Upcoming workshops & retreats
At Bali Garden we love hosting workshops and retreats for the body, mind and soul. See below for all our upcoming events.
If you would like to host a workshop or retreat please contact us here.
Song & Sound Medicine With Lauren Ryburn
Friday 31st October 2025
6.30pm-8.30pm
$40, or two class credits using membership.
Join Lauren for an evening of vocal expression, singing and sound healing.
This is an intentional vibrational healing container where we will explore, release and express through a range of intuitive vocal practices and collective singing. Finishing off with bathing in a soothing instrumental and soul song transmission from Lauren.
We will activate our own innate healing vibration through vocal sounding, chanting and toning to recalibrate our energy body and soothe our soul. When will come together to sing - as our ancestors once did, to evoke and reignite joy, play, heart-expansion, soul healing and the remembrance of our innate connection to earth mother, the divine and the collective.
Lauren Ryburn is an Intuitive Healer and Holistic Therapist with over 19 years experience of working and weaving with energy.
She weaves vibrational sound healing and song into her healing practices, 1-1 sessions and group circles and has found it to be profoundly healing on many levels.
Positive Birth Prep Retreat - With Helen Bartrom
Saturday 1st November 2025
10.30am-4.30pm
$455 per couple, 8 hours of tuition (6 hours on the retreat and 2 hours of follow-up online live sessions), The Positive Births in NZ book, set of affirmation cards, workbook, 10 downloadable audio tracks to practise and ongoing support.
The Positive Birth Prep Retreat is designed especially for pregnant couples due between August - December.
Enjoy guided meditation, deep relaxation, breath work, empowering education and mental preparation for a positive birth journey.
The day retreat is part of the Positive Births course empowering couples to feel calm, confident and fully prepared for their birth regardless of what circumstances occur along the way.
Women’s Moon Circle With Georgia Roberts
Sunday 2nd November 2025
6.30pm -8.30pm
$65
When women come together in community real magic happens. If you’re looking for a place where you can have some breathing room and get to heal in a space without judgement.
Join us for our women’s circles. In this space we use transformational breathing to open up our bodies and move any stuck energy that might be keeping us from moving forward and attaining our goals
Monthly Sadhana: Deepen Your Practice, Bring it into daily life with Sandey Hoskin
Saturday 8th November 2025
11am - 1pm
$45
Sadhana - A personal Practice: Immerse in a cohesive 90-minute practice that expands Yoga understanding and bridges the gap between the mat and daily life.
Practices include Asana, Somatics, Restorative, Pranayama, Mantra, Meditation, and Journaling, with themes drawn from the timeless wisdom of classical Non-dual Tantra.
Learn strategies to carry the practice into everyday life, relationships, and work.
We will have time after for Q&A.
Limited spaces - bookings essential.
Love Your Lymph
with Miria Aman &
Jeanine Chell
Saturday 15th November 2025
10am - 4pm
$185 - bring your own Cecily Braden brushes
$385 - includes a $245 Cecily Braden Brush Set
Hosted by Miria Aman (Empowering Wellness) & Guest Jeanine Chell (Facial Alchemy)
Your lymphatic system is key to detoxification, circulation, and vitality, and it's easier to support than you might think. In this hands-on, interactive workshop, you'll learn simple yet powerful self-care techniques to keep your lymphatic system flowing and your energy thriving.
What to Expect
Hands-On Practice: Learn manual lymphatic drainage using nourishing oils like Boob Loob and castor oil. These simple techniques help release congestion, ease tension, and boost immunity.
Brush Work: Discover how Cecilia Braden's brushes mimic natural lymphatic flow.
Gentle, targeted brush strokes improve circulation, aid detoxification, and are easy to use at home (or even on long flights!).
Whole-Body Flow: Explore movement, self-massage, and techniques for face, neck, arms, chest, abdomen, legs, and feet- head-to-toe care for your lymph
Benefits You'll Take Away
Improved circulation and natural immunity
Relief from sluggishness, bloating, or heavy legs
Support for digestion, joint mobility, and energy
A deep sense of relaxation and self-healing
Lunch is included.
"Leave feeling lighter, clearer, and empowered with daily practices to support your health and vitality".
New Moon Retreat With Lauren Filer
Sunday 23rd November 2025
10.30am-4.30pm
$250
Release. Realign. Refocus
Do you feel ready to release what no longer serves you and make space for what truly matters? The end of the year is a powerful time to pause, reflect, and set intentions for the season ahead.
The New Moon Day Retreat invites you to reconnect with your inner self, let go of the past, and align with your true desires. Under the magic of the New Moon, we’ll create space for clarity, healing, and a fresh start.
Life can often leave us feeling depleted—giving so much of our energy that we lose sight of our direction. This retreat is designed to fill your cup and guide you toward abundance, so you can move into the new year feeling calm, centered, and recharged.
Oamaru Stone Making Workshop with Mark Collins
Saturday 29th November & Sunday 30th November 2025
9.30am-4.30pm
$389.85
Fun, creative and a great thing to do for personal growth.
Join us for a hands-on, soul-filling weekend at Bali Garden.
Across two days you’ll learn traditional stone-carving techniques, create your own Oamaru limestone sculpture, and reconnect with creativity.
What’s included:
- Oamaru limestone block (300 x 300 x 200)
- All tools provided
- Mentoring & tutorials from Mark Collins
- Venue & refreshments
What you’ll bring home:
- Your own finished sculpture
- New confidence in creativity
- Friendships & laughter
Maximum 10 participants (this will sell out)
For more info: 027 534 0860 thinking@markcollins.co.nz
Community Yoga Class
Thursday 13th November 2025
5.30pm - 6.30pm
KOHA
Community Yoga Class – Support Emerging Teachers & LifeMatters Suicide Prevention Trust
Join us for our monthly Community Yoga Class, where a newly trained teacher leads each session, bringing fresh energy and inspiration to your practice. This is a beautiful opportunity to support emerging yoga instructors as they share their passion and begin their teaching journey.
By attending, you’re not only nurturing new teachers—you’re also supporting a cause close to our hearts. All proceeds go to LifeMatters Suicide Prevention Trust.
Everyone is welcome—whether you're brand new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner. Come move, breathe, and build community with us. A big thank you to Wildly for also sponsoring this event.
Music & Meditation With Olivia Maguire
TBC 2025
6pm - 8.00pm
$40
Olivia has spent the past 20 years supporting others through yoga, massage, and healing practices, and in recent years, her path has gently opened into the world of music and mantra. Singing and songwriting have become a powerful extension of her work, offering both personal healing and a way to hold space for others. “The songs I share often begin as small offerings—written for friends, for myself, or for moments of growth and challenge. Each one is rooted in a simple truth, a mantra, or a message to guide us back to ourselves.”
This Music and Meditation evening is an invitation to experience these songs live. Music created with the intention to soothe, uplift, and gently remind us of our own inner wisdom.
Simply listen, journal, or rest in stillness. Warm tea, cushions, blankets and bolsters provided.
Ayurveda Day Retreat With Ayurveda NZ
Sunday 22nd February 2026
10am-4pm
$349
This will be an authentic experience of Ayurvedic food, treatments, cleansing practices, educational talks and Yoga in a tranquil setting just a 50 minutes north of Auckland.
Escape for the day and immerse yourself in the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Learn about its history, philosophy, basic principles, and daily rituals. The program will include a traditional Hatha Yoga class, morning tea and lunch with nourishing Ayurvedic food, an 'Introduction to Ayurveda' talk, a workshop with demonstrations of Ayurvedic cleansing techniques and a relaxing Yoga Nidra session.
Each participant will receive an Ayurvedic treatment called Shiro Abhyanga while listening to the educational talks sitting on a conformable massage chair. Shiro Abhyanga involves massaging the scalp, neck, and shoulders with warm medicated herbal oils. Based on a preliminary questionnaire and a physical assessment we will determine your dosha (body-mind constitution) to select a suitable medicated oil for your Shiro Abhyanga massage.
An Intro into Compassion Communication
Saturday 21st February 2026
10am-4.30pm
$222 nurturing lunch provided
Are you longing for more autonomy over your emotions, less resentment and an ability to authentically connect with yourself and others? Building the courage to explore and express and generate authentic connection? Then this could be for you! NVC advocates radical self-responsibility for what we are experiencing at any given moment. It offers a simple yet effective framework to bring awareness to what we are thinking, saying, doing, and how we are listening, so we can connect and communicate with more clarity and compassion. Rather than judging, blaming, or criticising we start on neutral common ground to share what’s important to us, and connect on an empathetic level with others by tuning in to what they are wanting and what’s important to them. This will change your life! An investment into yourself, your relationships and your future.
Lunch provided, as nourishing mind body + soul matters.
You’ll be deeply nurtured by my organic goodies and home cooking and my bestie will share with us “Wildly treats”, feel free to bring a salad from your garden to share for lunch, and honestly no pressure, we will not go hungry.