Wellness Week or Weekend Rotorua

Be Well - isn't it time to look after yourself?

Our Wellness Week or Weekend nourishes mind, body and soul.

Breathe

Stretch 

Be 

Eat

Dance 

Nourish

Massage

Play

Walk

Soak

Dream

Rest

Laugh

Shop

Chant

Chat

Soak some more

Stretch some more

Breathe some more

Heal

Heal

Sigh

Find peace 

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From 11 - 18 of May 2025, Look After Me is collaborating with the Hindu Heritage Centre, teachers and tourism operators to bring you Wellness Week.

The event offers a range of self-care practices and wellness experiences to suit different lifestyles and budgets.

From yoga and meditation to sound healing, addiction support, nutraceuticals and community connection, spa and massage, the week-long celebration aims to foster holistic wellbeing within an inclusive and faith-friendly space.

You're so busy looking after everyone else (your children, your job, your house, your partner, your parents - but who is looking after you?

We do. 

Whether you're new to self-care, feeling a bit stressed or looking to deepen your practice, there's something here for everyone.

Grab a session, half day or full day pass.

Mix and match by choosing from Workshops, Yoga, Meditation and Healing circles, and Markets, with popular therapies like spas, massage and spending time in our awe-inspiring nature. 

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Every day we include activities that nuture mind, body and soul. 

Check the programme, because some events are better suited to young people and others, are created especially for women aged 50 years or more. 

If you like words - here's the Wordy programme.

If you prefer pictures, keep scrolling for the Day By Day Break Down. 

DAY BY DAY PROGRAMME 

11 May: Self-care Sunday - Mother's Day 

• MEET: 9 am: Welcome and opening ceremony with Julia and the Look After Me team
• STRETCH: 9.30 am Soulshine Yoga and breathwork with Nilamani Wright
• HEAL: 11 am Ananda Sounds Healing with Philip Chen (Tibetan bowls) - a relaxing, healing treat
  
• EAT: 12.30 Shared lunch - BYO, Buy or Bring a plate
  
• SOAK ME: 2.00 pm onwards with our spa partners. Purchase Spa Pass. Choose 4 star or 5 star options

12 MAY: Me...Me....Me... Monday

• CREATE: 9 am  - 2 pm Journal and Doodle and Crafty Wee Inn: for Arty & Crafties - either BYO or build using our resources
• EAT: 11.30 - 12.30 Mad Hatter Natter Chatter with Platters
  
• LEARN:  2 - 3.30 pm  Hormones and Women's Health Circle
• STRETCH: 5.30 - 7 pm Yoga for Women 40+ with Amy Jozwiak
• SOAK ME: All day - 4 and 5 star options 
• MASSAGE ME: All day - choice of 7 types of therapeutic massage

13 MAY: NourishMe Tuesday 

• NOURISH: 9 am Breakfast with local chef, JuicePlus and the Community Garden Project
• STRETCH: 10.30 - 11.30 am Steady as you go - for 50+ year with Aged Concern
• DE-TOX: 12 noon Foot spas and gentle 10 day programme with Julia & JuicePlus
• WALK OR RIDE: 2 - 4 pm Group, Solo guided walks, forest bathing or cycling in the Redwood Forest 
• SOCIAL: from 5 pm at BaseCamp, Secret Spa, Redwood Forest
• SOAK ME: All day -  4 and 5 star options 
• MASSAGE ME: all Day  -choice of 7 types of therapeutic massage

14 MAY: Wisdome Wednesday 

• MOVE: 10.30 - 11.30 am For 50+ with Aged Concern 
  
• WALK: 12 - 3 pm Art, Lake and Sculpture Walk - Lakefront Rotorua or
• WRITE: 12 - 3 pm Wee Write Inn. Story Tellers Tour of the Buried Village
• STRETCH: 5.30 pm - 7 pm Soulshine Yoga and breathwork with Nilamani Wright
• SOAK ME:  All day with our 4 and 5 star partners

15 MAY: Healing Thursday

• NOURISH: 12 - 1.30 pm  Lunch: with our local chef, JuicePlus and the Community Garden Project
• DE-TOX: 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm  - De-Tox - Foot spas and 10 day programme
• LAKES: 3 - 5.00 pm 5 Lakes Lunch and Tour
• EAT: 5 - 6 pm Night Market
  
• MEDITATE: 6.15 - 7.30 pm Ancient Yogic Wisdom and Meditation for inner peace with Kalaadivi, Barbara and Kavitha
• HEALING CIRCLE: From 7.30 pm - around the fire (BYO instruments)
• SOAK: All day with our spa partners 
  

16 MAY: Freedom Friday

• $15 Friday - Access to the Welcome, Dance and Fireside sessions.
• MEET: 7 pm Welcome and opening ceremony for Weekenders, with Julia and the Look After Me team
• DANCE: 8 pm Ecstatic Dance with DJ Wicks (Jarrod Anderson)
• BE: 10 pm Fireside chats and calm down 
• SOAK: all day with our Spa partners 
• SELF-CARE: Massage Me - choice of 7 types of therapeutic massage

17 MAY: Self-care Saturday 

• STRETCH: 8 am Sunrise Yoga with Amy Jozwiak
• LEARN: 9 am Energy flow and Colour Therapy workshop with Diane Rosenberg
• INNER PEACE: 11 am Mindfulness and walking meditation with Susannah
• MARKETS: 12 - 3 pm Make appointments with our healers, or learn about De-Tox and nutriceutical programmes, purchase wellness related products. Or:
• SOAK: 12 - 3 pm- choose from 4 options
• STRETCH:  3 - 4.15 pm Yoga with Carrie Hazleton
• LEARN: 4.30 - 6 pm Break free from Anxiety and Addiction with James Dear
• EAT: 6-7 pm dinner break
• CHANT: 7 - 8 pm Soothing kirtan 
• BE: From 8 pm Fireside chats, Open mic, singing, chanting, drumming

18 MAY: Soulful Sunday

• STRETCH: 9.30 - 11 am Soulshine Yoga and breathwork with Nilamani Wright
• MARKET: 11.30 - Mind, body soul market 
• SOAK: Choose from 4 options
• HEAL: Choose massage and therapy options at our Wellness Market
• WALK OR RIDE: Forest bathing, cycling, walking or 3 lake tours
• HEAL: 2 - 3.30 pm Sound Journey with Carole Song of Sound 
• FAREWELL: Closing Ceremony with Look After Me and Wellness Teams

Why here? 

Why now?

You need to make time for your own personal health and wellness journey. 

If you don't make time, to look after yourself, then who will?

Treat yourself to a spa or a massage. 

Come find and be with your tribe.

Wellness Week, is all about looking after you. 

You come, we look after you, that's what we do.

Where are we?

225 Malfroy Road, Utuhina, Rotorua (not far from New World).

Nestled right near the heart of Rotorua is a sacred and special building.

It was originally built as a church, it has been a place of respect and worship for over 60 years....

In 2024, it was purchased, restored and redecorated byGuna Magesan, Gurukul Ltd and the Hindu Council of New Zealand, for the purpose of bringing the community together. 

It is also the hub of Look After Me Headquarters - a wellness space for us all to enjoy. And since January 22, we've had a Community Garden project.

It's a place where we promote self-care in nourishing ways proven to be good for mind, body and soul. 

In this one special week, we are bringing our community together. 

Who is Look After Me? 

Look After Me was founded in 2011, originally as an accommodation network.

Founder Julia, independently came up with an idea similar to AirBnB. She wanted to shape the company to prioritise looking after women, aged 50 and over - as she felt they were the most vulnerable, particularly those wanting to travel solo. 

Together with our hosts, we have looked after about 30,000 guests, through over 600 properties around New Zealand. 

In 2018, Look After Me expanded to offer Experiences, like retreats, which utilise the accommodation. While our HQ was based in Dunedin, we created small, personal events like The Great Write Inn. 

However, throughout the Covid Years (2020-2025), we re-evaluated how to better serve a changed world. We've moved into the Wellness Industry, specialising in  personalised self-care. 

With moving back to Rotorua at the beginning of 2020, Look After Me is firmly established back in Rotorua. In 2024, through our Shareholding group we have the privilidge and honour of combining events, retreats and accommodation through the shared use and care of the building that was named The Hindu Heritage Centre. 

Now we are a community of business owners, organisations, tourism operators, teachers and healers who collectively believe in preserving life through looking after body, mind and soul.  

Here are some photos of recent events.....You'll see we are age, stage and faith friendly. 

Photo gallery (above) from our recent full-moon Chakra dance with Nadine Yoga and DJ Twisted Kiwi. We only allow 25 - 40 people in any of our events, to allow the space for everyone to relax and unwind in their own personal space. 

Need a Bed?

Look After Me manages an accommodation network in Rotorua. 

Through our selected and trusted partners we have a collection of homestays, bed and breakfasts, holiday houses, suites, apartments, campervan spots, villas, condos, or whatever suits you and your unique style. 

Just tick the No Obligation Enquiry and we'll match you with a decent place to stay, for a fair price. 

MEET OUR 'BE WELL' COLLECTIVE

We're a group of healers, teachers, therapists, counsellors, market stall holders and practioners who enjoy sharing knowledge to help people heal from emotional, physical or mental trauma, grief and stress.

Our Wellness Collective formed to teach effective practices to re-align and re-charge your energetic systems. In turn, this can make you feel healthier and happier.  

Nothing beats the energetic uplift from experiencing the lightness and power of a healing community when we come together to share our collective talents. 

It amplifies your healing experience. 

ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FUNDERS, CO-HOSTS, PARTNERS AND PREFERRED SUPPLIERS 

Our Look After Me Wellness Events, Personalised Retreats and Writer's Workshops are only possible because of the work of many people, working right throughout the wellness, tourism, events, creative writing and publishing industries.

We work together to deliver memorable soulfully aligned experiences, in our sacred space. 

Our quest is to bring people and healers together. 

We are grateful to our healers, teachers, leaders, staff, volunteers, suppliers, organisations, businesses and the unwavering guidance from our Shareholding Team, who support/ed our Look After Me Experiences Company with funding, logistics, risk-management, catering, venues, photography, marketing, either in-kind or as cash contributions or sponsorship. 

Thank you to our original Look After Me Shareholders, partners and suppliers. 

We are humbled to be working with Guna Magesan and the team at the Hindu Heritage Centre.

Look After Me loves creating, hosting or being involved in memorable, enjoyable events, workshops, wellness circles, personalised retreats and gatherings to promote personal self-care and wellness opportunities.  Scroll down to check out our whole range of Experiences for 2025 and 2026.