NOURISHED:
Plant-Based Cooking Retreats
4-night retreats
For thousands of years humans have enjoyed food as essential nourishment, pleasure and social connection.
How would it amplify your wellbeing to turn your attention to your relationship with food, and rediscover - through tastes, textures, aromas, the physicality of food preparation and the convivial conversations at the dinner table - the magical and mysterious ways that what we eat truly determines who we are? Our deeply held values, our physical vitality, our bonds with other people & our natural environment are all intimately connected to the food we eat.
Today we have unprecedented access to exhaustive nutritional science and this knowledge has enhanced the lives of millions of people. And yet… the happiest, healthiest and longest lived populations all follow the simplest of dietary models - they home cook their meals; they eat seasonal, predominately plant-focused meals; and they dine regularly with friends and family.
Wouldn’t it be priceless to reconnect with this natural affinity we have for cooking & eating, to know how and when to use food as medicine, to preserve the stories behind culinary traditions and cultures (our own and others), and rediscover how sharing food is one of the fundamental roots of all relationships?
Our 'Heart-To-Table' NOURISHED retreats re-awaken us to the joy and vitality of delicious, seasonal, cooking & eating.
These all-inclusive retreats offer a heart-centred and hands-on immersive experience, including guided cooking classes, inspiring korero, and practical information for taking this retreat experience into your everyday lives. Guided sessions are interspersed with valuable downtime for you to relax into the tranquility and natural beauty of Te Whenua Retreat.
Two decades of studying, cooking, experimenting, teaching (and lots of eating!) has culminated in this retreat, my offering to you; crafted to inspire, support and nourish you - heart, belly and soul.
For more detailed info, please select a date below. This plant-based retreat is for everyone, regardless of your current eating style.
All welcome.
These retreats run with a minimum of 2 guests and a maximum of 5. If you are considering this retreat with a friend and the published dates don't quite work please get in touch to see if we can create something for you.
Upcoming One-Day Retreats
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Gentle Care In Death
One Day Workshop $195, or $250 for additional evening session + 2-course dinner
A workshop offering whānau-led death care, ceremony, home funeral guidance and a shroud demonstration, led by the internationally recognised leader of the growing home funeral movement, Claire Turnham MBE.
The workshop runs from 10am to 4pm and includes a vegetarian lunch. There is also an extended opportunity to relax in the serenity of Te Whenua through the evening. We shall serve a delicious 2-course dinner and offer an opportunity for deeper conversations with Claire and other participants, which can be very useful and grounding. The evening session will wrap up at approx 8pm.
Cost $195 (day only) or $250 (including evening session + dinner).
Places limited and bookings essential.
About Claire:
Claire Turnham is a mother of 4 and the UK/NZ based Founder of Only with Love. She is dedicated to empowering, educating and guiding families to tenderly take care of their own. Claire is passionate about sharing her skills, knowledge and experience to help others.
In 2016 Claire was awarded Runner Up Green Funeral Director of the Year and Commended for her OWL Funeral Services at the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 UK Good Funeral Awards. In 2018 Claire was honoured by Amnesty International and in 2019 awarded an MBE for her services to Consumer Rights.
Since returning to New Zealand in 2020 Claire has become a Director of the newly formed, Australian Home Funeral Alliance and is the facilitator of Death Cafe Queenstown.