Somatic Awareness, Trauma informed Touch & Self Care Tools for Experienced Therapists

Learn from Katharina Erdl, Maruia River Retreat’s senior therapist as she leads a 2-day, hands-on training retreat for massage and wellness therapists that has propelled the Retreat into one of 2026’s World’s Most Extraordinary Spas by Newsweek.

The training will be focused on nervous system regulation, safety in touch, and slow fascia-based techniques that support deeper client outcomes—without burning out the practitioner.

Application required. Limited places.

Self-Love Summer Edition for exploration and discovery. Be one of the seven women in the Self-Love Women’s Retreat to experience a light yet transformative personal retreat with nature adventure activities, led by Mavis Manotoc and co-hosted by Cristina Holopainen. Spend 5 days and 4-nights in the most beautiful and inspiring natural environment and with daily sessions with Self-Love counsellor, Mavis Manotoc. You will sleep in your own private solo villa with meals and nature immersion activities organised for you.

Join Lasse and Cristina as they lead a couples wellness retreat focusing on graceful aging through the Rites of Rejuvenation practices. Couples are invited to spend 3 nights with luxury accommodations, good food, private wellness activities and daily workshops and classes on yoga, breath-work and wellness workshops for couples and for individual partners. Only 6 villas available.

This Winter, step into a storybook setting with New Zealand best-selling author, Naomi Arnold, as she leads her second Creative Writing & Reading Masterclass at Maruia River Retreat. Creative writing workshops will help you work on writing that feels alive, and gentle mindfulness exercises will help you come up with a plan to tackle any personal and professional barriers to your writing. You’ll leave with a big dose of passion and momentum. In between, hot soaks, sauna, gentle yoga, forest bathing, and guided walks will weave wellness into each moment, while top-class nourishing meals warm the soul. It’s a retreat where writing and nature meets, leaving you refreshed, invigorated, and a little more inspired.