Come Home Retreat with Vanessa Hook

Come Home is a wellness retreat led by Vanessa Hook at Kula Muriwai in Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand. It runs for three nights and four days, with one group gathered in one place. It is written for people who feel overwhelmed and stretched thin, who have lost touch with their bodies, and who want a healthier relationship with their emotions and a way to be more honest in their relationships.

The retreat starts from a simple observation. Many of us are not disconnected from our body because something is broken. Somewhere along the way we learned it was easier to live in our heads, to keep moving, keep doing and keep coping. Come Home offers four days to begin learning the opposite.

What to Expect

The focus of the retreat is coming back to the body. The days are built around the things many people carry without noticing: a tight jaw at the end of the day, a knot in the stomach, a racing heart on waking, anger, shame or grief that goes unfelt. The retreat also makes room for desires and sensuality, and for the habit of shaming ourselves for having them. It also looks at the needs we know we have in our relationships but never say out loud.

The intention is that you leave more connected to your body, with a kinder and more workable relationship to your emotions, and with the capacity to be authentic in your relationships and to live on your own terms. Being unapologetic, authentic and grounded are treated here as a birthright rather than personality traits, and the retreat is about learning how to make them part of daily life.

About Vanessa Hook

Vanessa Hook leads Come Home and hosts it through her own event page, where further details and booking are handled. Her retreat is shaped by the idea that feeling at home in your body is something that can be taught and practised, not something reserved for a certain type of person.

The Setting

Come Home takes place at Kula Muriwai, on Oaia Road in Muriwai, on Auckland's west coast. The retreat begins on a Thursday afternoon at 3:00 PM and closes on the Sunday at 4:00 PM, giving a full long weekend away from the usual pace of work and home.

Before You Go

The retreat is aimed at anyone who recognises themselves in the description above, and no particular experience is mentioned as a prerequisite. For specifics on what is included, what to bring and how to reserve a place, Vanessa Hook's own event page is the place to look.