Wellness Weekend Rotorua

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

Our Wellness Weekend nourishes mind, body and soul.

Breathe

Stretch 

Be 

Write

Eat

Dance 

Nourish

Massage

Play

Walk

Soak

Dream

reCharge

Laugh

Shop

Chant

Chat

Enchant

Soak some more

Stretch some more

Breathe some more

Heal

Heal

Sigh

Find peace and love within yourself

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Hi, I'm Julia

We've probably already met, at a festival here and there around New Zealand.

Now it's my turn to host. 

I would looooove you to come and visit us in Rotorua - check your diary!

The main group event is Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of May 2025.

PROGRAMME: FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025

8 - 10 pm           Escatic Dance with DJ Wicks (Jarrod Anderson)

PROGRAMME: SATURDAY 17 MAY 2025

8 – 9  am               Mindfulness and walking meditation with Susannah

9 – 9.30  am           Breakfast

9.30 – 10.30 am       Meridian energy flow workshop with Diane Rosenberg

10 –  12 noon           Mind - Body - Soul - multiple options and modalities (choose on the day)

12 -2                       Lunch + Markets + Clinics + therapies (eg. massage, Reiki, body balance, foot spas, card reading, etc)

2 -3  pm                  Guest Talk: Break free from Anxiety and Addiction with James Dear

3 - 4.30 pm             Yoga with Carrie Hazleton

5 - 7  pm                 Forager's Dinner Table opens 6 - 7 pm 

                               1.  HEAL OPTION: Spa, Massage, Therapies or

                               2. NATURE OPTION: Forest bathing, cycling, walking and private lakes

                               3.  HELP OPTION: Volunteers clean and re-set the hall for dinner help in the community garden

                               4. REST OPTION: lie around in hammocks reading or writing

                               5. HEALING CIRCLE OPTION: Men's Healing circle, Women's Healing Circle, Rainbow Healing Circle, Addiction support                                     Circle, Creative Circle, Writer's Circle, Sexual Health Circle

7 – 8 pm                   Soothing Kirtan: chanting, dancing and instrumental freedom

8 till late                  Fireside chats - open mic, singing, chanting, drumming

PROGRAMME: SUNDAY 18 MAY 2025

9.30 – 11 am             Soulshine Yoga and breathwork with Nilamani Wright

11 – 11.30                 Breakfast

11.30 – 12.30            Break-Out Groups: 

                                         -  De-Tox Clinics (focus on nutrition and water)

                                          -  Men's Healing Circle

                                          -  Women's Healing Circle  

                                          -  Journal writing circles

12.30 - 2                  Lunch + Markets + Healing Clinics, Wellness Therapies (book in-house massage, reiki sessions)

2 -3.30  pm              Chakra Dance and Sound Journey with Carole Song of Sound

3.30 – 4 pm              Meditation for Peace with Barbara and Kavhita

4 pm                        Group Closing ceremony 

4.15 pm                   Spa Groups: Forest, Luxury, Healing or Escape. 

Or Massage Time: Traditional, Thai, Therapeutic, Sensual, Cultural, Natural

PROGRAMME: MONDAY 18 MAY 2025

7.00 – 11 am             Crafty Wee Write Inn - Early birders Creative Session with tea and nibbles

11 am - 5 pm           1.  HEAL OPTION: Spa, Massage, Therapies or

                               2. NATURE OPTION: Forest bathing, cycling, walking and private lakes

                               3. REST OPTION: lie around in hammocks reading or writing

5.30 - 7 pm              Yoga for 40 year + Women with Amy 

from 7 pm                Farewell and programme close

HAERE MAI - NAMESTE - HARIBOL AND WELCOME!

We extend a warm welcome to healers and healees, the wellness "curious", people who need a bit of self-love and self-care to help them get through, whatever you're going through. 

If you are interested in stretching your mind, body and emotions in better health journeys. 

This weekend is for you. 

Come sing, dance, eat, learn, stretch and be with us.

Even if you called in for an hour or two over the weekend, you will leave feeling better than you arrived. 

We have both a fixed ticket pricing and koha model to ensure this event is inclusive of everyone. 

It's that kind of place....and that kind of community.

Grab a couple of your besties, or trust yourself to come solo and come for a roadie or fly in for a nighty, night, night. Or two-ey?

Plan to arrive on the Friday night before hand, or even a day or two either side.

Our Wellness Centre is open 7 am - 7 pm 7 days, with events leading up to the Weekend Event.

Our Wellness Week kicks off with the Full Moon event on Tuesday 13th through, with event running right until Monday 21st of May. 

Throughout the weekend, we'll be inviting our respected teachers to guide us in lots of "feel-good" and "heart-warming" activities.

Things like yoga, meditation and dance and singing. 

These are natural, fun and safe ways to release tension and re-tune your physical, emotional and mental energy. 

During the market time - taste delciousness all around, connect with like-minded people, book a massage, experience body balance or absorb yourself in reading, writing or being read. 

Open your heart to reiki, journalling, learning, reading, writing, helping look after our community garden,

Hang in hammocks, social time snacks,

De-Tox, take foot baths, try forest bathe-ing in secret places.

Listen in on one of our workshops, 

Connect with our men's, women and rainbow sacred healing circles. Or Start your own circle! Talk openly and freely about whatever you want to talk about. 

Enjoy the buzz of cool new markets - gee there are some epic new tricks and tips coming out of the cosmos!

Beat your chin or your drum at our fireside chats. 

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. 

Stretch your brain with our healthy heart and mind circles. 

Come find and be with your tribe.

Your Look After Me, Wellness Weekend is all about you. 

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

Where are we?

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

It's been sitting unused for about 7 years, so it's no surprise you haven't heard of it. 

It was originally built as a church in the mid-sixties so is an up-lifiting place to be. 

It has been restored and redecorated by 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.

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 weekend, we are bringing our community together. 

We'd love for our locals to pop in and volunteer for a bit, to help make our out-of-towners feel loved and special. 

You are part of this community, and it is part of you - so if you feel called to be at a Wellness Weekend in Rotorua - this is your chance!

Who are we? 

Wellness is for everyone!

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

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, parlours, bouduaires, 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. 

WHO COMES TO OUR WELLNESS WEEKS AND WEEKENDS?

We are age, stage, faith and gender friendly. 

We are meat and alcohol free, all weekend, which creates a safer space, particularly for women and children.

Our community is people interested in wholistic approaches to their own personal wellbeing. 

We share nourishing mind-body-soul practices like yoga, meditation, journaling, sound journeys, healing circles, uplifiting speakers, chanting and dancing as ways to encourage clarity and healing in your life. 

Our events are helpful for people healing from emotional, physical mental trauma, grief, stress and various medical conditions. At this Wellness Weekend we are lucky to have wonderful healers who work in the Addiction Space. It is good to be open and honest about addiction - we know it's rife in our community so we are opening up some of those conversations within yourselves. 

If you can, we recommend you come for the whole weekend for a full Mind-Body-Soul experience. 

We are encouraging as many people to register as volunteers, market stall holders, or therapists... this event is for you!

ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FUNDERS, CO-HOSTS, PARTNERS AND PREFERED 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.