Yoga • Meditation • Sound Healing • Thermal Waters
A Weekend to Warm Your Body, Nourish Your Soul, and find Sanctuary Within🤍
As winter settles across New Zealand and August brings its crispest days, gift yourself a weekend of warmth, wellness, and restoration in the heart of the country’s thermal wonderland.
Join me for a very special Winter Warming Yoga Retreat in beautiful Taupō, where we’ll gather to rest, reconnect, and replenish amidst stunning surroundings, nourishing experiences, and luxurious comfort.
Our home for the weekend will be the iconic Hilton Lake Taupō Resort, offering elegant accommodation, welcoming hospitality, and the perfect sanctuary for our retreat experience. With a heated outdoor pool, gymnasium, saunas and spas all onsite, this is retreat luxury at it’s best in our own beautiful backyard. It’s prime location in Taupo is close to a diverse range of attractions, outdoor activities and breathtaking scenery to walk, ride and just to take in.
Throughout the weekend, you’ll enjoy:
✨ Daily yoga and meditation practices to suit all levels
✨ Deep relaxation through sound healing ✨ Yin, Tea and Journaling session
✨ Optional massage treatments
✨ Thermal hot swims, saunas, and spa experiences
✨ Nourishing food and mindful connection
✨ Breath for Calm and Resilience, a practical workshop to take home ✨ Time to explore, slow down, rest, and simply be
Taupō offers the perfect balance of retreat and adventure. Explore boutique shopping, lakeside walks, thermal hot springs, world-class cafés and restaurants, or perhaps embrace the invigorating energy of a cold plunge in New Zealand’s largest lake.
Whether you’re seeking relaxation, inspiration, connection, or simply a warm winter escape, this retreat is designed to leave you feeling grounded, restored, and renewed.
Dates
Welcoming you at 3pm on Friday 28 August, Farewells at 11am Sunday 30 August 2026.
Accommodation options and Retreat Package:
Your retreat experience includes yoga, meditation, inspiring workshops, deeply restorative sound healing sessions, enjoying all the stunning amenities at Hilton Lake Taupo, plus delicious nourishing meals throughout the weekend with the option of adding on a relaxing massage.
Arrive on Friday afternoon and settle into retreat mode with a welcoming afternoon tea, a grounding yoga practice, and time to relax before gathering together for dinner.
Saturday begins gently with an optional swim, followed by a warming yoga, meditation, and sound healing session before breakfast. The day includes an inspiring workshop, along with plenty of free time to explore Taupō, indulge in a massage, browse the local boutiques, or enjoy the thermal pools, spas, and saunas. We come together again in the evening for a deeply restorative yoga and sound healing experience, followed by a shared dinner and connection with like-minded souls.
On Sunday, enjoy a final morning yoga, meditation, and breathwork practice before breakfast. After some time for a last soak, swim, or quiet reflection, we’ll gather for our closing circle and farewells, leaving refreshed, restored, and ready to return home.
Choose from either a private room for your own peaceful sanctuary or a twin-share option to enjoy the retreat experience with a friend or fellow guest.
Please see the accommodation options and full retreat pricing below to select the stay that feels right for you.
Own Room in a King suite, one King Bed: $1650
Twin Hilton Shared Room: two King Single beds: $1350
Locals (no accommodation): $1050
Booking Details
- A deposit of $300 non-refundable is due now to secure your place and room. Book now, spaces are limited.
- After your deposit is paid, the balance is due by 7 August 2026.
- Limited rooms – book early to secure your preferred accommodation.
- No refunds 3 weeks before retreat start date.
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