Online Mindfulness Retreat
In our everyday lives, finding moments of tranquility and inner peace can be a challenge. However, an online mindfulness retreat offers a unique opportunity to prioritize your mental, physical, and spiritual health.
The online format allows for flexibility, enabling you to integrate meditation seamlessly into your routine. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced meditator, this retreat will provide you with a space to deepen your practice and explore new dimensions of self-awareness.
Wherever you are, you’re welcome to structure the retreat in the way works best for you.
There will be four Zoom sessions available each day to choose from (come to them all if you want), where Stephen will be offering guidance and reflections. You can also book individual check-in meetings with him.
Start: 7pm Wed July 5th 2023
Finish: Midday Sun July 9th 2023
Cost: Dana/Koha payment to StephenTo register or for more information: e-mail: stephenarcher@mindfulness-training.co.nz ph: 0274356352
Stephen Archer
Stephen Archer is a mindfulness educator, presenter, principle of Mindfulness Training and lead trainer and supervisor for Mindfulness Works for Organisations, the largest network of Mindfulness Facilitators in Australia and New Zealand. He is passionate about helping people to learn mindfulness and discover its benefit. Stephen is an engaging speaker and trainer providing practical and original perspectives on practicing mindfulness in the digital age.
He has been involved with mindfulness for over 35 years and began practicing while he was finishing a degree in Eastern studies in the UK. At the age of 23 Stephen was formally trained in mindfulness as an ordained Buddhist monk in the Thai forest tradition. His training included working closely with different teachers and a completing a number of long solitary retreats to strengthen his practice. Thirteen years later he emerged from the monk-hood with the intention to offer his skills and learnings to the general public.
During the last 20 years Stephen has run workplace mindfulness trainings for organisations including Westpac, Kiwibank and Air New Zealand, delivered courses in healthcare and prisons, and assisted the Mental Health Foundation of NZ to develop their approach to mindfulness. He has worked at the Leadership Development Centre in Wellington running year-long mindful leadership programmes, and is also a trustee of Te Moata where he has led over forty public 7 day residential mindfulness intensives since 1996.