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🌸 Blossom Women’s Retreats are safe and nurturing spaces, designed for women to rest, recover, and reconnect in the company of a small, intimate group.Together, we share creative and educational workshops alongside quiet moments of reflection, exploration, and personal healing. This retreat is a gentle invitation to unwind, find clarity, and begin blossoming into your next chapter.
You’ll be guided by Samantha Jane, Taya Divnova and Jessie Buttons as we move through a day of nourishment, creativity, and connection at the beautiful Black Sheep Retreat at the top of Morningside hill, overlooking the landscapes all around us.
🌸 Samantha Jane – Trauma-informed NLP Practitioner + Retreat Facilitator
Founder of Black Sheep Retreat (interactive accommodation)
Solo Mum to 2 beautiful children (ages 4 and 7)
Black Sheep Retreat was designed in 2023 as a safe, nurturing haven for families, friends, couples, and individuals to rest, heal, and rediscover themselves after life’s valley seasons. These retreats are not just getaways — they are spaces of rejuvenation, creativity, and purpose.
Alongside 17 years in the graphic design field, over 8 years in property investment and business ownership, Sam carries the wisdom of raw lived experience.
She has walked through the complexities of narcissistic abuse — including psychological, financial, and litigation abuse — and knows what it means to feel silenced, unseen, and overwhelmed by life's complexities.
Her journey through many healing modalities eventually led her to NLP therapy — a turning point that became the catalyst for her own transformation. Experiencing its miraculous impact on her life, Sam felt called to train as a practitioner so she could guide others with the same compassion, creativity, and courage that helped her to reclaim her voice, her mind and her life.
Now, she walks alongside others as they step out of survival mode and into possibility — gently shepherding new beginnings, one brave step at a time.
🌸 Taya Divnova – Therapeutic Art Life Coach
Mum to 2 beautiful children (ages 4 and 6)
Taya blends creativity with healing, as a multi-skilled artist in Visual & Fine Arts, and a certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach.
With a Diploma in Psychology, she runs art classes & workshops for hospital patients, using art to uplift and improve wellbeing.
Taya will take us on a journey of self-discovery, using non-clinical Art Therapy techniques to inspire self-expression and emotional wellness through creativity.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
• Release stuck emotions using gentle, guided art techniques – no art skills required
• Rediscover your natural creativity and rebuild confidence through playfulness
• Turn anxiety or heaviness into clarity and calm through intentional shape or colour using your own intuition
• Take home creative tools to nurture your emotional wellbeing, and a finished artwork created by you, as a beautiful and a meaningful reminder of your inner strength and resilience.
🌸 Jessie Buttons — The NZ Super Nanny
Parenting Coach & Author of The Nature of Children
Founder of The Super Nanny Parenting Membership
Mum to 2 beautiful children (ages 1 and 3)
Join Jess for an uplifting and practical session designed to empower you to feel your best — inside and out. Jess will share how to use essential oils to support your physical, emotional, and family wellbeing.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
Use essential oils to support emotions, mood, sleep, immunity and digestion
Create a natural first aid kit using just 10 core oils
Reduce your family’s toxic exposure without overwhelm
Leave feeling nourished, inspired, and empowered in simple ways to bring balance and calm into your daily life.
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🌸 We’ll begin with snacks and drinks.
Gentle introductions led by Samantha Jane — opening space for safe sharing, conversation, and connection.
She will touch on her own journey of healing and share tools and modalities which helped her to begin a new life and start again, from the ground up.
From there, we will ease into our Bloom Workshop with Jessie Buttons to discuss simple, wholesome options that nourish your body, calm your mind, and restore your glow. We will also take a look at some beautiful essential oils for everyday use.
Note: This event is a BYO (Bring Your Own) lunch event to create more affordable options for you.
In the afternoon, Taya Divnova will guide our therapeutic Creative Workshop, where we are all invited to explore self-expression through clay and sculpture. — Each piece can be taken home as a reminder of your experience at Blossom Women’s Mini Retreats at Black Sheep Retreat.
We’ll close the day softly, with optional sharing and space to explore the interactive retreat setting in your own way.
✨ This gathering is limited to 15 women to ensure intimacy, safety, and care for everyone.
🌸 Together, Sam, Taya and Jess will stand alongside you, while we share our journeys and connect with like-minded souls. We hope to inspire you all to trust your own inner wisdom and take small steps toward your healthiest and happiest self.
We can’t wait to welcome you into this space — to meet new faces, share gentle moments, and support you in your next steps toward healing, clarity, and wholeness
Tickets are now available here:
https://events.humanitix.com/blossom-women-s-retreat-april-2026
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Morningside Rd, Whangarei, New Zealand
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