I’ve been coming and going, to and from the Wangapeka retreat centre, for over thirty years.
It is a place of refuge for me, somewhere where I can walk slowly and softly on the well-trodden pathways. Somewhere I can sit and be in an all pervading stillness of mind and body.
I’ve been gardening and orcharding and composting and mushrooming and eating and using a wide variety of plants and plant parts for health and medicine for a long time. I’ve been sharing all of this with countless beings, teaching and offering this abundance of knowledge and sustenance.
Realizing that the Wangapeka centre has grown through the Dana of countless beings, I too can offer conscious Dana, of the natural wisdom that is all pervading and will benefit the Centre and countless beings.
I would love to share with others, in this place of refuge, how we can live simply while deepening our awareness of the wonder and the mystery of the livingness of the world we share with countless other beings.
Deepening the Practice of Everyday Awareness
A Weekend Retreat
Deepening the practice of everyday awareness at the historic Wangapeka Centre, where fifty years of wisdom meet non-clinging presence. Simply resting in natural awareness while walking, eating, sitting - reconnecting with life's wonder in each ordinary moment.
A weekend of giving care and Dana to the Wangapeka garden
Labour weekend at Wangapeka - give dana to the garden that feeds retreatants, residents and countless unseen beings. Join John Massey in composting and gardening as creative spiritual practice, bring food to share.
Simply Taking Refuge at Wangapeka
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At Wangapeka, this sanctuary for humans and creatures, we come simply to take refuge - to sit in emergent nature, deepen our relationship with self and all beings, and allow the mystery and magic of life to come into us through attunement to this place of refuge we share with countless sentient beings.
Dana to the Wangapeka Garden
This spring weekend is a gift of Dana to the Wangapeka garden, a chance to immerse in giving to the Earth and all beings of this intricate web. Join for one or two days of spreading compost and spring planting, with no charge for food and accommodation—just bring some food to share.
Taking Refuge in the Interbeingness of the Wangapeka Nature
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An invitation to deepen your experience of refuge by allowing the living interbeing of Wangapeka nature to touch you deeply, refreshing your non-clinging awareness practice in this 50-year sanctuary of refuge.
Garden Working Bee
A Dana Event
Join our garden working bee to transform creative compost into Dana for the earth, then enjoy practice, shared meals and the peaceful rhythm of working alongside our Sangha community.
Explorations and Mindfulness on the Nature of Wangapeka
An invitation to re-immerse in the simple yet profound practice of slowing, stillness and non-clinging awareness as we let the eternal Book of Nature touch us and heal our separation from true natural essence through mindfulness of this land we call home.