ONE KIND BEING · MOUNTAIN BEING · NEXT
Next Mountain Journey
Southern Alps, New Zealand
The mountain is calling again. Our next journey into the high country is being shaped now — register your interest to hear first.
WHEN
Dates coming soon
WHERE
GUIDES
To be announced
Kike Benet & Steve Parker PhD
INVESTMENT
To be announced
THE ADVENTURE
Step out of winter. Into the mountain.
We feel the call to leave our winter routines and go somewhere that demands our full attention. Somewhere cold, beautiful, and alive. The Pisa Conservation Area in October is exactly that — snow still on the high ridges, tussock stirring back to life, the sky enormous and clear.
This is a journey to embrace the mountain, dropping into presence while cultivating real mountaineering skills and experiences. Inner practice meets outdoor adventure — not as a metaphor, but as a lived reality.
Days begin with yoga led by Kike, incorporating morning pages, kriya, pranayama, meditation and asana. Then we go outside and let Steve teach us how to move through the alpine environment with skill, care and reverence. Evenings are slow and warm.
No signal. No rush. The digital detox is included.
THE SKILLS
How four days
unfold in the mountains
MORNING · DAILY
Kriyas, meditation & asana
Each day opens with practice led by Kike — morning pages, kriya, pranayama, meditation and asana. Drawing from Embodied Flow™, a continuum of movement that draws from hatha, tantric and somatic traditions. Fluid, exploratory, deeply felt.
DAYTIME · DAILY
Snowshoeing & mountain skills
Steve Parker guides us through the alpine landscape — snowshoeing, skinning, avalanche awareness and the art of moving slowly through big terrain. Learning to read the mountain, trust the body, and find intimacy with wild places.
AFTERNOON · OPT-IN
Cold plunges & nature awareness
The Pisa Conservation Area has rivers, snowmelt, and silence. We use them — cold water immersion, nature contemplation, and time to simply be in the landscape without agenda. Some of the most important moments happen here.
EVENING · DAILY
Slow evenings at the lodge
After dinner the pace drops completely. Dance, read, stargaze, share herbal tonics. The lodge holds us — no phones, no notifications, just the group and the mountain dark outside. Sleep comes deeply here.
"Often mountains call for moments of solitude and contemplation."
— One Kind Being
SAMPLE ITINERARY
A day on
Mt Pisa
This is a guide, not a schedule. The rhythm adjusts to the group, the tides, and the moment.
7
Morning practice
Morning pages, kriya, pranayama and Embodied Flow™ asana with Kike. Practice happens in the lodge as the mountain light comes in. Unhurried and internal.
9
Breakfast
High-nutrient, organic seasonal meals prepared together. Eat slowly. The day ahead requires energy and care.
10
Into the mountain
Out into the Pisa Conservation Area with Steve. Snowshoeing, skinning, avalanche awareness and mountain navigation depending on conditions. The landscape is vast, the silence profound.
13
Lunch & rest
Back at the lodge or out in the field. Long lunches. The afternoon is yours to move slowly through.
15
Nature time
Cold plunges in snowmelt rivers, nature contemplation, or simply sitting with the landscape. Optional — each person decides what their body and mind need.
19
Slow evening
Dinner together, then the lodge takes over. Stargazing, herbal tonics, conversation or silence. The mountain dark outside is extraordinary. Sleep comes deeply.
THE OFFERING
Included
— 4 nights at Musterer's Lodge, Snow Farm
— Mountain guiding & skills with Steve Parker PhD
— Digital detox — no signal, no rush
— Small intimate group
— Daily yoga & Embodied Flow™ with Kike
— Snowshoeing, skinning & avalanche awareness
— Slow evenings, stargazing & herbal tonics
— All lodge accommodation
Not included: transport to Pisa Conservation Area, catering (meals coordinated and shared by the group), equipment rental if needed. Full logistics details provided on registration — kike@onekindbeing.com
YOUR GUIDES
The people
who'll take you there
Kike Benet
YOGA ·
SOMATIC MOVEMENT
Trained in the Anusara method, since 2012 Kike has been diving deep into the maps of Kashmir Shaivism — applying these ancient tools to modern life and movement.
His classes are inspired by Embodied Flow™, a continuum of movement and expression drawing from hatha, tantric and somatic traditions — to experience yoga as a living art form rather than a performance.
Based on Waiheke Island, Kike founded One Kind Being as a platform for journeys of intimacy with nature, where inner insights meet outdoor experience — across the Southern Alps, Waiheke coastlines and hidden hot springs in the wild.
@onekindbeing
Steve Parker PhD
MOUNTAIN SKILLS ·
GATHERED HERBAL
Stephen Parker is an outdoor and environmental educator, backcountry snowboard guide and bioregional herbalist. His goal is to deepen people's connection to the natural world through wilderness adventure, plant medicine and reverence.
Steve brings years of experience in the Southern Alps and knows the Pisa Conservation Area intimately. He guides with skill, patience and genuine love for the mountain environment.
@steve_parker_nz
THE PLACE
Musterer's Lodge
Pisa Conservation Area, NZ
The Pisa Conservation Area sits above the Cromwell Basin in Central Otago — a vast, tussock-covered plateau that rises to over 1,700 metres. In October, the high country is in transition: snow still holding on the ridges, the tussock gold and alive below, the sky the particular blue that only exists here.
Musterer's Lodge is a remote backcountry hut — simple, warm, and completely off the grid. No phone signal. No distractions. The kind of place that asks you to actually arrive.
Getting there: drive from Queenstown (approx. 1 hour) then a short hike in. Full transport and logistics details provided on registration.
