Retreats and Day Spa

Whatever YOU need from a retreat will be addressed, you will be inspired, nurtured, coaxed and held in a bath of love and non-judgement.

If New Zealand is about the PURE YOU - you will find a PURER YOU here at Shunyata.

"There is nothing more worth-while & more difficult than the fundamental human task of simply becoming human" JACK MACQUARRIE

All Retreats include:

One on one counselling
Morning yoga/stretch/evening meditation
Healthy nutritious meals mostly vegetarian/fish (special diets catered for)
Private accommodation
Special body work session
Use of spiritual and health library
Use of chi machine/acupressure mat/shiatsu massager

Note:

$50 return transfer from town/airport
Extra nights $150 pp inc all meals and yoga and meditation

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Journey Retreats:

Ultimate Bliss - Most Popular Retreat	Intricate Taste
3 days/2 nights: $700 pp or $1300 for 2 2 journeys usingThe Enneagram 2 ozone saunas 1 cranio-sacral/massage	2 days/1 night: $450 pp or $800 for 2 1 journey usingThe Enneagram 1 ozone sauna 1 cranio-sacral massage

Ayurveda Detox

Ayurveda Panchakarma Cleanse/Detox or Weight Loss

5 days/4 nights $1100
7 days/6 nights $1500, extra days $200 per day

Ultimate Cleanse specially tailored for your body type

1 day gentle fasting to release toxins then rest of time doing ayurvedic panchkarma colon or liver cleansing.
Every day special meals cooked based on your body type with cooking demonstrations and tips to take home.
each day includes yoga and meditation
1 Royal treatment a day either:
Abhyanga (hot oil massage with steam)
Nasya (amazing treatment for sinus and asthma)
Indian Head Massage with Foot Treatment
Udvartana (special powder massage for cellulite & exfoliation)
Shirodhara with Indian Head (great for letting go of anxiety and the mind)

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Couples Retreats

We all know what a romantic getaway can do for the spark of love, but Shunyata will give you that and a little help to confront the issues that have been building up inside to bring back that which brought you together in the first place. So this couples retreat is unique and different, it’s not with a group – it’s all about you and what you need as most couples haven’t touched the full potential of man /woman from a deeper intimacy. Maybe it’s just pampering you need – whatever will take you to a higher love.

Return to Love 1	Return to Love 2 Pampering
$1300 per couple You will get all of the Ultimate Bliss, plus Bath bombs and local She Chocolates Romantic 3 course dinner with champagne Counselling on where to next in your relationship	$1300 per couple - 3days/2 nights You will get Bath bombs and local She Chocolates Romantic 3 course dinner with champagne Counselling on where to next in your relationship 2 ozone saunas 3 pampering sessions from day spa menu each

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Pampering Retreats

Pamper Retreat (for singles)	Pamper Retreat (for couples)
1 facial or body scrub 1 ozone sauna 1 massage/cranio-sacral All healthy nutritious meals veg or non veg - (spec meals catered for) Private accommodation Morning yoga and stretch Evenings mediation, satsang and movie Use of spiritual book library Use of Chi Machine $450 pp - 2 days/1 night - Extra night $150pp (inc. all meals) $50 return transfer from airport/town	Also including She chocolates and bath bombs and the same services as above including couples counselling (if requested). 1 ozone sauna each 1 massage/cranio session each 1 facial of your choice each $900 - 2 days/1 night

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Day Spas

Shunyata's Day Spa is fast becoming Christchurch's best kept secret.

Just 45 mins from Christchurch, or 10 mins on ferry from Lyttelton, providing a rejuvenating sanctuary right on the ocean where all you hear is birdsong. Most day spa’s have a time limit for your sessions – at Shunyata your day out is a true experience from the moment we meet you at the ferry.

Recently renovated, Shunyata is unique in personal one-on-one attention and along with the pampering of the day spa therapies; there is also an emotional clearing that takes place, making a beautiful balance of body, mind and soul.

Treatments: Many modalities of Massage- Ozone Steam Sauna, Indian Head Massage, Divine Foot Spa and Treatments, Cranio-Sacral Balancing, Shirodhara, Couples Massage with steam, yummy balinese body scrubs and face packs, ayurvedic face packs, oxygen facial, chi machine and double hydrotherapy bath.

Book 2 People or more and receive special Shunyata gift

Shunyata Girls Day Out	Shunyata Girls Day Out 2
Start with ozone sauna with face scub, then fade away in a body work session combining massage, reflexology and cranio-sacral using special emotional oil blends suited for you and finish with divine oxygen facial and either lunch or platter and champagne.	Start with ozone sauna with face scub, then fade away in a body work session combining massage, reflexology and cranio-sacral using special emotional oil blends suited for you and finish with Balinese Body Scrub - chocolate, coffee, coconut, jasmine, and either lunch or platter and champagne.

Shunyata Ultimate Healing Day	Shunyata Detox and Scrub	Make up Your own Day Spa Experience
Start withThe JourneyandEnneagram, followed by a delightful ozone sauna and natural face scrub. After a delicious healthy lunch, fade away with a session combining massage and cranio-sacral using special emotional oil blends suited for you.	Start with special detox tea, then melt into ozone sauna with face and body scrub. Fade away with massage and cranio-sacral using special emotional oil blends specially suited for you, and then after a delicious lunch, purify with hydro-bath and special detox salts and finish with divine oxygen facial to complete the natural glow. All natural products used.	Combine two of your own treatments from Ayurveda or Balinese with sauna and lunch. Combine 3 of your own treatments from Ayurveda or Balinese with sauna and lunch.

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Sessions

Cranio-Sacral Balancing

It is a very subtle and soft but profoundly effective body therapy that combines scientific techniques with intuition and sensibility in a space of conscious meditation. The therapist tunes into the natural wave-like motion of the cranio-sacral rhythm with a very gentle touch, re-establishing freedom of movement. It reconnects your body with its natural ability to heal itself. With the specific touch, restrictions and tensions in the soft tissues and bones loosen, pains melt away. The awareness, relaxation and sense of wellbeing that results from this therapy goes very deep, emotions change and moods lighten. Balancing the cranio-sacral system helps you to reconnect to your inner self, your inner essence, where the body can heal itself.

This profound body work complements The Journey perfectly and my specialty is helping you get back in touch with the messages from your body and loving the body. Make sure you check in the mirror after a session as your whole being opens. We call it the natural facelift.

Massage

Everyone loves a good massage. I combine various massage styles to ease tension and knots in the body, then totally relax the body before going into sublime cranio-sacral. Livening up your feet with peppermint, and using the right aromatherapy oil to truly relax or enliven you on that day.

Ayurvedic Treatments

Abhyanga 1½ hrs

The special ayurvedic hot oil massage with special oils based on your body type. This is combined with marma point therapy (special points of energy meridians like prana points in body). This treatment helps to calm the mind , relieves fatigue, provides stamina and enhances the lustre of the skin and is then followed by a steam in the gorgeous ozone sauna.

Udvartanum 1hr

This ancient herbal powder based massage deeply exfoliates and helps with cellulite, water retention and weight loss. The skin feels toned and tightened,followed by steam.

Shirodhara 1hr

After an Indian head massage warm sesame oil is gently poured onto the head and 3rd eye promoting deep relaxation, memory improvement and stress relief.
Great for headaches, insomnia, mental tension and anxiety.

Nasya 1hr

This is where medicated oils are dropped into the nose after a face massage and steam. It is indicated for sinus problems, migraines, allergies and draining mucus from the nasal passage. A few treatments are recommended.
Amazing results

Ayurvedic Facials 1hr

Facials are done according to your body type using herbs, flowers, essential oils and natural minerals. Usually though they include a deep natural scrub, a cleanse with natural lemon cleansing, a face massage with special rejuvenation creams and a face pack specially formulated for your particular skin with a clay base and rose water.

Herbal Melanin Face Treatment

Great for pigmented skin and skin that droops (Weight Loss)

Superficially it normalises the skin color by dissolving the dark pigmented area.
Acts as a natural face lift
It also improves the color of the skin making the skin more healthy.

Bali Treats

Smell the sweet scents of jasmine and frangipani and be taken to the tropics.

Mandi Lulur

This traditional javanese treatment makes you feel like royalty.
First start with gorgeous massage followed by herbal skin scrub of ground rice powder, tumeric and sandalwood to remove dead skin cells and to smooth and soften skin, then follow by a yogurt splash to restore skin's natural PH balance and finish with rose petal jasmine bath or ozone steam sauna.

Body Scrubs (available with day spa packages)

Coconut/Vanilla - Leaves skin smooth, shiny and radiant. Good for dry and sensitive skin and Pita Ayurvedic types
Kopi/Coffee - This scrub will exfoliate dead skin cells, detoxify, cleanse, soften and moisturise the skin. Great for the guys
Chocolate - Great antioxidant and also useful for dead skin leaving special aroma for the day
Jasmine - Oh the smell of Bali woofs as all you smell is jasmine oil, scrub and body lotion - a true aromatic indulgence.

Balinese Face Masks

Green Tea Mask - This mask is rich in antioxidants. It cleans, calms, refreshes and brightens skin.
Seaweed Mask - Great for dry skin, age spots and freckles. Contains minerals to prevent dehydration.

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