A place to pause & nurture wellness
Renew. Reflect. Reconnect.
If you're feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or simply in need of a real break—welcome.
Life moves fast, and it's easy to lose touch with what truly nourishes you. Here, you have space to slow down, breathe, and care for your wellbeing.
Nestled in the foothills of the Kahurangi National Park, Creating Balance offers two complementary pathways to wellbeing: restorative time in nature and guided practice—offered independently, yet rooted in the same holistic philosophy.
You can experience this through:
A stay at Creating Balance Nature Retreat—an adults-only retreat in Golden Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand, offering a peaceful sanctuary to rest and let nature awaken renewal, reflection, and reconnection in a way that resonates most deeply with you.
Or through tailored sessions grounded in integral yoga, meditation, and conscious living—where we walk alongside you to deepen inner clarity, emotional balance, and lasting vitality.
Choose your experience
Nature Retreat
Step away from the demands of daily life into a thoughtfully designed retreat set among native bush, ocean views, wildlife, and mountain stillness. Here, you can unwind at your own pace—whether journaling, breathing fresh air, wandering nearby bush trails, or letting the land do its quiet work. This is your space to honour yourself, naturally.
Wellness Immersions
Our wellness immersions weave ancient and contemporary embodied practices to connect you with your core, nurture self-care, and support ongoing personal development. These focused experiences offer practical ways to ease stress, calm the mind, and restore balance—ideal for those seeking a meaningful reset or deeper self-connection.
Therapeutic Yoga
Discover the therapeutic benefits of trauma-informed mindful somatic practices—recognised in trauma research for helping the body release and integrate held experiences. Our individual and small group offerings complement therapy, providing everyday tools to cultivate agency, resilience, and emotional balance with compassion.
HELLO,
We’re Priyadhara and Atmabhava, founders of Creating Balance.
From our Nature Retreat in Golden Bay, we offer a mindfully held space to be with nature and care for your wellbeing while contributing to a more balanced, life-nurturing world.
After more than 20 years of training, teaching, travel, and service in integral yoga, meditation, and conscious living, we found our home on a permaculture property and began a new chapter.
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Here, we weave sustainability and mindfulness into daily life, from organic gardening and regenerating native bush to nurturing vitality within ourselves and our community.
We’ve witnessed firsthand how deeply time in nature restores clarity, balance, and trust—through this way of living and through our own nature immersions around the world.
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We’ve also experienced the profound benefits of embodied practice, both in our own lives and in supporting others.
Our whole-person approach has evolved through years of lived experience, integrating insights from science, integrative nutrition, and psychology to cultivate authenticity and inner alignment.
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From this understanding, we founded Creating Balance to support people in bringing holistic wellness into everyday life through complementary paths that nurture sustainable living, deeper connection, and a sense of wholeness in relationship to self, others, Earth, and the wider web of life.
The Nature Retreat and our guided practices are offered independently, each supporting reconnection with your core, the natural world, and a more balanced, vibrant way of being.
Begin where you are. You’re warmly welcome here.
“Priya and Atma have dedicated their lives to acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to assist others with their inner journey. Together, in their beautiful sanctuary, Priya and Atma bring a strength and loving kindness that enables you to let go, find deep rest, rejuvenate and ultimately blossom firmly seated in your true self.”
— David Bott, CEO
Why spend time with us
If you're in need of a real pause—a chance to breathe deeply, rediscover yourself, or feel more grounded—you're in the right place. At Creating Balance, we hold a supportive space for your wellbeing:
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Holistic wellness honours the whole of who you are—body, mind, emotions, spirit, relationships, and the way you live.
It invites mindful living, intentional nourishment, connection with nature, and space for inner growth—recognising that true wellbeing emerges when health, clarity, and purpose move in harmony with the natural world.
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Here, you can reconnect with nature, yourself, and—for couples—with each other in a nourishing setting.
Creating Balance Nature Retreat invites you to slow down, listen to the land, and allow nature’s rhythms to regulate your nervous system, settle the mind, and awaken a deeper sense of belonging.
The natural world becomes a living mirror—reflecting your wholeness and reminding you that caring for yourself (and each other) is inseparable from caring for the Earth.
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Personalised to your unique path, our way of working supports you to discover your strengths, build confidence, and make meaningful changes aligned with your goals and values.
Through our guided Wellness Immersions and Therapeutic Yoga offerings, we walk alongside you in cultivating wellbeing, self-awareness, and inner growth.
With mindful movement, intentional breath, deep relaxation, contemplation, and health-supportive insights, we empower you to nurture wholeness across all dimensions of your life.
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Immerse in nature to reduce stress, recalibrate your nervous system, and awaken deep renewal through the restorative presence of the land
Nurture calm and clarity through intentional breathwork that supports vagal tone, focus, and resilience
Cultivate self-understanding and integration through interoceptive, exteroceptive, and proprioceptive awareness
Enhance strength, flexibility, balance, and vitality through tailored embodied practices
Develop practical tools for emotional and nervous system regulation
Support sleep, energy, and mood through nourishing lifestyle and self-care choices
Complement trauma therapy with evidence-based mindful somatic practices that foster compassionate self-connection
Anchor mindfulness and proactive wellbeing in daily life, aligning with your values and sense of purpose
Get in touch
If you're curious about how our guided practices in integral yoga, meditation, and conscious living could support your journey—or want to learn more about a stay at our Nature Retreat—we'd love to hear from you.