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Following his win on MasterChef New Zealand, Aaron stepped away from the high-pressure culinary world to pursue a holistic approach to food.

As Chef in Residence at Sanctum 7, he has curated a culinary experience that nourishes the body without compromising on indulgence.

THE MASTERCHEF

Aaron Brunet

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The Breath Athlete

Kathryn Nevatt

Former freediving World Champion and Guinness World Record holder, Kathryn brings two decades of training the body's relationship with breath at the highest level.

Her practice offers a simple yet powerful return to self - reconnecting you with your breath to shift your state, restore energy and support genuinely restful sleep.

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The Yoga Doyenne

Barbara Dawson

As a professional dancer, Barbara performed alongside Sinatra, Cher and Sammy Davis Jr across France and Monaco, before turning to yoga.

Thirty years on, her stage is the Earnscleugh Castle Ballroom, where her morning yoga sessions offer a rhythmic and graceful start to the day.

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The Sleep Specialist

Margrethe Helles

Mags is a Sleep Psychology Expert with a Master’s in Psychology and advanced clinical training in Behavioral Sleep Medicine and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia.

Mags helps guests cultivate deeper, more restorative sleep while providing practical, evidence-based tools to support lasting improvements in sleep and mental wellbeing.

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The Body Reader

Asti Renaut

Degree-qualified naturopath and medical herbalist, with fifteen years in clinical practice. Every protocol Asti builds is grounded in what functional testing reveals about you.

At Sanctum 7, she leads your pre-retreat consultation, formulates personalised tonics and tinctures and runs a 1:1 session with you on retreat.

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Expert night sky guide and dark-sky advocate, Andy is leading the bid for Central Otago's International Dark Sky Reserve status ahead of the 2028 total solar eclipse.

From Earnscleugh estate, under some of the clearest skies on earth, he asks nothing of you but to look up - an experience that returns everything to proportion.

The Astronomer

Andy Davey

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The Bodywork Specialist

Claudia Pinto

Trained in relaxation, deep tissue and holistic pulsing massage, Claudia mastered the world-renowned Renata França lymphatic drainage method, bringing precision and depth to her practice.

Her massages offer an immediate reset for the body, combining deep relaxation with rhythmic, invigorating touch to restore lightness and energy.

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THE sound healer

Angela Connell

Angela brings decades of experience across yoga, craniosacral therapy, sound healing and meditation, studying in ashrams and monasteries in the Taoist, Buddhist and Ayurvedic traditions.

She reads each body as she finds it, using sound intuitively to restore physical, mental and emotional balance.

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The Plant Whisperer

Loran Verpillot

Loran is a qualified medical herbalist and educator who grows, forages and harvests the herbs she prescribes, with a particular expertise in wild edibles.

Her remedy workshop is deliberately slow work - hands in the plants, nothing measured - and you leave able to make it again at home.

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The Glow Giver

Sophie Chalmers

Sophie realised a life-long ambition - her own Skin, Spa and Beauty Clinic - and opened Harmony Skin & Beauty with the intention of becoming Central Otago's trusted destination for quiet moments of stillness, skin health, and soul soothing relaxation.

Her treatments hold to the Sanctum 7 belief that wellness is to be enjoyed, not endured - unapologetic indulgence, with no aim other than to have you completely looked after.

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The Replenisher

 Sian Naus

As a Registered Nurse, Sian has taken her practice from hospital wards to international television productions, before going on to found a mobile IV service across Queenstown and Wanaka.

Her infusions are adapted to you - hydration, energy and recovery absorbed directly rather than slowly - from the comfort of your own private sanctuary.

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The Integration Coach

Kris Maddren

Kris is a certified Master Health Coach in metabolic health and behaviour change, and an expert in the science of wellness for lasting change.

She guides your journey beyond Sanctum 7, cultivating long-term metabolic health and integrating what you learned here into everyday life, with ongoing coaching and support.