Events
RETREATS, WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS
Self-Care Wellness Retreat with Joan Hyman
On this Wellness Retreat, you will find time for yourself to slow down and gain tools to nourish yourself.
Join Joan Hyman in a four-night immersive personal retreat experience and learn tools to help you cultivate a healthy routine and embody the practices of yoga and ayurveda.
The daily morning classes will explore pranayama techniques which help you anchor the mind into the body and regulate your nervous system. A balanced nervous system is the key to health and well-being. When we are calm, we elicit the healing state known as rest and digest, helping us to feel balanced and relaxed physically and mentally. This is where true healing can occur.
Breathe Life into your Writing: A Writer's Retreat - Our 4th Run!
SELLING FAST. Book early as we only have 3 villas left.
A wellness retreat including writing workshops with Kerry Sunderland and yoga classes by Cristina Holopainen
'For me, writing is not an intellectual exercise. It's rooted in the body and the senses.' Hilary Mantel
This 3-night retreat is an opportunity to nurture your creativity and explore how you can connect with yourself and others using the written word.
Self-Care & Wellbeing Education Retreat for Doctors
8-hour CPD Credits for ANZCA
Join us for an exclusive Self-Care Retreat for Doctors, designed to rejuvenate and empower doctors in the medical profession. Facilitated by Dr. Michaela Hamschmidt, this retreat offers a space to rest, reflect, and reconnect with yourself and other professionals amidst the tranquil beauty of nature.
Dr. Hamschmidt, a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists with a global medical career, will guide you through a series of transformative workshops focused on holistic well-being, resilience, and self-discovery.
Yoga Immersion Retreat: Fall 2025 - Our 5th run!
SELLING FAST. Only 4 villas left.
Spend 4 days learning and experiencing the different type of yoga practices guided and led by Cristina Holopainen and Jules Matthews in the most relaxed and private group rainforest setting as you witness the change of season to Autumn.
You will experience alignment-based Yoga through morning Vinyasa flow and Beginner’s Ashtanga classes, afternoon restorative and yin yoga classes and evening Yoga Nidra and gong bath/sound healing sessions. All classes are designed for all levels, especially new practitioners, as a gentle introduction to the Yoga practice. At the end of the 4 days, you will learn the foundations of a safe yoga practice with the intention to continue after you have left the Retreat.
Self-Love Women's Retreat with Mavis Manotoc - 2nd run!
Embark on a transformative self-mastery journey tailored for women, aiming to attain the freedom of embracing one's authentic self in one of the most tranquil and beautiful places in New Zealand. Amidst the landscape of natural beauty, Mavis Manotoc will guide you through the Self-Love Program, an empowering 5-day program that encourages women to take the lead in their lives, making choices aligned with their higher selves and inner wisdom. One-on-one private and group sessions by Mavis Manotoc and daily yoga and soundbath classes by Cristina Holopainen.
Yoga Immersion Retreat: Fall 2024 - SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT! Get on the Waitlist and email reservations@maruia.co.nz in case of any cancellations.
Spend 4 days learning and experiencing the different type of yoga practices guided and led by Jules Matthews and Cristina Holopainen in the most relaxed and private group setting.
You will experience alignment-based Yoga through morning Vinyasa flow and Beginner’s Ashtanga classes, afternoon restorative and yin yoga classes and evening Yoga Nidra and gong bath/sound healing sessions. All classes are designed for all levels, especially new practitioners, as a gentle introduction to the Yoga practice. At the end of the 4 days, you will learn the foundations of a safe yoga practice with the intention to continue after you have left the Retreat.
Celestial Blooms: A Weekend of Stars & Botany - SOLD OUT!
Embark on a magical journey where the enchanting world of botany meets the mysteries of the night sky. Maruia River Retreat invites you to "Celestial Blooms: A Weekend of Stars and Botany," an exclusive two-night event that combines the serene beauty of plants with the awe-inspiring spectacle of the cosmos. Join NZ Botanist and Storyteller, Douglas Brooks for a guided exploration of the NZ native rainforest and night sky.
Iyengar Yoga Rain Forest Retreat with Marla Apt
Iyengar Yoga Rainforest Retreat by Marla Apt: Applying Yoga's Healing Principles to Self-practice
6 days and 5 nights at Maruia River Retreat, South Island, New Zealand
29 February 2024 to 5 March 2024 - RESERVATIONS NOW CLOSED.
8 confirmed attendees.
Marla Apt has been teaching and studying yoga therapy for over 25 years in the US, India and abroad. As a Founding Member of the non-profit organization, Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics, she is dedicated to making the healing benefits of yoga available to all as well as educating teachers in the art of yoga therapy. Marla is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Retreat Description
According to vedic texts and the Patañjali Yoga Sutras, the practice of yoga is a process that works on body and mind to remove obstacles, purify, and transform. Along the path, practitioners enjoy the many healing by-products of the practice. Our retreat’s daily asana and pranayama practices will provide an opportunity to closely observe ingrained patterns and how to nurture the healing benefits of yoga. The practices provide a framework for the absorption and awareness that leads to transformation.
Learning Objectives
We will explore a full range of categories of asanas that work on the multi-layered anatomical, physiological, emotional, energetic, and mental body. We will also learn how to use support in asana for the creation of space, release of pain or tension, restoration, and the inner penetration that prepares us for the energetic work of pranayama. The intimate setting will allow for questions, conversation and the development of an individualized approach to practice. There will also be some time for supporting yoga philosophy and theory.
Skincare & Personal Restoration Retreats
Natural beauty resonates from within and our skincare and spa treatments reflect this philosophy. Throughout the first 3 weekends of November, our Personal Restoration Retreat 3-Night and 4-Night packages include daily therapeutic and rejuvenating facial massages with US-trained Licensed Esthetician Kathlyn Sanga, also known as The Skincare Geek in our newly-renovated Wellness Center.
SATTVA SOUL RETREAT by Celine Wallace
The last 18 months have been a wild ride, and as the world begins to open up, what better way than to reflect and move forward into the future as the highest version of yourself!
Join us at the edge of Spring, sitting on the Maruia rivers edge, surrounded by beautiful native forest, as we host a very special retreat. Reflect and recharge in mountainous landscapes, with hot tubs and holistic workshops and more.
Designed for you to feel expansive, supported, and indulged as you're removed from everyday life to enjoy a profoundly nourishing three-night and four-day experience. Think about hibernation in paradise while doing everything good for the body + soul.
The Rites of Rejuvenation Retreat
Give yourself some self-love and let nature be your medicine. 4 days and 3 nights of gourmet cuisine, daily yoga, meditation and breathwork classes, guided forest walks and forest bathing under the stars.
Eat. Sleep. Yoga. Love. (1 Master Villa left: solo or twin share)
Give yourself some self-love and let nature be your medicine. 4 days and 3 nights of gourmet cuisine, daily yoga, meditation and breathwork classes, guided forest walks and forest bathing under the stars.
Balance Retreat with Rachel Grunwell (This Weekend!)
Learn how to live life healthier & happier and more in balance in this self-indulgent retreat hosted by wellness expert and author Rachel Grunwell. Rachel is the author of Balance: Food, Health + Happiness which boasts 30 global wellness experts sharing science-backed wisdom on how to live healthier and happier + 30 nourishing recipes.
Eat. Yoga. Love. (SOLD OUT)
Give yourself some self-love and let nature be your medicine this Autumn. 4 days and 3 nights of gourmet cuisine, daily yoga, meditation and breathwork classes, guided forest walks and forest bathing under the stars.
Meditation Immersion with Claire Robbie (SOLD OUT)
We are excited to host our first ever Meditation Immersion at Maruia with Meditation and Yoga teacher Claire Robbie. Join us for 3 nights of introspective, nourishing practices and meals, that will detox your body and mind. You will leave with a deeper understanding of meditation and how to make it work in your daily life.
Valentine's Couple Package
Take a few days to reconnect and relax with your special person on the Valentine’s Weekend with our exclusive 2 and 3 night offers at Maruia River Retreat.