Koukoulee

Koukoulee Koukoulee is a health and wellness destination based on Waiheke island. It’s an easy-going break to meet you where you are at and regain your mojo.
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Koukoulee offers private luxury yoga retreats on Waiheke, events and corporate wellness at some of the island’s most stunning locations. Every little detail is thoughtfully tailored to your intentions and planned to help you focus on the important stuff - your wellness. Rather than pressuring people into impossible stereotypes, our retreats celebrate authenticity. Our whole reason-to-be is about sharing a gentle, balanced and optimistic break from the norm. We thoughtfully and intentionally slow-down and break the pattern by feeding the body and soul, so you get some sanctuary and leave feeling inspired and better than before. Think boutique accommodation rather resort or retreat complex. We have a range of self-contained luxury accommodation for your group with spa/swimming-pool, private lounge, dining, kitchen, bedrooms with luxury linen and toiletries. Think delicious, gut-loving recipes that are big of flavour and light on your digestion. Our filling and creative menu of balanced vegan meals, will have you inspired to take a few recipes home. Think totally bespoke. No two breaks are the same. Our ‘triage’ approach diagnoses exactly what you wish-for and tailors a made-to-order event. We’ll curate a personalised accommodation, staff, menu and activity package to meet your group dynamics and needs. Koukoulee was founded by Vassia Simou. As a ‘burn-out’ survivor, Vassia’s wellness philosophy is that every once in a while, we need to reset so we can see the big picture. Taking time-out to ‘find your happy’ is a joyful and fun experience. Vassia has spent the last three years building a large team of hand-picked, incredible individuals who are experts in their fields of yoga, Pilates, chefs, PTs, beauty therapists, and masseurs. These passionate specialists put their soul into their craft. What they do is more than a job to them. Vassia has worked in marketing and events for over 12 years but she gets a real kick when bringing people together, creating beautiful experiences and seeing the smiles on their faces. In Greece - where she comes from - it’s called ‘filoxenia’.

20/12/2025

✨ Christmas opening hours ✨

A little heads-up for the festive season — spots do fill quickly during this time, so booking ahead is recommended.

🎁 Digital vouchers are available 24/7 via our website for last-minute gifting.

Link in bio to book or purchase.

Our Christmas opening hours are now live ✨Please note the adjusted class and treatment schedule over the festive period....
20/12/2025

Our Christmas opening hours are now live ✨

Please note the adjusted class and treatment schedule over the festive period. Appointments around Christmas do tend to fill quickly, so we recommend booking ahead to secure your preferred time.

Digital vouchers are available 24/7 via our website — perfect for last-minute gifting.

Bookings, passes and vouchers can all be purchased online and you can always message us with any questions 🥰

https://www.koukoulee.com/

🎁 A little Christmas magic for today only…The first 10 to buy a $150 Koukoulee voucher, we’ll add an extra $30 from us —...
18/12/2025

🎁 A little Christmas magic for today only…

The first 10 to buy a $150 Koukoulee voucher, we’ll add an extra $30 from us — our gift to you. Perfect for someone who needs a little glow, rest or calm after a full year.

This is limited to the first 10 vouchers only and once they’re gone, the offer closes.

Choose a physical voucher to pick up in the studio, or we can email you a beautiful digital one within the hour .

✨ Facials
✨ Massages
✨ Classes
✨ Self-care in the new year

Click the link to buy your voucher and email us to let us know
https://buy.stripe.com/14k5lz5Zv1L2fAY5kk

Wellness studio with serene ocean views. Drop in for a yoga class, massage or beauty treatment. Or book a unique mini-wellness retreat, couples massage or wellness & luxury holiday on Auckland's Waiheke Island. See website for online booking or drop in.

This year we’ve kept our gift guide simple — thoughtful pieces, local favourites, and little rituals that help your favo...
11/12/2025

This year we’ve kept our gift guide simple — thoughtful pieces, local favourites, and little rituals that help your favourite people slow down, breathe, and feel good.

Everything on our shelves is chosen with care: clean, minimalist, NZ-made where possible, and aligned with our ethos of calm, considered living 🤍

🎁 A little reminder… our Spend & Earn voucher offer is expiring on the 15th 🌿✨Perfect for gifting or treating Future-You...
10/12/2025

🎁 A little reminder… our Spend & Earn voucher offer is expiring on the 15th 🌿✨
Perfect for gifting or treating Future-You (we won’t tell 😉).

Buy a voucher and we’ll add a little extra glow:

✨ Spend $90+ → get $10 extra credit
✨ Spend $150 → get $20 extra credit
✨ Spend $200+ → get $30 extra credit

Super simple:
1️⃣ Click the link
2️⃣ Choose your amount
3️⃣ Email us mentioning the offer and to let us know if you’d like a digital voucher or a physical one to pick up

A lovely way to support small this season — and get a little something back. 💛

Buy your voucher here: https://buy.stripe.com/14k5lz5Zv1L2fAY5kk

This is the final weekend of Holly’s reduced rates 🌿 and we just want to say how proud we are of her. She’s found her rh...
27/11/2025

This is the final weekend of Holly’s reduced rates 🌿 and we just want to say how proud we are of her. She’s found her rhythm, grown her confidence, and stepped into her craft with care and consistency. Holly is now offering facials, plus brow and lash tints — soft definition, no actives, no downtime, day-before safe.

She has availability tomorrow and Sunday so get in quick: https://studiotimetable.as.me/holly

Some treatments belong to winter — retinols, needling, peels. Beautiful in their own way, but not ideal when the sun is ...
25/11/2025

Some treatments belong to winter — retinols, needling, peels. Beautiful in their own way, but not ideal when the sun is strong and life moves outdoors.

The Summer Glow Facial is made for this season.
A gentle, results-focused treatment that keeps the skin bright, toned and supported without photosensitivity or downtime.

✨ A natural, summer-safe lift
✨ Restorative LED light
✨ Slow, sculpting massage to soften tension + awaken glow
✨ A calming approach that works with the nervous system

Perfect if you want real results while still enjoying long days, beach time and warm evenings.

For deeper change, the 6-week Summer Glow Series builds your radiance slowly and naturally — glow safely all summer long.

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=19181886&category=Summer+Glow+Series

6 DAYS LEFT - Wellness Friday offers end this Sunday — a little thank you from us, before the season gets hectic.Every y...
23/11/2025

6 DAYS LEFT - Wellness Friday offers end this Sunday — a little thank you from us, before the season gets hectic.
Every year we create these offers to make it easier for our community to prioritise themselves — to commit to calm, book something to look forward to, or share a moment of stillness with a friend.

It’s our way of saying thank you for supporting a small, local space built around care, community and connection.

The offers include class pass deals, memberships and $100 off group bookings — and they won’t return until next year.

Ends Sunday 30 November
DM to book or tap the link in bio 💛

21/11/2025

✨ Three Years of Koukoulee ✨
Today marks a milestone I don’t take lightly. Three years of a small idea becoming a space that holds people — their routines, their rituals, their healing, their joy, their tiredness, their beginnings again.

Running a business on a little island, in a community I love, has been the biggest classroom. These three years have asked for courage, resilience, creativity, softness, boundaries, deep breaths, and a belief that the work we do matters — not loudly, but quietly, consistently, day after day.

What’s carried me through is something I keep returning to: gratitude.
Not as a pretty word, but as a practice — the kind that anchors you when things feel uncertain, and expands your heart when things go well.

Gratitude for every teacher and therapist who has poured their energy, care, and talent into this space.
Gratitude for the community who chooses to come back, to trust us, to move and rest with us, to grow with us.
Gratitude for the people who believed in the vision long before it was clear, and for everyone who has walked through our doors since.

Three years is a big milestone. It means we’ve weathered the quiet seasons, celebrated the full ones, learned from the messy parts, and kept going — with intention and heart.

Thank you for being part of this journey, for letting Koukoulee be woven into your life in big and small ways.
Here’s to year four — with more depth, more learning, more connection, and more gratitude at the centre of it all 🤍

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120 Ocean View Road
Auckland
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Why we do what we do

Greek word for silkworm cocoon

We offer wellness retreats and morning yoga events at some of Waiheke’s most stunning locations. Our yoga studio in Oneroa is open for daily classes and one-off events and workshops. Looking for a private session for your group? We can organise yoga & brunch (or just yoga) at your space for your group.

We have created an extensive yoga teachers network on the island and work with some of the best accommodation providers. Get in touch :)

Koukoulee was founded by Vassia Simou. After a long and tiresome period, she realised that stopping to take a breath is more important than chasing goals - for the mind, the soul, the people around us and even work. Yet we barely do it.