like coming home. Even when you've never been.
Ātaahua Hills is a healing retreat community taking root in Lake Rotomā, Aotearoa New Zealand. Small groups. Ancient wisdom. Modern practice. And the kind of unexpected moments that quietly change everything.
This isn't a business that came from a business plan. It came from four years of falling in love with Aotearoa — its land, its people, its ancient way of knowing that healing and belonging are the same thing.
Healing was never
meant to happen
alone.
There's something that happens when a small group of people gather with genuine intention — not to perform wellness, not to tick a box, but to actually show up for themselves and each other.
Walls come down. Something true gets said. Someone laughs when they expected to cry. The land holds all of it.
The foundation is always the same — you, seen completely, held fully.
Ātaahua Hills is being built on that belief. Rooted in Lake Rotomā, woven through with the wisdom of te ao Māori, and growing — one soul at a time — into something none of us could build alone.
None of this grows
without you.
Before the retreats. Before the schedule. Before any of it — we need our people. Our whānau. Our iwi. The ones who'll shape what this becomes.
We're inviting two kinds of souls in right now:
Come heal.
Help us grow.
Join our founding group for free and deeply discounted trial sessions. Outdoor, intimate, unhurried. Come as you are — this is where we figure it out together.
Your experience will shape every retreat we run from here on. You're not a customer yet. You're a co-creator.
I Want to ParticipateBring your
gifts to the circle.
We're looking for facilitators who carry both their modality and a connection to te ao Māori — its wisdom, its practices, its stories. Not a requirement. A thread we want woven through everything.
The tools are whatever
the moment calls for.
Every session is Māori-woven — through practice, wisdom, language, or story. Not as decoration. As the root system beneath everything we do.
Breathwork
Hikitia Te Hā · Lifting the BreathFrom gentle pranayama to transformational breath journeys — always at the pace your body needs.
Yoga
Tinana · The BodyMovement as medicine. Adapted to the group, the morning, and the energy of the land beneath you.
Forest Therapy
Ngahere · The ForestBarefoot, unhurried immersion in nature. The trees have been here longer than any of us.
Sound Healing
Puoro · Music & SoundCrystal singing bowls, Māori instruments, resonant frequencies — moving what words cannot reach.
Meditation
Whakaaro · ReflectionEvery meditation is channeled fresh — drawn from what this group, in this moment, needs to receive.
And whatever else belongs
The unexpected. The joyful. The surprising.Bonsai planting. Blowing bubbles. Art therapy. Community work. Healing doesn't always look like healing — and sometimes the most transformational moment is the one nobody planned.
"Always held, never lost in a room."
A full day.
Six sessions.
One intention.
Once our whānau of facilitators is in place, we move into full-day retreats. Small groups. Six curated sessions. Lunch provided. Rooted in Lake Rotomā, open to visitors from across the Bay of Plenty.
Get Notified When We LaunchKarakia & Opening Circle
Traditional blessing, welcome, and setting intention together as a group.
Yoga — Tinana
Grounding movement to open the body and arrive fully in the day.
Forest Therapy — Ngahere
Guided immersion in nature. Barefoot, unhurried, held by the land.
Lunch
Light, nourishing, provided. Time to breathe, connect, and let the morning settle.
Breathwork — Hikitia Te Hā
A guided breath journey. This is often where something shifts.
Raranga — Māori Weaving
Hands in motion, mind at rest. Make something. Leave with something you created.
Closing Circle
We come back together. Share what surfaced, anchor what shifted, and leave with something real to carry home.
Every session is Māori-woven. Come once and you'll want to come back — because the next one won't be the same.
Not a backdrop.
The heartbeat.
Honouring the unseen dimension of every healing journey — what we carry that cannot be named.
Restoring the essential vitality within you. The aliveness that gets buried under ordinary life.
You are completely, unconditionally received here. That is not a policy — it is a practice.
"He aha te mea nui o te ao?What is the greatest thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
A seed becomes
a forest.
Stay for the journey.
Ātaahua Hills was always meant to be something larger — a place people travel to, a community that lives and breathes and heals together. We're building toward it, one class, one retreat, one soul at a time.
You'll have been there from the very beginning.
Te Kākano Tātou · Now
Finding our whānau. Free and discounted trial sessions, outdoor and intimate, at Lake Rotomā. The seed being planted.
Day Retreats · Coming Soon
Full-day curated experiences for locals and visitors. Six sessions, lunch, and the Bay of Plenty as your backdrop.
Ātaahua Hills · The Dream
Week-long immersive retreats. Community buildings, classrooms, cabins, café. The full vision — and you'll have been there from the beginning.
The seed is planted.
Will you grow with us?
Whether you want to attend, facilitate, or simply follow the journey — we'd love to hear from you.