WAITAKERE WEEKEND

+ WhenTF? Starts: Friday March 27th @ 3pm
Ends: Sunday March 29th @ 1:30pm
+ WhereTF? Aio Wira Retreat Centre in the Waitakere Ranges
https://www.aiowira.org.nz
+ HowTF much? Early bird price shared room NZD 1,020
Early bird price single room NZD 1,299
Regular price shared room NZD 1,299
Regular price single room NZD 1,399

Early bird pricing is until November 15th, 2025

  • 1 visionboarding session 

  • 2 spa or sauna sessions, minimum

  • 3 workshops designed to give all the feel good mental and physical stretches 

  • 4 hours of โ€œmeโ€ time, between morning and afternoon sessions to do whatever you want uninterrupted, on Saturday

  • 5 hours of movement practices design to help to release, relax and reconnect with your body

  • 6 delicious and nutritious homemade meals from a professional chef and cookbook author

  • 7 guaranteed curse words uttered by Carmela on a daily basis 

  • 8 hours of restful sleep each night

  • Plus deep conversation, giggles, space to be yourself and finish your thoughts and sentences, plus the chance to make memories that will last long after our closing circle.

WHATโ€™S NOT INCLUDED:

  • Transfers to/from downtown Auckland

  • Optional massage on our break time

MOM TREAT WAITAKERES INCLUDES:

Make your Deposit

Secure your spot by making a deposit for your room.

DEPOSIT- Shared Room (2 people)
Shared Room with 2 twin beds. Shared bathroom

NZD 250

DEPOSIT- Single Room (1 person)
Single ROOM with TWin bed
SHARED BATHROOM

NZD 300

Think of your first payment as your pinky promise to nourish your future self. Sheโ€™ll thank you. Deposits are non-refundable.

Full payment is required by January 15th, 2026

In Mฤori culture, the koruโ€”a tightly coiled fern frondโ€”is a powerful symbol of new beginnings, growth, and strength. It marks the start of unfolding.

Even the All Blacksโ€™ famous โ€œSilver Fernโ€ logo has transcended rugby to become an internationally recognized emblem of resilience and vitality.

Mother Wild was born from meeting countless women in mothering and caregiving roles whose own unfolding was set aside during this life phase. Their inner koruโ€”the potential for growthโ€”wasnโ€™t receiving the nourishment it needed.

Many of us remain in that tightly wound state for years, never fully spreading our wings or reconnecting with our own wild nature.

The thought of unrealized potential brings Carmela to sad tears; the vision of women blossoming into their full selves, supported by community, brings her to joyful ones.

This retreat is our invitation: to reconnect with your inner voice, to nurture yourself and your dreams, and to step into your wild before stepping into the world again.

Weโ€™ll walk beside you as guides, holding space for your unfolding. Along with the koru who will also be beginning its journey. As well as the inspiring towering ferns who donโ€™t dull or apologize for their brilliance.

Even the retreat center speaks to this path: Aio Wira means Peace Wheel, and the first thing youโ€™ll see on arrival is a spiralโ€”a sign for your own becoming.

Like the koru, you are ready to uncoil.

If you feel the call to emerge into your truest, fullest self (and to bring Carmela and Karryn to joyful tears), we welcome you to join us.

Sample Retreat Schedule

DAY ONE

  • 3:00pm | Arrival

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Welcome Circle

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Yin yoga

  • 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Yoga Nidra (Yogic sleep practice)

  • 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Dinner + chats

  • 9:00pm | sauna / spa / early night

DAY TWO

  • 7:00am | Tea/Coffee

  • 7:30am - 9:30am | Yoga + Pranayama + Meditation + Visualization

  • 9:30am - 10:30am | Breakfast

  • 10:30am - 12:30pm | Workshop

  • 1:00pm - 4:30pm | Lunch + Me time (massage, relax, hike, pool, read, sleep, explore etc)

  • 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Workshop

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Yin yoga

  • 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Yoga Nidra (Yogic sleep practice)

  • 7:30pm - 8:30pm | Dinner

  • 9:00pm | sauna / spa under the stars / early night

DAY THREE

  • 7:00am | Tea/Coffee

  • 7:30am - 9:00am | Yoga + Pranayama + Meditation + Visualization

  • 9:00am - 10:00am | Breakfast

  • 10:00am - 11:00am | Workshop

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm | Closing Circle

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Pack up, hugs, goodbyes

*(subject to change, like everything else in life)

YOGA/BREATHWORK/MEDITATION - Weโ€™ll have a spacious studio for our practices. Each day weโ€™ll offer a mix of yoga styles from a more active vinyasa-style yang practice to start our day to a relaxing and deep yin practice as the sun sets.

We may pretend otherwise but everything will revolve around food.

All your meals will be lovingly prepared with locally sourced ingredients from plant-based chef and cookbook author @TheRecklessFoodie.

This is what her delicious and nourishing food looks like.

FACILITIES - Weโ€™ll have a sauna and a spa pool under the stars. We can also take nature dips in the river that runs through the grounds.

Accommodation is in rooms with twin beds. There are four shared bathrooms at the retreat center with toilets and showers. Weโ€™ll be an intimate group of around 10 people so we have plenty of space.

DAILY โ€˜MEโ€™ TIME - Take a walk. Read and relax in the garden. Swim at the beach or in the river.

There are an abundance of hikes ranging from ten minutes to 90 minutes (Cascade Kauri Park) all accessible from our private sanctuary.

Or do nothing at all.

The choice is yours.

Make your Deposit

Secure your spot by making a deposit for your room.

Shared Room (2 people)
Shared Room with 2 twin beds. Shared bathroom

NZD 250

Single Room (1 person)
Single ROOM with TWin bed
SHARED BATHROOM

NZD 300

Think of your first payment as your pinky promise to nourish your future self. Sheโ€™ll thank you. Deposits are non-refundable.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS/ORGANIZERS

Carmela Fleury

Karryn Miller

  • Carmela Fleuryโ€”is a Wayfinder Master Coach, a Certified Holistic Health Coach, a Yin Yoga teacher, and a Psychosomatic facilitator-in-training. She loves leading retreats worldwide. This, along with avoiding laundry, has been her specialty since 2011.

  • Karryn Millerโ€” has been teaching yoga all over the world for nearly two decades. She has completed multiple Hatha and Vinyasa yoga teacher trainings. She is a certified Reiki practitioner, Yoga Nidra teacher and a Wim Hoff fan. Sheโ€™s likely going to be the one trying to convince you to hop in the ice tub.

โ€œEven though Karryn has lived abroad for a million years, New Zealand is her homeland. We are so lucky to see the best her native land has to offer with her.โ€ - Carmela Fleury

Q&As

  • Inspiring sheroes in need of some vitamin R: to rest, refresh, recharge, rejuvenate, recalibrate, reassess, revitalize, reprioritize, and retreat.

  • Because the food will be delicious, the nature divine, and the post retreat effects are better than napping.

  • Taking time for yourself is not selfish. We all need time to rest and recharge and to reconnect with ourselves. We canโ€™t fill from an empty cup. Trying to do so makes us more tired and resentful and definitely not the sparkly version of ourselves that we want to be. Take time for you. You deserve it and nobody is going to give you permission to do so until you give yourself permission.