The Invitation
Join yoga and meditation teacher Susan Allen and Wanaka chef Evelyn Vallillee for an indulgent weekend yoga retreat held at the stunning Lake Hawea View.
A 3-day extravaganza with nourishing yoga, meditation, sauna, cold-plunge and hot tub interspersed with culinary delights to savour and share.
Participants have the choice to stay at the property or stay elsewhere and come for the daily program.
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Luxury yoga retreat nourishment and indulgence
Our setting is the 5-star property called Lake Hawea View, an absolutely beautiful setting high above the shores of Lake Hawea, Wanaka.
The intention of the yoga and meditation practices will be to find freedom of movement in your body and some quietness and ease for the mind. The sessions will be done in the spacious light-filled living area which overlooks the spectacular mountain scenery of Lake Hawea. Your host, Susan, understands well the capacity of yoga and meditation to renew and revitalise the spirit and is passionate to share these practices with all.
Beginning with a Friday evening feast, sumptuous meals will be served throughout the weekend. Also to make the most of your weekend the property has a sauna, cold-plunge pool and hot tub out in the view-soaked garden that you can enjoy in the breaks.
Evelyn Vallillee, our local health focused chef, will be providing your nourishment for the weekend. With a background in herbal medicine and traditional cheffing, Evelyn will be plating up nutrient dense, seasonal delights that feed your mind, body & soul. She incorporates probiotic elements, local herbs, flowers and produce to expose you to a diverse range of vitamins & minerals which builds your body’s resiliency to illness plus tastes delicious! The menu is constructed as gluten free and vegetarian with dairy as optional and your mornings will start with a choice of medicinal mushroom coffee, tonics or a range of herbal teas.
A full and complete weekend of yoga, meditation and relaxation, all interspersed with warmth, good company and culinary delights
Location and Venue
- Lake Hawea View Lodge - - Lake Hawea -
Experience an unparalleled destination at Lake Hawea View. Perched high above the pristine blue waters of Lake Hāwea, this distinctive and luxurious homestead has been handcrafted with passion and precision and is the perfect venue for this luxury yoga retreat.
Every facet of the property resonates with warmth and character. The thoughtful use of natural and recycled elements like limestone and reclaimed railway beams infuses a sense of rustic charm and grounding energy into the space.
The property has a range of rooms with garden views and balconies looking over the expansive mountain lake setting.
Lake Hawea View is a 5-star lodge at Lake Hawea (10mins from Wanaka, 70mins from Queenstown airport). Help with transport/carpool can be arranged.
Pricing
Two options – stay at the property or organise your own accommodation and come daily for the program
What’s included for everyone
The setting! All yoga and meditation practices, meals, sauna, cold-plunge and spa, rest and renewal
There is a range of rooms at our Lake Hawea View. Rooms are priced accordingly considering views, balconies and spaciousness. Some of the rooms are available as private/single rooms (or for a couple), and others are twin share. All accommodations will be very pleasing to the inhabitants!
Room 1 – Balcony garden view – Single $1,490, Twin share $1,250pp
Room 2 – Balcony garden view – Single $1,490
Room 3 – Single $1,410
Room 4 – Single $1,340
Room 5 – Balcony lake view – SOLD
Room 6 – Master Suite, lake view and ensuite – Single $1,870, Twin share/couple $1,590pp
Room 7 – Single $1,340
Price – $950. Find your own accommodation is SOLD OUT.
To go on waitlist click here or we still have rooms available, see Option 1 above.
Booking terms and conditions
Registration is is non-refundable once booked but you are welcome to transfer it to a friend or to someone on the waitlist (if there is one) should you not be able to attend.
Meet your hosts
Retreats NZ runs meditation and yoga retreats New Zealand wide as well as well as to the spiritual heartland of India. If you are looking to deepen your practice or your intention is simply to have some quiet time to yourself, we’d love to have you join us.
Schedule
Friday 13th June, 4pm – Sunday 15th June, 3pm
4pm – Welcome, Opening circle
4.30 – 6.30pm – Yoga and meditation practice
7pm – Dinner sumptousness
8.30pm – Yoga nidra guided relaxation
pre 9am – Toast, fruit, tea, coffee
9 – 11.30am – Yoga asana, meditation, relaxation practice
11.30 – 12.30pm Relax – spa, sauna, plunge, read, rest
12.30pm – Lunch will be served
2.30 – 4.30pm – Yoga asana, meditation, relaxation practices
4.30 – 5.45pm Relax – spa, sauna, plunge, read, rest
5.45 pm – Dinner will be served
8pm – Yoga nidra guided relaxation
pre 9am – Toast, fruit, tea, coffee
9 – 10.30am – Meditation instruction
10.30 – Brunch served
11 – 12.30pm – Relax – spa, sauna, plunge, read, rest
12.30 – 2.30pm – Yoga asana, meditation, relaxation
2.30pm – Closing circle
3pm – Checkout
The yoga approach
Susan Allen, the host of this Wanaka yoga retreat offers an authentic yoga and meditation practice that has a thoughtful, careful and intelligent approach. You will be invited to cultivate strength, mobility, awareness and thoughtfulness through the practices offered. We have little interest in doing yoga gymnastics. You will be invited to develop your asana practice in a safe way, to cultivating self awareness of body and mind.
From many years of practicing and teaching Susan is constantly encouraging students to make the practice their own. Regular practice of yoga, from asana to meditation to pranayama, is truly transformative when one decides on that course. As one practices more the division between practice and life starts to blur and yoga becomes a way of life as opposed to something you pay to go to a studio to do. It is this progression that Susan encourages her students towards.
Treat yourself to a yoga retreat of nourishment and indulgence. Our setting is the 5-star property called Lake Hawea View, an absolutely beautiful setting high above the shores of Lake Hawea, Wanaka
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