What to expect...
Several times a year, Aro Ha proudly hosts top educators to blend their unique wisdom into our award-winning retreats.
Nestled in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, Aro Ha offers evidence-based wellness intensives that transform your state of wellbeing. Here, the best of longevity research guides our bodies, and insight traditions guide our hearts.
On this retreat, Tom Cronin will guide guests through a structured immersion in Vedic Meditation, an ancient practice that uses a personalised, silent mantra to settle the mind beyond thought.
Daily meditation sessions are woven into the Aro Ha rhythm: wild landscapes, plant-based nourishment, restorative movement, massage, and off-grid sleep that resets circadian patterns.
The result: a calmer nervous system, sharper clarity, and inner stability that lasts. You'll leave with tools, not just theory, and a level of calm you can carry forward.
Led by
Tom Cronin
Ancient Meditation for Modern Minds
This retreat begins with stillness.
Guests are invited into a structured immersion in Vedic Meditation, an ancient practice that uses a personalised, silent mantra to settle the mind beyond thought. The result: a calmer nervous system, sharper clarity, and inner stability that lasts.
Over five days in the Southern Alps, stillness becomes something you live, not just learn. Daily meditation sessions led by Tom Cronin are woven into the Aro Ha rhythm: wild landscapes, plant-based nourishment, restorative movement, massage, and off-grid sleep that resets circadian patterns.
You're not escaping life. You're learning how to meet it differently.
Tom teaches how meditation works, why consistency matters, and how to integrate the practice into the chaos of modern living. You'll leave with tools, not theory, and a level of calm you can carry forward.
A Typical Day
with Aro Hā
Below is a sample of what you can experience in a single day at Aro Ha. Guided by a program like no other, each day builds on the foundation of the previous. It's best to feel it.
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The Aro Ha Difference
Enquire now- Hike in New Zealand's sub-alpine World Heritage parks
- Stretch with Aro Ha Yoga
- Strengthen using functional movement classes
- Cleanse through Aro Ha’s plant-based cuisine
- Focus with mindfulness and meditation
- Revive with a signature massage each full-day
- Harness the power of change by learning ‘why’ and ‘how’ our minds work
- Luxuriate in the Obsidian therapeutic Spa
- Rest in Zen-inspired eco-accommodation
- Enjoy small groups