EMBRACE YOUR WISE POWER
“Menopause is not an ending — it is a threshold.”
These retreats offer a gentle, informed, and deeply supportive exploration of the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual changes that arise during perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause. This phase of life can feel like a death-and-rebirth portal — the shedding of old identities, rhythms, and roles, and the emergence of something truer, steadier, and more sovereign.
Rather than pathologising menopause, we approach it as a transitional portal — one that asks for slowing down, listening inward, and learning new ways to care for your nervous system, body, and inner world.
Through yoga, education, rest, reflection, and shared experience, these retreats support you to navigate this transition with clarity, compassion, and embodied wisdom — honouring both what is being released and what is coming into being.
Included in the retreat:
- Nervous system regulation education specific to perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause
- A seasonal paradigm to understand menopause within the wider cycles of life — rooted in the rhythms of nature and the cycle of your moon blood
- Exploration of menopause as a death–rebirth portal and rite of passage, supporting the transition into the wise power of Second Spring
- Yoga and somatic practices, including simple, accessible asana (movement), breathwork / pranayama, and meditation, specifically chosen to support women through menopause and to help with:
- Anxiety and nervousness
- Low mood and depleted energy
- Overwhelm and sensory overload
- Anger, irritability, and emotional reactivity
- Strength, stability, resilience, and long-term vitality
- Gentle lifestyle guidance and simple recommendations for sleep, rest, nourishment, and diet during this transition
- A safe, supportive group environment where sharing is welcomed and collective wisdom is honoured — so you are not navigating this transition alone
The retreat is held on 40 acres of native bush with direct beach frontage, in a peaceful and secluded environment that is healing and calming in itself.
You will stay in luxury accommodation sleeping six, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and an open-plan kitchen and living area — offering comfort, privacy, and space to truly rest. The land, the bush, and the ocean create a naturally regulating environment, supporting deep nervous system settling, reflection, and reconnection to your own rhythms.
All meals are included, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided each day. Food is simple, wholesome, vegan, and gluten-free, prepared to gently support digestion, energy, and rest during your stay.
Simply being on this land — nourished, held, and supported — is part of the healing.
If this speaks to you, trust that pull.
This retreat offers time, space, and support to meet menopause with curiosity, care, and compassion — in a setting designed for deep rest and reconnection. You are welcome exactly as you are.
ACCOMMODATION:
Sleeps up to 6 in 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.
Cost for 2 nights Weekend Retreat
$950/ $850/ $750 (depending on room size) per person sharing a room. Single supplement 50% extra is available.
Get in touch for details and further information.
NEXT MENOPAUSE YOGA RETREAT IS MAY 8th-10th 2026
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $100 off before April 8th 2026
You are also warmly invited to gather a small group of friends and come together — to share this threshold side by side, to listen, reflect, and support one another through this transition. There is something deeply powerful about moving through this stage of life in community, rather than alone.
If this feels like the right time, we would love to welcome you.
Te Hine Ruru owner Cushla Sheridan is a certified therapist in several modalities and offers a range of in-person and online treatments.
Treatments available include:
LOVELY NOTES
WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING
An escape is what we wanted. Natural wonders, space and views that replenish and refresh, a sacred place to start our married life. We got all that and more, with sightings of weka, pheasants, tui, quail and a private bay that was outstanding.
Cushla is amazingly kind, just as warm and welcoming as the property itself.
We received a lovely massage and healing sound session provided by Cushla in her studio just behind the guest house. This was the first place during our travels we felt totally at home and we were not ready to leave when the time came. We will absolutely be back for a longer retreat.
A stunningly serene and beautiful location. The perfect venue to reconnect with your inner peace and calm. Cushla’s work is immensely grounding and strengthening. Her energy healing work is powerful and healing.