ONE KIND BEING

11/04/2023

Golden hours at MaoMeno ☀️🌴🌴🌴☀️ soft golden light filtering through the trees…

Come and enjoy the magic this little atol has to offer. May and June are arguably the best months of the year to visit Gili Meno.

26/10/2022

Goethean inspired landscape collaboration facilitated by Steve Quoting “This is a technique inspired by the teachings of Isla Burgess, which we incorporated into last week's retreat.

This was a practice to feel into what the land is expressing, sitting with the land in receptivity.”

25/10/2022

Last week we celebrated Spring's arrival on the Pisa mountains, halfway between Wanaka and Queenstown.

It was an intimate gathering, with the intention to slow down and drop into presence surrounded by the majestic rocks and rolling hills of Pisa.

We embarked on a backcountry journey, navigating through varied terrain.

Our friend and mountain wizard Steve offered to gently guide us into the wild. K**e offered a morning practice including contemplation, kriya, pranayama and meditation.

Each day became a blank canvas where all participants poured into the collective hive all their magic, love and insights.

This was a call to step out of our domesticated comfort zones and recalibrate, feeling ourselves alive and whole.

If you feel the call to join us on future adventures, kindly drop us a message sharing something about yourself. For now, One Kind Being retreats are by invite only.

14/06/2022

After the withdrawal comes the expansion. Barefoot gatherings are back at maoMeno.

It’s time to play and celebrate on this little island of Gili Meno. Looking forward to seeing many of you soon 🌴

10/04/2022

Thank you for opening your beautiful space for last weekend’s yoga philosophy immersion.

It was a gift to facilitate these beloved teachings to such a committed and present group of students, as we contemplated and embodied deep philosophical questions such as Who am I? & How do I know what I know?

In the non-dual Tantrik method we allow these questions to infuse our experience through contemplation and self-enquiry rather than seeking to find conceptual, rational answers.

This course included contemplation, kriyas, pranayama, mantra, meditation, asana, somatic movement and deep conversations.

As the material unfolds more questions arise opening us to the fertile ground of the unknown, cleansing the prism through which we experience life.

Thanks to for contributing to this gathering ❤️

01/04/2022

25/08/2021

Meet Steve, he'll be guiding journeys of intimacy with the mountain, forest, and local medicinal plants at our upcoming mountain and yoga retreat at just out of Castle Hill. Hopefully lockdown levels will ease off by then, 13-17 September.

The range of experiences will include walking meditations, solo time/nature contemplation, Goethean plant immersion, a local medicinal plant herbal walk, the chance to create local herbal tonics, bouldering/rock climbing and an introduction to mountaineering and avalanche awareness skills. There is the possibility of a day skiing if the stars align.

He facilitated an avalanche awareness course and snow cave experience during last year's pilot trip at it was a blast!

Stephen Parker (PhD) is an outdoor and environmental educator, backcountry snowboard guide and bioregional herbalist. His goal is to deepen people’s connection to the natural world through wilderness adventure, plant medicine and reverence.

For more info about the retreat:https://93d7f027-fc57-48ca-b711-ca4eb8c42219.filesusr.com/ugd/5a465b_7f016f0a62cb40908518012871755f2e.pdf

20/08/2021

Our vision is to bridge inner practices with outdoor adventures. Through presence and curiosity, these experiences have the potential to elevate our default state bringing joy and regeneration.

MOUNTAIN BEING experiences provide awakening journeys on top of the Earth. Mountains epitomize presence, growth and contemplation. ❄️

WATER BEING experiences allow us to play and feel fully alive. Water inspires flow and movement. 💧

EARTH BEING journeys connect us to our roots, As we cultivate earth awareness, we can slow down, and may become inspired to plant trees, grow and harvest mindfully. 🌱

BEING YOU experiences are focused on deepening our inner practices. Tools like, meditation, yoga, study and retreats are offered as means to awaken from the inside out. 🧘

05/08/2021

Meet Janine, she attended last year’s One Kind Being mountain & yoga retreat. She wrote the following lines during the avalanche awareness course:

The White Dragon.

Whumph. We saw the signs.
The loading and indications of instability. Rapid warming and weather bombs. But the sun was shining, the slope an enticing 38 degrees and we felt invincible. So we went anyway. All of us together like lemmings laughing to the edge of the cornice.
 
Whumph. The White Dragon awoke. Some will shoot out at the flanks ready to change destination in a nano second. They will escape. Others will be travelling light
with airbag attached and can float to the surface. The rest of us will convex roll and tumble to the run out zone.
 
Detachable skis
may leave some able
to claw their way out.
For the rest of us only
our transmitters and receivers can save us. A networked community. We will not cease until we have tuned in to every signal and found each other’s peace.

20/07/2021

Throwback to One Kind Being’s pilot journey at Temple Basin (Southern Alps). 12 daring and curious participants took a leap of faith last winter, enrolling in an avalanche awareness course combined with embodied yoga and a snow cave adventure. Such good memories!

Has anyone spent a night in a snow cave before? ❄️