Claudio’s Harmonic Sound Journey
Claudio Escutia
26th July 2025 Saturday, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Just 20 students ~ $55
We invite you to a special evening of Sacred Harmonic Sound with multi-instrumentalist Claudio Escutia. This immersive sound journey offers a deeply restorative experience that invites you to settle into stillness, reconnect with the heart, and explore a sense of inner spaciousness through vibration and tone.
Claudio skilfully layers the sounds of gongs, crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, Native American flutes, and other traditional instruments, enhanced through high-quality audio equipment so the sound can be both heard and felt throughout your body.
Harmonic sound and vibration offer the nervous system a chance to truly rest. In this state of relaxation, the thinking mind softens, and we find connection to citta — the heart-mind. From this place, silence arises naturally through the vehicle of sound.
This experience is open to everyone. No previous yoga or meditation practice is needed.
What to bring:
You are welcome to bring your own yoga mat, though studio mats are also available. We will provide bolsters, blankets, and eye pillows for your comfort.
Booking is essential — spaces are limited & this event often sells out quickly.
Claudio is a multi-instrumentalist musician originally from Mexico City and now based in Wellington. Born into a family of musicians, he began playing music at a young age and later studied classical guitar. His journey led him to Montreal, where he explored jazz, world music, and spiritual sound traditions.
Extensive travels in Asia and Europe deepened his connection with Indian music and yogic philosophy. He studied Tibetan singing bowls in Kathmandu and Varanasi, and has since worked with a wide range of instruments including the sitar, esraj, bansuri, harmonium, flutes, gongs, and voice.
Claudio’s work blends technical skill, deep presence, and a profound respect for the healing power of sound.
Learn more or listen to Claudio’s music here:
SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/claudioescutiasounds
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/claudio_yoga_sound_healing
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/soundhealingyogamusicclaudio
August 23rd – New Moon Day Retreat in Space
with Lana Bright
2.30-9pm (+ an evening meal made for you too)
Early Bird while spaces last @ $159 then $175 after the 1st August
Limited to just 12 students
As the final New Moon for winter 2025 arrives this Saturday night, join Lana for a special day retreat in Space.
Enjoy wellbeing practices to come home to:
– Meditation & Mindful Yoga – seated, reclined; calming & refreshing Yin & Restorative Yoga; Gentle meditation flow.
– We share familiar meditation methods, that support resting with peaceful presence, returning to wakeful ease & lightness – for body, mind & spirit.
– We include calming + revitalising breath practices.
Leave behind ‘being busy’ & technology & settle into just ‘being’ in the sanctuary of Space. Come & enjoy quiet time & space for yourself. We soak most of our practices in silence …with Lana’s simple guidance to light your path. We call this traditional silence ‘mauna’ – noble silence.
In the early evening we replenish with a simple & quiet meal at Lana & Oliver’s home next to Space Studio.
As the New Moon rises we symbolically plant seeds for the Spring ahead. We may meet this time to expand our horizons & commit to aspirations.
These practices with supportive concepts & mindful tools can help balance and restore vitality & calmness in our body, mind and spirit.
Space Studio mats, bolsters, blankets & eye pillows are all available for you to use & please feel free to bring your own special props too. You may like to bring a journal for your reflections.
Non-residential $159 Early bird now, whiles spaces last until 1st August then $175.
Residential – Please send us an email, if you are interested in one of our 2 residential rooms.
Thank you info@spaceyoga.nz
September 5 Day Silent New Moon Retreat
Sarah Morley, Lana Bright, Crystal Dickson
18-23rd September – Just 3 spaces available now!
Strathean Retreat Centre, Otaki
The arrival of a Spring new moon & the spring equinox call us into this peaceful & uplifting sanctuary setting. We enter the retreat’s graceful rhythms, without rushing or needing to be anywhere else. Feel into the nature of silence, as it quietly unfolds.
We draw on the wisdom of traditional meditation & yoga practices & concepts. We take these on a voyage. Lana, Crystal & Sarah are delighted to be your teachers.
Enjoy as many or as few of these practices that we share with you. Let yourself find your own rhythms throughout your retreat. We explore grounding & uplifting meditation practices & ideas, in form & in energy: Seated, reclined & walking meditation. Each day will unfold with moving & still mindful yoga asana. We sprinkle & soak in mantra meditation, metta bhavana & chakra meditation. This special week is also ‘te wiki o the reo Maori’ & Crystal will sprinkle lightly Te Reo & simple yet universal concepts into practices too.
Well-being ideas are also shared & practiced. We infuse awareness with questions for the body, mind-heart & spirit. We share breath practices & some simple doses of shaking medicine to release tightness from our systems. Poetry & prose are woven into the fabric of each day, to open us up to possibility, mystery & appreciation.
Each afternoon offers you time & space to enjoy resting & exploring in your own natural way.
Our retreat begins late afternoon on the 18th September & completes on Tuesday 23rd at midday. This silent retreat sold out last year.
Pricing for Accommodation, Food & your Teachers’ Tuition begins at $1050;
Save yourself a precious space with us – Strathean Early Bird Buy Now $195 Registration
Send us an email if you’d like our full retreat details. We can organise which accommodation options we have available – info@spaceyoga.nz Thank you.
If you have been on a 5 day silent retreat with us before – you’ll receive a 5% discount too 🙂
‘Radiant Nature’ – Labour Weekend Silent Retreat in the Coromandel
Luke Stenner, Lana Bright, Oliver Ferry
Te Moata Retreat Centre
Leave the familiar for a while. Let this be an opportunity to rest & restore in the beautiful nature reserve that is Te Moata. Te Moata is nestled in 344 hectares of natural beauty, lit by solar power. Tune in & open to an abiding calmness & vitality here. Come home to radiant nature.
Be guided in meditation, yoga & nourishing pranayama practices. Explore & experience traditional & current practices, woven together with lovingkindness. Strengthen positive states in the mind & body and encourage deeper reservoirs of lightness, as a natural way of being. Enjoy as many or as few of these practices that we share with you. Let yourself find & enjoy your own rhythms throughout your retreat. Move, be still, play in the streams & trails and down at the ocean (6 kms away). Regardless of your previous experiences, this retreat offers you opportunities to be present, to feel rested & be rejuvenated.
We begin from 5.15pm on Thrs 23rd October & complete on Tuesday 28th at midday. This silent retreat sold out last year too.
Pricing for Accommodation, Food & also your Teachers’ Tuition begins at $985.
Te Moata Early Bird Buy Now $195 Registration
Send us an email if you’d like full retreat details & we can organise which accommodation option will be lovely for you – info@spaceyoga.nz
If you have been on a 5 day silent retreat with us before – you’ll receive a 5% discount too 🙂
