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Winter Solstice Sauna Day at Kanuka West Harbour Marina
- hello@kanukayoga.co.nz
- 6 hours ago
- 5 min read
Kanuka West Harbour Marina is excited to host a day of sauna with Kororāreka Sauna on Sunday, June 21 (Winter Solstice).
The day will be curated by some amazing facilitators, bringing a special theme to your Kanuka studio & 15 person wood-fired sauna experience.
We're very excited to have Mother India for the day, offering up their signature product, Liquid Gold, a delicious Turmeric Latte blend. Be sure to enjoy a cup before / after your sauna experience!
Winter Solstice Sauna
Kanuka West Harbour Marina + Kororāreka Sauna + Mother India
Sunday, June 21
120min Studio & Sauna Sessions
Bookings every hour from 8am - 4pm
Exchange: $50 person
(Kanuka members receive 20% at checkout)
Each themed session is 120mins and includes:
An arrival practice in the studio
Time to change into your sauna gear
An hour of sauna/cool down/sauna/shower
Winding down in the studio with an integration practice.
Each session limited to 15x spaces.
Click the 'Learn More' buttons below to read more about how each session is unique, and how to reserve your space.
Winter Solstice Sauna
Timings, Sessions, and Facilitators
Time | Session | Facilitator |
8:00 AM | SOMM Outdoors Walk, Breathe, Sauna $50 | Claire Robbie |
10:00 AM | 🎶 Beats & Sauna $50 | Stu Larsen |
11:00 AM | Family-Friendly Sauna (Music, Bubbles & Kids Yoga) $65 for you + your child | Carol Jardine |
12:00 PM | Sauna & Plant Medicine (Cacao, Blue Lotus, & Palo Santo) $50 | Raquel Minh |
1:00 PM | Come Back to Yourself A Sauna Session for Mothers $50 | Becca Starkey |
2:00 PM | Sauna & Sound $50 | Carol Jardine |
3:00 PM | Ladies Only Sauna Spa Ritual $50 | Kathamrita Devi-Dasi |
4:00 PM | Sauna & Massage $50 | Raquel Minh |
Saunas are generally safe for most healthy adults, but intense heat and sweating carry risks. You should avoid saunas or seek medical clearance first if you have active infections, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, or unhealed wounds.
Absolute Contraindications (Do Not Use):
Unstable Cardiovascular Issues: Uncontrolled high blood pressure, recent heart attacks (within 3 months), severe aortic stenosis, or severe heart failure.
Active Illness or Fever: Sweating out a cold or fever is dangerous; heat stress compounds these issues.
Pregnancy: Avoid saunas during the first trimester - due to the risk of dangerous fetal body temperature elevations.
Alcohol Intoxication: Using a sauna while drinking or trying to “sweat out” a hangover dramatically increases the risk of dangerous blood pressure drops, fainting, and heart arrhythmias.
Conditions Impairing Sweat: Conditions like Multiple Sclerosis (MS), central nervous system tumors, or severe diabetic neuropathy that limit your natural ability to sweat.
Bleeding Disorders: Hemophilia or a high predisposition to bleeding.
Heat Insensitivity: People with nerve damage or conditions that prevent them from feeling or properly responding to extreme heat.
Be sure to try some Liquid Gold
Turmeric Latte blend from Mother India
"Mother India is a family run company that imports the highest quality Ayurvedic roots and herbs from India and blends them into their signature product, Liquid Gold, a delicious Turmeric Latte blend.
The turmeric they use is really special, it is a powerful strain called Lakadong that has 3x the amount of the active medicinal compound (Curcumin). They will have free samples available on the day alongside selling packets of the latte mix. "
About Your Hosts!
Raquel Minh
Raquel founded Kanuka in 2018 to create a community yoga space for all types of bodies and selected an amazing group of teachers to help cultivate inner-awareness for a wide range of personalities.
Raquel is leading the 12pm 'Sauna & Plant Medicine' Session;
Cacao, Blue Lotus and Palo Santo.
About 'Sauna & Plant Medicine' at 12pm
Arrive with a cup of cacao to build your inner heat, preparing you for the sauna. Enjoy chats about plant medicine within the sauna and aromatic support through palo santo and essential oils.
Wind down with an iced blue lotus drink and a plant medicine oracle guidance to help you cool down and integrate from your sauna.
Raquel is also leading the 4pm 'Sauna & Massage' Session;
Starting with lymphatic movement session, guided self-massage techniques, and restorative yoga (with offered Thai-Style Massage adjustments from Raquel).
Claire Robbie
Claire Robbie is a meditation teacher and facilitator with over a decade of experience guiding people through sustainable habit change, emotional regulation, and self-inquiry.
With over 10,000 hours of teaching and personal practice, she also trains teachers in Awareness Insight Meditation, supporting the next generation of facilitators to guide with depth, integrity, and embodied understanding.
Claire is leading the 8am 'SOMM Outdoors - Walk, Breathe, Sauna';
A social morning stroll along West Harbour Coastal Loop, followed by studio and sauna time.
Enjoy some live sounds from our resident musician, Stu, as a wind-down.
Carol Jardine
Carol completed her foundation teacher training with Shades of Yoga in Ubud, Bali (Yogi heaven) focusing on alignment-based vinyasa flow and sustainable safe practice.
She has since completed several courses focused on yin yoga with international teachers, Jo Phee and Yin Therapy.
She's been with Kanuka from the very beginning and has a young family herself, so is perfect for our 'Family Friendly Sauna at 11am
Carol is leading the 11am 'Family-Friendly Sauna';
Music, bubbles, and kids yoga - $65 for you and your child.
About the 'Family Friendly Sauna':
Treat yourself and the kids to a studio and sauna experience! Sauna is generally health for children above 6 years age.
We are mindful of keeping them at lower temperature (sitting on the lower seats/floor) and shorter sessions... which is why we're organising some cool down activities like bubbles and kids yoga while you get some extra time for yourself in the sauna!
All adults must book in but your +1 mini (only children over 6 years of age) is included.
Please note the slightly higher booking fee to accomodate for your +1 mini.
Carol is also leading the 2pm 'Sauna & Sound';
Arriving with a sound awareness meditation,
and winding down with a short crystal sound bowl integration.
Stu Larsen
Kanuka Yoga co-creator and full-time muso, Stu will be guiding a 10am Beats & Sauna.
Stu was introduced to yoga as a teenager, and has maintained a regular practice since 2014. He completed his 200HR training at RAW Yoga, Milford, with John and Nicole Allen, and Kylie Rook and is close to finishing his 300HR training with Inspire NZ.
He's currently focusing a lot of his time and energy in the music space, and has been playing guitar and singing full-time since 2018.
Stu is leading the 10am '🎶 Beats & Sauna';
Movement, DJ Beats, Sauna and Wind-Down.
About the '🎶 Beats & Sauna':
Arrive in the studio to a DJ on the decks! You'll be guided through some gentle movement to begin, with the intention to slowly build the energy and movement patterns; loosen up the facia, get your lymphatic system flowing.
Then head to the sauna while you sit with a curated playlist that soothes your nervous system. On return to the studio (after a shower), we can wind down the energy with a few Restorative shapes, and a body scan with soft, live guitar.
Becca Starkey
Leading the 1pm 'Sauna Session for Mothers'; for the mum who has lost herself a little and is ready to find her way back.
We begin in the studio with guided journaling and paired reflection, exploring the identity shift that comes with motherhood.
Then we move into the sauna together. The first round is silence, intentional, collective. Each round we go a little further, from stillness to quiet conversation to something more open and connected.
We close back in the studio with herbal tea, something sweet, and a final moment of reflection.
We begin in stillness. We end in connection. The sauna does everything in between. Bring a journal.
Come as mum. Leave as you.
If you have any questions about this event, which session might be right for you, how to book, or creating a bank transfer payment, we're here to chat.
Email us at hello@kanukayoga.co.nz - phone 0276 KANUKA - or, contact us
on our social channels @kanukayoga
We look forward to sharing space with you this June.
Kindly,
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