The Turning Point - A Winter Solstice Retreat 

 Luxury Wellness Weekend @ Cape South NZ

3 rooms still available (own room, twin or double)

🌙✨ DATES

Thursday 26 June (programme begins at 3:00 pm) to Sunday 29 June 2025 (programme concludes by midday).

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“…This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar…”

— Margaret Atwood

The Winter Solstice marks a powerful turning point in the year - the still point where darkness begins to give way to light. This is a time that supports reflection, regeneration, and renewal. Ancient astrologers revered the Solstice as one of the most potent times of the year, believing the veil thins, heightening intuition and allowing us to connect more deeply with the earth’s healing energy.

At The Turning Point, we celebrate the magic of the Winter Solstice as a sacred moment to pause, release the past, and welcome the future. This luxurious retreat is your opportunity to step into the still point, align with nature’s rhythms, and nourish your inner light.

Nestled in the serene beauty and potent healing of Cape South, wrapped in a warm blanket of love, this is a time to embrace seasonal practices, solstice rituals, and holistic wellness. Let the potent energy of the solstice guide you to renewed clarity, inner warmth, and balance.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

🌟 Movement Classes

“Movement is the song of the body in harmony with the soul.”

💎 Gentle Morning Yoga Flow to awaken and energise your body.

💎 Restorative Afternoon Yoga and Yoga Nidra to relax and recharge.

💎 Winter Qi Gong to cultivate warmth, balance, and vitality.

🌟 Mindfulness & Meditation

“In the stillness of meditation, we touch the infinite.”

💎 Candlelit sound bowl meditations to quiet the mind and ease the soul.

💎 Techniques to embrace stillness and find inner peace, inspired by solstice energies.

🌟 Seasonal Wellness Workshops

“Solstice reminds us that even in the darkest moments, the light will return.”

💎 Embrace winter’s gifts in a hands-on session: “Rest, Nourish & Glow.”

🌟 Guided Walks

“Solstice energies move the planet into harmony—step into the stillness.”

💎 Explore Cape South’s stunning landscapes with a mindful, meditative walk.

🌟 Evening Rituals

“Fire is the heart of the Solstice—symbolising renewal and rebirth.”

💎 Fireside meditation, reflections, tea and gratitude to honour the turning point of the year.

🌟 Food as Medicine

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth…”

💎 Enjoy sumptuous nourishing plant-based food as well as a demonstration featuring heartwarming, nutrient-rich winter recipes.

🌟 Winter Apothecary

“Herbs and roots hold the wisdom of the earth’s cycles.”

💎 Enjoy soothing herbal teas and nourishing tonics from Cape South’s medicinal gardens.

🌟 Integration & Reflection

💎 Complete your journey with tools and insights to carry your Solstice glow into daily life.

YOUR TAKEAWAYS

💎 A deep sense of renewal, warmth, and inner peace.

💎 Practical tools for yoga, mindfulness, and seasonal self-care.

💎 A connection to Solstice energies and the light within.

THE INVESTMENT

Prices include GST. Early bird discount of 10% for bookings before 26 April 2025.

3 Day, 3 Night Retreat

Luxury Ensuite Rooms

💎 Twin or Double Share: $1700 per person 

💎 Single Occupancy: $2300

💎 Triple Occupancy: $1490 (when booked together)

💎 Non-Residential: $960

OUR VENUE

Cape South is an award-winning luxury retreat just 8 minutes from Waimarama Beach and 20 minutes from Havelock North. Nestled on 16 acres of gardens and farmland, it features a French Colonial-style homestead with ensuite rooms, a yoga studio, a mineral pool, an infrared sauna, and medicinal herb gardens.

This sacred space with wood fires and underfloor heating offers the ultimate winter wellness escape.

THE FOOD

 Our lovingly prepared meals are plant-based, wheat-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free, made with seasonal, organic ingredients from our gardens where possible. Enjoy nourishing drinks, including herbal teas, fresh juices, kombucha, and winter tonics.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Your retreat package offers everything you need for a nurturing and transformative experience:

• 🧘‍♀️ Yoga & Qi Gong sessions

• 🕯️ Candlelit sound bowl meditations

• 🌿 Seasonal wellness workshops and food demonstrations

• 🍲 Nourishing meals, snacks, and drinks

• 🌲 Guided mindful walks through Cape South’s landscapes

• 🏊‍♀️ Lucury Accomodation & Exclusive use of the  Cape South facilities: gym, magnesium pool, infrared sauna, and hot tub

• 💎 All yoga equipment provided

• 🌼 Spa treatments available at a preferred rate

BOOK YOUR PLACE

Visit www.katemcleay.com to secure your booking with a deposit. For queries, email katemcleay@gmail.com or call Kate on 0212229372 

“The Turning Point – A Winter Solstice Retreat” is your invitation to pause, restore, and honour the stillness. Let Cape South hold space for your renewal, leaving you recharged, reconnected, and ready to step into the light.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

Kate McLeay

Kate has been a teacher in many forms her whole adult life. Starting as an early childhood then primary school teacher and went on the become an International School Principal, advisor, board member and teacher trainer. She gave up her day job for her passion In wellness after years of study in yoga, meditation, mindfulness and holistic healing through massage and energy medicine. She has now led classes, retreats and workshops in wellness for well over a decade. She loves to share her work to a diverse range of audiences - workplaces, hospitals, schools and prisons.. to you.  She loves how the magic of simple wisdom equally reaches all who choose to walk this path.

 "Thankyou Kate.  You are a very special person.  You have an amazing talent to bring a group of strangers together and have them leave as good friends.  I was apprehensive about doing a retreat like this but loved every minute.  Thank you again for sharing so much, you really do make a difference and have a wonderful gift." JS

 Cam McLeay

 Cam is a character of note who loves people and sharing stories of his adventures and passion for wellness and nature.  Cam is a qualified chartered accountant who has spent more time on rivers and in wild places than at a desk.  He is a world renowned rafting guide and adventurer having navigated the Nile river from Sea to Source, establishing a new "longest source" of the Nile in Rwanda.  Featured on the whole fourth episode of Joanna Lumley's Nile as well as over a dozen documentaries he also signed the programme and supported many film gigs including Top Gears East Africa adventure.  Cam loves the outdoors but is a long time dedicated yoga and meditation practitioner.  With over 2 decades of regular daily practice he loves how these simple powerful tools keep him on his bike, surfboard and on mountains and rivers.  

“Cam was a real highlight of our retreat..” KE

💬 “A deeply transformative and soul-nourishing experience.” – Sarah