-being of self and others; for healing of the earth; to expand inner freedom and joy.

This workshop uses the healing power of sound vibration to uplift and make a difference in our own and the lives of all those we interact with. Join this workshop to connect with practices gifted to this time by two ancient traditions.

You are invited to join with Ruth Port (Educator, weaver and student of yoga ) and Atmavidya (Ngati Saraswati and teacher of yoga and disciple living within the guidance of the tradition of Satyananda Yoga and Sanatana Dharma), to remember the art of listening and resonating with the inner voice. Ruth has absorbed many of the Ancient Maaori teachings held by Dr Rangimarie Rose Pere, a renown tohuna from Waikaremoana and has been gifted the right to share the knowledge given to her.

Give yourself space to be immersed in practices that will expand your capacity to:

* listen and hear this voice of the spirit;

* harmonise with the language of the soul;

* be attuned to the sound vibrations of everything in existence;

* harmonise with the healing voice of this land, Hawaiki Tautau (The Pulse of Ancient \Hawaiki Aotearoa) and with the resonance of a great spiritual inheritance to learn some Vedic Shanti (Peace) mantras.

You are invited to Parito to reconnect yourself with the sound essence of your being and of this land.

When: 10.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 5 May

Contribution to continue the work: $ 55

Note: Practices given on this workshop are suitable for all body types and ages and for those who are new to yoga as well as those who are experienced practitioners. Retreat Space is also available over this weekend for $110 per person per night (including accommodation, all meals and other practices as per the Parito Daily Rhythm)

18-20 May: Earthcare Retreat

A weekend to be nourished and expanded by a deeper connection with the Earth. During this weekend you can:

Practice Yoga and Meditation practices which will increase your connectness to Mother Earth, expanding the experience of stability and security in life as well as compassion and kindness towards self and Earth Mother;

Receive the goodness and nourishment of Mother Earth by learning how we can eat directly from the garden;

Expand the capacity to give through meditation practices, and in a practical way to Mother Earth by contributing to the Ruapuke Community Beachcare planting project which will be planting of indigenous species on the Sunday afternoon on the dunes of Ruapuke Beach;

When: Starting 5.30pm with dinner, Friday 18 May, concluding after lunch Sunday 20 May

ContributiContribution: $295 (includes all meals - organic, vegetarian as well as all instruction in yoga and meditation; 2 nights in same gender shared accommodation or $390 in own room accommodation or $570 for a couple with their own room accommodation)

Note: Practices given on this retreat are suitable for all body types and ages and for those who are new to yoga as well as those who are experienced practitioners.

25-27 May: Santosha: Yoga of Contentment Retreat

Touch a deeper sense of satisfaction and contentment within yourself this weekend which offers yoga and meditation practices which help us connect to our inner quietness, peace and serenity.

Be nourished with good food, beautiful practices and the majesty of nature all around you and be present to the appreciation of the gifts of this life.

When: Starting 5.00pm with dinner, Friday 25 May, ending after lunch Sunday 27 May

8-10 June: Quiet Mind Retreat

Gift yourself space to slow the mind and begin to expand a life that is more conducive to the well-being of the mind and body.

Allow the wholesome, organic vegetarian food that is served, nourish and bring into greater balance, the whole body/mind system.

Learn practices to to bring increasing calmness and peace of mind, including some periods of silence (mouna).

When: Starting Friday 8 June at 5.00pm, ending Sunday 10 June after lunch.

Note: Practices given on this retreat are suitable for all body types and ages and for those who are new to yoga and meditation as well as those who have practiced before.

Saturday 29 September: Sacred Gem Movement Meditation Workshop

Express your creativity through music and dance in this one day workshop offering ancient practices which help expand and uncover the divine goddess (feminine aspect of nature) within.

Explore the symbolism of the divine feminine through music and dance in this workshop focusing on uncovering the goddess within. Learn about your own goddess aspects using acient yogic practices and create a personal connection to the Divine Mother.

The movement/dance focus will use hasta mudras (hand movements) alongside body movement in a prayerful form drawn from a traditional yogic mantra that honours the Divine Feminine in her many forms. Other goddess aspects will be explored through asana (postures), reflection and joyful chanting/kirtan.

Premratna (Sarah Spence) who will facilitate this workshop has a passion for Divine Mother in many forms and is a founding member of the kirtan band, Shakti. She plays kirtan and teaches yoga in Auckland and is a registered Satyananda Yoga (TM) teacher with earlier training from Yasodhara Ashram in BC, Canada.

When: 10.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 29 September

Contribution to continue the work: $ 55