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About Belmont Park Retreat
Written by Administrator Monday, 22 March 2010 06:41
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Belmont Park Retreat (BPR) is a small, private meditation centre hidden away in a secluded picturesque valley only 15 minutes from central Wellington.
In this atmosphere of tranquility and peace, BPR offers Meditation Sits and a Medical Herbal and Naturopathic Clinic. Situated on 27 acres of regenerating bush and meadows, the once funky barn is now a picturesque abode providing comfortable accommodation for the enjoyment of small groups. This diverse and warm dwelling offers an escape for all. The meditation / teaching hall is separate from the main house - ensuring maximum quiet, broken only by the sound of the bubbling stream. You will also encounter various species of native birds, hens and even a tortoise that wanders the upper meadows! |
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Please contact us if you require more information. |
Getting Here
Last Updated on Thursday, 01 April 2010 02:45 Written by Administrator Monday, 22 March 2010 06:56
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Driving to Belmont Park Retreat |
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Departing from Wellington city, head north on State Highway 2 for 10 minutes. Turn left up the slip road at the sign ‘Maungaraki and Lower Hutt City Centre’, onto Dowse Drive. (Alternatively, if driving from the north, head south on State Highway 2. Take the slip road exit signposted Maungaraki and Lower Hutt City Centre. Go up to the roundabout and keep right driving over Highway 2 and then turn left onto the Maungaraki turn, Dowse Drive.) Follow Dowse Drive up the hill and past the Maungaraki shops. Just over one kilometre beyond these shops at St Aidans Church turn left into Stratton Street. After ½ kilometre, turn left again into Stratton Street at the ‘Belmont Regional Park' sign. Continue for 1 kilometre and you will pass a red barn on the left followed by a yellow horse sign on the left. Another large blue sign indicating ‘Belmont Regional Park', next to our own sign for Belmont Park Retreat on the left hand side - Number 147. Please note that the carpark, health clinic and main house are at the bottom of the driveway.
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Getting to Belmont Park Retreat - Without Vehicle |
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Take flights into Wellington airport, or, take the ferry from Picton, South Island, to Wellington, North Island. Both airport and ferry terminal transport is available to Wellington city central railway station. Alternatively, ‘Metlink’ provides two North Island trains into Wellington city central train station: - ‘The Overlander’ train at any point enroute from Auckland, or, ‘Intercity’ or ‘Newmans’ provide coach services on most main routes throughout New Zealand. See the ‘Metlink website for coach travel details. From Wellington station, take either of the following suburban ‘Tranz Metro’ train lines to Petone Station: - Melling Line N.B. Please check these suburban train schedules carefully as some ‘express’ trains on these lines may not stop at Petone Station. Pick-up by BPR is available from the local Petone railway station for individuals with advance pick-up booking, for NZ$10.00 charge (except WWOOFs). ‘Tranz Metro’ contact details for suburban train timetables and fares: Free phone within NZ: 0800 – 801 700 ‘Metlink’ contact details for train and coach timetables and fares: Free phone within NZ: 0800 – 801 700 |
MEET THE PRACTITIONERS
Last Updated on Monday, 22 March 2010 06:56 Written by Administrator Monday, 22 March 2010 06:48
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Alicia Melrose, BA (Hons), MNZAMH, Dip Phyt.
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Ian Melrose, ND, DO, BNOA, NIMH, MNZAMH
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Registered Scenar Practitioner. NZ Rep STAA (Scenar Therapists' Assoc Australasia). RNZPS Life Member. Pip has always been interested in health and worked as a student with geriatric patients. After marriage and family she worked voluntarily in child health as a Health and Safety Coordinator and Horowhenua Area Representative for Plunket. After the death in 1996 of her mother, internationally-known research radiographer Marjorie Gordon, she became increasingly interested in chemical health issues. Her mother’s exposure to X-ray chemicals led Pip to found SNFTAAS (Support Network for the Aldehyde and Solvent Affected) www.snftaas.org . She began to further investigate techniques to help improve health - this lead to training in Scenar Therapy in NZ (Level 2) with Chris Moprtensen, and in America under internationally-recognised ophthalmologist Dr Jerry Tennant http://tennantinstitute.com/TIIM_MAC/Welcome.html . She has also trained on the MEAD (Meridian Energy Analysis Device). This device provides a quick and useful computer analysis of energy (voltage) in Acupuncture meridians. Pip continued further Scenar training in 2006 in Bulgaria with the Russian eye surgeon, Dr Irena Kossovskia. Pip finds Scenar combined with soft Laser light very effective therapies for many conditions. She has Honours in Anatomy and Physiology for Holistic Body Workers. In 2007, Pip completed Body Talk Courses (Levels 1, 2, and 3) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Applied to Body Talk. She finds this exciting new therapy an excellent way to combine the concepts and treatments of the various modalities she is already using. |
Alicia Melrose developed her enthusiasm for herbal medicine when she lived in Indonesia with a Sumatran Shaman after completing her BA Hons in Anthropology. Four years of further full time study in the UK gave her a Diploma in Phytotherapy (a qualification for excellence in herbal medicine) and membership to the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in the UK in 1988. With many years of clinical practice as a Registered Medical Herbalist and muscle tester Alicia has developed, first in the UK and now in NZ, busy clinics based on highest professional standards for chronic, acute and family medicine.
Ian Melrose has over 30 years of experience as a Medical Herbalist and Naturopath. In the early 1980s he established one the first multidisciplinary practices in the UK and has always been enthused to learn about different forms of electromagnetic healing. In 1989 he was invited to research methods of aura scanning really opening up the question of ‘mind over matter’. 
Meditation events
Last Updated on Sunday, 15 August 2010 04:26 Written by Administrator Monday, 22 March 2010 07:04
Meditation Teachings
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Meditation Group Sits |
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Please note that all meditation evenings and residential retreats have been canceled indefinitely. |
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