Welcome to a retreat like no other.

Nourish & Bloom is an immersive experience - a sacred space designed to initiate profound transformation.

Held within one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed luxury lodges, cradled by the wild majesty of the Southern Alps, it is a setting where nature’s raw beauty and refined comfort come together.

Every element of the retreat is carefully woven in to support an easeful arc of release, energetic clearing, and nervous system recalibration — opening the way for powerful inner shifts, expanded perspective, and renewed clarity.

From this way of being - over time - more joy, love, freedom, fulfilment, and meaning can start to flow into every aspect of your life.

This is a return to your body. A remembrance of your divine feminine essence — an awakening that feels like coming home to your power, truth, and sovereignty.

The land, the luxury, and the loving presence of those who walk beside you create a powerful holding - an exquisite foundation for your most sacred unfolding. You will be held in a sanctuary designed to soften your whole system back into harmony.

You deserve to be deeply nourished in every sense - and this passage is a celebration of that receiving.

This retreat is a reclamation. A remembering.
A radiant step towards who you’re here to be.

Nourish & Bloom Flockhill

Two extraordinary retreat experiences
Choose the journey that is calling you

  • 4 Days / 5 Nights - 4th - 8th July 2027

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A sacred invitation

Throughout Nourish & Bloom, you will be deeply nourished, divinely held, and gently reawakened. More anchored in your body, clearer in your truth, and reconnected to your feminine essence.

This is the start of sacred passage back to who you are - not the version shaped by survival, but the self you were always meant to bloom into.

Held within the wild, crystalline expanse of Flockhill, nestled in the majestic Southern Alps of New Zealand, this retreat unfolds on land that is both sanctuary and portal. Every moment has been intentionally woven as a loving passage; one that honours your pace, your process, and your unique unfolding. From the moment you arrive, you are held.

Throughout the retreat journey, you’ll begin to acknowledge and release what no longer serves - old programming, inherited stories, and unprocessed emotions and trauma.

Over time, from the clarity of this new space, you can begin to express from a place of sovereignty, truth, and authenticity. As life continues to unfold, you’ll experience what it feels like to make choices from - and live through - embodied alignment.

You will be met by women who have walked this path before - who understand the sacred tenderness of transformation, and who hold the wisdom to illuminate your way. The space is created with reverence, compassion, and presence - so you can feel safe to unravel, remember, and rise.

Every layer - from the practices, to the wisdom shared, to the nourishment, connection through sisterhood, and the moments of stillness - has been crafted to support your journey of healing, awakening, reclamation, and empowerment.

The benefits of this experience will feel tangible, lasting, and real.

We are excited to walk this path with you, hand in hand.

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The Nourish & Bloom experience

When these modalities are woven together inside one immersive experience, the benefits become moreamplified and enhanced.

The depth, release and transformation available within this intentionally-curated retreat is far greater than what you’d experience doing each practice on its own, because the body, mind and energetic field stay receptive, supported and continually held through a complete arc of healing and awakening. This is part of what makes Nourish & Bloom retreats so extraordinary.

Food as ceremony

Every meal served at Nourish & Bloom is prepared with reverence by Flockhill’s award-winning head chef, Taylor Cullen of the acclaimed Sugarloaf restaurant. Each dish has been carefully curated and selected with purpose - not only for its flavour, but for how it will support your body, your energy, and your unfolding throughout the retreat.

Think slow-cooked meats, foods cooked over fire, healing broths, seasonal vegetables, warming spices, luscious preserved fruits, and rich seasonal flavours designed to replenish you from within. (And plenty of dessert, naturally). The food served carries sacred intention, masterfully elevated by refined culinary artistry.

You’ll also be enchanted by ceremonial cacao, restorative herbal teas, matcha rituals, elixirs, and other indulgent offerings designed to awaken, delight and surprise.

This is ancestral nourishment. Each meal reconnects you to your body’s ancient intelligence - food not just as sustenance, but as medicine for vitality, clarity, and soul restoration.

Soil to plate

Experience an exclusive behind-the-scenes garden tour, exploring Flockhill's extraordinary gardens where thriving crops have been cultivated by hand, against the backdrop of the Southern Alps' harsh alpine conditions. Discover the living intelligence beneath every harvest as you learn about regenerative growing practices, healthy soil, biodiversity, and the deep respect for nature that has created an abundant ecosystem of over 30 varieties of fruit, heirloom vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs. Witness the care, patience, and intention behind every seed sown and every harvest gathered, gaining a profound appreciation for the journey from soil to plate.

Daily Ceremony

Woven throughout the retreat are intentional cacao ceremonies - a revered plant teacher, to cultivate deeper states of presence, self-connection, and inner awareness.

At Nourish & Bloom, we work with three exceptional ceremonial cacaos from Seleno Health, chosen for their extraordinary purity, quality, and unique medicinal properties. Together, they provide a complete ceremonial journey through the three realms. (The Inner/Underworld, the Middle World, and the Upper World). Each honouring the ancient wisdom of the Andean cosmovision.

The different cacao carry its own unique physiological, emotional and energetic qualities, supporting different stages of our inner journey and complementing the teachings, healing modalities, and ceremonies woven throughout our transformative retreat. Beyond its ceremonial significance, cacao is one of nature's most nutrient-dense plant medicines.

The Journey

Cacao becomes a sacred thread woven throughout our retreat. From the grounding wisdom of Amaru, to the courageous heart of Uturunku, and the soaring vision of Kuntur, we move through a living journey of release, embodiment, and expansion.

As we begin to release what no longer serves, we can then reconnect with the strength to stand fully in the present before opening to greater wisdom, guidance, and connection.

It is a journey that reunites body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Uku Pacha - Amaru - Guardian of the Underworld

The realm of ancestral wisdom, the subconscious, our past, our fears, and the transformational journey of death, rebirth, and renewal.

Symbolised by Amaru, the sacred serpent, honouring the 5,500-year-old Spiral Cacao Temple of Montegrande.

This cacao is traditionally fermented to balance flavour with medicinal potency.

Exceptionally rich in

  • phenylethylamine (PEA) (dopamine supporting - feel good molecule, supports positive mood, motivation and mental focus)

  • tryptophan (serotonin precursor that supports mood, emotional wellbeing, relaxation, and healthy sleep)

  • tryptamine (supports clarity, awareness, and the body's natural neurological processes)

Supporting: energy • vitality • heartfelt release • creativity
• emotional expression • movement • detoxification

Kay Pacha - Uturunku - Guardian of the Middle World

The sacred world of the here and now. A journey into courage, strength, presence, embodiment and connection with the human experience and the natural world.

Embodied by Uturunku, the Jaguar - protector, harmoniser and fluid mover between realms. Honouring the ancient temple of Chavín de Huántar.

This wild ancestral cacao is naturally low in stimulants while exceptionally rich in mood-supportive compounds.

Supporting: Grounding • emotional balance • presence
• mindfulness • integration • harmony

Hanan Pacha - Kuntur - Guardian of the Upper World

Connection to the spirit world. A journey into expanded consciousness, perspectives, divine connection, higher wisdom beyond the metaphysical.

Represented by Kuntur, the Condor.
This Cacao, Shansho is like no other.

Intentionally raw and unfermented to preserve more than 5x higher levels of bioactive compounds.

Exceptionally rich in

  • polyphenols (powerful plant antioxidants that help protect cells from oxidative stress, support heart and brain health, reduce inflammation, and promote healthy ageing)

  • theobromine (supports energy, mental clarity, circulation, and heart health without the sharp effects often associated with caffeine)

  • phenylethylamine (PEA)

  • tryptophan

  • tryptamine

Supporting: Clarity • inspiration • spiritual bliss • divine connection • cognitive enhancement vision
• neuroplasticity • expanded awareness

This level of devotion and care is part of what allows you to soften. You deserve to be deeply nourished in every sense; and this extraordinary venue is a celebration of that receiving.

World-class, luxury accommodation in harmony with Mother Nature

Your home for the retreat is a brand-new, state-of-the-art alpine suite — designed with exquisite attention to detail and every modern comfort in mind. Spacious and serene, each suite features a plush king bed (or two king singles for twin-share), private ensuite bathroom with a tub for soaking, crackling indoor fire, cosy armchairs, and your own private deck looking out to the wild majesty of the mountain range.

The two suites in each villa are connected by a sumptuous shared lounge — an elegant, light-filled space with its own indoor fire and a generous lounge deck complete with an outdoor fireplace. Whether you’re curling up inside or gathering under the stars, this space offers the perfect balance of connection and quiet reflection. With organic textures, calming tones, and sweeping alpine views, every moment spent here feels like a sanctuary.

You’ll also be among the very first to enjoy Flockhill’s new, state-of-the-art spa facilities, including a panoramic 10-person hot spa, cold plunge and alpine sauna. A daily offering to honor integration and renewal - nourishing your mind, body and spirit in a space designed to replenish.

This experience is one of quiet splendour - grounded in nature and deeply attuned to restoration.

A world of natural opulence

Nourish & Bloom is
about choosing yourself -
with the fullness, depth and love you’ve always deserved.

The pinnacle of luxury on sacred land

Flockhill is one of New Zealand’s most prestigious luxury lodges - a place where refined elegance meets untamed alpine wilderness. Nestled in the heart of the Southern Alps, the estate offers architecturally designed villas, an award-winning ‘hatted’ restaurant, and a brand new, world-class spa. Every element has been crafted for supreme comfort, privacy, and renewal.

For the duration of Nourish & Bloom, Flockhill is exclusively ours. This rare privilege creates a powerful field of stillness, sanctuary for your sacred unfolding.

More than breathtaking beauty, the land itself is alive. Chosen with reverence, it carries a frequency that is ancient, intelligent, and deeply activating. It doesn't just hold you - it meets you. It amplifies every intention, every release, every remembering.

This place is like nowhere else on Earth. It is the pinnacle. And it is ready to receive you.

Meet your retreat guides & facilitators

  • Heliena Chapman

    Feminine Wisdom | Multidimensional Healing | Mentor | Nourish & Bloom Co-Founder

    Through life's deepest initiations, Heliena has walked the path of profound loss, surrender, and rebirth - experiences that became the catalyst for a lifelong devotion to understanding the body, nervous system, psyche, and the innate intelligence that guides healing.

    From a young age, Heliena experienced a deep sensitivity and connection to energy and the spirit realms that extended beyond our physical world. As her own healing journey unfolded, decades of lived experience, inner work, and embodied wisdom refined her innate gifts, shaping the unique way she now guides and supports women through inner healing, self-discovery, and personal transformation.

    Her work weaves together multidimensional healing, subconscious reprogramming, nervous system toning and regulation, guided journeys, and somatic practices that support women's health, vitality, and overall wellbeing. Heliena creates a space where women feel deeply safe, seen, and supported to explore the deepest parts of themselves, uncovering the subconscious patterns, protective responses, unprocessed emotions, and trauma that are often keeping them stuck in survival mode, chronically stressed, burnt out, and disconnected from themselves and others.

    As these layers are worked through, women find they are able to reconnect with themselves in ways they haven't experienced before, cultivate a deeper trust in their intuition, embody their feminine power, sovereignty and creativity and learn how to take aligned action in ways that creates meaningful and lasting change in their lives.

    Learn more about Heliena here.

  • Sarsha Hope

    Somatic Movement|Feminine Wisdom | Teacher

    With over 25 years of facilitation and a lifetime immersed in embodied movement, Sarsha brings a rare depth of wisdom and presence to her work. She is the visionary founder of Somatic Dance International, a pioneering training program that weaves somatic facilitation, ritual, music, and eco-somatic practices into potent, trauma-informed spaces for transformation.

    Her offerings are an invitation to return home to the body - to awaken flow, release what is held, and reclaim the truth and power of the feminine essence. As founder and transmitter of The Temple of Living Codes, Sarsha has guided countless women through initiations of remembrance, reclaiming lost rites of passage, and embodying the full spectrum of the feminine through movement, ritual, and deep inner work.

    Known as a magnetic permission-giver and grounded priestess, she holds space with fierce love, clarity, and grace - creating sanctuary for the body to soften, emotions to flow, and the soul to remember its innate wisdom. In her presence, movement becomes medicine, expression becomes liberation, and the feminine is honoured in all her light and shadow.

  • Taylor Sol

    Sound | Energy | Alchemy

    Joining us from his home in Byron Bay, Taylor is a well-loved presence in healing spaces across Australasia. His music doesn’t just create a calming atmosphere - it plays an active role in your transformation.

    Deeply driven by love and a genuine passion to inspire, Taylor is a sound alchemist whose mission is to share therapeutic music that empowers you to uncover the innermost essence of love within yourself.

    Throughout the retreat, Taylor’s live sound journeys and ambient soundscapes are woven into key moments to support deep emotional release, energetic clearing, and nervous system regulation. His music helps recalibrate your inner landscape - clearing old residue, softening mental noise, and restoring natural resonance in the body. Every note is finely tuned to the healing frequency of 432 Hertz; the essence of love and the earth resonates through his harmonious melodies, played on the handpan, Native American flute and Shamanic drum.

    Taylor brings a steady, grounding presence that gently supports each woman’s personal journey. Through sound, he helps create an environment where you can feel more connected, more spacious, and more in tune with yourself - long after the last note fades.

  • Chelsea Winter

    Nourish & Bloom Co-Founder | Sacred Space Holder + Guide

    Chelsea is one of New Zealand’s most loved and trusted public figures – her connection with people built through food, but rooted in something far deeper.

    For over a decade, she has built a bond of loyalty and authenticity through her recipes, her honesty, and her grounded, down-to-earth way of being. Many have grown alongside her and walked their own personal evolutions in parallel.

    While much of her journey has unfolded in public, her most profound transformations have been deeply personal. She has moved through seasons of deep loss – of self, of meaning, of inner light. Through it all, she has rebuilt herself time and again, integrating every fall, every rise and every lesson. In that process, something was awakened – a spark of feminine remembrance that now calls her to help other women rise. Her wisdom is lived, not learned, and what she offers now flows from embodiment.

    With humour as medicine, an easeful, welcoming presence, and a gift for truly seeing others (with compassion, beyond the surface) Chelsea creates spaces where women feel safe to soften, unravel, and return to themselves.

    After 13 years of nourishing others through food, this retreat marks a new kind of nourishment – one that feeds the soul.

  • Amy Webber

    Somatic Breath Journeys

    Amy is devoted to creating spaces where others can soften, be witnessed, and come home to themselves. A certified Somatic Breathwork™ practitioner and trained massage therapist, her work is rooted in presence, curiosity, and care. At her core, Amy is a lover of authentic connection - called to gather with others in intentional ways that allow for witnessing, softening, and transformation. She is deeply inspired by the relationship between body, mind, and heart - and the wisdom that reveals itself when we take the time to truly listen. Nature is her lifelong muse and medicine, offering quiet teachings on stillness, wildness, and becoming.

    Amy is currently immersed in deep studies that explore the terrain of emotional, energetic, and subconscious blocks. She is curious about what keeps us from our dreams, our wholeness, and the life that longs to move through us. Her offerings are shaped by this ongoing inquiry, and by a deep trust in each person’s innate capacity to remember and return to the truth of who they are.

  • Jenny McKinnon

    Guest Experience Coordinator

    Jenny is the golden thread that helps everything flow seamlessly. With her innate attention to detail, deep care, and highly attuned communication, she ensures each day unfolds with ease - for both guests and guides. Her presence is both soft and sensitive, and deeply compassionate, yet also practical, efficient, and unwavering. Whether she’s adjusting the schedule, answering a quiet question, or tending to a need before it’s spoken, Jenny brings a sense of grounded calm and care to everyone she encounters.

    Originally from Scotland, she carries a natural warmth and grace - and a melodic Scottish lilt you could listen to all day. With her grounded spirit and gentle kindness, Jenny makes it easy for others to feel safe and at home.

"One of the things I loved most about Nourish & Bloom was that I truly felt I received incredible value for money, and that every moment of the retreat was utilised in the very best possible way. The workshops were so insightful, the breathwork was incredibly powerful for me, the energy healing with Heliena was deeply transformative, and the food and beautiful surroundings of Flockhill were phenomenal.

What became really clear for me was just how much I had suppressed my voice and my truth over the years, and how little I had valued myself compared to what I truly deserved. Throughout the retreat, I gained a much greater awareness of the inner blocks, limiting beliefs, and unresolved trauma that had been keeping me stuck.

One of the greatest gifts I am taking home is the commitment to speaking my truth with greater confidence and authenticity.

If you're considering attending Nourish & Bloom, my advice is simple: say yes. It will be a pivotal and life-changing experience."

— Rosemary

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