Let's start with fresh air and no walls
At a time when the world is becoming increasingly digital, global and fast paced and uncertain, it is very easy for people to feel disconnected, overwhelmed and frantic as they struggle to meet growing expectations.
Join Rachel from Sparkhouse for this special half OR full day workshop to help individuals and teams to understand how they can take back control, to manage stress and prioritise self-care. Using the fundamentals of mindfulness to raise personal awareness and offering tools and techniques to enhance their productivity and resilience, Rachel focusses on both practical elements and the core human elements to self-empower individuals and build cohesive teams.
Use our unique bush boardroom to increase mental clarity. We take a stripped back and unplugged approach to these days - minimal distractions for the best results. A morning mindful hike will prepare the team for the session and delicious local food catered throughout the day.
Duration: Full day 7 hours, half day 4 hours
Group size: 6 - 16 people
Rachel Matheson, your facilitator
Rachel is an experienced facilitator and trainer who specialises in resilience and productivity. She has extensive experience working across Australasia in both the private and public sectors supporting individuals and teams to manage stress and change, improve productivity and prioritise themselves.
What to look for, topics covered and how your team will benefit from this workshop...
Struggles/Symptoms:
- Stressed
- Overthinking, dramatising
- Dwelling on things you can’t change
- Feeling overwhelmed and out of control
- Not coping with change & uncertainty
- Procrastinating and unfocused
- Effects of perfectionism
- Anxious and nervous
- Lacking self confidence
- Unable to make decisions
- Not sleeping/physically unwell
- Emotionally sensitive and reactive
Topics Covered:
- Importance of self-awareness
- Understanding the exhaustion funnel
- The role of quality thinking
- Empowered choice
- Managing every stress
- Processing negative emotions
- Operating (behaving) above or below the line
- Impact of work habits on our productivity (work/life balance)
- Mindful listening
- Importance and strategies for self care
Outcome: People have tools and the belief to:
- Manage everyday stress
- Feel empowered to make change
- Embrace change and uncertainty
- Know how to prioritise themselves
- Focus on what is important
- Become thought empowered
- Find clarity and make personal choices
Testimonial
"Rachel presented to our team covering off relevant topics of mindful resilience and emotions. With her practical, direct and clear delivery style she impressed and related to the entire team and provided mental strategies to use both personally and when dealing with clients. Our team was thoroughly impressed and we will be utilising her services in future team building and development activities"
Diane, Finance Industry
FULL DAY Programme overview
Mindful hike, 1 hour: The morning begin with being mindful in nature to destress, tune in to the rhythm of your intuition and reduce cluttered and unproductive thinking. Kylie will give your team all the tools they need to engage all their senses, and tap into the unconscious wilderness of our brain. This is a powerful way to destress, reconnect and promote divergent thinking ready for the Building Resilience workshop.
Morning tea: Hot drinks and light refreshments.
Ancient forest highlights tour, 30 minutes: As we make our way into the bush boardroom, hear from Sanctuary Mountain staff about the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees and what makes the conservation project at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari truly special as the largest mainland ecological island in the world!
Building Resilience workshop: Session 1 (2 hours), at the Bush Boardroom
Lunch: Buffet-style lunch served in the forest shelter (which also serves as a breakout area).
Building Resilience workshop continued: Session 1 (2 hours), at the Bush Boardroom
Wellness break: Short walk to the forest canopy tower
Morning or afternoon tea: Light refreshments and hot drinks to conclude the day with some shared reflection.
Programme runs from 8.30am or 9am and finishes at 3.30 or 4pm.
All packages INCLUDE a built-in contribution from your company to the
incredible conservation work of the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust.
*All prices New Zealand dollars and GST exclusive. Above price for a group of 12.
HALF DAY Programme overview
Mindful hike, 1 hour: The morning begins with being mindful in nature to destress, tune in to the rhythm of your intuition and reduce cluttered and unproductive thinking. Kylie will give your team all the tools they need to engage all their senses, and tap into the unconscious wilderness of our brain. This is a powerful way to destress, reconnect and promote divergent thinking ready for the Building Resilience workshop.
Morning tea: Hot drinks and light refreshments.
Ancient forest highlights tour, 30 minutes: As we make our way into the bush boardroom, hear from Sanctuary Mountain staff about the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees and what makes the conservation project at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari truly special as the largest mainland ecological island in the world!
Building Resilience workshop: Session 1 (2 hours), at the Bush Boardroom
Programme runs from 8.30am or 9am and finishes at 12.30 or 1pm.
All packages INCLUDE a built-in contribution from your company to the
incredible conservation work of the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust.
*All prices New Zealand dollars and GST exclusive. Above price for a group of 12.
Tell me more about...
Transport: How do we get there?
All all packages are bespoke so we can either arrange transport for you from Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu or surrounding areas, or you and the team can meet us at Maungatautari. Although we base our packages primarily around Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari (20 minutes from Cambridge) we can also create a package for you at a different location within the Waikato or Coromandel accessing one of the over 20 walking tracks we operate on, or visiting one of the several artisan foodie producers we have great relationships with.
Rain / weather policy
We will go ahead with the agreed programme if there is rain on the day(s), as long as it is safe to do so. If your group has booked the bush boardroom for a session, we will make a call no later than 2 hours before this session whether to move it into the covered (open-faced) events centre in the Southern Enclosure.
Fitness requirements
We know that not everyone will be experienced when it comes to the outdoors and hiking, and that's fantastic. Getting a little out of comfort zone in safe hands is what it's all about. We can cater to most fitness levels and abilities and will work within your groups capabilities. As a rough guideline, individuals should be able to walk for an hour continuously with some steep incline at gentle pace.
Accessibility
Sanctuary Mountain tracks all have gradients which makes wheelchair access difficult or impossible, depending on the ability of the person using the chair, their supporters and the sort of chair. The tracks are metalled but not smooth so it can take quite a lot of strength to move a wheelchair. There is an unavoidable gradient down to the entrance through the fence. We would like to be more accessible but the terrain makes this difficult and, being a Charitable Trust, we need to find funding for any alterations and additions.
100% New Zealand owned and operated business
We are a family run business who have been running highly rated hiking and food tours since 2017. We're approved DOC concession operators and we've achieved a GOLD Qualmark endorsement for our experiences.
Say hello
hello@natureandnosh.co.nz
Phone: +64 204 130 5060
