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Balance Retreat with Rachel Grunwell (This Weekend!)


  • MARUIA RIVER RETREAT 2314 Shenandoah Highway Shenandoah, Tasman, 7895 New Zealand (map)
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Do something for yourself and your soul.

A guided wellness experience with wellness expert Rachel Grunwell at our luxury retreat.

Learn how to live life healthier & happier and more in balance in this self-indulgent retreat hosted by wellness expert and author Rachel Grunwell. Rachel is the author of Balance: Food, Health + Happiness which boasts 30 global wellness experts sharing science-backed wisdom on how to live healthier and happier + 30 nourishing recipes.

This 3-night, 4 day Retreat includes a 3-night private villa accommodation, all healthy and nourishing meals, daily workshops, yoga and meditation classes and the use of all the Retreat's forest bathing facilities - outdoor Stoked Hot tub, Finnish dry sauna, infrared chroma-therapy sauna and access to extensive nature trails within the 500-acre nature Estate.

In the daily workshops, Rachel will share science-backed advice on how to move, eat, live, think and feel better including sharing ideas from psychology, neuroscience, nutrition, fitness, mindset, health and wellness areas. Cristina Holopainen will lead the daily yoga and gong bath classes.


Balance Retreat includes:

  • A signed copy of the Balance: Food, Health and Happiness Book by Rachel Grunwell

  • Daily Self-Care workshops and smoothie-making class by Rachel Grunwell

  • Daily morning yoga classes and afternoon gong baths by Cristina Holopainen

  • Guided nature walk within the native beech forest (weather-permitting)

Your Luxury Stay includes:

  • 3-night twin share accommodation at a private Luxe Villa

  • All meals included

    • Continental breakfast daily

    • Gourmet packed lunches daily

    • Dinners each night

  • Full use of the Wellness facilities: Stoked Outdoor Hot tub, Finnish dry sauna and Infrared Chroma-therapy Sauna

  • Fixed transfers to and from the Nelson airport (bookings required): Shuttle will leave at 1130am at the latest from the airport and the return transfer will leave at 11am from the Retreat. It is a 2-hour drive to and from the Retreat to the Nelson Airport.



Limited Availability, Don’t miss out.

NZD1,950 per person for twin-share and NZD2,450 for Solo Occupancy

 

About Rachel:

Rachel is a wellness coach, & yoga + meditation teacher. She creates healthy recipes for magazines & brands and collaborates with lots of global and top NZ wellness brands, companies and events to inspire Kiwis to live healthier and happier.

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HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR INDOOR YOGA CLASSES & WORKSHOPS AT THE WELLNESS CENTER:

  • Contact Tracing - At the door of the Main Lodge and prior to check-in, we will have the COVID QR code Poster for you to check-in. We will also have an electronic record of all guests that have checked-in. It is important to make sure your contact details on our system are up to date with a contact phone number and email address for contact tracing.

  • Vaccination Certificates - In line with the current government guidelines, all of our staff and guests, must be fully vaccinated as of 3 December 2021. Upon check-in, we are required to see your vaccination certificate or valid exemption.

    • To make this process as easy as possible, please email us your certificate ahead of time so we can add it to your profile. If you would prefer to show it in person, please present this upon check-in. Please note that we will not keep your certificate on file, it simply needs to be viewed and checked off in our system.

  • Hygiene and Cleaning - You are provided hand sanitisers and there are toilets with instructions on proper hand washing across the property. We also request that everyone uses the hand sanitiser upon entering the Wellness Center. There will be hand sanitiser in the Main Lodge and Wellness Center entrances and Dining Lounge. We will regularly disinfect all surfaces within the facilities.

    • Your own set of props - You will be assigned one set of your own yoga mat and props during your stay. If you do own other yoga props like a mat, strap and bolster, then you are welcome to bring these with you.

    • Hands-on Adjustments - The teachers will not be offering hands-on adjustments during the classes.

  • Social distancing - Please keep 1 metre apart where possible in the Wellness Center. All yoga mats are spaced out in the large studio room and we will be limiting class numbers. For social distancing, please use the floor guidelines for mat placement to keep the mats spaced out evenly.

  • Face Masks - Masks are required throughout the Wellness Center until you are on your yoga mat then you may remove your mask for the class.

  • If you are not feeling well, please stay in your villas and please do not come to yoga classes if you are feeling unwell. If you have symptoms of cold or flu call your doctor or Healthline and get tested. Please notify your Host by calling 293 if do get diagnosed with COVID-19 for contact tracing.