Chani Grieve was born into a dharma community in Tasmania, and has been a dedicated practitioner of meditation and body-centred modalities for over 18 years, sharing her experience since 2012. She graduated from the 4-year Feldenkrais Professional Training Program in Melbourne in 2013, and has been weaving movement and meditation together ever since. She works as a Feldenkrais Practitioner and Embodiment Trainer/Facilitator, and is passionate about sharing with people the power of working with the body to liberate our creativity, joy and full potential, by accessing the natural laws of growth and unfolding encoded in our bodies. Chani lives in Nelson with her partner and their 4 year old daughter, and is now living the beautiful challenge of integrating the essence of our world’s wisdom teachings into the nitty gritty of everyday life.
Between Earth and Sky – a journey of human unfolding
Between Earth and Sky guides us to remember our deep belonging through embodied practices, exploring human wisdom held within our bones and moving from that 'deep grain of love' that always connects us to this Earth and each other.
Life As It Is
2025
Join families to pause, practice meditation, and weave inner and outer lives, exploring how natural goodness lives in us all while supported by 50 years of dedicated spiritual enquiry. Together let's nurture joy, kindness, and love for the benefit of our children and our world.
Refraining From Harm
Supporting All of Life
A 10-week community exploration of the five Buddhist precepts as living, transformative practice—not rigid rules but guiding principles that buffer life's challenges and help us train in awareness to refrain from harm and support all beings through our choices and relationships. Together we'll investigate ethics in action within our own raw material of daily life, calibrating our inner compass toward wholesome engagement with the world as it is.
Earth Body Human Body
Weaving movement, meditation, art and science to explore our human bodies as doorways to planetary history and the vehicle for liberation, discovering how aligning with the earth's self-healing mechanism allows us to become the medicine our world needs.
Life As It Is (2024)
FULL
A family-friendly retreat pausing the beautiful chaos to weave meditation, Buddhadharma and earth connection with the joy of children. Together we sink into what matters, building true refuge in the lives we have while supporting all beings.
Beginning Now
An Introductory Meditation Retreat
Where do I start? This gentle 11-year retreat guides beginners and refreshers into the breathing meditation, offering supportive silence, ethical living, and confidence to practice amid life's busyness and bring healing to self and others.
Beginning Again!
An Introductory Meditation Retreat for All
An inclusive, predominantly silent retreat providing beginners and experienced practitioners alike reliable grounding in the Buddha's ancient breathing meditation, fostering practical wisdom and compassionate living.
Time Out For Dharma In A Meditation-Based Community
Join dharmasphere collective for silent solo meditation in a meditation-based community from May 3-14. Sit morning and evening, practice self-directed retreat with compassionate engagement and no organising person.
Beginning Again
An Introductory Meditation Retreat
A practical 5-day retreat to begin or refresh meditation through the Buddha's breathing meditation, building confidence and deepening practice in silence at the beautiful Wangapeka Centre while supporting wise and compassionate living.
Body of Wisdom, Body of Love
Awakening our Natural Inheritance
Four days remembering our natural inheritance through movement, meditation and creative enquiry, learning to listen to the body's inherent wisdom so we may align with Earth's intelligence, rediscover bodhicitta, and stand present as clear instruments for healing ourselves and our world.
Making Friends with Death
Most of us deny death, yet preparing for it is one of life's most rational and rewarding acts. In this nourishing weekend retreat through meditation, mindfulness and courageous conversation we will make friends with death - and in doing so enter a more vibrant relationship with life itself.
Beginning Now!
An Introductory Meditation Retreat
Starting exactly where you are, discover the Buddha's ancient breathing meditation - a 5-day silent retreat offering skilful tools and deep healing wisdom for both complete beginners and experienced practitioners seeking to live more compassionately in our world.
Young Adults Retreat 2020
The Courage to Question
Amidst 2020's shattered certainties, gather with peers in noble silence at Wangapeka, wielding dharma tools—wisdom, compassion, loving awareness—to cradle the heart's questions and unseal creative, loving response.
Coming Down to Earth
At Home in the Body, At Home in the World
Five days of quiet movement, meditation and creative enquiry at Wangapeka – learning to listen to our living bodies as gateways to the wisdom and healing force of the living earth, making peace with ourselves and discovering our part in the healing of our world.
Every Precious Moment
Mindfulness of Death, Impermanence & Uncertainty
A nourishing weekend at Wangapeka exploring death as part of living. Through meditation, mindfulness and courageous conversations we'll learn to make friends with life's only certainty, creating a community where death becomes part of life rather than its ending. Suitable for all backgrounds and experience levels.
Beginning Now
An Introductory Meditation Retreat
Whether you're new to meditation or deepening an existing practice, this week-long silent retreat at Wangapeka guides you in the ancient breath meditation taught by the Buddha, developing focus, calm and clarity for wise and compassionate living.
A Wellspring of Rest Retreat
Apprentice yourself to the body as teacher in this gentle retreat where we soften into "the most beautiful rest we've ever had." Through mindful movement and spacious rest on Wangapeka land, we release noble tiredness and let fresh creative energy flow for the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.
Movement From The Heart
Unfolding through gentle heart-centred movement, we’ll inhabit our bodies again, letting habits of protection dissolve as we cultivate awareness and connection to life itself in the inspiring Wangapeka valley.
The Joy of Embodiment
This 4-day Feldenkrais Method™ body-immersion explores gentle, playful movement and restorative practices to refresh our energies, inviting us to touch the deep wellspring of joy and creativity within embodiment itself.