Coming mid-2027
RETREATS AT EDEN
Silence ❋ Spiritual Direction ❋ Contemplative Writing
Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland
Coming Mid-2027
Coming Mid-2027
Find your voice in the salt air and your peace in a private, self-contained sanctuary.
Welcome to Eden, a Sanctuary of Shore and Silence where the tide meets the soul.
Do you need some time for a spiritual recharge? Some space for yourself to unplug from your many commitments? A peaceful place to reconnect with God, nature, and your inner life and personal story?
Nestled on a quiet stretch of coast at Te Atatū Peninsula in West Auckland, a private self-contained sanctuary awaits your arrival. Your retreat at Eden offers one or a combination of the triple graces of Silence, Spiritual Direction and Contemplative Writing.
This can be a transformational time where you listen to your life, order your thoughts and pray as you walk along the beautiful 4 km long boardwalk along the coastal landscape of Te Atatū Peninsula. Whether you are seeking solitude, healing, inspiration, or simply some room to breathe deeply, you’ll find it here.
Come for a night, a weekend or longer - whatever your soul needs.
Retreat options at Eden
with your host and retreat guide,
Dr Angelika Halstead
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Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is to calm down your mind and be still. We provide the space—a peaceful, self-contained room overlooking the water and the mangroves with the city of Auckland in the distance. Come and spend some time in this Sanctuary of Shore and Silence and create your own self-directed retreat.
Pricing:
For 24 hours/1 day $ 150
For 48 hours/2 days $ 280
Each additional day $ 130 -
There are many positive effects of silence. Increased self-awareness, emotional healing and processing, mental clarity and focus, and deeper connection to the divine and inner self are some of them. On the other side, silence can also confront us with negative thoughts. This is when a session of spiritual direction during your silent retreat can be helpful —to navigate your inner landscape, return to yourself, and strengthen your faith.
Pricing:
For 24 hours/1 day $ 150
For 48 hours/2 days $ 280
Each additional day $ 130Retreat guide, reading and journalling material $10
Optional 1-hour spiritual direction session $120Spiritual direction can be booked daily or as desired.
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Come for a night, weekend, or longer and enjoy the deep quiet of your own coastal suite. Take time to rest and find a rhythm that honours your pace and needs. Engage in a guided retreat through writing exercises that help you to unplug from the noise and reconnect with the Word and your deeper self.
Pricing:
For 24 hours/1 day $ 150
For 48 hours/2 days $ 280
Each additional day $ 130Self-study booklet on contemplative writing $10
Optional introductory session with Angelika $120The introductory session explores a range of writing approaches and Angelika’s contemplative writing model.
Embrace this time of renewal and let go of the old, awaken to the present and step into a lighter version of your wondrous self.
“Fill your paper with the breathing of your heart.”
More information about contemplative writing retreats
Writing offers a gentle yet powerful way to meet yourself—clarify the mind, tend to the heart, and open space to listen more deeply to your life. I offer individual writing retreats for those drawn to contemplative depth and psycho-spiritual growth. Rooted in my PhD-researched method of self-inquiry, these guided one-day and weekend retreats invite fresh insight, creative aliveness, and a growing sense of inner freedom.
❋ The Gift of Writing for Psycho-Spiritual GrowthThrough simple, guided writing practices, you are invited into a quiet process of noticing, reflecting, and responding—allowing what is often hidden or unformed to gently come into awareness and find expression.
Rooted in my research and developed through Writing Your Way Home, this approach offers a grounded, reflective process of self-inquiry—supporting deeper awareness, creative expression, and a more vital connection to your life.
❋ PhD Informed Writing GuidanceYou are accompanied with care and attentiveness, in a space where your experience is received without pressure or expectation—allowing your own pace, voice, and unfolding to be honoured.
❋ An Experienced Spiritual CompanionSet within a quiet coastal sanctuary, the retreat environment offers simplicity, comfort, and stillness—creating the conditions for you to rest, reflect, and engage the writing process with presence.
❋ Peaceful Retreat Accomodation