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Preserving the Past Masterclass

Is your garden/orchard abundant with fresh fruits and vegetables? 

Do you want to learn how to preserve fresh food from the garden for you and your family that will feed you through the winter months? 

Learn how we utilise excess seasonal produce to create an array of sauces, sauerkraut, chutneys & jams in our masterclass. Gilly Stewart and Dee Petit will teach how to bottle fruit and vegetables, what blends of vinegars and spices to use when you preserve sauces and chutneys and their top tips for jam making. Preserving fruits and veggies is an important step in ensuring that you know what ingredients are in your food and that the food is locally grown. Homemade food is nutritious, and delicious! 

First Term 2026 Masterclasses

Onehunga Community Centre

83 Church Street, Onehunga

Saturdays 10am – 2pm

February 14 & 28

March 7 & 14

April 11 & 18
Fill in the form below to register your interest in joining us!

For More information, see here

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Anne Hurst – Dance & ART Therapist

Anne is an experienced, skilled, clinical counsellor and arts and dance / movement therapist, providing integrative counselling & expressive arts therapy, for children and adults individually and in groups. Anne is an ACC registered sensitive claims therapy provider. Anne holds Master’s level qualifications in expressive  arts therapies and specialist training  in evidence based therapies for trauma healing, including internal family systems and E.M.D.R. Anne also is a lecturer in dance/movement therapy at University of Auckland and Dance and Arts therapies.  NZ. https://dancetherapy.co.nz/about/

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Inga von Benzon – Naturopath

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Inga von Benzon is a registered Naturopath, Bowtech® Bowen practitioner and registered Bowtech® instructor. She offers consultations and specialises in EAV energy medicine, lifestyle and dietary guidance, and detoxification protocols. Treatment plans are individualised and therefore tailored to every single client. Her protocols are suited to all family members, from the pregnant mum to babies, children of all ages, the stressed executive and the elderly. The Bowen technique balances the nervous system and therefore prepares the body and mind for healing. It addresses the underlying causes of discomfort and health issues. Bowen therapy is safe and effective for acute and chronic presentations.

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Nicky Hartley – Shiatsu Therapist

Shiatsu is a hands-on Japanese Zen Healing Art.

Shiatsu is more than a massage technique!


The character “shi” means finger or toe. The character “atsu” translates as “slowly applied pressure maintained then slowly released” with the implication of the use of bodyweight rather than strength. Together the two characters symbolize a range of techniques used in a therapeutic way, delivered by bodyweight using either fingers, palms, elbows, knees or feet.

Shiatsu achieves unique results because of it’s holistic goals which attempt to treat the whole person rather than a specific medical complaint. Shiatsu is based on the time-honoured Oriental medical understanding that our physiological and psychological structures are supported and affected by meridians. Meridians are channels of living magnetic energy. A shiatsu practitioner can improve the Ki (chi, life-force, energy) flowing through the meridians to improve our general health and well-being.

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Lesley Diane – Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist

Lesley completed a diploma of Osteopathy in 1995 and a diploma of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in 2017. Her life-long quest is to ‘hear’ the language of the intelligence in the body through the craniosacral rhythms and, in so doing, to bring to light for people their inherent capacity to heal, to thrive and to shine.

Lesley has four kids, now in their 20’s, and three cats who’ve helped raise them. She loves yoga, attempts gardening and delights in gathering with friends and family around the kitchen table.

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Shirley Tuffery – Naturopath

Shirley Tuffery has been dedicated to a path of  self discovery and Truth since the early 1970s when, having recently graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree, majoring in Psychology, she landed in Canada where she  experienced a ‘spiritual awakening’. At this time she was introduced to Astrology, vegetarianism and ‘alternative’ natural therapies which laid the foundation for her subsequent life’s journey. Going on to qualify and practice as a Naturopath in the early 1980s, she combined her love of healthy living, self development,  education , and service with her Astrological counselling,  helping others psychologically and spiritually , on their journey to self understanding.
Through her years of  further in depth study, she has also served as a meditation teacher, and co-ordinator of her local spiritual group, and is more passionate than ever about helping people make some sense of their lives and find answers not only to the WHAT in their life, but to the WHY,  in the deepest spiritual sense.  

Her current passion and  focus includes healthy lifestyle education and weight loss coaching, organic plant based nutritional supplement business, Naturopathic health care, spiritual meditation, and all things colourful and creative. 

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Marijana Jovanovic – Naturopath

I am qualified Naturopath, Medical Herbalist and Nutritionist with a science background in Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Science.  I am founder of Change Naturopathy based in Auckland, New Zealand. My mission is to share and inspire how to use the healing power of nature for balancing your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. I help identify the root cause of your health issue, while educating how to achieve a balanced lifestyle, restore health, and find vitality. I am focusing on the wellbeing of busy women, children and families, particularly anxiety management, which is part of the program that I am offering with other practitioners here in Shiloh.

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Anita Vlasic-Manaia

BASW, MAAT(clinical)
I am currently an Arts Therapist in South Auckland and I’m passionate about using creativity and nature as healing tools. I was a Social Worker in South Auckland working with youth and was inspired  to study Arts Therapy at Whitecliffe School of Arts and Design. I saw a gap and a need for alternative therapies for young people in South Auckland and in particular approaches that incorporated indigenous models of healing. I  resonated with Shiloh’s holistic vision of supporting the community I work and live in with well being, creativity and education.  I am married to Wiremu Manaia and we have 6 children between us and 4 grandchildren.  I was inspired by Dee’s passion for Shiloh’s mission after meeting with her and was invited to come on the board.  

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BeYOUtiful

BeYOUtiful is a programme that equips young women aged 9-13 years old to discover their full potential in a fun creative space. It helps young women find confidence within to be their authentic self, and teaches them tools and strategies to help them to be their BeYOUtiful self inside and out. We do a creative art project each week and generate discussions with regards to issues that are important to the young women and emphasis the importance of embracing self-worth, self-care and self-love for themselves while learning to set boundaries and be the best versions of themselves.

4 Week Term 3 Workshops

Date: Wednesdays starting September 2, 2020
Location: Pasadena Intermediate School – 2 Moray Place, Point Chevalier
Time: 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

Cost: $120 per young woman. per five weeks

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