Aerial view of mist rolling through a New Zealand river valley at golden hour with native bush
Aotearoa · New Zealand

Stillness

A retreat for those who have forgotten what quiet sounds like

Type your city

Dawn is breaking
Dawn · 05:30 — 08:00

The day begins
before you do

Thermal pools reach 38°C before the sky turns pink. Your cabin sits at the treeline where a bellbird begins its first call at 5:12 a.m., every single morning, without fail.

Steam rising from geothermal thermal pool at dawn with misty forest backdrop in New Zealand

05:30

Thermal Pools

Timber cabin nestled in native New Zealand bush with morning light touching ridgeline

06:15

Forest Cabin

Misty New Zealand mountain valley with golden hour light and native bush

06:45

The Valley

Minimalist wellness cabin interior with warm morning light streaming through timber windows

07:00

Morning Light

Hot spring pool surrounded by native ferns with steam rising at dawn

07:30

Mineral Springs

38°C

Pool temperature at dawn

4

Thermal pools, private access

340ha

Native bush reserve

12

Guests maximum at any time

Midday · 09:00 — 15:00

The body
remembers what the mind forgot

Dense native New Zealand bush with dappled morning light filtering through fern canopy

09:00

Shinrin-yoku guided immersion

Forest Bathing

Duration

90 – 180 min

Capacity

4 guests

Two hours, no destination. Certified shinrin-yoku guide Aroha Tūhoe leads small groups of four through a 3km loop that takes ninety minutes or three hours depending on what the forest asks of you. Cortisol drops measurably. People cry sometimes. That is considered success.

Practitioner

Aroha Tūhoe

Forest therapy guide, 11 years · Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Hands pressing into warm volcanic clay during a therapeutic body treatment session

10:30

Therapeutic mineral body treatment

Geothermal Clay

Duration

75 min

Capacity

1 guest

Volcanic clay drawn from a thermal vent 40 metres below the property. Applied warm, left to mineralise for 25 minutes, rinsed in a natural spring shower fed by the same aquifer. Your practitioner will not speak unless you do. This is deliberate.

Practitioner

Marcus Henare

Therapeutic bodyworker, 8 years · Waikato

Person lying on natural grass in meditation pose with morning light and misty hills behind

12:00

Functional breathing & nervous system reset

Breathwork

Duration

60 min

Capacity

8 guests

Not the kind that makes you hyperventilate for a reaction. Slow, functional, parasympathetic. Dr. Sione Fifita trained in both Western respiratory physiology and traditional Māori breath practice. Sessions end with fifteen minutes of guided silence you will not want to break.

Practitioner

Dr. Sione Fifita

Respiratory physiologist & breath practitioner · Auckland / Tonga

Woman in gentle yoga pose in a wooden studio with natural light and native bush view through window

14:00

Body-led trauma-informed movement

Somatic Release

Duration

90 min

Capacity

6 guests

Founders carry their companies in their shoulders. Couples carry their arguments in their hips. This session does not ask you to talk about any of it. Pita Ngata works somatically — the body leads, the story follows if it wants to.

Practitioner

Pita Ngata

Somatic practitioner & movement therapist · 12 years · Rotorua

Guests · Founders · Couples · Teams

"I stopped checking Slack on day two. By day four I couldn't remember why I ever started."

Priya Mehta

Founder, Series B · Sydney

Solo

"We came for our ten-year anniversary. We left having remembered why we chose each other."

Tom & Brigitte Harwood

Wellington

Couple

"Sent our leadership team before Q1 planning. The strategy session afterwards was the best we've ever run."

Ngaire Tūhoe

Chief People Officer · Auckland

Group

"The bellbird starts at 5:12 a.m. I know because I was already awake, which had never happened before."

Daniel Park

CTO, FinTech · Singapore

Solo

"Three days of forest bathing and clay treatments. I came back a different shape somehow."

Aroha Williams

Creative Director · Melbourne

Solo

"Our team of eight arrived as individuals. We left as something closer to a village."

Marcus Chen

CEO, Growth Stage · Hong Kong

Group

"We had the thermal pools to ourselves at 2 a.m. Aurora australis overhead. I have no words."

Sophie & James Kilpatrick

Christchurch

Couple

"I booked it as a gift for my co-founder after we closed our Series A. It was the right call."

Rangi Parata

Co-founder · Tāmaki Makaurau

Gift

"I stopped checking Slack on day two. By day four I couldn't remember why I ever started."

Priya Mehta

Founder, Series B · Sydney

Solo

"We came for our ten-year anniversary. We left having remembered why we chose each other."

Tom & Brigitte Harwood

Wellington

Couple

"Sent our leadership team before Q1 planning. The strategy session afterwards was the best we've ever run."

Ngaire Tūhoe

Chief People Officer · Auckland

Group

"The bellbird starts at 5:12 a.m. I know because I was already awake, which had never happened before."

Daniel Park

CTO, FinTech · Singapore

Solo

"Three days of forest bathing and clay treatments. I came back a different shape somehow."

Aroha Williams

Creative Director · Melbourne

Solo

"Our team of eight arrived as individuals. We left as something closer to a village."

Marcus Chen

CEO, Growth Stage · Hong Kong

Group

"We had the thermal pools to ourselves at 2 a.m. Aurora australis overhead. I have no words."

Sophie & James Kilpatrick

Christchurch

Couple

"I booked it as a gift for my co-founder after we closed our Series A. It was the right call."

Rangi Parata

Co-founder · Tāmaki Makaurau

Gift
Evening · 18:00 — Late

The day
releases you

Long communal dining table lit by beeswax candles with guests sharing a meal in a timber pavilion

18:30

Communal Table

Dinner is shared. The table seats twelve. Conversation tends toward things that actually matter.

Fire pit with glowing embers surrounded by native bush in the New Zealand evening

20:00

Fire Circle

Clear night sky with stars appearing over dark New Zealand bush landscape

22:00

The Stars

By the time the stars appear,
you have forgotten what you were
so worried about.

12 guests maximum · Next availability March 2026

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