Te Hine Ruru Retreat

05/04/2026

Y O G A N I D R A

Is the beautiful relaxing ending to your yoga class/ practice and most people’s favourite part.
We lie in savanna or co**se pose.
On our backs, eyes closed, feet falling out and palms facing skywards.

Yoga Nidra has a specific sequence of intention, rotation of body consciousness, visualisation etc
and is a amazingly effective tool for relaxation.

Yoga Nidra has so many benefits
• increases dopamine by 65%
( dopamine is the feel good chemical and affects mood, sleep, pleasure, satisfaction, motivation)
•improves focus and attention
•significantly rebalances hormones
•improves heart function
•lowers blood pressure
PMC 9033521

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033521/

❤️Are Yoga classes and retreats part of your wellness choices?
❤️You can book a private yoga class or join our community yoga classes TERM 2 starts APRIL 21st
❤️treat yourself to a MENOPAUSE YOGA retreat at Te Hine Ruru MAY 8-10🦉


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30/03/2026

EARLY BIRD $100 off until APRIL 8th
Link below to website and more information

https://tehineruru.com/menopause-yoga-weekend-retreat/

27/03/2026

For over 25 years, I’ve been consciously working with my throat chakra—refining not just my voice, but my ability to truly connect, express, and listen.

As a child I found it difficult to speak up, to sing, or to fully express my thoughts, feelings and emotions.
This journey through life has been one of gently reclaiming my voice.

Along the way, I’ve come to understand that the voice is so much more than sound. It carries rhythm, melody, and intonation—what we call prosody—and this is where real communication lives. It’s in the subtle rises and falls, the pauses, the warmth, the aliveness.
As I’ve deepened this work, I’ve noticed how my expression naturally expanded beyond words. My upper face softened, my eyes began to “smile,” and my presence became more attuned. Listening shifted too—I don’t just hear words anymore; I hear patterns, tone, and the emotional frequency underneath.
I’ve become especially sensitive to the mid-frequency range—the range of the human voice. It’s here that so much truth is revealed about ourselves and others.

Today, I bring this awareness into my work. I use the voice as a diagnostic tool, listening for cues in prosody, tone, and expression to understand where someone may be on the polyvagal ladder.

I can often hear in another person’s voice whether a nervous system is regulated, or moving through fight, flight, or freeze.

The voice reveals what the nervous system is experiencing in real time.

The work of conscious introspection continues to humble me. The more I listen, the more I learn about myself—and that deepens the wisdom I can bring to understanding others.
Cushla🌀

23/03/2026

MENOPAUSE YOGA RETREAT May 8-10 th 2026
A Menopause Yoga Retreat for women in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause.

✔ Nervous system regulation
✔ Yoga for anger, anxiety, low mood, stress and overwhelm, and energy
✔ Simple lifestyle support for sleep and nourishment
✔ Small, safe, supportive group
✔ Held in native bush with beach frontage

This is not about pushing through.
It’s about learning how to meet this transition with care.
Practices and knowledge to take home for daily life.

MENOPAUSE YOGA RETREAT
MAY 8th- 10th 2026
EARLY BIRD booking by April 8th $100 off
Get in touch for further details and check out website below:
https://tehineruru.com/menopause-yoga-weekend-retreat/

# perimenopause

20/03/2026

🍂 AUTUMN EQUINOX - PUTUTERANGI - CÓNOCHT AN FHOMAIR - MABON

Happy Harvest Blessings Everyone ❤

I truly love these moments of pause in my spiral life to stop, and reflect. To be in the moment of what is all around me in the earth.
A new coolness at morning and night, a few showers here and there, feijoas and fruit, darkness as we wake.
To be aligned and connected with those greater energies gives me a better sense of myself.

Autumn equinox brings with it a return to the dark, the inner, the yin, the unconscious, the mysterious and the mystical, the deep dive.
My own preferred way of being.

At this time in the wheel of the year in the Southern Hemisphere you may like to create :

▪︎A time to feel gratitude and abundance for all we have
▪︎A time to contemplate what we might want to let go of in this Autumn / Winter so we can come into more BALANCE and HARMONY and be able to settle and rest in our coming winter.
▪︎ Emulating the seasons, shedding aspects of self as the trees shed their leaves 🍂

It might be lovely to have a harvest meal with friends or swap some of your garden’s gifts with others.

Enjoy this time of EARTH BOUNTY before we head into the dreamtime of Winter.

Le grá
Cushla ###


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20/03/2026

My feijoas took a year off this year - we all need a year out every now and again to go fallow and rebuild our energy stores…. But the mandarins and persimmons are just coming into season - yum yum 😋

19/03/2026

Sit, relax and enjoy the sunsets on retreat 🌀

18/03/2026

MENOPAUSE YOGA RETREAT May 8-10 th 2026
A Menopause Yoga Retreat for women in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause.
✔ Nervous system regulation
✔ Yoga for anger, anxiety, low mood, stress and overwhelm, and energy
✔ Simple lifestyle support for sleep and nourishment
✔ Small, safe, supportive group
✔ Held in native bush with beach frontage

This is not about pushing through.
It’s about learning how to meet this transition with care.
Practices and knowledge to take home for daily life.

MENOPAUSE YOGA RETREAT
MAY 8th- 10th 2026
Early bird booking by April 8th $100 off
Get in touch for further details and check out website link :
https://tehineruru.com/menopause-yoga-weekend-retreat/

17/03/2026

So delighted to be part of this wonderful nz community. Check out Dana’s website “ consciously living” for all wellbeing events and businesses 🌀

A new conversation is unfolding on The Curious Healer.

Dana sits with Cushla Sheridan from Te Hine Ruru Retreat, exploring the healing pathway of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) alongside her journey of discovery and path to becoming an Irish Shaman.

It is through her connection with the elements and the land that she became the guardian of this magical spot in Russell, New Zealand and developed this space into a beautiful retreat that inspired wellness each and every day.

Listen or watch the full episode - https://www.youtube.com/
also available on spotify - links in bio.

15/03/2026

Relaxing at the weekend 🌀