August 2024   – Blue Moon Wellness Retreat 

 EMBRACE THE EXTRAORDINARY

 Fully booked - please contact us to waitlist

"Be like the moon; reflect the light of the sun.” 
Buddha 
  

When was the last time you allowed yourself to bask in the ethereal glow of you, embracing your magical essence?

Are you ready to embrace the extraordinary? This Blue Moon Retreat is carefully curated for you to step out of the ordinary and immerse yourself in the unique energy of this celestial event.  A time for you to reflect, rejuvenate, and realign. To slow down, prioritise your well-being, and connect with the mystique of the universe.

We often miss the extraordinary amidst the routines of daily life. This retreat encourages you to pause, look up, and appreciate the beauty that unfolds when you embrace the unusual, once in a Blue Moon. It's an invitation to embrace your own uniqueness and create moments of awe in your life.

Using a blend of ancient practices and modern techniques, this retreat will guide you on a journey of self-discovery, mindfulness, and connection with the universe.

A Blue Moon is a rare and magical event, and so are you. This retreat offers you a chance to pause, reflect, and appreciate your unique journey in sync with the lunar cycle. Embrace the extraordinary, for just as the Blue Moon stands out, so do you. Let this experience nurture your spirit and leave you with a sense of wonder and awe that lasts beyond the retreat.

Dates 

Thursday 15 August (programme starts at 3pm)  to Sunday 18 August programme finishes at midday.

The August full moon is a seasonal blue moon as the winter season will have four full moons. As the third full moon in the season, it is considered a seasonal blue moon.

Over this retreat we will share some of the finest tools and healing techniques to soothe your spirit, calm your mind, relax and return you to centre.  Held in the perfect luxury environment and carefully curated elements to enjoy the season. 

On your retreat you will have on offer nourishing daily mindfulness, yoga, ritual, mantra, qi gong, silence & nature. You will explore and practice multiple meditation, yoga aimed to harness the energy of the upcoming moon. You will experience the benefits of the deep rejuvenating practice, Yoga Nidra alongside Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing.  You will be given a firm foundation into the theories, benefits of multiple FULL MOON inspired practices that activate the parasympathetic nervous system – your place of “rest & digest”.

In addition to the wellness workshops you will enjoy food chats and vibrant company. Balanced with periods of silence to encourage reflection and mindfulness. You will have plenty of free time to relax and make the most of our beautiful venue and surroundings. Our menu of activities is entirely optional and you can join in on as little or as much as nourishes your soul.

Your whole body will thank you.  You’ll learn new tips and tricks to incorporate back in your daily life. Cleansing the inside to glow on the outside. Keeping your body and mind in great shape to create and maintain a healthy, nourishing and inspiring lifestyle.

You’ll walk away with a new sense of inner peace and greater sense of meaning, purpose and wellbeing. You’ll take powerful tools and insights back into daily life so that you can live your life with a sense of ease, passion and peace.

ABOUT OUR RETREATS

A nourishing blend of relaxation, movement, meditation, delicious organic seasonal food, learning & most of all time to put yourself first. Hosted at the luxurious Cape South Country Retreat and Wellness Centre facilitated by Kate & Cam McLeay and a team of her favourite local legends.   

An opportunity to step out of life’s routines and dedicate real time to putting yourself first. Over the retreat we will share wisdom on holistic wellness and how to positively enhance this for more clarity, ease and enjoyment of life. With decades of experience in education, hospitality and adventures we’ve seen the profound changes these experiences can bring and what happens when people take time for themselves.

A menu of activities over the weekend is available to choose from, along with plenty of time to rest, connect and rejuvenate.  Attend all on the schedule or select what makes your heart sing.

Limited space - be in quick!

What's Included

• 3+ day retreat with 3 nights luxury accommodation
• All meals, snacks, coffee & herbal teas, smoothies, purified water, homemade kombucha shots
• Nourishing movement classes including Yoga & Five Treasures Qi Gong
• Mindfulness & Meditation with instruction and support to establish a daily routine
• Two educational wellness workshop sessions
• Food talks & a food demonstration
• A guided walk
• Full access to all Cape South facilities -gym, magnesium pool, Infra red sauna, hot tub, grounds capesouth.co.nz
• All yoga equipment
• Access to spa treatments at a preferred rate
• Take home Qi Gong practice

The Investment

Prices include GST. 

3 Day, 3 Night Retreat

Special Early Bird Launch Prices Available until June 15,2024. 

• Luxury Ensuite Rooms
  • Twin or Double Share: Early bird price $1360 per person (reduced from $1700)
  • Single Occupancy: Early bird price $1960 (reduced from $2300)
  • Triple Occupancy: Early bird $1085 per person (when booking together, reduced from $1490)
  • Non Residential: Early bird price $860 (reduced from $960) 

 About Our Stunning Venue

Cape South is a multiple award winning magical, totally unique luxury retreat located only 8 minutes from Waimarama Beach, 20 minutes from Havelock North or just 40 minutes from Napier Airport.  The gracious 8 ensuite bedroom French Colonial style homestead & cottage is situated on 16 acres of grounds and gardens with expansive views of the coastal hinterland.   Retreat facilities include a mineral pool, gym, spa, infrared sauna, yoga studio, apothecary, medicinal herb and permaculture vegetable gardens.  The venue has been blessed and consecrated for deep healing and offers the ultimate luxury escape for a true exploration of wellness.

About the Food & Fare

 Our food is full of nutrients, seasonal, fresh and prepared with great love and care. Our food is wheat free, meat free, dairy free and refined sugar free.  Usually predominantly plant based. Local produce, organic and home grown from our vegetable and apothecary gardens where possible.  Our signature wellness retreats are alcohol free.  We serve a range of nourishing medicinal drinks to heighten health and aid digestion - smoothies, juices, fire cider and kombucha home brews, Chinese and local tonic herbs.

About your Hosts

"Kate and Cam welcomed us all with with open arms and mountains of love."  Sarah

Kate McLeay

Kate has been a teacher in many forms her whole adult life. Starting as an early childhood then primary school teacher and went on the become an International School Principal, advisor, board member and teacher trainer. She gave up her day job for her passion In wellness after years of study in yoga, meditation, mindfulness and holistic healing through massage and energy medicine. For over a decade she has led classes, retreats and workshops in wellness. She loves to share her work to a diverse range of audiences - workplaces, hospitals, schools and prisons.. to you.  She loves how the magic of simple wisdom equally reaches all who choose to walk this path.

"Thankyou Kate.  You are a very special person.  You have an amazing talent to bring a group of strangers together and have them leave as good friends.  I was apprehensive about doing a retreat like this but loved every minute.  Thank you again for sharing so much, you really do make a difference and have a wonderful gift." JS

Cam McLeay

Cam is a character of note who loves people and sharing stories of his adventures and passion for wellness and nature.  Cam is a qualified chartered accountant and yoga teacher who has spent more time on rivers and in wild places than at a desk.  He is a world renowned rafting guide and adventurer having navigated the Nile river from Sea to Source, establishing a new "longest source" of the Nile in Rwanda.  Featured on the whole fourth episode of Joanna Lumley's Nile as well as over a dozen documentaries he also signed the programme and supported many film gigs including Top Gears East Africa adventure.  Cam loves the outdoors but is a long time dedicated yoga and meditation practitioner.  With over 2 decades of regular daily practice he loves how these simple powerful tools keep him on his bike, surfboard and on mountains and rivers. 

“A real highlight for me was getting to know Cam a little on our walk – and his hill top yoga – I mean wow, where were the cameras for that marketing moment?” Cath

The Dream Team

Over the retreat you will also be looked after by members of our dream team.  These can change depending on group size and our crews availability. We love to have a variety of passionate foodies and cooking legends in the zone as well as some treasures who “make it all happen”.

Testimonials

“From the minute I stepped in the door, I felt at home. It was a lovely long weekend of meditation, restorative yoga, meeting wonderful people and being nurtured and nourished with incredible plant-based food. I came home feeling inspired, able to take on the world and generally like a huge weight had lifted. Thank you, what a blessing your retreat was.”  Alex 

“ It is challenging to find the words to express how amazing my experience was on this retreat. It surpassed all of my expectations. Kate and Cam are inspiring teachers who provide such a beautiful way of connecting to your true self. Every detail of the retreat was attended to with intention and love. The setting was perfect to relax, and the environment was one of total acceptance. There was space for quiet and personal growth, as well as space for connection, joy, love, and laughter. Give this gift to yourself, accept this opportunity, and come to this retreat.”  Annie 

“Words do not do justice to the amazing, life changing experience I had while there…. Kate and Cam welcomed us all with with open arms and mountains of love. There was no pressure to participate in all of the activities planned but I wanted to try it all and am so pleased that I did. Kate has given me tools that I will be using for the rest of my life to help navigate whatever situation I’m in. The food was outstanding, we were nourished with copious amounts of healthy delicious meals and snacks. I made friends for life with the other girls that were retreating as we all connected on a soul level. So grateful that I was able to experience the awesomeness of Cape South and Kate McLeay, I will never forget this wonderful experience, and can’t wait to go back again.”  Sarah 

“Thanks again for the most amazing magical weekend.  Its going to stay with me forever.”   Joanna

“Game changer.”  Toni  

To Book

To secure your booking head online to www@katemcleay.com to pay your deposit to secure your place.  Alternatively you can pay on invoice via online banking, cheque or cash.  For any queries or bookings email Cam on info@capesouth.co.nz or call Cam on 0212229363.

WHY?

Your whole body will thank you, and you’ll practice and embed simple yet powerful tools to incorporate back in your daily life. Cleansing the inside to glow on the outside.  Keeping your body in great shape to create and maintain a healthy, nourishing and inspiring lifestyle.

 You’ll walk away with a new sense of inner peace and greater sense of meaning, purpose and wellbeing. You’ll take powerful tools and insights back into daily life so that you can live your life with a sense of ease, passion and peace.

Be Part of the Bigger Picture

10% of profits help fund the teaching of Mumma Soulfood Prison Mindfulness Programmes with former inmates from Mangaroa Prison and Community Support Mindfulness with Kate McLeay.