EVENTS for 2012 at Te Wahi Ora Women's Retreat

Come and join us for as many as you'd like.    We would love to have you.

June:

22nd, 23rd and 24th our 21st Birthday Celebration Wknd No 1.

           Saturday 23rd is our Party day if you can't come for the weekend.

           

21st Birthday Celebrations  :  Normal Te Wahi Ora weekend costs apply

This is a double celebration this year - Winter Solstice and Te Wahi Ora's first 21st Birthday Party!

The whole weekend will be a celebration of both but on Saturday we will have a special day to include all those who would like to come but cannot make it for the whole weekend.   A koha to the Wynsome Fund would be much appreciated not only by us but also by the women who will benefit.                          

                           

Saturday 23rd June, begins with morning tea at 10.30 a.m.

Then we want to explore the newly renovated Te Wahi Ora -  share our stories and memories of your Te Wahi Ora days - before our birthday celebration luncheon prepared by Christine and Jill, 1pm.

Hopefully it will be crisp and clear for a beach walk in the afternoon and then a closing ceremony and afternoon tea, to mark the return of the sun at Winter Solstice and metaphorically in our lives!.    

July:

13th, 14th  15th Juicing & Detoxing Weekend:   Normal Te Wahi Ora costs apply

We had a week-long detoxing programme last year and many folk were disappointed that they could not get time off work for a week in order to attend.

This year we are planning one weekend a month for five months, July - November.

Barbera Wiseman, who has been running Wiseorganic health shop in Hamilton, will be our 'juicing' expert.   Come and learn how to juice wisely and enjoyably.   Books will be available to buy or recipes can be copied to take home.   Not only will you be given juices to try but you can try out the machines yourself.   Most of the veges will come from our own gardens!

As well, the wonderfully tasty meals eaten during the weekend, will be gluten, dairy, meat and sugar free.   You'll have to try them to believe that food so tasty can even encourage rather than hinder the detoxing process.

Justine, with six Bio-Cleanse (foot bath) machines will be available to clear the toxins as our body releases them.   The Bio-Cleanse is an extra $30.  Well worth it.

            

27th, 28th 29th Writing Weekend: Normal Te Wahi Ora costs apply unless booking for two weekends

Hilary has generously agreed to lead two more writing weekends, July and October.   On these weekends we write!  

Hilary sets the tone at the beginning of Saturday but the topic and the style of writing is totally up to us.   At the end of the each day we share as much or as little of our writing as we choose. 

  

NB: Last Writing Weekend for the year is on 26, 27 & 28 October 2012

August:

3rd, 4th & 5th Juicing & Detoxing Weekend:  (See details above)

September:  7th, 8th & 9th Juicing & Detoxing Weekend  (See details above)

                            

21st, 22nd  23rd our 21st Equinox Easter/Spring Weekend No 2.    

         Saturday 22nd is our Spring Party day, if you can't come for the weekend. 

                                         (more details to come later!)

October:

5th, 6th & 7th Juicing & Detoxing Weekend     (See details above)

26th, 27th & 28th Writing Weekend         (See details above)       

November:

23, 24th & 25th Juicing & Detoxing Weekend     (See details above)

December:

21, 22, 23rd our last 21st Birthday Celebration Wknd.

25th, 26th, 27th Christmas, come and join us if at a loose end!

31st, 1st & 2nd January, join us for New Year Celebrations.

Further Detox Week Information

We have been getting a few emails enquiring about the Detox Week,

so here is some further information that may help you to decide to come and join us!

We wanted to help women towards healthy eating and one of our staff is keen on health and knew about Detoxing foods, so we went ahead.

Each woman will have their own room.

The days will begin with a healthy breakfast brought to their rooms for them to have when they feel like it!

After lunch we will have a daily meditation.

Each day the women will be encouraged to do gentle walking on the beach and particularly in the ocean to absorb all its richness!

On Tuesday a very kind professional is bringing her BioCleanse foot bath for each of us to experience, $30 each.

On Wednesday afternoon, we will have a chance of a massage, $55 each for the hour.

Much of the food will be raw - and special desserts are being prepared that will rival any steam pudding!

On Friday we hope that our treat will be a $30 facial.

Each woman will be given recipes to take home and handouts to help them continue to have a natural detoxing lifestyle.

So the total is $500+GST all up! Or someone can come for the week at the Spring Special rate of $395 and pay for the extras that they can afford or want to have, i.e. massage, meditations, recipes, facial, biocleanse foot bath.

We would be so grateful if you were able to encourage women to come our way. Hope this helps answer your questions.


All the very best,

Bev
Manager/Trustee

SPRING Detox Week @ Te Wahi Ora

Te Wahi Ora Women's Retreat at Piha

Offers you from Monday 31st Oct to Friday 4th Nov 2011

SPRING DETOX WEEK ! ! !

Your partner has lived 7 weeks of rugby, now it’s your turn to have a treat!

Days of rest and relaxation at Piha’s Women’s retreat while trying new healthy eating and lifestyle habits, right on the waterfront of Piha!

Take home information on healthy foods, relaxation techniques and tips on gaining a healthy body. You’ll be given lots of recipes, handouts and loads of hints and tips.

Enjoy Himalayan salt footbaths, a BioCleanse footbath on Tuesday, guided meditations, breathing techniques, hair and skin care, facials, massage on Wednesday and amazingly scrumptious raw food to try as well as normal meals!

We encourage you to come for the full week, but if you can only get away for a couple of days that’s fine too and at our special low rate!

Choose how to pay: Either our ‘Winter Special’ accommodation rate plus the extras you choose; and one rate that includes all.

For bookings, costs, and more information, please contact . . .
(09) 8128775 - phone/fax
bev@tewahiora.co.nz - email
www.tewahiora.co.nz

Te Wahi Ora's Computing Week

5th September - 9th Spetember 2011

Do you or someone you know want to learn the "ins and outs" of how to skype friends and family around the world, update your facebook status and keep "up to date" with your facebook firends, email with attachments, upload and sort photos from your digital camera, produce documents with photos and more?

The, Te Wahi Ora's "Computer Week" could be just the thing! Come and be pampered at Te Wahi Ora while learning new skills on the computer.

Bring your laptop or computer . . . there is even a possiblility to hire a laptop for the week so having no computer is not an excuse!

This week would be a great oppourtunity to give as a gift to someone who you think might benefit from getting "Online". We can organise a wonderful full colour gift voucher to give to that special person.

Prices:
Loft View Room $ 600
Caravan $495
All other rooms $500

Call us on (09) 812 8775 to book a space.

Te Wahi Ora's Writing Week

8th August to 14th August 2011

Come join us at Te Wahi Ora for our first ever writing week!

The plan for our week of writing is to spend meal times .
together and then for the rest of the time we write,
we walk the beach or bush for inspiration,
relax or whatever we choose, then in the evening we come together
around a glowing fire for a delicious meal, relax with a glass of wine,
listen to music and share our writings if we want to.

Of course the venue is Te Wahi Ora a beach-side retreat run by women for women in Piha. The views are inspiring, the food is worth talking about, and the walks on the beach or in the bush are restorative.
A wonderful setting to inspire the writer within.


We have organised special all inclusive prices:

Loft View Room $655.00 ($93.50 per day)

Caravan $475.00 ($67.35 per day)

All other rooms $545.00 ($77.85 per day)


Contact us on ph: (09) 8128775 or email pihabivholt@clear.net.nz to book! Spaces are limited so be in quick.

Write from the Heart - A Weekend Retreat with Anam Cara Writing Journeys

Write from the Heart

A Weekend Retreat with Anam Cara Writing Journeys

Te Wahi Ora Piha, Auckland
Saturday 16th April & Sunday 17th April 2011

This well loved Retreat offers a treasure trove of resources in the form of guided writing prompts, ways to mine your journal for ‘memory sparkers’ and creative processes that will lead you into the memoir writing process. The focus of the retreat will be on learning how to take life stories and craft them into memoir.
Whether you are just beginning your writing journey or already on the path, you’ll leave the workshop with a glorious collection of poetry, a tool kit of writing activities, ways to create a framework for writing your life story and a deeper awareness of the larger issues at play that guide your story in a subliminal way.

Venue Te Wahi Ora is a beach-side retreat for women in Piha. The view is inspiring, the food delicious and walks on the beach are restorative. After dinner, linger and relax with a glass of wine, share ideas, read, listen to music, or take a moonlight walk by the ocean.

Fee: $380.00 includes GST, accommodation and all meals Saturday & Sunday
Date: Saturday 16th April 10am – 5pm, Sunday 17th April 10am – 3.30pm
Registration: Ph or email Gerri Power 021 623 870 gerri@xtra.co.nz
Accommodation: Space is limited to six places. To ensure availability of the retreat venue and to secure your place a 50% deposit is required by 30th March.

A limited number of commuters are welcome to join us at this retreat. Commuter’s fee of $315.00 includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday and dinner Saturday evening. If Saturday's dinner is not required the fee is $300.00

Gerri Power founder fo Anam Cara Writing Journeys is an acredited master coach and mentor. Gerri intergrates a strong focus on developing and sustaining personal resilience with the use of poetry that lights up possibilities, and resonates with those who face the challenges and oppourtunities inherent in lifes transitions. Trained extensively in the use of writing for personal growth, healing and transformation, her work is enriched by her studies in Poetry and Journal Therapy and as a Hospice Life Story Facilitator.

News from Te Wahi Ora

I was all set months ago, to show you this photo of us eating outside in May. I was all set to write "SEE, there is still sunshine in Piha" come and join us.

When sunddenly it was winter and I had a nasty does of Shingles! Life became somewhat painful and limited for me. But Winter went on in its own way - redesigning the stream so it now runs parallel to our road and the ocean was so wild!

People started to notice their high level of stress as the dark nights and grey days became more frequent. Requests came asking for time out at Piha.

"I need to unwind, catch my breath and regain my balance" they said, and their company enriched our winter months.

Winter walking was done inspite of gales or rain though most opted to wait for the sunshine! But they knew how to dress for the weather! Others found the shelter of the bush tracks and Garden road and walked anyway!

Dinners around the fire became a necessity . . . some one came for a week's study, several for spiritual direction and some simply for some rest.

One good friend came to help me cut back the hedges and trees to allow the sun onto the chalets.

Some came to sort out health issue's and Karen is just the one for the job with her cooking!

Tourists came from overseas, one to die actually, but while here life became important and precious to her again and so she returned home.

Several groups came to hold workshops. One guest even made a video of her visit to Piha, you can view it here www.tewahiora.co.nz/movie.htm Thanks Edna!

Winter certainly came fast and furious and now it seems that spring may be slowly emerging from the cold and wet. With day light savings we are enjoying crisp sunny days and longer evenings.

Hoping that this finds all our friends of Te Wahi Ora well and enjoying whatever life is bringing to you all.

More news very soon!