About Us
Wild Stillness Retreats was born on a dance floor.
We each held a seed of this vision and in the deepening of our friendship it has come to fruition.
Creating space for women to connect, know themselves and celebrate the feminine is at the heart of our philosophy and practice. We have held our unique and inspirational retreats in the picturesque Coromandel and Auckland areas since 2021.
Vanessa Edelsten
Hi, I'm Vanessa and I'm so glad you are here.
I'm absolutely honoured to hold space and create beautiful, yet empowering retreats as co-creator of Wild Stillness Retreats. I am a life-long yoga student, mama to two young boys, wife and lover of nature. I am a certified 500hr yoga teacher, having taught Hatha Flow yoga, meditation and pranayama for over 12 years in Auckland and the Coromandel. Yoga has been my anchor for over 20 years now and I simply can't imagine life without it.
I truly get what it is like to be a busy woman in this modern world, and it's not always easy! Living with 3 males (and a male dog!) has highlighted the need to connect in with feminine energy and to find peace amongst the chaos. To bring fluidity, creativity and a gentle strength to my life has become of such importance. The classes I craft draw on this energy and are a safe space for you to ground, connect and open. Each one is carefully created to flow with the rhythms of nature and aim to provide inspiration, a sense of wholeness and relief. Every body is different and all abilities are intuitively catered for.
I love the simple pleasures in life. Connecting to the ocean, cooking delicious food, spending time with my children and sunrise silent raves are some of my top activities!
Through nature and my daily practice I am constantly growing, learning and evolving. This is my deepest life's purpose to hold retreat space for you to feel nurtured, grounded and whole, and to know yourself once again. I can't wait to meet you!
Beth Pearsall
Thank you for coming this far to find out more about us!
I grew up in, and now live off-grid in the northern Coromandel. I love to wander the hills, bush, rivers and most of all the rocky coast and beaches. In my spare time I surf, play music, earth build and dream of being able to live from what I grow in my garden.
I spent my childhood travelling the country with my parents who taught Permaculture. It was on these courses that my education in group facilitation began. I saw the transformative power of people coming together and I have been teaching and holding space ever since.
I strive to create spaces where all beings can be fully self-expressed. This wish led me to a degree in biology and work in restoration ecology. Building community and repairing the human relationship to the living planet is at the core of my work. And I believe coming together to lean into and raise our feminine energy is a vital step in that healing.
I have formal training in group facilitation and collaboration with Zenergy and Twyfords and I am a lifelong student of somatic practices. I love food and have worked in catering for over 15 years. I choose fresh, local, organic and seasonal produce and combine them with flavours from all over the world.
In the past few years I have been diving deep into music as my main creative expression. I select booty shakin', soul expanding, global sounds that light up the dance floor.
I am so grateful for this opportunity to co-create Wild Stillness Retreats.
I can’t wait to meet you!
