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SERVICES

Find your sense of inner calm, peace and experience deep relaxation through our intentional rest practices.  

All our sessions are designed to support you in accessing inner quiet in your mind and body, and to nourish and restore your nervous system.

Whether virtual or in-person, you will be guided through a restorative practice using gentle, classical relaxation poses, supported by blankets and other props, for your ultimate comfort.

While there is no physical exertion with this practice, the impacts can be deeply felt.

Group sessions are limited in numbers and we encourage you to book ahead using our online system. Subscription services for multiple sessions are available.

Please do take a few moments to read our Terms & Conditions, which includes our cancellation policy.

CAMBRIDGE STUDIO

From a boutique, private and centrally located studio in Cambridge, the following sessions are offered.

MOVING INTO STILLNESS

DURATION: 1.25 hours

PRICE PP:
1 session for $90  |  3 sessions for $250
5 sessions for $400

The focus is to unwind, relax and restore. A deeply calming and restorative session for your nervous system. Props and supports are used. Spaces are limited to 4 people in each session to ensure ultimate care.

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WEEKNIGHT WIND-DOWN

DURATION: 1 hour

PRICE PP: 
1 session for $45  | 3 sessions for $130  
5 sessions for $200

Designed specifically to transition from the busy-ness of the day and gently reset for the evening hours; to change gears physically and calm the nervous system. Spaces are limited to 4 people in each session to ensure ultimate care.

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THE DEEP RELAX

DURATION: 2 hours

PRICE PP: 
1 session for $125  |  3 sessions for $350  
5 sessions for $545  

A session to relax and saturate the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest and repair arm of our body’s nervous system. Seasonal and lunar aligned. Props and supports are used. Spaces are limited to 4 people in each session to ensure ultimate care.

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SIGNATURE BESPOKE PRIVATE SESSIONS

DURATION: 2-2.5 hours

PRICE PP:  $295 per session

A 1:1 session to offer a more in-depth opportunity to support on an individual basis and provide a bespoke experience not only as an introduction to the practice, but also for those wanting to continue to have an exclusively tailored experience and support individual symptoms.

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SOUND BATHING

DURATION: 1.25 hours

PRICE PP: 1 session for $75 |  Spaces are limited to 4 people in each session to ensure ultimate care.

The practice of sound bathing uses a variety of sound therapy instruments that vibrate at certain frequencies to support the mind and body to relax deeply, welcome a return to a sense of calm and balance, with the capacity to positively impact the quality of your sleep, your wellbeing and your emotional response.

Tamahere Country Club 
Deep Rest Session

For Tamahere Country Club Residents only

DURATION: 1.5 hours

PRICE PP: 1 session for $75 |  Spaces are limited to 12 people in each session to ensure ultimate care.

The ‘Sanctuary on Sunday’ programme of sessions are designed to support accessing inner quiet in the mind and body, and to nourish and restore balance to the nervous system. In this 90 minute session, you will be guided through a sequence and practices that usher you
into a state of deep relaxation. There is no physical exertion with this practice, this is a multisensory experience that invites a deep felt relaxation response in the body. All props are provided for your comfort in this small group setting.

Bookings can be made per session using the link below.

SOUND BATHING 
@ Flourish Wellness Studio

DURATION: 1.25 hours

PRICE PP: 1 session for $75 |  Spaces are limited to 12 people in each session to ensure your ultimate care.

The practice of sound bathing uses a variety of sound therapy instruments that vibrate at certain frequencies to support the mind and body to relax deeply, welcome a return to a sense of calm and balance, with the capacity to positively impact the quality of your sleep, your wellbeing and your emotional response. This session is a combination of deep relaxation and sound frequencies.

This Sound bath is held in the beautiful Flourish Wellness Studio, 19A Kaniera Terrace, St Kilda, Cambridge. Sessions at Flourish Wellness Studio are held monthly on a Sunday evening.

AUCKLAND STUDIO

From the beautiful and calm setting at Biba Studio in Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland, the following sessions are offered.

SOULFUL Stillness Sessions

DURATION: 2 hours

PRICE PP: $125 per session

A programme of sessions to relax and saturate the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest and repair arm of our body’s nervous system. Seasonal and lunar aligned. Props and supports are used. Spaces are limited to 8 people per session to ensure ultimate care.

Hosted within the Biba Studio in Birkenhead, Auckland.

Bookings are open.

SIGNATURE BESPOKE PRIVATE SESSIONS

DURATION: 2-2.5 hours

PRICE PP: $295 per session 

A 1:1 session to offer a more in-depth opportunity to support on an individual basis and provide a bespoke experience not only as an introduction to the practice, also for those wanting to continue to have an exclusively tailored experience and support individual symptoms.

Sessions as arranged by appointment.

Sanctuary on Sunday @ Biba

DURATION: ½ day retreat   I   1.00pm – 4.30pm

PRICE PP: $349 for a half day filled with goodness for you

A half day of rest and relaxation to regulate the nervous system, to leave you deeply calm, quiet and exquisitely rested. You will feel deeply relaxed and nourished by the different practices during this time.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • The day will feel like a soothing balm for your senses and overall well being  
  • There is no physical exertion –  it is a time for deep relaxation
  • Practices that you can take home to continue the ‘feel good’ effects 
  • Sound bathing to further deepen the rebalancing effects
  • The retreat is a multisensory experience that is seasonally aligned
Hosted within the Biba Studio in Birkenhead, Auckland

Max number 8 people at this retreat

Sunday 22 September 2024  

Live Stream online SESSIONS

Harness the benefits of connecting virtually with small group sessions via Zoom. Our online streaming sessions offer flexibility and choice to clients, to start and continue their practice from their own space, home and circumstances, and are ideal for clients who are located elsewhere, in New Zealand or globally.

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Good Vibrations Sound Bath

DURATION: 1 hour – Via Zoom

PRICE PP: 
1 session for $55  |  3 sessions for $150 

Lay down and relax with your earbuds/headphones and allow the sonic waves of relaxation wash over you in the comfort of your own space.  Deeply balancing, relaxing and ‘otherworldly’.

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The Sunday Pause

DURATION: 1 hour – Via Zoom

PRICE PP: 
1 session for $40  |  3 sessions for $105 

An hour of deep relaxation, designed around lunar and seasonal influences. A modern and deeply relaxing session to soothe your nervous system, calm your mind and have you ready for your week.

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Deep Rest

DURATION: 1.5 hours – Via Zoom

PRICE PP: 
1 session for $75  |  3 sessions for $205 

The focus is to unwind, relax and restore. A deeply calming and restorative session for your nervous system. Props and supports are used. Spaces are limited to 4 people in each session to ensure tailored ultimate care.

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KIND WORDS

“Thank you Sharon for making it possible for me to continue my Intentional Rest and Stillness practice with you at a distance. I have been so pleasantly surprised with how effective the virtual online experience has been.

Anyone who thinks that technology would get in the way of achieving deep relaxation clearly hasn’t worked with you. Your online sessions have enabled me to feel fully restored and enjoy the benefits that come with your guidance.  I’m already signed up for more!”

– K

WORKSHOPS & RETREATS

Creative Rest Retreat – Hawkes Bay

DATE: Friday 30th August to Tuesday 3rd September 2024. 
DURATION: 4 Nights over 5 Days
VENUE: Cape South Homestead, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Join Fleur Woods – our outstanding NZ creative fibre artist, Kate Peterson – wellbeing facilitator, and I, at the gracious Cape South luxury homestead for the most beautiful 4-night retreat, designed to nourish your creative spirit and nurture your being.

Gather with us to learn the art of ‘Embracing the Slow’. Replenish your energy and connect more deeply with your true creative self.

We have expertly curated this retreat to offer you a complete escape by slowing down time and ensuring space for you to simply be, connect, create and rest. You’ll be nurtured and nourished on your own terms; all you have to do is arrive.

Allow us to guide you gently through 4 nights and over 5 days of Slow Stitch, Deep Rest, and Gentle Movement, supported with delicious, nourishing meals while you delight in luxurious facilities, surrounded by 16 acres of nature at her finest.

We have designed this retreat as if we were attending it ourselves, covering all the goodness we would want: a beautiful location; beautiful and comfortable private or shared ensuite room options for accommodation; delicious, nourishing and sustaining food cooked by an in-house chef; kind and welcoming retreat facilitators; access to expert knowledge and resources in a relaxed and warm-hearted environment.

If you are in need of a true escape to make time for yourself, your creativity, to nurture and nourish your body and mind, gather with kindred spirits and simply make space for more joy in your life, we do hope you’ll join us.

This is a retreat for a maximum of 8-10 people so that you receive ultimate care and support.

You can find out more about the extraordinary talent of Fleur Woods, see more about Cape South and much more detail about the retreat itself and pricing using the links below.

If you have any questions at all, please do be in touch with me.

April 2024 update – currently sold out.  If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please let me know.

Sanctuary on Sunday @ Biba

DURATION: ½ day retreat   I   1.00pm – 4.30pm

PRICE PP: $349 for a half day filled with goodness for you

A half day of rest and relaxation to regulate the nervous system, to leave you deeply calm, quiet and exquisitely rested. You will feel deeply relaxed and nourished by the different practices during this time.


WHAT TO EXPECT

  • The day to feel like a soothing balm for your senses and overall well being
  • There is no physical exertion – much of the time is spent cocooned in the comfort of blankets and soft props to invite rest and ease into the retreat afternoon
  • Deep rest practices that you can take home to continue the ‘feel good’ effects
  • Sound bathing to further deepen the rebalancing effects
  • The retreat is seasonally and lunar aligned, and follows TCM and Ayurvedic principles
  • A multisensory experience that invites a deep felt, experience
Hosted within the Biba Studio in Birkenhead, Auckland.

Max number 8 people at this retreat.

Sunday 22 September 2024.  

Please email me for further details or to be put on a waitlist.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS

DURATION: 3 HOURS – SEVERAL DAYS

PRICE PP: TBA

Sharon’s tailored workshops and retreats offer the opportunity to focus on specific areas (e.g. mindfulness, stillness, hormonal imbalance, overwhelm, energy depletion, deep rest,) or for specific groups (e.g. women only, men only, pre-teens and teenagers, corporate) for a longer duration. A bespoke experience.

WORKSHOPS & RETREATS

Creative Rest Retreat – Hawkes Bay

DURATION: 4 Nights over 5 Days

PRICE PP: $1500

Join Fleur Woods – our outstanding NZ creative fibre artist, Kate Peterson – wellbeing facilitator, and I, at the gracious Cape South luxury homestead for the most beautiful 4-night retreat, designed to nourish your creative spirit and nurture your being.

Gather with us to learn the art of ‘Embracing the Slow’. Replenish your energy and connect more deeply with your true creative self.

We have expertly curated this retreat to offer you a complete escape by slowing down time and ensuring space for you to simply be, connect, create and rest. You’ll be nurtured and nourished on your own terms; all you have to do is arrive.

Allow us to guide you gently through 4 nights and over 5 days of Slow Stitch, Deep Rest, and Gentle Movement, supported with delicious, nourishing meals while you delight in luxurious facilities, surrounded by 16 acres of nature at her finest.

We have designed this retreat as if we were attending it ourselves, covering all the goodness we would want to be covered.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • A beautiful location
  • Beautiful and comfortable private or shared ensuite room options for accommodation
  • Delicious, nourishing and sustaining food cooked by an in-house chef
  • Kind and welcoming retreat facilitators
  • Access to expert knowledge and resources in a relaxed and warm-hearted environment.
  • The magic experience when a small gathering of wise women, with open hearts and minds, come together!

 

If you are in need of a true escape to make time for yourself, your creativity, to nurture and nourish your body and mind, gather with kindred spirits and simply make space for more joy in your life, we do hope you’ll join us.

Hosted within Cape South Homestead, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

This is a retreat for a maximum of 8-10 people so that you receive ultimate care and support.

Friday 30th August to Tuesday 3rd September 2024. 

You can find out more about the extraordinary talent of Fleur Woods, see more about Cape South and much more detail about the retreat itself and pricing using the links below.

If you have any questions at all, please do be in touch with me.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS

DURATION:3 HOURS – SEVERAL DAYS

PRICE PP: TBA

Sharon’s tailored workshops and retreats offer the opportunity to focus on specific areas (e.g. mindfulness, stillness, hormonal imbalance, overwhelm, energy depletion, deep rest,) or for specific groups (e.g. women only, men only, pre-teens and teenagers, corporate) for a longer duration. A bespoke experience.

Gift Vouchers

Gift vouchers and cards for sessions

Want to treat a friend or send a meaningful gift? We offer customised gift vouchers for single & multiple sessions or a dollar value to spend on any session.

Please contact me to arrange one