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May 30th, SATURDAY MANAWA FESTIVALS
Join us for an evening of connection, movement, and nourishment at Manawa’s much loved monthly Mini Festival in the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau.
This wellness focused gathering is thoughtfully curated with a beautiful flow, inviting you to move, feel, and reconnect with yourself and others.
❋ FacilitatedThis event, like all Manawa gatherings, is thoughtfully facilitated by experienced guides so everyone feels included, supported, and part of the experience.
❋ CommunityGenuine community that is wellness focused, loves to live heart centered lives.
❋ Amazing music and sound systemManawa always brings great music and a beautiful atmosphere, inviting your body to naturally express itself freely.
❋ All inclusive eventVegan and GF Meal and Chai are included in the price
❋ Space to be authenticPeople feel safe and comfortable at Manawa events, allowing them to be their true selves without judgment.
❋ Different DJs Manawa collaborates with DJs from across the North Island as well as international artists to bring a diverse musical experience to the community.
DJ Leah Luna
Leah Luna is a German-New Zealand-based DJ and artist known for immersive, high-energy sets that blend Bass House, Tribal rhythms, oriental textures, and hypnotic bass into a signature sound that is both powerful and deeply atmospheric.
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsdYB_1PZMY
Soundcloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/mRLToK17e1fdWn33gb
Doors Open/Cacao Lounge
5.45pm
Opening Circle
6.30pm
Yoga
6.20-7pm
Ecstatic Dance
7-8.30pm
Sound Healing
8.30-9pm
Kai & Chai
9-11pm
Te Pō
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Te Pō 〰️
The dark that holds it all
Winter is a season not often honoured for its beauty, or for the way it calls us inward.
We are often taught to push through it, a waiting space between light and warmth.
Te Pō offers the opposite invitation.
In Māori cosmology, Te Pō is the long night before the world of light
the cocoon,
the womb space,
the place where life quietly gestates before it is ready to be seen.
There is a quiet beauty in the dark, not as absence, but as depth. A place where everything softens, where what is unseen is still alive and forming.
Winter Solstice marks the deepest point of that darkness.
In this retreat, we enter that space together, exploring what it feels like to be fully held, fully safe, and free to express all that we are.
A slow unfolding through the day and into the night:
• Opening ceremony — honouring the season through intention and ritual
• Connection workshop — meeting each other on a deeper level, establishing safety as a group
• Vocal expression — sound before language, the voice as instrument
• Somatic dance — exploring in an embodied way what Te Pō means within us
• Creative expression — your inner world, brought onto paper through charcoal
• Ecstatic dance — the release, the long, full exhale
• Yoga Nidra & integration — time to settle the nervous system and integrate what has been explored through the day
• Fully catered — vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free options available
Aroha Shanti, Huapai – Auckland
Saturday, 27 June
$160 – fully catered, Early Bird (only 20 tickets)
$200 - fully catered, General
