Life As It Is offers families a unique chance to pause – to carve out intentional space in busy family lives, to feel into and attend to what is most important for us, and to enjoy being supported by a place and a community that have been dedicated to spiritual enquiry for 50 years.
How can meditation practice and a deep commitment to contributing to a healthier, saner world share space with the joy and chaos of family life?
The weekend will consist of group practice time, fun and explorations, children’s activities, and space to be immersed in the oasis of calm that the Centre and the whenua offers.
A dynamic 10-week community exploration of ethics in action
Facilitated by Kath Mitchell, Mark Schrader and Chani Grieve
with guest presentations from the Elders of Wangapeka
What does it mean to live a life full of meaning, connection, joy and peace? How can we approach life's inevitable challenges—grief, fear, change, illness, death and dying—with courage and compassion?
This course has been inspiring people for 9 years, and the feedback has been consistently uplifting. This year, Chani and Wendy are bringing all the foundations of the course, with a refreshed approach as we lean into 2025. We want to invite new friends to join us and old friends to return as we explore what is most important for each of us in our one precious life.
In this seven-session program, we'll explore questions about living and dying, weaving together mindfulness practices, self-regulation tools, deep listening and the art of empathy to deepen our understanding of what makes life precious.
This morning of practice offers gentle, mindful movement and guided meditation to soften us into the wakefulness and grace of the present.
Let's come together to to cultivate sanity, stability, and sensitivity.
Let's practice resting into our most natural selves - a human simply being.
Let's see if we can rediscover the wellspring of creativity, intelligence, beauty, and peace that lies at the heart of our human lives.
Suitable for beginners, as well as those with experience. All are welcome.
Life doesn't always have to be a struggle. Tap into your natural capacity for joy to make it more accessible and present in your life.
Get 2025 off to a fantastic start! Join over 40,000 people who have completed Australia and NZ’s #1 Mindfulness course for beginners. Your future self will thank you!
“You need go no further than your own body to understand the Universe.”
- Namgyal Rinpoche
Weaving together movement, meditation, art and science, we will enter the studio/laboratory of our own human experience. We will study, contemplate, explore and come to understand the patterns that shape our own lives, and all of life.
Our human bodies are the doorway to our personal, ancestral, collective and planetary history, and the vehicle for liberation in this life. They show us the way to remembering and realising our fundamental wholeness. As we align our human body with the heart of the earth body, we become the medicine so sorely needed in our world. Join us as we embark on a restorative, experiential and illuminating journey into our interbeing nature, to bring healing, insight, liberation, and joy to our lives.
✔ Australia and New Zealand’s number one 'in-person' mindfulness course - over 40,000 people have taken this course.
✔ Full length 4-week course so you can practise and report back.
✔ No risk money-back guarantee; if you attend all the classes and don’t feel you have received any benefit get your money back.
✔ Exclusive 45-page guidebook including weekly assignments, in-depth articles and a reading list.
✔ Over 15 guided downloadable meditations for you to keep.
✔ No religion. No dogma. No funny positions. Practical and non-religious course.
✔ Designed for absolute beginners.
✔ Access to follow up training and support so you can continue your mindfulness journey
