Aotearoa Retreat Centre Project
News and Updates
Here's a quick overview of everything happening in June, with a few specific details. See this map for locations. Sunday June 12th 9am-12.30pm. Yuan Tze Online workshop: Unconditional Openness All participants need to register individually for this event. You can do that by following this Link You also need to reserve your cushion by contacting Cat Alker by Sunday 5th June From 4pm: A Farm warming party! Bonfires, braziers, shared Kai and warm drinks, music and making memories. Bring your instruments, warm clothing and some kai to share. Hot drinks will be provided. At the old villa. Monday June 13th Farm Rambles: Guided Access to Farm 10am-12pm: Morning session 2pm-4pm: Afternoon session Further information regarding meeting location to be confirmed. Tuesday June 14 : Full Moon Blessing ceremony and events 7.15am Dawn Blessing At the Retreat Centre site. All welcome. Meet at the coastal dwellings car park at 7am if you would like to walk up together. This will be a quiet, meditative start to a special day. A time to set the scene, welcome the new day and new beginnings. Warm clothing and gumboots essential. 10.30am Blessing Ceremony At the Retreat Centre site. All welcome. Meet at the coastal dwellings car park at 10am to walk up together. Limited parking near the site. There will be a short mihi whakatau (welcome) and waiata (song) followed by kōrero (speaking) from Yuan Tze, giving thanks and acknowledging this special place and time. 12.30pm-2pm Shared Kai: Potluck lunch Bring some kai for a shared lunch. Location to be confirmed 2pm-4pm : Tree planting on the farm Activities and Locations to be confirmed. Bring your spades and gardening tools. We would like to take care of everybody's health, safety and wellbeing. At the current Orange setting, there are no restrictions on numbers at gatherings. Face masks are currently advised whenever you are indoors. Most of our events are planned to be outdoors. However, if you wish to wear a mask in any setting, we hope that you will feel comfortable to do so. If you are interested to be part of any of these activities and would like more information, please contact Cat
All details will be updated by June 6th on our Home Page See this map for locations
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Chris and Wayne
18/5/2022 08:46:16 pm
The programme looks great..thanks for organising it. We want to participate in everything really. I would like to do yuan gong practice also. I hope the weather is good for us. Will confirm if I can attend the online retreat Sun 12th closer to the time. Arohanui Chris and Wayne xx
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Ollie Clifton
19/5/2022 09:18:43 am
Magic! Look forward to seeing you there Chris & Wayne - and yes there will be lots of yuan gong practice going on in between everything else we've organised - thats a given! See ya soon :-))
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